2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 2 Sailing the oceans Period 1

返回目录SailingtheoceansUnit2返回目录单元话题链接ColumbusDayTodaywetakeitforgrantedthattheworldisround.Inthefifteenthcentury,however,mostpeoplebelievedtheworldwasflat.Therewereeducatedpersons,however,whoreasonedthattheworldmustberound.AnItaliannamedChristopherColumbuswasboldenoughtopushthisbeliefandaskformoneytoexploretheseas.返回目录OnAugust3,1492,heandninetymensetsailontheflagship(旗舰)SantaMaria.Twootherships,theNinaandthePinta,camewithhim.Theysailedwest.OnOctober11th,teno'clockatnight,Columbussawalight.ThePintakeptsailing,andreportedthatthelightwas,infact,land.Thenextmorningatdawntheylanded.返回目录ChristopherColumbusandhiscrewhadexpectedtoseepeoplenativetoIndia,orbetakentoseethegreatleaderKhan(可汗)．Theycalledthefirstpeopletheysaw“Indians”．Theyhadgoneashoreintheirbestclothes,kneltandpraisedGodforarrivingsafely.Fromthe“Indians”theylearnedthattheislandwascalledGuanahani.ColumbusnameditSanSalvador(圣萨尔瓦多)andclaimeditimmediatelyforSpain.WhentheylandedontheislandthatisCubanow,theythoughttheywereinJapan.Afterthreesubsequentvoyages,Columbuswasstillunenlightened.返回目录Fewcelebrationsmarkedthediscoveryuntilhundredsofyearslater.In1792,aceremonywasheldinNewYorkhonoringColumbus,andamonumentwasdedicatedtohim.Soonafterthat,thecityofWashingtonwasofficiallynamedtheDistrictofColumbiaandbecamethecapitaloftheUnitedStates.In1892,astatueofColumbuswasraisedatthebeginningofColumbusAvenueinNewYorkCity.In1937,PresidentFranklinRooseveltproclaimedeveryOctober12asColumbusDay.Since1971,ithasbeencelebratedonthesecondMondayinOctober.返回目录PeriodⅠWarmingUpandReading返回目录课前教材预案目录Contents返回目录课前教材预案[基础自测]Ⅰ.重点单词1．_____________n．探险；探测→___________n．探险者；勘探者；考察者→___________v．勘探；探索；调查研究→_______________adj.探索的；探究的2．___________n．地平线；视野→______________adj.水平的；与地面平行的；横的→________________adv.水平地；与地面平行地；横地explorationexplorerexploreexploratoryhorizonhorizontalhorizontally返回目录3．___________vt.加速；促进→_____________n．加速→_______________n．加速器；油门4．_________adj.安全的；可靠的→___________adv.安全地；可靠地→____________n．安全；可靠5．__________adj.任意的；随便的→____________adv.随便地；任意地→______________n．随便；任意→_____________vt.使随机化accelerateaccelerationacceleratorsecuresecurelysecurityrandomrandomlyrandomnessrandomize返回目录6．__________adj.难使用的；笨拙的→__________adv.笨拙地；尴尬地→_______________n．笨拙；尴尬7．________v．使简化；使简易→_____________n．简化；简化的事物→__________n．简单；质朴；方便8．________adj.便携式的；手提的→__________n．轻便awkwardawkwardlyawkwardnesssimplifysimplificationsimplicityportableportability返回目录9．__________n．趋向；倾向；偏好→_____v．趋向；走向→_______________adj.倾向性的10．____________adj.可靠的；可信赖的；可依靠的→________adv.可靠地→___________n．可靠→________n．依赖；依靠→_____v．依靠11．____________n．生存；幸存→___________v．幸存；幸免于→____________n．幸存者12．_____________n．出发；离开→__________v．离开；出发tendencytendtendentiousreliablereliablyreliabilityreliancerelysurvivalsurvivesurvivordeparturedepart返回目录13．______________n．挨饿；饿死→__________v．挨饿；饿死14．______________n．心理学→_______________adv.心理上地；心理学地15．___________n．紧张；不安；张力→_________adj.令人紧张的starvationstarvepsychologypsychologicallytensiontense返回目录Ⅱ.重点短语1．______themercyof受……支配；任……处置2．work_______计算出；制订出3．______relationto与……有关；涉及4．take________接管5．______addition此外，另外atoutinoverin返回目录Ⅲ.重点句型1．How____________(你认为)seamenfoundtheirwaybeforemodernaccuratemethodsofnavigationwereinvented?2．Wemaywellwonderhowseamenexploredtheoceansbeforelatitudeandlongitude__________________________________________(让在地图上标出一艘船的位置成为可能)．3．Thisseems____________(已经成为)thefirstandmostusefulformofexplorationwhichcarriedtheminimumamountofrisk.doyouthinkmadeitpossibletoplotaship'spositiononamaptohavebeen返回目录[课文理解]Ⅰ.课文大意理解1．Howmanymethodsdidtheseamenusebeforethelatitudeandthelongitudewereplotted?A．Four.B．Five.C．Six.D．Seven.答案B返回目录2．Whichofthefollowingistheworkingprincipleofasextant?A．Tomeasuretheanglebetweentwofixedpointsoutsidetheship.B．Tocompassthecurrentheightofthesunwiththepositionofthesunatmidday.C．Tocomparethepositionoftheshipinrelationtosomestarsorthesun.D．Tomeasurehowhighstarsareabovethehorizon.答案A返回目录3．Whatistheuseofabearingcircle,astrolabe,quadrantorsextant?A．Tosetthecourseoftheship.B．Tomeasurethepositionoftheship.C．Tomeasurethespeedoftheship.D．Totellthetime.答案B返回目录4．WhydidthewriterjoinCaptainBlighinthesmallboatinthesecondtext?A．BecausehethoughtitwouldbefortunatetobewithCaptainBligh.B．Becausehedidn'twanttobecaughtbytheBritishNavy.C．BecausehethoughtitwaswrongtotreatCaptainBlighinthatway.D．Becausehewantedtoexperiencetheadventure.答案C返回目录5．Whatdoesthesecondtextmainlywanttotellus?A．Theadventuresandhardshipstheauthorexperienced.B．CaptainBlighwasagreatman.C．Itwaswrongofsomeofthecrewtodepositthecaptain.D．Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.答案A返回目录Ⅱ.课文语法填空Thisreadingexplainshowseamen1.____________(explore)theoceansandwhatkindofnavigationalinstrumentswereusedtosailors2.__________theseventeenthcentury3.________theywerenavigatingtheopenseaswithoutseeingland.The4.___________(voyage)oftravellersbeforethe17thcenturyshowthattheywerenot5.______themercyoftheseaeventhoughtheydidnothavemodern6.________________(navigation)aids.exploredbeforewhenvoyagesatnavigational返回目录Theseamencouldusecelestialbodies,wildlife,theweatherort