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课件网) Reading (II) Unit 3 Back to the past Step 1 Lead-in Zheng He’s and Christopher Columbus’s voyages First voyages Total number of voyages Places of arrival significance Can you have a summary about what we have learnt Step 1 Learning words and phrases 1. Word study: strengthen Zheng He’s efforts helped develop and strengthen harmonious relations with these countries and regions, ... strengthen: to become stronger; to make sb/sth stronger 加强，增强 e.g. The new evidence will strengthen their case. 新的证据将使他们的论据更为充分。 Nouns + -en→Verbs strength+ -en→strengthen Can you say some other words like this fright → frighten length → lengthen height → heighten threat → threaten 2. Word study: dismiss For many years, some historians dismissed the records of these voyages as legends. dismiss: to decide that sb/sth is not important and not worth thinking or talking about 不予考虑，对...不屑一提 e.g. We can safely dismiss their objections. 我们对他们的异议完全可以不予理会。 Collocations of dismiss dismiss sb/sth as ... 不予考虑，对...不屑一提 我们大可以把他的话当作笑话而不予理会。_____. dismiss sth from sth 去除、摒除（思想、感情等） _____, she climbed higher. 摆脱了恐惧，她爬得更高了。 dismiss sb from sth 解雇，开除，免职 She made serious mistakes. Therefore, _____. 她犯了严重的错误，因此老板把她免职了。 Dismissing fears from her mind the boss dismissed her from the post We can safely dismiss what he said as a joke 3. Word study: acknowledge Zheng He’s accomplishments are now widely acknowledged, ... acknowledge: to accept that sth is true or sb/sth has a particular authority or status 承认（属实），承认（权威、地位） e.g. Mr Zhang is widely acknowledged as the most talented and humorous teacher in our school. 张老师被认为是我们学校最有才、最幽默的老师。 A collocation of acknowledge acknowledge sb/sth as ... 承认...是... 人们普遍认为司马迁是中国历史上最伟大的历史学家之一。 _____. _____ _____. Sima Qian is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest historians in Chinese history People widely acknowledge Sima Qian as one of the greatest historians in Chinese history 4. Word study: influential influential: having a lot of influence on sb/sth 有很大影响的 e.g. I’m reading a highly influential book written by Mr Zhang. 我正在读一本由张老师写的很有影响力的书。 ..., and he is remembered as one of China’s most influential explorers. A collocation of influential influential in (doing) sth 在...有很大影响 这一因素对做出决定是有很大影响的。 The fact is _____. _____. influential in making decisions influential in decisions 5. Word study: insist insist on sth/insist that ...: to demand that sth happen or that sb agree to do sth 坚决要求，坚持 e.g. They insisted on being given every detail of the case. She insisted on him/his wearing a suit. The boss insists that she come. =The boss insists that she should come. → a. insist on (sb/one’s) doing sth 坚持要(某人)做某事 b. insist that ... ... ...
