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Welcome. A story about pizza. pizza. Who is this traveller?. green onion pancake. Italian traveler. Lesson3 Marco Polo. Reading. Background information. Italy. Marco Polo was born in _______. He was a ____________.

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  1. Welcome

  2. A story about pizza pizza Who is this traveller? green onion pancake Italian traveler

  3. Lesson3 Marco Polo Reading

  4. Background information Italy Marco Polo was born in _______. He was a ____________. He travelled to ______ ,at that time, China was ruled by the _________ Dynasty Emperor____________. There is a book about his stories ,called_________________________________________. businessman China Yuan Kublai Khan The Description of the World

  5. Word Bank wood coal oil All these can be used asfuel.

  6. Word Bank emperor Marco served in hiscourt.

  7. Word Bank During the war, Marco wasthecaptainof awarship.

  8. Word Bank amazed confused

  9. Word Bank He was caught by his enemy and put into prison.

  10. Pronunciation amazed confused warship put into prison fuel court emperor captain

  11. Fast-reading Listen to the tape and read the text quickly, then finish the following two tasks.

  12. Task1—Try to find out the main idea of the text. The main idea of the text is___. A. An introduction to Marco Polo B. Marco Polo’s travels C. Marco Polo and his travels D. Marco Polo’s book

  13. Task1—Match the paragraphs with these headings.(标题) Marco’s amazement(惊讶) at China People’s reactions(反应) to Marco’s book How he felt about the inventions and developments in China Marco’s stories after he returned home Marco Polo’s early life Kublai Khan welcomed Marco Polo

  14. 3 Marco’s amazement at China

  15. 6 People’s reactions to Marco’s book

  16. 4 How he felt about the inventions and developments

  17. 5 Marco’s stories after he returned home

  18. 2 Kublai Khan welcomed Marco Polo

  19. 1 Marco Polo's early life

  20. Careful-reading Please read the text paragraph by paragraph for detailed information.

  21. Paragraph 1 China... Where had Marco Polo been to before he arrived in Beijing? He travelled across Europe and Asia and finally he arrived in Beijing. Italy...

  22. paragraph 1 Who was the Chinese emperor when Marco travelled to China? Kublai Khan the first emperor of Yuan Dynasty.

  23. paragraph 2 When Marco and his father met the emperor, they ___. A. lived in a hostel B. were put into prison C. were welcomed D. were asked to teach the Emperor foreign languages

  24. paragraph 2 Why was the emperor impressed by Marco Polo? Because Marco _______. A. was quite clever B. was very powerful C. could speak four languages D. both A and C

  25. paragraph 3-4 Why was Marco surprised to see people using paper money? Because in Europe people paid for goods with gold and silver.

  26. What were the black stones Marco saw people burning for fuel? The black stones were _____. A. wood B. gas C. coal D. diamonds paragraph 3-4

  27. paragraph 5 Why was Marco put into prison when he went back to Italy? Because a _______war _________ and during the war he was _______ by the ______. local broke out caught enemy

  28. Who wrote the book The Description of the World ? A. Marco Polo B. A prisoner C. Kublai Khan D. Some unknown people paragraph 5

  29. Practise using the important new words and phrases. You will see some words and phrases later. Please make sentences with them. Group Competition Your team will get one point if the answer is right !

  30. …born Italy 1254… Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254 . …travel China 17… He travelled to China when he was 17. He was welcomed by Kublai Khan. …welcome Kublai Khan… He was amazed by the beautiful and powerful China. …be amazed by… He was surprised to see paper money and was confused by the black stone. be surprised to ,be confused by Marco returned to Italy after 17 years of service to the emperor. …1291 17 Italy … A local war broke out and he was put into prison by the enemy. …break out put into prison… A prisoner wrote Marco’s stories in a book named The Description of the world. …prisoner book…

  31. Inspiration Why did Marco Polo come to China instead of other countries at that time?

  32. Homework Retell the story about Marco Polo based on the key words. Finish exercises on pages 70-71. Preview Relative Clauses.

  33. Task1—Find out the information about Marco Polo and fill out the following form. Name Marco Polo Born (when/ where) 1254, Italy Came to China (when) 1271 do trade with the Chinese Purpose Languages (how many) 4 1291 Returned to Italy (when) Age of his death 70 The Description of the World The name of his book

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