Lesson 3
Lead-in : Background about Marco Polo T or F
Italian traveller and explorer. F
Marco Polo wasan
a French
He spent very short time in China. F
Marco Polo told stories about China in the prison T
He was very clever and skilful in language.T
much more
China was less developed than Europe when
Marco travelled in China. F
Presentation: Task 1
1
Outline
Read the text paragragh by paragraph, and
figure out the right topics.
Reading strategies:
1)Usually pay close attention to key words in
the first or last sentence of a paragraph;
2) Sometimes refer to key information and
sum up.
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Marco Polo's __________
arrival in China
It is said that Marco
____________
Polo was born there.
Venice
travelled across
When he was 17 years old, he _____________
Europe and Asia with his father.
met the
Finally, they____________
arrived in Beijing and _____
Emperor of Yuan Dynasty— Kublai Khan
忽必烈
Kublai
Khan
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______________
Warm
welcome to Marco
by Kublai Khan
was impressed by Marco's cleverness .
Kublai Khan __________________
Theybecame
______________
friends and the Emperor asked him
________
to
serve in his court.
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at China
Marco’s amazement
_____________
was amazed by
Marco ________________
what he saw in China.
The Summer Palace
“The greatest palace
that ever was”
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_______________________
Inventions
and developments in China
There were inventions and developments in
China __________________________
in Europe
which were not available
at that time.
Paper money
black stones/ coal
He was surprised to see Chinese people using
_______________
paper money
in the market and _________...with
paper.
pay for
He ____________________
was also confused by the black stone (that) people
used to burn
___________________
for fuel.
1
Marco Polo's__________
return to Italy
17 years later…
returned to
broke out
He____________Italy.
A local war _________
and he was ______________________
caught and put in prison .
who was an
He met another prisoner, __________
author, and told him all his stories.
to Marco’s
People ‘sreactions
____________
book
Later the author wrote them in a book
---The Description of the World.
Was it all
true?
by
Marco alwaysstood
_________
his tales . “I have only told
a_______
half of what I saw!”
Task 2 structure of the text
Part1
Part2
Part3
Part4
2
3
1
5
6
4
Marco's Marco's stay Marco's return Marco stood by
arrival in
to Italy
in China
his book
China
In a word, the text is developed _____________.
in time order
Task 3
Read the passage again.(1 min.)
• Find out the information
about Marco Polo and fill out the
following form.
• Name:
Marco Polo (1254--1324)
• Born (when/where): 1254, Italy
• Came to China (when): 1271
• Purpose: do trade with the Chinese
• Languages (how many):
• Returned to Italy (when):
• Age of his death:
4
1291
70;
1324
• The name of his book:The Description of the World
Task 4 : Multiple choices
1.The Emperor was friendly to Marco and his father because___
A. he invitd them to China B. he wanted to please them
C. he wanted to have a foreign official in his court .
D. he wanted to have a thorough understanding of Europe.
2.Marco was sent to do many important tasks ____
A. because he was the Emperor's friend
B. so that he could learn to speak more languages
C. and then he left Kublai Khan a good impression.
D. because he was capable and reliable enough to be an official
• 3.After leaving China, Marco ____
•
A. became a wealthy man
•
C. declared a war
B. fought in a war
D. joined the army and became a soldier
• 4.By saying "I have only told a half of what I saw", Marco meant__
•
A. he could only remember half of what he saw
•
B. he didn't want to tell people the whole truth of China
•
C. he wanted to keep another half of what he saw a secret
•
D. what he told in his book was really true.
Summary
Marco Polo was born in _______.
He later travelled
Italy
to China and was ___________
welcomed by the Emperor
Kublai Khan. He served
______ in China for 17 years
and experienced many amazing
_______ things. Soon after
he returned
_______ to Italy, he was ____into
prison, where
_____
put
who then wrote
he told his stories to a prisoner , _____
his stories in a book ________
called
The Description of the World.
Words studying
• in turn
• seat
• be available
• confuse
• wealthy
• stand by
• break out
• author
P26 Exx3-4:
be able to be seen/used/ got
rich
writer
insist that something is true
as a result
hold
have difficulty in understanding
start
1. be available to... 可以得到的、看到的、有空的等
对……感到困惑、混淆
2. be confused by...
轮流、反过来、相应地
3. in turn
爆发
4. break out
坚持某种说法、支持
5. stand by...
6. do trade with ...
和……做生意
7. put...into prison
投入监狱
8. a best-selling book
最畅销的一本书
9.be impressed by…
对……印象深刻
记录口述内容
10. take dictation
对……做出回复
11. reply to...
把……描述为……
12. describe… as
在那时
13. at that time
Practice: the adventure of Tom Sawyer
爱冒险， 既勇敢，
又机智， 乐于帮助
弱者
接着， 食物和蜡烛
用完了，难于找到
出口
课堂无聊， 退出，
渴望自由， 逃学
依靠勇敢机智，
克服各种困难
成功逃出山洞。
在一次冒险中，在
山洞中迷路，
先是，发现大量的
海盗藏的金币
adventurous clever _________
as well as
The hero ,Tom, is ___________,
brave, always ready to help the weak. Every time he
turned___
up for the class, he found the lesson ____
_____
dull and
confusing ,which made him try to _____
back out
________
____. At the
from his classmates is
same time,whatis_ different
_______ ____
was__
so ______
anxious____
for a free and exciting life
that he ___
that he did usually cut class. One of his real
____
first he and his beloved
adventures was that _____
girlfriend Betty was lost in a cave, where they found
____ _______
a_ large
quantity __
of gold coins hidden by pirates.
ran ____
out of
____
____, they ___
__ food and candles and
And then
____
_______ finding a way out. With his bravery and
had difficulty
wisdom,they finallygot
__ _____
_____ difficulties and
over various
succeeded in getting out of the cave.
Homework
• 1. Review what we have learned during this
• period and get ready for a dictation.
• 2. Finish off Exx on P49-52.(优化设计）