Unit7CultureCornerZhengHeandHisSevenVoyagesZhengHe’sfleets,whichnumbered200ships,sailedonaseriesofvoyagesacrosstheIndianOceanasfarasArabia,andthroughouttheislandsofSoutheastAsia.Theshipsreturnedladenwithgoodsandexotic(异国风情的)plants,aswellasprisonersofwar(includingtheKingofCeylon).Zheng’sfleetsusedforceonthreeoccasions:inSumatra(苏门答腊岛)in1404,inCeylon(SriLanka)in1410,andinSumatrain1413,mainlyagainstChinesepirates.sailorn.海员，水手mast桅，桅杆electricity电thunderstorm雷雨protection保护wherever无论哪里giraffe长颈鹿pearl珍珠zebra斑马inadditiontofleetsupplysinkglory1Findthesewordsinthetextandtrytoguesstheirmeanings.1.besides2.anamountofsomething3.alarggroupofships4.praiseandhonourthatsomeonegetsbecauseofsomethinggoodtheyhavedone5.togodownunderthesurfaceofwaterCarefulreadingReadthepassageandanswerthequestions.1.WhatwasZhengHemostrememberedfor? HewasoneoftheChina’smostfamousexplorers.Hisfleetsailedtocountriesveryfaraway.2.Whatwerethethingsfoundonhisships? ZhengHe’sshipscarriedgold,silver,silk,chinaandothertreasurestogiveasgiftstotherulersoftheneighbouringcountries.23.Whatwerethethingshebroughtback? ZhengHebrughtbackmanygiftsfromthecountrieshevisited,suchasmedicines,pearlsandstrangeanimals.Themostfamousofthesegiftswereagiraffeandazebra.4.Whathappenedafterhisdeath? Afterhisdeath,thestoriesofhistravelsmadehimoneoftheChina’smostfamoussailors.Languagepoints1.…inadditionto除…之外Inadditiontothesuppliesforthelongjourneys,…除了长途旅行的必需品外，…eg.Weplayfootballinadditiontobasketball.除了篮球外，我们还踢足球。InadditiontoEnglish,hehastostudyasecondforeignlanguage.除了英语外，他还得学第二外语。[拓展]1）其中的to为介词，所以后接动词作宾语时则用动名词。Inadditiontogivingageneralintroductiontocomputers,thecoursealsoprovidespr