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英语选修9人教新课标Unit2阅读导学案（学生版） Module 9 Unit 2 Sailing the oceans Discuss 1. How do you think seamen found their way before modern accurate methods of navigation were invented? 2. Which do you think was easier to work out: latitude or longitude? 3. Can you identify these early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they are used? 4. Which ones do you think are still used today? Reading Comprehending 1. Read the passage and answer the following questions. What is the use of a bearing circle, astrolabe, quadrant or sextant? ( ) What is the use of a compass? ( ) A. To set the course of the ship B. To measure the position of the ship C. To measure the speed of the ship D. To tell the time 2) Why are speed and time important in working out the longitude of a ship? 3) Why is the position of the sun and various stars useful for working out latitude? 2. Suppose you were a sea captain aiming to sail round Africa. Discuss in groups: 1) What skills would you seek in your sailors? 2) What problems would you anticipate for this journey? 3. Read the passage again and use the information to analyze the navigational skills. Using nature 1. To find the ship’s position at sea a sailor used the North Star and the sun. 2. A sailor knew that land was nearby if he saw _____________________________. 3. Sailors used ________________________________to increase their speed. Using instruments 4. There were two methods to find longitude: 1)_______________________ 2)_______________________ 作业设计 阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them. Their values—this can’t be repeated too often—are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notic