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课件网) Unit 2 It’s Show Time! Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road New words coal n. 煤 Revision What’s Jenny’s project Italy意大利 Europe n. 欧洲 Asia n. 亚洲 journey n. 旅行；旅程 Their journey lasted about twenty years! king n. 国王 age n. 年龄 discover v. 发现；了解 invent v. 发明；创造 The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper. Who is he, do you know Pre-reading Read and answer the questions 1. What country did Marco Polo come from 2. How did he and his brother travel 3. What did he bring back to his home country He came from Italy. They traveled on boats, horses and camels. He brought coal and paper back. Careful Reading Marco Polo and the Silk Road Country _____. At the age of 17 He went to _____. He travelled _____ the Silk Road and moved goods _____ Europe _____ Asia. Later Marco Polo travelled _____ boats, horses and camels. The journey _____ about twenty years. Post-reading Italy China along between and on lasted Marco Polo and the Silk Road In 1275 Marco Polo travelled to Beijing and _____ the king and worked _____ him for 17 years. He learned about _____ and paper. They were new _____ him. met for coal to Marco Polo and the Silk Road At last （最后） He _____ coal, silk, paper and _____ goods back to Italy. He _____ a famous book about his travels to China. brought other wrote Find simple past tense in the lesson. Eg. travel-travelled Grammar Focus move-moved last-lasted am/is-was are-were go-went meet-met bring-brought write-wrote 1. 互联络对这些老人来说还很新鲜。 Internet is _____ _____ these old people . 2. 去年我们去西藏旅行了。 We _____ ____Tibet last year. 3. 在7岁的时候，他去了上海。 _____ the age of 7, he ____ ____ Shanghai. Exercise new to travelled to At went to 1. Read the passage fluently. 2. Remember language points of the lesson. 3. Suggest some places Jenny can see on her next visit to China. Homework
