Unit 5 What an adventure! Starting out课件

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名称 Unit 5 What an adventure! Starting out课件
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Unit 5
What an
adventure !
adventurer
adventurous
a spirit of adventure
adventure film
death by misadventure
misadventure
Explore some famous adventures in the history
Ferdinand Magellan
(1480-1521)
Vasco da Gama
(1460-1524)
Christopher Columbus
(1451-1506)
麦哲伦
达·伽马
哥伦布
explorer/ adventurer
He was a Portuguese explorer who sailed west from Spain across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands (now part of Indonesia).
He was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial journey to India opened up the sea route from Western Europe to the east by way of the Cape of Good Hope(好望角).
He was an Italian explorer who completed journeys between Spain and the Americas, thus marking the beginning of European exploration of the Americas.
Explorer Nationality Adventure Achievements
Portuguese
Portuguese
Italian
from Spain across the Atlantic and Pacific
from Western Europe to the east (the Cape of Good Hope)
between Spain and America
explored the westward route to the Spice Islands
the first European to reach India by sea
marking the beginning of European exploration of the Americas
A guessing game:Who is he
A Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming Dynasty;
Best known for his famous geographical diaries.
Xu Xiake
What do you know about Xu Xiake
Watch the video and finish the table
1 What is he famous as Xu Xiake was known in China as a great ________,________ and ________.
2 What difficulties did he met Unlike most traverllers these days, Xu travelled the hard way-- ________.
He often went ________ for days, and suffered ________,________,________and even robbers.
3 What are his contributions Xu's own experiences ________ him to correct several ________ in earlier books.
One of his ___________ was that Jingsha river was the true source of the Yangtze River.
At more than 600,000 words,Xu's dairy ________________ one of the greatest works in both scientific and literary fields.
What do they have in common