---- by Wu Rumeng from Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School
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---- by Wu Rumengfrom Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School
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A story about a great traveller traveller:
Unit 8 AdventureUnit 8 Adventure
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---- by Wu Rumengfrom Quanzhou No. 9 Middle School
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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: [email protected]
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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