They(Oceans)provideabreedinggroundforlife,connecttheworldandpromotedevelopment.---XiJinping

海洋孕育了生命，聯通了世界，促進了發展。---習近平致“2019年中國海洋經濟博覽會”開幕的賀信Learningaims:1)Totranslatepara1-3fluentlyandgetthemainidea.2)To

analyzelong&complexsentencesSelf-learningguidance1(3’)1.Readpara1andtranslatethembyyourselvesloudlyandfluently.2.Markthephrasesandlong&complexsentencesyoudidn'tunderstand.3.Getthemainideaofpara1.Para.11.Tradeandcuriosityhaveoften

formedthefoundationof

mankind’sgreatestachievements.2.Tocompletethegreatmapoftheworldwasastrongpassionforthepeopleofearlycivilisations.MarcoPolo’stalesinspiredEuropeanexplorerstosearchforsearoutesfromwesttoeast.3.However,merchantsandexplorersfromtheEast

setsailfromeasttowestmanyyearsbeforeColumbusfirstdid.貿易和好奇心往往構成了人類最偉大成就的基礎。繪制完成偉大的世界地圖是早期文明人民的強烈熱情。馬可波羅的故事啟發了歐洲探險家尋找從西到東的海上路線。然而，來自東方的商人和探險家比哥倫布第一次從東向西航行早了很多年。MainideaTravelfromeasttowestbeganlongbeforeColumbus.Self-learningguidance2(3’)1.Readpara2andtranslatethembyyourselvesloudlyandfluently.2.Markthephrasesandlong&complexsentencesyoudidn'tunderstand.3.Getthemainideaofpara2.1.Inancienttimes,silkfromChinafounditsway

overlandtoIndia,theMiddleEast,andRome,alongwhatbecameknownastheSilkRoad.AtradingrouteacrosstheseawasalsoextendedalongthecoastsoftheIndianOcean,centredaroundCeylon(nowSriLanka).2.Here,merchantsfromChinaandmanyotherplacesmettonegotiatetradedeals,whichalsoledtomoreawarenessofeachother’scultures.3.Overthecenturies,furthertradingallowedmoreexplorationoftheregionstothewestofChina,asrecordedinDuHuan’sRecordofMyTravelsintheeighthcentury.在古代，來自中國的絲綢通過陸路到達印度、中東和羅馬，這就是后來的絲綢之路。一條橫跨大海的貿易路線也沿著印度洋海岸延伸，以錫蘭（現在的斯里蘭卡）為中心。在這里，來自中國和許多其他地方的商人聚在一起談判貿易協議，這也提高了他們對彼此文化的了解。幾個世紀以來，進一步的貿易允許對中國西部地區進行更多的探索，正如杜環在八世紀的《我的游記》中所記錄的那樣。Mainidea：Inancienttimes,traveleasttowestwasontheSilkRoad.

Self-learningguidance3(3’)1.Readpara3andtranslatethembyyourselvesloudlyandfluently.2.Markthephrasesandlong&complexsentencesyoudidn'tunderstand.3.Getthemainideaofpara3.1.Later,theMingDynastyfurtherdevelopedrelationswiththeseregions.Between1405and1433,sevenlargefleetssailedwestonvoyagesoftradeandexploration.Thesefleetswereasighttobeholdandwereinaleagueoftheirown

atthattime.2.UnderthecommandofZhengHe,theysetsailfromtheSouthChinaSeaacrosstheIndianOceantothemouthoftheRedSea,andthentotheeastcoastofAfrica.Africanroyalfamiliessentgiftssuchasgiraffesasgesturesoffriendship

inreturnforgold,silk,andspices.3.AlthoughChinawithdrewfromfurtherexpeditionsafter1433,theselandandsearoutesremainedactivechannelsbetweenotherculturesforcenturies.后來，明朝進一步發展了與這些地區的關系。1405年至1433年間，七支大型船隊向西航行，進行貿易和勘探。這些艦隊是一道亮麗的風景線，在當時屬于他們自己。在鄭和的指揮下，他們從南中國海出發，穿過印度洋，到達紅海河口，然后到達非洲東海岸。非洲王室送長頸鹿等禮物作為友誼的象征，以換取黃金、絲綢和香料。盡管中國在1433年后退出了進一步的探險，但這些陸地和海上路線在幾個世紀以來一直是其他文化之間的活躍渠道。Mainidea：ZhengHe’sseavoyagesbuiltrelationswithothercountries.summary1.formthefoundationof構成...的基礎2.a

passionfor...對...酷愛3.setsailfrom從...起航4.findone’swayto...找到通往...的路5.becomeknownas