---- by Wu Rumeng from Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School

1. ---- by Wu Rumeng from Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School

2. Lead in A story about a great traveller: • http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-About-the-Explorer-Marco-Polo-304218378

3. Marco Polo Lesson 3 Unit 8 Adventure Period One ---- by Wu Rumeng from Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School

4. Words Bank emperor goods fuel available author wealthy break out put into prison a quantity of be amazed by be confused by take dictation

5. Before you start exercise ① Have you heard about Marco Polo? Which of he following do you think is true about Marco Polo? A. He was a French traveller who live in Italy for some time. B. He was an Italian traveller who lived in China for some time. B. He was an Italian traveller who lived in China for some time.

6. Fast reading Read the text fast and match the topic with the paragraphs.

8. Careful reading exercise ② Questions and answers: Read the passage again and answer the following questions. 1) Why did Marco and his father travel to China? 2) Why was the emperor impressed by Marco? 3) Why was Marco surprised to see people using paper money? 4) What were the black stones Marco saw people burning for fuel? 5) How long did Marco spend in China? 6) Why was he put into prison when he went back to Italy? 7) What was the name of his book?

9. Careful reading Questions and answers: 2) Why was the emperor impressed by Marco? Because Marco was very clever and could already speak 4 languages, although he was young.

10. Careful reading Questions and answers: 3) Why was Marco surprised to see people using paper money? Because in Europe people paid forgoodswith gold or silver.

11. Careful reading Questions and answers: 4)What were the black stones Marco saw people burning for fuel? Coal

12. Carefulreading Questions and answers: 6) Why was he put into prison when he went back to Italy? Because a local warbroke out, and during the war he was caught by the enemy.

13. The Description of the World

14. The Description of the World. Was it all true? “I have only told a half of what I saw!”

15. Further reading Structure of the passage Basic information of Marco Polo Part One: Para. _1_ Beforehe got to China Time Clue Part Two: After he got to China From Para. __ to Para. __ 2 4 Part Three: After he left China From Para. __ to Para. __ 5 6

16. Further reading Outline of the passage Complete the table with proper information according to the passage. Name:Marco Polo Basic information To tell a story of a traveller, what information should be included? was born in______ in_________ travelled across__________ to_________with theChinese was amazed by_____________ was impressed by__________ was surprised to see________ was confused by___________ served in_________________ returned to_______ and became__________ was caught and _____________ told all his stories to ___________________ ____________________ Before he got to China His feelings about what he _____ After he got to China What he ____ After he left China

17. Further reading Marco Polo and His Travels (Part One) Name:Marco Polo was born in ____ in _____ travelled across ______________ to ________ with the Chinese Basic information Italy 1254 Europe and Asia Before he got to China do trade

18. Further reading Marco Polo and His Travels (Part Two) was amazed by __________ ________________________ was impressed by________ ________________________ was surprised to see______ ________________________ was confused by_________ ________________________ served in ________________ how beautiful and powerful China was Beijing and the emperor’s palace, esp. … His feelings about what he ____ saw Chinese people using paper money After he got to China the black stones people used as fuel What he ___ did the emperor’s court

19. Further reading Marco Polo and His Travels (Part Three) returned to_____and became ___________________ was caught and _______________ told all his stories to_____________ _____________ Italy the captain of a warship After he left China put into prison another prisoner who was an author and interested in his stories.

20. Post-reading Activity Group Work: Discussion 1. What do you think of Marco Polo/ his travels? 2. What do you learn about China at that time?

21. More Information about Marco: • http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=47&catid=2&subcatid=90

22. Homework: Surf the Internet to find the information about the other great travellers like Christopher Columbus; Yury Alekseyevich Gagarin… Discuss the following questions in your group. 1. What qualities should an explorer owe? 2. What do you think of the saying: “The main thing is just to go.” Send your answers to my email: gtgl@sina.com

23. Hope to get your advice! Thank you!

24. emperor Marco served in hiscourt.

25. Kublai Khan —— the Yuan Dynasty Emperor 元朝皇帝

26. amazed confused

27. amazed (extremely surprised) He was amazed by the beauty of the Summer Palace.

28. confuse They are confused by what is happening. They just can’t understand it.

29. wood coal oil All these can be used asfuel.

30. He was caught by his enemy and put into prison.

31. goods

32. clothes goods sports goods

33. a largequantityof goods

34. Tsunami broke out in Japan on March 11.

35. The book she wants isavailablein the library. easy to be used or can easily to be found

36. J.K. Rowling is the author of HarryPorter series. She is creative, wealthy and popular.

37. Marco was surprised by what he saw in China. The Summer Palace Paper money black stones “The greatest palace that ever was”