高中人教英语选修九 Unit 2 Sailing the oceans.pptVIP

CM: Are there other famous Chinese navigators or is he the only one? LH: He is the only one weve got evidence for. CM: So there may have been others? LH: We dont know. Thats because a later Emperor may have destroyed a lot of evidence of other voyages. CM: I see. Where did Zheng He go? LH: The documents tell us that he was born in Yunnan. He built a pillar to record his achievements. It states that he made seven voyages and visited more than thirty countries. He said that the Emperor ordered him to show the strength of Chinese power and meet foreigners from beyond the seas. So he went