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Unit 8 Lesson 3 Marco Polo 教案

宜阳县第一高级中学 段红红

Teaching Aims: 1. To practise reading for specific information 2. To review relative clauses 3. To compare and distinguish defining and non-defining relative clauses Teaching difficulties: 1. How to help the students master the important words and phrases 2. To compare and distinguish defining and non-defining relative clauses Teaching Aids: computer Teaching procedures: Ⅰ. Warm- up

T: Today we are going to read a story about Marco Polo. Have you heard about

Marco Polo？

Which of the following do you think is true about Marco Polo？

A

He was a French merchant who traveled to Venice.

B

He was an Italian merchant who traveled to China. S: B T: Yes. Many people know about his story. He came from Italy. Venice was his hometown. Marco Polo wrote a very famous book. Do you know its name？

S: T: When did Marco come to China？

S: T: How did Marco travel to China？

S: T: In 1271，

his father brought Marco on a trip to China. Marco was amazed at

Chinese customs and skills such as using coal for heating，

paper money，noodle-making and many

other things.) Now let’s read the text and you will get more information. Ⅱ

Fast Reading

Task1 Read the text. Do these true (T) or false (F)questions 1 Marco Polo could already speak four languages.

T 2 Marco Polo taught people to use coal as fuel in the Yuan Dynasty.

F

3 The Hall in the Summer Palace can seat 6，000 people for dinner .

T 4. China was more developed than Europe at that time when Marco travelled to China.

T 5.

As soon as Marco polo arrived in Italy a local war broke out near his town.

F 6. Marco Polo wrote The Description of the World before he died.

F Ⅲ listening

Listen to the text and read after it aloud (pay attention to your pronunciation) Ⅳ Intensive Reading

This time read the text again aloud and answer these questions ( do

exercise 2) to

practice your spoken English and have a better understanding of the text V

Language Study

Vocabulary Practice(do

exercise 3. 4)

Language points 1.break out

(战争、争吵、疾病等)爆发

During the election period，

a big strike broke out. A quarrel broke out suddenly at midnight with the noise of breaking something. 2. in turn(s)

顺次；一个接一个地(做某事) The two sisters cared for their sick mother in turn. The boys were asked in turns to see the examiner. 3. seat 使就座，容纳

4. stand by

坚持（某种说法）；袖手旁观

I still stand by what I said yesterday.

I won’t stand by when you are in trouble.

5.put……into prison

把……关进监狱

6.be impressed by…… 对……印象深刻

VI Grammar Defining And Non-defining Clauses Firstly Grammar Summary 4，

on page 93，

secondly do the exercise 6，

7 ，

thirdly do the best choice. 1. Sheila couldn’t come to the party，

___ was a pity. A. what

B. which

C. that

D. it 2. All the passengers and suitcases ___ were still waiting on the broken-down old bus had to be transferred to another long-distance bus. A. they

B. who

C. that

D. which 3. This is an unpleasant subject ___ we might argue for a long while. A. in which

B. with them

C. about which

D. with it 4. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play，

____，

of course，

made the others unhappy. A. who

B. which

C. this

D. what Answers:

B

C

C

B VII Homework Write a short passage:

Retell the story about Marco Polo based on the outline given in exercise 8