1、UNIT 4 ADVERSITY AND COURAGE 导读话题妙切入导读话题妙切入 1Almost any situationgood or badis affected by the attitude we bring to. Seneca 差不多任何一种处境无论是好是坏都受到我们对待处 境的态度的影响。 西尼加 2Rejoicing in hope，patient in tribulation. John Kennedy 从希望中得到欢乐，在苦难中保持坚韧。 约翰 肯尼迪 3As long as adhere to the positive ideal，can produce stru
2、ggle of courage. 只要坚持积极的理想，就能产生奋斗的勇气。 Courage is riding your bicycle for the first time without training wheels. Courage is tasting the vegetable before making a face. Courage is being the first to make up after an argument. Courage is a blade of grassbreaking through icy snow. Courage is holding on
3、 to your dream. Zheng He，the Columbus of the East，was an amazing man. Between 1405 and 1433，Zheng He led seven sea trips to different parts of the world. He certainly travelled to India，Africa and the Middle East. A few people think his ships may have even reached South America and Australia. Each t
4、rip lasted between two and four years and it is believed he sailed more than 50， 000 km during the years of his travels. With 28， 000 men and over 300 ships，such as boats for food，water and even soldiers horses，Zheng He led a fleet (舰队) whose size would not be equalled by Europeans for over 500 year
5、s! On these trips he brought with him many Chinese goods like silk and medicine to give to foreign kings or to sell for local goods. He returned from each trip with boats filled with expensive things such as gold and jewellery，foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe. 探索发现 1Where did Zheng He travel to? 2Find out the size of Zheng Hes fleet. India，Africa and the Middle East. He may have reached South 28，000 men and over 300 ships. America and Australia. 3What Zheng He took from other countries? Gold and jewellery，foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe.
