1、Unit2 Its Show Time!,Lesson8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road,Warm up,1,Presentation,2,Language Points,3,内容结构,Work in groups. What do you know about Marco Polo? Discuss with your classmates. Find more information about him, and share your ideas with your classmates.,Warm-up,Free talking,Marco Polo,Marco
2、 Polo (1254-1324), a Venetian trader and explorer who was famous for his worldwide travels. His famous book is The Description of the World.,Marco Polo was a man from Italy.,Presentation,Learn some new words,Italy n. 意大利,At the age of 17, Marco Polo went to China.,age n.年龄,Europe n. 欧洲,They moved go
3、ods between Europe and Asia on the silk Road.,Asia n. 亚洲,Their journey lasted about twenty years!,journey n. 旅程,The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.,invent v. 发明；创造,king n. 国王,coal n. 煤,discover v. 发现；了解,1. At the age of _, Marco Polo went to China. 2. Marco Polo and his father moved good
4、s between _ and _ on the Silk Road. 3. Marco Polo learned about _ and _ in China.,Listen and tick the correct answers.,17,Europe,coal,paper,Asia,1. What country did Macro Polo come from?2. How did he and his father travel?3. When did he travel to Peking?4. How long did his journey last?5. What did h
5、e bring back to his home country?,Read the lesson and answer the questions.,People sell their _ at the market. We use _ to make electricity. After the long _, Marco Polo arrived in Peking at last. He didnt do well this time. But he _ to do better next time. I walked around my city and I _ some beaut
6、iful places.,hope coal journey discover goods,goods,coal,journey,hoped,discovered,Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.,Task tips: Where was he from? How old was he when he came to China? 3. What did he do in China? What amazing things did he learn about in China? 5. How
7、 long did he stay in China?,Work in groups. What do you know about Marco Polo? Find more information about him and present it to the class.,.,Irregular Verbsam/is - was buy - bought begin - begancut - cut drink - drank feel - felt forget - forgot give - gave go - wenthear - heard keep - kept fall -
8、fellpay - paid ride - rode eat - ate,Language points,1. The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper. discover 发现；了解 Columbus discovered America but he did not explore the new continent 哥伦布发现了美洲，可是他没有去探索这个新大陆。 Edison invented the electric light bulb 爱迪生发明了电灯泡。,2. These things were new to Marco Pol
9、o. be new to表示“对陌生，不熟悉，没做（听）过”。 This kind of work is new to me. 这种工作对我来说很陌生。 As a beginner, everything is very new to him. 他刚起步，对一切都很生疏。,3. I hope to write a book like that someday. hope to do sth. 表示“希望做某事”。 We all hope to go to college. 我们都希望她会喜欢这些花。,Homework:,Find and write down interesting facts about a famous character.,