内容正文:
Unit 2 Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road
【学习目标】
1.能记住并能正确运用下列单词:age、 Europe、 Asia、 journey、 king、 coal、 discover、 invent、 other。
2.会运用下列短语及句型:at the age of..., He went to..., He met the king and..., He wrote..., I hope to write a book like that someday.
【预习导学】
一、填一填
1.at the age of 17______
2.be new to______
3.bring back______
4.a famous book______
5.在……和……之间______
6.为……效力______
二、写一写
写出下列动词的过去式。
1.go — ______ 2.travel — ______
3.meet — ______ 4.are — ______
5.bring — ______
三、译一译
1.他在十七岁的时候,去了中国。
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·学习小助手·
表示“在……岁时”可用“at the age of +数字”,也可用when引导的从句表示。如at the age of 17 = when he was 17。
2.在“丝绸之路”上,他们在欧洲和亚洲之间运送货物。
______
3.他们的旅行大约持续了二十年。
______
·学习小助手·
last作动词时,意为“持续”。
4.他遇到了国王,并为他效力了十七年。
______
5.这些东西对马可·波罗来说是陌生的。
______
6.我希望有一天写一本像那样的书。
______
·学习小助手·
hope to do sth.意为“希望去做某事”,但不能说hope sb. to do sth.。
【答案】预习导学
一、
1.在17岁时
2.对……是陌生的
3.带回
4.一本著名的书
5.between...and...
6.work for
二、
1.went travelled
3.met
4.were
5.brought
三、
1.At the age of 17, he went to China.
2.They moved goods between Europe and Asia on the Silk Road.
3.Their journey lasted about twenty years.
4.He met the king and worked for him for 17 years.
5.These things were new to Marco Polo.
6.I hope to write a book like that someday.
【合作探究】
任务驱动1
听力训练
◎学法指导:认真听、读单词发音,提高语音学习能力。
1.上节课Jenny 和Danny 讨论过一个著名的人物——马可·波罗,你了解他吗?请你说一说你眼中的马可·波罗。
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2.听教材课文录音,判断下列句子的正(T)误(F)。
①Marco Polo was a man from America. (______)
②When he was 21, Marco Polo went to China. (______)
③Marco Polo travelled along the Silk Road with his father and uncle. (______)
④In 1275, Marco Polo travelled to Beijing. (______)
⑤The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper. (______)
⑥Marco Polo wrote a famous book about his travels to Italy. (______)
3.朗读课文,补全所缺的单词。
At the ______ of 17, Marco Polo travelled along the Silk Road with his father and uncle. They moved goods between ______ and ______ on the Silk Road. Their ______ lasted about twenty years!
In 1275, Marco Polo travelled to Beijing. He met