Unit 8 Adventure

Lesson 3 Marco Polo教案

Teaching Aims:

1. To review relative clauses

2. To compare and distinguish defining and non-defining relative clauses

Teaching difficulties:

1. To compare and distinguish defining and non-defining relative clauses

Teaching Aids:computer

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warming up

T: today we are going to read a story about Marco Polo. Have you heard about Marco Polo?

Which of the following do you think is true about Marco Polo?

A He was a French merchant who traveled to Venice.

B He was an Italian merchant who traveled to China.

S: B

T: Yes. Many people know about his story. He came from Italy. Venice was his hometown.(show the pictures of Venice) Marco Polo wrote a very famous book. Do you know its name?

S:

T: When did Marco came to China? (slide : an old map of the yuan dynasty)

S:

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T: In 1271, his father brought Marco on a trip to China. Marco was surprised at Chinese customs and skills such as using coal for heating, paper money, noodle-making and many other things.) Now let read the text you will get more information.

ⅡReading

Task1 Read the text. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

1 Kublai Khan trusted Marco polo's father very much. F

2 Marco polo's taught people to use coal as fuel in the Yuan Dynasty. F

3 The Hall in the Summer Palace can contain 6,000 people having dinner together. T

4. China was more developed than Europe at that time when Marco travelled to China. T

5. . As soon as Marco polo arrived in Italy a cocal war broke out near his town. F

6. Marco Polo wrote The Description of the world before he died. F

Ⅲ listening

Listen to the text ( make a preparation for the reading aloud correctly)

ⅣReading

this time read aloud and answer these questions( do the exercise 2) practise spoken