---- by Wu Rumengfrom Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School

• http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-About-the-Explorer-Marco-Polo-304218378

Lead inLead in

A story about a great traveller traveller:

Unit 8 AdventureUnit 8 Adventure

Period OnePeriod One

---- by Wu Rumengfrom Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School

Words Bank Words Bank

emperorgoods

fuelavailableauthorwealthy

break output into prisona quantity ofbe amazed by be confused bytake dictation

Before you Before you start start exercise exercise ①①Have 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.

Fast Fast readingreading

Read the text fast and match the topic with the paragraphs.

Para.1

Para.2

Para.3

Para.4

Para.5

Para.6

Marco Polo's 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

Read the passage again and answer the following

questions.

Careful Careful reading reading exercise exercise ②②

Questions and Questions and answers:answers: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 prisonput into prison when he went back to Italy?

7) What was the name of his book?

2) Why was the emperor impressed by

Marco?

Because Marco was very clever and could already speak 4 languages, although he was young.

Careful Careful readingreading Questions and answers:Questions and answers:

3) Why was Marco surprised to see people

using paper money?

Because in Europe people paid forin Europe people paid for goodsgoods with gold or silver.with gold or silver.

Careful Careful readingreading Questions and answers:Questions and answers:

4)What were the black stones Marco saw people burning for fuel?

Careful Careful readingreading Questions and answers:Questions and answers:

Coal

6) Why was he put into prison when he

went back to Italy?

Because a local warBecause a local war broke outbroke out, , and

during the war he was caught by the war he was caught by

the enemy.the enemy.

CarefulCareful readingreading Questions and answers:Questions and answers:

The Description of the The Description of the WorldWorld

The Description of the World.

Was it all true?

“I have only told a half of what I saw!”

Further Further readingreading

Structure of the passageStructure of the passage

Part One:

Part Two:

Part Three:

Basic information of Marco Polo

Before he got to China

After he got to China

After he left China

Time Clue

Para. _1_

From Para. __ to Para. __

From Para. __ to Para. __

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To tell a story of a traveller, what information should be included?

Name:Name: Marco Polo

Before he got to China

Basic information

After he got to China

After he left China

His feelings His feelings about what about what he he __________

Outline of the passageOutline of the passageFurther Further readingreading

travelled across__________ to_________with the Chinese

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 ___________________ ____________________

was born in______ in_________

What heWhat he ____ ____

Complete the table with proper information according to the passage.

Marco Polo and His Travels (Part One)Marco Polo and His Travels (Part One)

Name:Name: Marco PoloMarco Polo

was born in ____ in _____

travelled across ______________

to ________ with the Chinese

Before he got to China

Basic information

Further Further readingreading

Italy 1254

do trade

Europe and Asia

was amazed by __________

________________________

was impressed by________

________________________

was surprised to see______

________________________

was confused by_________

________________________

served in ________________

After he got to China

Further Further readingreading

His feelings about what he ____

how beautiful and powerful China was

Marco Polo and His Travels (Part Two)Marco Polo and His Travels (Part Two)

What heWhat he ___ ___

Beijing and the emperor’s palace, esp. …

Chinese people using paper money

the black stones people used as fuel

the emperor’s court

saw

did

returned to_____and became

___________________

was caught and _______________

told all his stories to_____________

_____________

After he left China

Further Further readingreading Marco Polo and His Travels (Part Three)Marco Polo and His Travels (Part Three)

Italy

the captain of a warship

put into prison

another prisoner who

was an author and interested in his stories. 　

Post-reading ActivityPost-reading Activity

Group Work: Discussion Group Work: Discussion

Student 2Student 2

Student 3Student 3Student 4Student 4

Student 1Student 1

1. What do you think of Marco Polo/ his travels?2. What do you learn about China at that time?

More Information about Marco:

• http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=47&catid=2&subcatid=90

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.co

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Homework:

emperor Marco served in his court.

—— the Yuan Dynasty Emperor

元朝皇帝

Kublai Khan

amazed

confused

amazed

He was amazed by the beauty of the Summer Palace.

(extremely surprised)

confuse

They are confused by

what is happening. They

just can’t understand it.

wood coal oil

All these can be used as fuel.

He was caught

by his enemy

and put into

prison.

goods

sports goodsclothes goods

a large quantity of goods

Tsunami broke out in Japan on March 11.

easy to be used or can easily to be found

The book she wants is available in the library.

J.K. Rowling is the author of Harry Porter series. She is creative, wealthy and popular.

Marco was surprised by what he saw in China.

Paper money

“The greatest palace that ever was”

The Summer Palace

black stones