大学英语精读第二册电子教案unit2

1.AnEnglishSongSailing2.Discussion3.BackgroundInformationFamousFigures＊SirFrancisChichester＊Columbus＊Magellan＊ZhengHe＊SirFrancisDrake＊ElizabethII＊ElizabethIKnight,Knighthood&KnighthoodCeremonyBeforeReading_MainBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingQuestionsabouttheSong■BeforeReading_1.1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingSailingBeforeReading_1.2QuestionsabouttheSong1.Whatisthefilmabout?2.Whatdoyouthinkofsailingonthesea?3.Whatcanwelearnfromthepeopleinthefilm?BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_2DiscussionLookatthefollowingpictures.Insmallgroups,answerthesequestions.Directions:1.Inwhichcountriesarethesepicturestaken?(Canyoutelluswherethesephotosaretaken?)2.Ifyoucouldsailtoanyplaceintheworld,wherewouldyouliketogo?Why?3.Ifyoudecidedtosailroundtheworld,whatwouldyouneedtotakewithyouontheboat?BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.1Birthplace:Devon,Britain■SirFrancisChichester（1901–1972）——EnglishaviatorandadventurerBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.11Achievements:Asayoungman,hewenttoNewZealandtoworkasaminer,salesmanandlandagent.In1929,hemadeasoloflighttoAustraliainabiplane.NewZealandbiplaneBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.12In1960,hewonthefirstsolotransatlanticoceanracesailingfromPlymouth,EnglandtoNewYorkCityin40days.In1931,hemadethefirsteastwardflightacrossTasmanSeafromNewZealandtoAustralia.Achievements:TasmanseaPlymouthtoNewYorkBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.13In1966-1967,hesailedaroundtheworldaloneina55-footsailingyacht,thelongestpassagemadebyasmallsailingvesselwithoutaportofcall.Achievements:yachtIn1967,hewasknightedbyQueenElizabethII.BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.14Columbus(1451-1506)—ItalianexplorerIn1492,EuropeanexplorerChristopherColumbussailedwestacrosstheAtlanticOceanhopingtoreachAsia.Instead,hereachedlandsthatwereunknowntoEuropeans.ThoselandswerelaternamedtheAmericas.AfterColumbus,manyEuropeansbegantosettletheAmericas.■BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.15Magellan,Ferdinand（1480-1521）—PortuguesenavigatorWhiletryingtofindawesternroutetotheMoluccas(1519),Magellanandhisexpeditionwereblownbystormsintothestraitthatnowbearshisname(1520).HenamedandsailedacrossthePacificOcean,reachingtheMarianasandthePhilippines(1521),wherehewaskilledfightingforafriendlynativeking.OneofhisshipsreturnedtoSpain(1522),therebycompletingthefirstcircumnavigationoftheglobe.■BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.16ZhengHeorChengHo(1371-1433)—Chineseadmiral,explorer,anddiplomatZhengHeextendedChinesemaritimeandcommercialinfluenceintheregionsborderingtheIndianOcean.Hissevenvoyages,whichsurpassedallpreviousnavalexpeditionsintheworld,openedtradeanddiplomatictiesforChinawithatleast35countriesandencouragedtheemigrationthatwasthebasisofChinesecolonizationinSoutheastAsia.■BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.17SirFrancisDrake(1543-1596)—EnglishnavigatorandexplorerFrancisDrakewasthefirstEnglishmantosailroundtheworld.AfterseveralslavetradingexpeditionstoWestAfricaandtheSpainMain(1566-1573),hesailedroundtheglobe(1577-1580).HemanagedtorestricttheSpanishArmada(西班牙无敌舰队)byraidingCadiz(加地斯)(1587),andhelpedtodefeat(1588)theSpanishattempttoinvadeEngland.■BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.18ElizabethIIwastheelderdaughterandsuccessorofGeorgeVI.Atage18shewasmadeaStateCounselor(顾问).OnNov.20,1947,shemarriedPhilipMountbatten,duke(公爵)ofEdinburgh.TheywereinKenyawhenElizabethII(1926–)—QueenofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland■thekingdied(Feb.6,1952)andElizabethsucceededtothethrone(王座).Hercoronation(加冕礼),onJune2,1953,wasthefirsttobetelevised.BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReading■BeforeReading_3.19ElizabethI(1533–1603)—QueenofEnglandElizabethIwasthequeenofEngland(1558-1603),daughterofHenryVIIIandAnneBoleyn.ShewasoneofthemostpowerfulrulersintheEnglishhistory.Thetimewhenshereigned(在位)iscalledtheElizabethanAge,anditwasalongperiodof45years,whenEnglandbecameveryrichandpowerful.Abroad,itwasanageofmaritimeexpansion(海上扩张)undersuchadventurersasJohnHawkins,WalterRaleignandFrancisDrake.Inliterature,itwastheageofWilliamShakespeare,PhillipSidney,EdmundSpenserandChristopherMarlowe,andtherewasalsoafloweringofmusic,architectureandart.■BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.10.1Knight,Knighthood&KnighthoodCeremonyKnightKnightswerethehighestclassoffightingmeninEuropeduringtheMiddleAges.Therewereotherclassesoffightingmen,suchasthelowlyfootsoldiers.Butknights,whofoughtonhorseback,werethearistocratsofthebattlefield.Thegreatheroesofthetime,bothinstoryandinfact,wereknights.■BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBeforeReading_3.10.2KnighthoodBytheyear1500thetimeoftheknightasfightingmanwasover.Hiredfootsoldiersreplacedthemountedknights.Butknighthooddidnotdieoutaltoget