2018春七年级英语下册 Unit 2 It’s Show Time Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road课件 （新版）冀教版.pptVIP

* Unit 2 Its Show Time Lesson 8 Marco Polo and Silk Road Marco Polo Marco Polo (1254-1324), a Venetian trader and explorer who was famous for his worldwide travels. His famous book is The Description of the World. Warming Up Read the text and answer the questions: (1) How did Marco Polo and his brother travel? (2) How long did his journey last? (3) What did he bring back to his home country? (4) when did he travel to Beijing? (5) What did he bring back to his home country? New words and expressions coal New words and expressions Europe New words and expressions trader New words and expressions inventor New words and expressions king Words Review interest n. Italy n. age n. goods n. European n. Asia n. journey n. king n. coal n. discover v. invent v. other adj. travel v. 兴趣 意大利 亚洲 发现；了解 旅行；旅程 国王 煤炭 发明；创造 其他的；另外的 旅行；旅途 年龄 商品；货物 欧洲 一般过去时表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态，也可表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。常和表示过去的时间状语连用，如yesterday, last week, last night, in 2003, two days ago等。 【举例】 I got up at 6:30 yesterday. 我昨天6:30起床。 My father was very busy last week. 我父亲上周很忙。 Language points 一般过去时的基本结构 ⑴ 肯定句“主语＋动词过去式＋其他”或者“主语＋was／were＋其他”。 【举例】 I played tennis last weekend. 我上周末打网球了。 My school trip was great. 我的学校郊游棒极了。 ⑵ 否定句“主语＋didnt＋动词原形＋其他”或“主语＋wasnt／werent＋其他”。 【举例】 The girl didnt play computer games yesterday afternoon. 这个女孩昨天下午没玩电子游戏。 Old Henry wasnt happy last Friday. 上星期五老亨利不高兴。 Showing and exchange 1. at the age of… / when sb was… years old 在…岁时 Eg: He moved to London at the age of 20 ( when he was 20 years old ). 2. discover 发现；了解 invent 发明；创造 Eg: He discovered a new star. Who invented the telephone? 3.be new to sb.