Unit 7 Journeys Lesson 19 The Silk Road 教案

Unit 7 Lesson 19
教学目标
1.通过快速阅读了解丝绸之路的长度、起点、重点、途径的重要城市。
2.分享自己通过历史学科或其它途径所掌握的有关丝绸之路的相关知识，并通过快速阅读文章检查并完善已有的知识，了解丝绸之路的长度、起点、重点、途径的重要城市以及它的重要历史作用。
教学重点
模仿本文写一篇简单的游记。
教学难点
热爱旅游，热爱祖国的历史和文化。
教学过程
新知学习
1．回忆上一节课所学的单词和短语。
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二、Topic one: Food and Drink bridge
Crops, fruits, nuts and other food products traveled east and west as well. Many countries involved in the trade benefited because they received valuable new crops that improved their nutrition. A large number of products of the west flowed into China, such as grapes, clover, walnuts, carrots, peppers, beans, spinach, cucumbers, pomegranates and spices (flavorings). Chinese tea, rice, salt and sugar were traded into the West as well.
The spices, such as black pepper and ginger, added many new and different flavors to cooking from China through to Europe. Rice and pasta were both introduced to the Middle East and Europe. Legend has it that pasta was brought back to Italy in 1295 by Marco Polo but in reality it was known long before this. However, it probably does come from the Chinese noodle. As for drinking wine, although the western taste for wine made from grapes became popular during the Tang period, it never began to replace the local rice wines. However, tea was popular among the West. Chinese people started drinking tea and growing tea by the start of the Han Dynasty. From China, tea was exported to Europe. Today, in Britain at least, tea drinking has become an important part of everyday life!
1. What did China import
2. What did China export
3. How did the food influence the West and China
4. How does the food influence your life
三、Let’s find out the things in the poem.
During the Tang Dynasty, the poet Wang Han wrote:Holding a glowing goblet filled with grape wine,Following the melody of a lute, I am about to drink,The neighing horse urges me to ride him.Do not laugh if you see me lying drunk on the battlefield,Few soldiers ever come back from western expeditions anyway.
Learning Station 4: Trade and Culture
From the soldier’s description of his life in the western frontier(边界), we can find imported goods like grape wine, glass goblets and the lute, even the horse. Tang government officials sent strong soldiers to protect the country and ensure the success of the foreign trade. Therefore more and more exotic(异域的) goods—Roman glassware, Indian cotton textiles(纺织品), as well as musical instruments like the lute from India—arrived in China. Besides goods, faster and stronger horses were introduced from the West for fights against the Xiongnu. China exported the silk, tea and porcelain which were of great value.
The Silk Road carried more than just valuable goods for trade. The cultural interaction is an important part of material(物质) exchange. The Silk Road has been bringing cultures and peoples together, and encouraging exchange between them. For example, businessmen had to learn Chinese and customs of Chinese people, in order to communicate successfully. Moreover, businessmen carried their own cultural knowledge to China.