新教材-2020-2021学年人教版高中英语选择性必修第三册学案-Unit4-ADVERSITY-AND-COURAGE-导读话题妙切入-含解析

1．Almost any situation—good or bad—is affected by the attitude we bring to. —Seneca 差不多任何一种处境——无论是好是坏——都受到我们对待处境的态度的影响。 ——西尼加 2．Rejoicing in hope，patient in tribulation. —John Kennedy 从希望中得到欢乐，在苦难中保持坚韧。 ——约翰·肯尼迪 3．As long as adhere to the positive ideal，can produce struggle of courage. 只要坚持积极的理想，就能产生奋斗的勇气。 Courage is riding your bicycle for the first time without training wheels. Courage is tasting the vegetable before making a face. Courage is being the first to make up after an argument. Courage is a blade of grassbreaking through icy snow. Courage is holding on to your dream. Zheng He，the Columbus of the East，was an amazing man. Between 1405 and 1433，Zheng He led seven sea trips to different parts of the world. He certainly travelled to India，Africa and the Middle East. A few people think his ships may have even reached South America and Australia. Each trip lasted between two and four years and it is believed he sailed more than 50，000 km during the years of his travels. With 28，000 men and over 300 ships，such as boats for food，water and even soldiers horses，Zheng He led a fleet (舰队) whose size would not be equalled by Europeans for over 500 years! On these trips he brought with him many Chinese goods like silk and medicine to give to foreign kings or to sell for local goods. He returned from each trip with boats filled with expensive things such as gold and jewellery，foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe. [探索发现] 1．Where did Zheng He travel to? India，Africa and the Middle East. He may have reached South America and Australia. 2．Find out the size of Zheng Hes fleet. 28，000 men and over 300 ships. 3．What Zheng He took from other countries? Gold and jewellery，foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe.