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课件网) Unit 2 It's Show Time！ Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road Marco Polo He is an Italian. illustration (插图) of Polo’s book Italy age goods Europe Asia journey king coal discover invent 意大利 n. 年龄 n. 商品，物品 n. 欧洲 n. 亚洲 n. 旅行，旅程 n. 国王 n. 煤 v. 发现，了解 v. 发明，创造 New Words 1. People think ___ (年龄) is important. 2. Many dogs have been used to transport (运输) _____ (货物). 3. Nancy _____ (旅行) to the United States for the first time. 4. I’m the ____ (王) of the world. 5. I burnt (燃烧) ____ (煤炭) in this stove (火炉). 6. Can you help me _____ (找到) more music that I’ll like 根据提示写出单词的正确形式。 age goods journeyed king coal discover 7. I didn’t _____ (创造) the story. Everything I told you is true. 8. Do you have any _____ (别的) questions 9. As you listen to the dialog, you might hear some phrases that are _____ (对……陌生) you. 10. In most countries men are called up (应征入伍) _____ (在……岁时) eighteen. invent other at the age of new to Read the text loudly and answer more questions. Read and answer. 1. What country did Marco Polo come from He came from Italy. 2. How did he and his brother travel They travelled on boats, horses and camels. 3. How long did his journey last His journey lasted about twenty years. 4. When did he travel to Beijing He travelled to Beijing in 1275. 5. What did he bring back to his home country He brought some coal, paper, a lot of silk, tea and other goods. 在几岁的时候 搬运货物 在...之间 为某人工作 对某物陌生 把某物带回某地 希望做某事 at the age of... move goods between ... and ... work for sb. be new to... bring sth. back to sp. hope to do sh. Find out the phrase and mark them on your books Language points Are you ready for your project 为你的课题做好准备了吗？ 【解析】 句式be ready for ... 意为“为……做好准备”，介词for后加名词或代词。 e.g. Li Ming, we are ready for the exam. What about you 【同一短语】 句式be ready to do something e.g. We are ready to have the exam. Let’s go to the library and work on our projects. 我们去图书馆研究我们的课题吧。 【解析】 句式work on ... 意为“从事、继续工作、计算”。这是“动词 + 副词”短语， work it on work on my writing They worked on a new plan this morning. The question is too hard and the students are working it on. 句式work out表示“解决、计算出”。 我们计算不出这道题了。你能帮助我们吗？ We can’t work out this problem. Can you help us 一般过去时用法 一般过去时表示过去经常进行的动作或所处的状态，多与时间状语 last ..., just now, ... ago, the other day, once upon a time, when she was young, at the age of ...等。 肯定句式： 主语 + 动词过去式 否定句式： 主语 + didn’t + 动词原形 疑问句式： Did + 主语 + 动词原形 如： 2. 肯定句式： She did some washing this morning. 否定式： 疑问式： 变换句型. 1. 肯定句式： Tony read a newspaper after supper. 否定式： 疑问式： She didn’t do any washing this morning. Did she do any washing this morning Tony didn’t read a newspaper after ... ...
