the_silk_road.pptVIP

Marco Polo The silk Road The line that connects East to West 1 pound of silk = 12 Liang of gold 1磅 = 9.0718474 两 crossroad Buddhist statue monk Buddhist scripture the person who studies the geography the place where they are going or being sent to link, to connect associate geographer destination Match the words and explanations Fast Reading How many parts are there in the text? What are they? Is the Xinjiang region the Silk Road? When did the Silk Road get its name? 4. Which two people are mentioned in the 4th part? Fast Reading How many parts are there in the text? What are they? Five Parts. The routes; the name; Buddhism; the people; the Silk Road today. 2. Is the Xinjiang region the Silk Road? Yes, today Xinjiang in particular is associated with the name of the Silk Road. 3. When did the Silk Road get its name? In 19th century. 4. Which two people are mentioned in the text ? Xuan Zang and Marco Polo. Fast Reading Part 1 Which places does the Silk Road connect and cover? The Silk Road was the most important line of communication connecting East and West. The Silk Road covered a huge distance linking modern day Xi’an with the Middle East and Europe. The English teacher came into the classroom. At the same time, she carried a lot of homework books. The English teacher came into the classroom carrying a lot of homework books. Part 2 When did the Silk Road get its name? What happened in 19th century? How did the German geographer identify the route? The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century when a German geographer identified it as the route through which the Romans got their silk from China. Part 2 4. Was silk the only thing that passed along the road? What else? Silk wasn’t the only thing that passed along the Silk Road; anything that had buyers was traded along the road. Part 3 Were only goods carried along the Silk Road? No, the Silk Road was also important