高中英语 Unit 2 Sailing the oceans课件 新人教版选修9.pptVIP

Sailing the oceans;Words;awkward reference precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable;1 What is a navigator? 2 What is the difference between a navigator and an explorer? ;3 Look at these famous people. Are they navigators or explorers? What do you know about them?;Zheng He, in the year between 1405 and 1433, seven large treasure fleets sailed westwards on voyages of trade and exploration. Under the command of Zheng He, the fleets set sail from the South China;????? When Marco Polo was still very young, he decided to travel together with his father. It took them more than three years to travel to China. After nearly seventeen years’ travel in the East, Marco and his father wanted to return home. ;James Cook (1728-1779) was the greatest Britain navigator. Cook enlisted in the Royal Navy ;Navigator is someone who finds the position and plots the course of a ship, an aircraft, a car, etc, using maps and instruments.;Explorer is someone who travels into or through a place in order to learn about it.; 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? 1 _________________________ 2 _________ 3 _________ 4 ________________________ ;4 Which ones do you think are still used today? ;SAILING THE OCEANS;1 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;Speed and time are important in finding out the longitude of a ship because the earth moves fifteen degrees westwards every hour. If you know your direction, spee