北师大高一英语必修三Module 3 Unit 7 Culture Corner.ppt

Unit 7 The Sea Culture Corner Zheng He and His Seven Voyages Background Part I Zheng He (about 1371–1435) Simplified Chinese: 郑和 Birth name: Ma He (马和) Also known as: Ma Sanbao (马三宝 ) Zheng He was a Chinese mariner ( 海员，水手), explorer, diplomat (外交官) and fleet admiral (舰队司令), who made the voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa, collectively referred to as the travels of “Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean” (三保太监下西洋) or “Zheng He to the Western Ocean”, from 1405 to 1433. Zheng He was the second son of a Muslim (穆斯林 ) family which also had four daughters, from Kunyang (昆阳), present day Jinning (晋宁), just south of Kunming near the southwest corner of Lake Tian in Yunnan. Between 1405 and 1433, the Ming government sponsored (发起) a series of seven naval (海军的) expeditions. Zheng He was placed as the admiral in control of the huge fleet and armed forces that undertook these expeditions. Zheng He’s ships, as depicted (描绘) in a Chinese woodblock (木版) print. One of a set of maps of Zheng He’s missions (郑和航海图), also known as the Mao Kun maps, 1628. Ming dynasty 24 point compass A giraffe brought from Somalia (索马里) in the twelfth year of Yongle (AD 1415). Museum in honour of Zheng He, Nanjing Zheng He’s tomb in Nanjing Statue from a modern monument to Zheng He at the Stadthuys Museum in Malacca (马六甲海峡), Malaysia (马来西亚). Part II Skimming Choose the correct answers. 1. The passage mainly talks about _____. A. Zheng He’s first voyage B. Zheng He’s seventh voyage C. Zheng He’s fleet D. Zheng He and his voyages D 2. It can be concluded that _______. A. the sailors got food from the crops they grew on the ships B. the sailors were pleased to follow Zheng He from the beginning C. the sailors had seldom seen thunderstorm before D. Zheng He might be the first person who travelled around the world C 3. All of the following statements may be true except ________. A. Zheng He was 64 years old when he died B. ther