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高三英语选修九Unit2导学案Page PAGE 1 of NUMPAGES 6 Unit 2 Sailing the oceans 导学案 高三英语备课组 袁海新 Section Ⅰ Warming Up Reading 课文大意理解 When did early sailors have a practical method of measuring longitude? A. The 12th century B. The 17th century C. The 15th century D. The 16th century What does seaweed look like when it is near land? A. It looks nice B. It looks small C. It looks D. It looks dark Where are we now when the North Star is along the horizon? A. At the equator B. At the North Pole C. At the South Pole D. At sea From the reading we have learned 　　　 . why early seamen wanted to sail the seven seas that there is useful information in an encyclopedia that early sailors went exploring the sea using their skills and simple instruments why latitude and longitude are important to plot a ship’s position The main idea of this passage is about　 　 . that keeping alongside the coastline is first and most useful form of exploration. the skills and navigational aids early seamen used while sailing the oceans that finding longitude and latitude is a must to plot a ship’s position on a map how the early sailors used their skills and simple instruments 课文缩写填空 This reading explains how seamen 1 the oceans and what kind of navigational 2 were used to sailors before the seventeenth century when they were 3 the open seas without seeing land. The 4 of travellers before the 17th century show that they were not at the 5 of the sea even though they did not have modern navigational aids. The seamen could use 6 bodies, wildlife , the weather or the sea to keep 7 the coastline. They could also use the 8 to help find the direction that the ship needs to go. They could use the 9 circle to measure the sun’s position and tell if they were sailing on their correct rather than a random course. While the astrolabe, the quadant and the sextant could help give the seamen the local time and allowed them to find their 10 at sea. 名师全程导析 nowhere near 离…… nowhere