1. Reaching Out Across The Ocean
U2 Reading
Reaching Out Across The Ocean

2. What do you know about the Silk Road?
Pre-reading:
What do you know about the Silk Road?
Silk from China found its way over land along the road to India, the Middle East and Rome, in exchange of spices and glass. Silk was also traded along the coasts of the Indian Ocean. They are both called the Silk Road.

3. Silk road began from_________ along the Gangsu
Chang’An
Silk road began from_________ along the Gangsu
Corridor and then to ________ and _________
To ________ in exchange for spices and silk
Middle east
India
Rome

4. II Scanning 1 What’s the main Idea of the passage?
2 How many chinese explorers are mentioned in the text?
It’s about navigation between China and
Africa
There are three. They are Gan Ying,Du Huan
and zhengHe.

5. Careful reading: Fill in the charts. Period Name Goods Gan Ying
Way of travel
Goods
Gan Ying In
In the 11th century
Zheng He
In 97 AD
rhinoceros
horns
Over land
On land and
by boat
Du Huan
Bronze statue
of a lion
The
Africans
By sea
Giraffes, zebras,
shells, elephant
ivory, gold,
spices, silk,
rhinoceros-horn,
medicine, etc. In
1405-
1433
By sea

6. F T Judge the following sentences True or False
The Europeans were the first Explorers to
travel to other countries.
2. Accurate maps of the countries around
the Indian Ocean were made before the
fifteenth century.
3. In the years between 1405 and 1433 ,
Zheng He sailed westwards only on
voyages of exploration.
4. Zheng He invited African countries to
send ambassadors to China. F F F T

7. 3 2 4 1 6 5 Put the sentences in good order.
1.In the eleventh century, the Africans made several voyages to the court of the song dynasty.
2.Merchants from the Arabic countries began to travel to the Swahili kingdom and the islands off the African coast to trade with them.
3.People of the Han Dynasty exchanged silk for spices and glass with Indians and Romans by way of the Silk Road.
4. The Chinese traveller, Du Huan, wandered
Through Arabic countries for about 10 years.
5.Christopher Columbus and other European explorers searched for routes to Asia.
6. Zheng He made seven voyages and discovered the eastern coast of Africa. 3 2 4 1 6 5

8. It showed to the world that the Chinese were
IV Post-reading
1 What made Columbus and other explorers to search
for the Sea routes to Asia?
2 What part did the Silk Road play in history ?
3 Say sth about zhengHe’s sea route
4. What purpose did zhengHe set sail to India ocean
Curiosity about Asia made the Europeans.
They thought Asia was very rich.
Chinese people exchanged silk for foreign goods.
He first set sail from the south China Sea across the
Indian Ocean to the Mouth of the Red Sea and then
to the eastern coast of Africa.
It showed to the world that the Chinese were
friendly

9. Unit Two
Language Points

10. reach reach out reach for
Please reach me that book.
Not a single word reached my ears.
He reached out his hand for the knife , but
it was too far away.
We must reach out to those in need.
Jim reached for a gun but he was stopped.

11. endeavor
(v.& n.)设法，努力=attempt/try
He endeavoured to climb the mountain.
He made an endeavour to climb the mountain.

12. puzzle
What puzzles me is why they didn't show up.
He looked a little puzzled.
We finally puzzled out the meaning of the poem.
Her decision was a puzzle to him
I'm in a puzzle as to how to cope with the new situations.
His face wore a puzzled expression.
The murder case was puzzling.

13. search search for search --- for in search of
The police searched the prisoner to see if
he had a gun.
I searched shop after shop for my sister’s
birthday present.
The parents searched for their lost boy here
and there , but they didn’t find him.
I will make a search for your book.
I looked everywhere in search of my glasses.
(=in my search for)

14. long before before long(= soon )
There was a lively market long before.
Before long you will understand what I
said is good for you.
I had waited him long before he came.
It won’t be long before you see him again.
It was long before they escaped from the
cruel prison.

15. find one’s way
feel /make / fight /push one’s way
I hope you can find the way home.
She couldn’t find the way out of the building.
The soldiers fought their way through the
fierce enemies.

16. exchange exchange---for
in exchange for
I’d like to exchange five apples for five eggs.
Mary exchanged her seat with Ann.
He is giving her French lessons in exchange
for his English lessons
the stock Exchange

17. an island off the coast of the southeast
Keep off the grassland !
cut a piece off the loaf
The ship was brown off its course.
wander ( 常与about /in/ through连用)
The children wandered in the woods.
The river wanders through beautiful country.
They wandered up and down the road aimlessly.
His mind wandered back to his college life.

18. 他说离了题。 我走神了 Translation He wandered from the subject.
My attention wandered.
我走神了

19. command
The officer commanded his men to fire.
He commanded that everyone make the
best of the chance of senior three.
The army is under the command of general Washington.
Bill is in command of the fleet.
take command of
under (the) command of