(
课件网) UNIT5 Ancient Civilization (Reading and Writing) 看图片，讨论以下问题。 Read and discuss. camel glass silk Mogao Caves Xuanzang What do you know about the person / place / things in the pictures What links them together camel(骆驼) 骆驼极耐旱又不惧风沙，是丝绸之路的不朽象征 glass(玻璃) 玻璃最早由古埃及发明，中国境内年代最早的玻璃制品，一般认为是早期沙漠丝绸之路传来的。 Xuanzang(玄奘) 玄奘的西行将西域的佛法之道带到了中原，成就了佛法的传播。 silk(丝绸) 中国是世界丝绸的发源地，为中国文明谱写了灿烂篇章。同时丝绸催生了丝绸之路，作为丝绸之路的主角 Mogao Caves(莫高窟) 在穿越河西走廊的丝绸之路上，敦煌既是西去的分叉点，又是东来的驻泊地。 丝绸之路 The silk road 丝绸之路，简称丝路，一般指陆上丝绸之路，广义上分为陆上丝绸之路和海上丝绸之路。 狭义的“丝绸之路”是指起始于古代中国长安或洛阳，经甘肃、新疆，到中亚、西亚，并连接地中海各国的陆上通道。 1877年，德国地质地理学家李希霍芬在其著作《中国》一书中，把“从公元前114年至公元127年间，中国与中亚、中国与印度间以丝绸贸易为媒介的这条西域交通道路”命名为“丝绸之路”，这一名词很快被学术界和大众所接受，并正式运用。 “海上丝绸之路”是古代中国与外国交通贸易和文化交往的海上通道，该路主要以南海为中心，所以又称南海丝绸之路，形成于秦汉时期，发展于三国至隋朝时期，繁荣于唐、宋、元、明时期，是已知的最为古老的海上航线。 丝绸之路起点是以国都为准的， 西汉时期起点在长安（今西安）；东汉时期起点在洛阳 ，期间丝绸之路第一次延伸到欧洲。魏晋南北朝有洛阳、长安、平城、邺城等多个起点，还一度以建康为起点；隋唐为大唐西市、开远门和隋唐洛阳城 ；北宋为开封。 它的最初作用是运输中国古代出产的丝绸。 阅读以下文章，选择合适的标题。 Read and choose. Did you know that the Silk Road was neither an actual road nor a single route What’s more, there were not only routes on land, but also routes by sea. The maritime Silk Road started during the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak during the Ming Dynasty. It linked Chinese ports with Korea, Japan, South Asia and even East Africa. The famous explorer to travel this sea route was Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty. The ancient Silk Road also has a long history. As early as over 2 000 years ago, China and ancient Rome were already connected by the Silk Road. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chinese emissary Gan Ying was sent to search for “Da Qin”, the Chinese name of the Roman Empire at that time. The famous explorer Marco Polo’s travels caused the first wave of “China fever” among European countries. Strong evidence suggests that Greece was introduced to silk products from China in the 6th century BC. The four great inventions of ancient China, papermaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder also reached the European countries by the ancient Silk Road. These inventions helped boost the development of Western societies. The Silk Road was a path of cultural exchanges between the East and the West. Many people over the centuries traveled the Silk Road in search of friendship between different parts of the world. The Silk Road, a Successful Trade Route ... ...
