【人教课标选修9】Unit 2 Sailing the oceans

Aim :

To train the student’s ability of listening and speaking .

Contents :

I  Warming up and Pre-reading

1> Introduce the history of sailing the oceans , and ask who are famous in sailing the oceans in history .

2>  Let students lock at the pictures and answer the questions

(1)    What is a navigator ?

(2)    Look at these famous people .Are they navigators or explorers ?

What do you know about them ?

(3)    Can you identify these early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they are used ? (Picture 2)

    a _________

    b _________

    c __________

    d __________

(4)    Which do you think was easier to work out :latitude or longitude ?

(5)    Which ones do you think are still used today ?

(6)  what is the difference between a navigator and an explorer ?

(7)  how do you think seaman found their way before modern accurate methods of navigation were invented?

Now read about what navigation was like before modern instruments were used.

II listening and speaking

1>     Listen to the tape and fill in the chart

Sailors form

Sea or Ocean

Skills

Phoenicia

Mediterranean

Used the sky to find

North

Their way

Polynesia

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