Unit8lesson-3-Marco-Polo

Unit8lesson3MarcoPoloThelandsilkroadWarmupThelinethatconnectsEasttoWestPre-readingHaveyouheardaboutMarcoPolo?Whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkistrue?A.HewasaFrenchtravellerwholivedinItalyforsometime.B.HewasanItaliantravellerwholivedinChinaforsometime.KublaiKhan忽必烈汗——theYuanDynastyEmperor元朝皇帝MarcoPoloseeingKublaiKhan马可波罗晋见忽必烈汗Warship(战船)inMarco’stimeMarcowastellingstoriesaboutChinaintheprison(监狱)BookstalkedaboutMarcoPoloinChinaMarcoPoloandHisTravelsReadthroughthetextquickly,andtrytomatchtheparagraphswiththemainidea.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6MarcoPolo'searlylifeMarcoreturnedtoItalyInventionsanddevelopmentsinChinaKublaiKhanwelcomedMarcoMarcowasamazedatChinaPeople’sreactiontoMarco’sstoriesReadthroughthetextquickly,andfindouttheinformationaboutMarcoPoloandfilloutthefollowingform.CarefulreadingName:Born(when/where):CametoChina(when):Languages(howmany):WorkedinChina(howmanyyears):ReturnedtoItaly(when):Ageofhisdeath:Thenameofhisbook:MarcoPolo1254,Italy1271417129170TheDescriptionoftheWorldReadthepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1)WhydidMarcoandhisfathertraveltoChina?BecauseMarco’sfatherwantedtodotradewiththeChinese.2)WhywastheEmperorimpressedwithMarco?BecauseMarcowasverycleverandcouldalreadyspeakfourlanguages.3)WhywasMarcosurprisedtoseepeopleusingpapermoney?4)WhatweretheblackstonesMarcosawpeopleburningforfuel?BecauseinEuropepeoplepaidforgoodswithgoldorsilver.Theywerecoal.5)HowlongdidMarcospendinChina?6)WhywasheimprisonedwhenhewentbacktoItaly?7)Whatwasthenameofhisbook?For17years.Becausealocalwarhadbrokenout.Duringthewarhewascapturedbytheenemy.TheDescriptionoftheWorld.WordBank1.trade(n)&(v)贸易；商业(Para1)do~withsb.;~withsb.与某人做生意OurcountrydoestradewithalotofEuropeancountries.tradesthforsth.用某物交换某物,易货交易trade(insth)withsb.与某人做……的生意翻译句子：我们正与那家公司做棉花生意。Wearetradingincottonwiththatcompany.beimpressedby/withsb./sth.对...印象深刻；为…所打动Iwasquiteimpressedbythewidevarietyofexhibitionstheyhave.他的故事把我打动了。Iwasveryimpressedbyhisstory.2.TheEmperorwasimpressedbyhimandtheybecamefriends.sth./sb.impresssb.给……留下深刻的印象Sheimpressedmeasascholar.Hiswordsimpresseddeeplyonmymemory.Anyway,whethertheylikeitornot,theydogivepeopleaverygoodimpression.It’saveryimpressiveperformancebyagroupofstudentsofthatage.3.inturn依此,替换地;转而，反过来(Para3)Thetwosisterscaredfortheirsickmotherinturn.AcleanenvironmentcanhelpthecitybidfortheOlympics,whichinturnwillpromoteitseconomicdevelopment.4.seat(n)座位；(v)使坐下；容纳(Para3)e.g.Pleasegobacktoyourseat.Sheseatedherselfonthesofa.Thehallissolargethatitcanseat5000people.6.breakout(指战争、疾病、火灾、暴动、暴乱等坏事)突然发生，爆发（无被动形式)（para5）e.g.SarsbrokeoutinChinain2003.易混辨析：takeplace/happen/occur/comeabout/breakout自从1978年以来，中国发生了巨大的变化。GreatchangeshavetakenplaceinChinaSince1978.breakup破碎，破坏，解散，结束，衰弱breakthrough突破，突围breakaway消散，拆毁，脱开，离开，逃脱breakinto闯入breakin闯入，打断7.standby忠于，坚守，坚持(Para6)e.g.Istandbymyprinciples.Iwillstandbyyouwhateverhappens.Howcanyoustandbyandlethimtreathisdoglikethat?standfor代表，支持，象征，容忍standout突出，脱颖而出离岸;坚持standup起立，（论点、论据等）站得住脚的，经久耐用Fillintheblankswith“which”,“when”,“where”:1.start2.asaresult3.Insistthatsomethingistrue4.writer5.richinturn,wealthy,author,breakout,standbyReadthepassageagainandmatchthewordsintheboxwiththeirdefinitions.breakoutwealthyinturnstandbyauthorCompletethesentencesusingthewordsfromexercise3.1.Hebecame_________throughhardworkandcarefulsaving.2.Heisasuccessful________.Hehasalreadywrittenthreebestsellingnovels.wealthyauthorinturn,wealthy,author,breakout,standby3.Thepresidenttoldthereporterthathewantedto__________hisearlierstatement.4.Inthepast,withoutcleanrunningwater,diseasewouldoften___________incities.5.Thecustomerpraisedthemanager,who,___________praisedhisstaff.breakoutinturnstandbyFillintheblankswith“which”,“when”,“where”: