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Unit 5　What an adventure! 　 Starting out Understanding ideas Unit 5　What an adventure! 　 Starting out Activity 1 Look at the map, and read the information about the three explorers. Match the routes to the explorers. Activity 2 Watch the video and answer the questions. What kind of difficulties did Xu Xiake meet? Do you know any other great explorers? Share their stories with the class. Questions for more details: Discussion Compare Xu Xiake with the three European explorers and try to find out what they have in common. Explorers Time Country Adventures Achievements Influence Ferdinand Magellan 1480-1521 Portuguese sailed west from Spain across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Spice Islands (now part of Indonesia) explored the westward route to South-east Asia Vasco da Gama 1460-1524 Portugal opened up the sea route from Western Europe to the east by way of the Cape of Good Hope the first European to reach India by sea Christopher Columbus 1451–1506 Italian completed journeys between Spain and the Americas marked the beginning of European exploration of the Americas Xu Xiake 1587-1640 Chinese (the Ming Dynasty) ? explored famous mountains and rivers, and went to places that had never been visited before ? covered almost half of modern China ? travelled on foot ? corrected several mistakes in earlier books ? discovered that the Jinsha River was the true source of the Yangtze River Unit 5　What an adventure! 　 Understanding ideas Activity 1Look at the map and answer the questions. 1 Who were the first people confirmed to have reached the top of the mountain? When did this happen? 2 Why do you think the climbers need so many camps along the route? 3 What else do you know about Qomolangma? Share the information with the class. Activity 2 Read the passage and find out what “Type T” personalities are. CLIMBING QOMOLANGMA: WORTH THE RISKS? Ⅰ. 文本整体理解: 理清文章架构 Paragraph 1 Hundreds of people spent their money climbing Qomolangma to have an 1. __