广州泸教版牛津英语初三九年级下册Unit1Great-Explorations

Unit1Great explorations

Unit1词汇

1.go on a trip to…=make a journey to旅行…

2.set up=build建立

3.explore冒险---explorer–exploration

4.set off/out from=start/begin from开始，着手。。。

5.office–official官员—officials

6.at that time=at that moment在那个时候

7.be known as=be considered as=be famous as因…而出名

8.as well---as well as=and=together with也，和

9.except（减法关系）=not including

10.besides(加法关系)=in a addition to/besides doing sth

11.culture文化–cultural文化的

12.people–peoples民族，种族

13.lead to=cause=result in导致

14.discover=find–discovery=finding发现

15.develop发展=become stronger or grow larger–development–developing发展

中的–developed发达的

16.rise升职，升任–rose=become important or strong

17.return=come back=give back

18.achieve–achievement=success成就

19.pioneer=the first people=the people who start or begin先驱

课文:The voyages of Zheng He

Zheng He was a famous Chinese explorer.In1405,he set off from China on the first of seven great voyages.This was nearly a century before Christopher Columbus first set sail on his journey of discovery to America.His travels were so important that they are still studied today.

Zheng He was born in Yunnan in1371.He rose to become a trusted official of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.The emperor ordered Zheng He to visit and explore the lands outside China.His task was to develop relations and set up trade routes with foreign countries.In a few years,he built a great fleet of ships,the biggest in the world at that time.The ships were known as treasure ships.They were big enough to carry25,000people as well as very large quantities of goods.

From1405to1433,Zheng He went on seven trips and visited South-East Asia, the Middle East and even the east coast of Africa.It seemed that nowhere was too far for him to visit.These voyages allowed China to trade valuable goods like gold,silver and silk.At the end of each voyage,Zheng He returned with many things that were seen in China for the first time,such as a giraffe from Africa.Besides developing trade,the voyages also encouraged the exchange of cultures and technologies.They helped the development of those countries and regions.

Zheng He died in1433during his last voyage.However,his voyages were such a huge achievement that people still remember him as a pioneer in opening up cultural contacts between different peoples around the world.

郑和是一位著名的中国探险家。1405年，他从中国出发，开始了七次伟大航行中的第一次。这是在克里斯托弗.哥伦布第一次起航发现美洲之旅的近一个世纪以前。他的旅行如此重要以至于今天仍被人们研究。

郑和1371年出生在云南。他升为明朝永乐皇帝一名值得信赖的官员。皇帝命令郑和访问并探索中国以外的土地。他的任务是加强与外国的关系，并与之建立贸易路线。在几年的时间里，他建立了一支巨大的船队---当时世界上最大的（船队）。那些船被称作宝船。它们足够大，能承载25000人以及大量的货物。

从1405年到1433年，郑和七次旅行，访问了东南亚、中东地区，甚至非洲东海岸。似乎对他来说没有什么地方是遥不可及的。这些旅行允许中国交换一些贵重物品，如金、银和丝绸。每次航线结束，郑和带回了许多在中国第一次见到的东西，比如一只非洲长颈鹿。除了增强贸易之外，航行也促成了文化与科技的交流。它们帮助了那些国家和地区的发展。

1433年，郑和在他最后一次航行中去世。然而，他的航行是一项如此巨大的成就，以至于人们仍将他作为开辟世界各地不同民族间文化联系的先驱而铭记。语法导读

我们用so\such…that…去谈论一个行为或者状况的结果，由他们引导的状语从句叫做结果状语从句（1）so+adjective(形容词)或adverb(副词)（2）such+a\an+形容词+可数名词单数+that=so+adj.+a\an+可数名词单数+that

随堂测试一：请用so…that…或者such…that…填空：

1.The film was___interesting______everyone wanted to see it again.

2.He was_____excited_____he could not say a word.

3.She is______a good teacher______everyone admires her.

4.Tom hurt his legs______badly_____he was not able to walk for six months.

5.There were______many people at the party_____our house got too crowded.

6.Joy has______a strong love of films_____she goes to the cinema every week.

随堂测试二：解释句子

1.She is so short that she can’t play basketball well.

=She is_____short_____________basketball well.

=She is not______enough_____play basketball well.

2.The boy is so young that he can not go to school.

=The boy is_____young_____go to school.

3.He was so angry that he could not say a word.