北师大Lesson3 Marco Polo.ppt

Unit8 lesson3 Marco Polo  Language Points Retell the story of Marco Polo based on the outline given below. was born... travelled across... was amazed by... was impressed by... was surprised to see... was confused by... served... returned...and became... was caught and put into prison told all his stories to... Marco Polo At the age of___, Marco polo and his father travelled across Asia and Europe to do _____ with the Chinese and eventually they arrved in Beijing. THe ____ dynasty Emperor, Kublai khan _________ them and he was impressed by Marco’s _________ and the _______ to speak four languages, so he made Marco serve in his ______. In ____, Marco was amazed by the ______ and power of China. He was impressed by Beijing and the Summer______. Besides, he was surprised to see people using paper money which was not ________ in Europe at that time. Marco was also confused by the black stone people used to burn for _____. In 1291, Marco, who was very _______ at that time, returned to Italy. Later, he severed as the _______ of a warship in a local war but was caught. In the ______, he met an author who wrote his stories in a book, which became one of the _________ books in Europe. Many people didn’t ______ the stories, but Marco always _______ by his stories. Why did Marco return to Italy? Homework Write a general description of your hometown Fengyang. * * * * Fast reading Listen to the tape, and match the main idea with each paragraph. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 Marco Polos early life Marco returned to Italy Inventions and developments in China Kublai Khan welcomed Marco Marco was amazed at China People’s reaction to Marco’s stories The second reading Read the passage and answer the following questions. 1.Why did Marco and his father travel to China? 3.How did Marco describe the Summer Palace? 4.Why was Marco surprised to see people using paper money? 5.What