LESSON3-Marco-Polo课件

MarcoPoloandhistravelsReadingThisisMarcoPolo’stravelingmap.Explorerstraveledalongthesilkroadnowadays.WhichofthefollowingdoyouthinkistrueaboutMarcoPolo?A.HewasaFrenchmerchantwholivedinItalyforsometime.B.HewasanItalianmerchantwhotravelledtoChina.HaveyouheardaboutMarcoPolo?MarcoPolo(1254–1324)wasamerchantfromItaly.Venicewashishometown.HeintroducedEuropeanstoCentralAsiaandChina.TheDescriptionoftheWorld•in1254;17yearsold;17years;in1291;notlongafterhisreturn;70yearsoldGeneralReading1.Skimthepassage.•FindouttheinformationaboutMarcoPoloandfilloutthefollowingform.•Name:•Born(when/where):•CametoChina(when):•Purpose:•Languages(howmany):•ReturnedtoItaly(when):•Ageofhisdeath:•Thenameofhisbook:MarcoPolo1254,Italy127141291TheDescriptionoftheWorlddotradewiththeChinese702.Listentothearticleandanswerthesequestions.①.WhydidMarcoandhisfathertraveltoChina?②.WhywastheemperorimpressedwithMarco?Becausehisfatherwasaseamerchant.HewantedtodotradewiththeChinese.BecauseMarcowasverycleverandcouldalreadyspeakfourlanguages.③.WhywasMarcosurprisedtoseepeopleusingpapermoney?④.WhatweretheblackstonesMarcosawpeopleburningforfuel?BecauseinEuropepeoplepaidforgoodswithgoldorsilver.TheblackstonesMarcosawpeopleburningwerecoal.⑦.Whatwasthenameofhisbook?⑤.HowlongdidMarcospendinChina?⑥.WhywasheputintoprisonwhenhewentbacktoItaly?MarcostayedinChinafor17years.Becausealocalwarbrokeout.Duringthewarhewascaughtbytheenemy.ThenameofhisbookwastheDescriptionoftheWorld.•WhowastheChineseemperorwhenMarcotravelledtoChina?Paragraph1KublaiKhanthefirstemperorofYuanDynasty.•WhenMarcoandhisfathermettheemperor,they___.A.livedinahostelB.wereputintoprisonC.werewelcomedD.wereaskedtoteachtheEmperorforeignlanguagesParagraph2CParagraph2•WhywastheemperorimpressedbyMarcoPolo?BecauseMarco_______.A.wasquitecleverB.wasverypowerfulC.couldspeakfourlanguagesD.bothAandCDParagraph3Paragraph2-3•WhywasMarcosurprisedtoseepeopleusingpapermoney?BecauseinEuropepeoplepaidforgoodswithgoldorsilver.Paragraph4•WasTheDescriptionoftheWorldwrittenbyMarco?No,itwasn’t.ItwaswrittenbyanotherprisonerwhoenjoyedlisteningtohisstoriesaboutChina.Paragraph5Paragraph6DidallpeoplebelieveMarco’sstoriesaboutChinaatthattime?HowdidMarcoPoloanswer?No,theydidn’t.Hereplied“IhaveonlytoldhalfofwhatIsaw!”Languagepoints1.Whenhewas17yearsold…,whowantedtodotradewiththeChinese.traden.买卖，交易dotradewithsb.和某人做买卖HisfatherwantedtodotradewiththeChinese.他的父亲想和中国人做买卖。tradev.tradewithsbEarlyexplorerstradeddirectlywiththeIndians.早期的探险者与印第安人直接进行交易。2.AlthoughMarcowasyoung,hewasverycleverandcouldalreadyspeakfourlanguages.although尽管，虽然。用于引导状语从句，后面的主句不能用but连接。Althoughmycarisveryold,itstillrunsverywell.尽管我的车很旧，跑起来却还很好。Thelightswerealreadyonalthoughitwasonlyfiveo’clock.尽管刚刚五点钟，灯却已点亮了。beimpressedby/withsb./sth.对...印象深刻；为…所打动Mr.Smithsaidthathewouldliketooffermethejobbecausehewasimpressedbymyabilities.史密斯先生说他愿意给我提供一份工作，因为我的能力给他留下了深刻印象。Iwasveryimpressedbyhisstory.我被他的故事打动了。3.TheEmperorwasimpressedbyhimandtheybecamefriends.sth./sb.impressessb.某人/某事给……留下深刻的印象Weinterviewedanumberofcandidatesbutnoneofthemimpressedus.我们和数名申请人进行了面谈，但都没有给我们留下什么印象。inturn(s)依次；轮流；反之Thegirlscalledouttheirnamesinturn.女孩们依次喊出她们的名字。Thestudentscleantheclassroomeverydayinturn.学生每天轮流打扫教室。4.Marco,inturn,wasimpressedbyhowbeautifulandpowerfulChinawas.breakout(战争、争吵、疾病等)爆发Shouldanotherworldwarbreakout,whatwouldbecomeofhumanbeings?万一另一次世界大战爆发，人类将会发生什么事？5.Notlongafterhidreturn,alocalwarbrokeout.breakup破碎，破坏，解散，结束，衰弱breakthrough突破，突围breakaway消散，拆毁，脱开，离开，逃脱breakinto闯入breakin闯入，打断standby忠于;坚守;坚持；袖手旁观I'llstandbyyouwhateverhappens.无论发生什么事，我都支持你。IstillstandbywhatIsaidyesterday.我坚持我昨天说的话。6.…,Marcoalwaysstoodbyhistales.standfor代表，支持，象征，容忍standout突出，脱颖而出离岸;坚持standup起立，（论点、论据等）站得住脚的，经久耐用Completethesentencesusingthewords.1.Hebecame______throughhardwordandcarefulsaving.2.Heisasuccessful_______.Hehasalreadywrittenthreebestsellingnovels.wealthyauthorinturn,wealthy,author,breakout,standby3.Thepresidenttoldthereporterthathewantedto________hisearlierstatements.4.Inthepast,withoutcleanrunningwater,diseasewouldoften_________incities.5.Thecustomerpraisedthemanager,who,________praisedhisstaff.breakoutinturnstandbyDiscussion•Whatqualitiesdoyouthinkaremostimportantforatraveleroranexplorer?brave;healthybody;teamsprit;strong;persist;curious;optimismHomework1.Underlinecomplicatedsentencesorstructuresthatyoucan’tunderstandwellinthetext.2.PleasewriteanarticleaboutMarcoPolo.YoucanaddsomethingyouhavegotontheInternettoyourwriting.That’sall.Thankyouforlistening.