1. Unit 8 Adventure Unit 8 Adventure Lesson 3 Marco Polo
Write the title of the passage on the middle top of the Bb. Marco Polo and his Travels 1

2. Recognize the people in the following pictures and try to say something about them.
Zheng He
Columbus
Xu Xiake
Marco Polo

3. Kublai Khan
忽必烈汗
—— the Yuan Dynasty Emperor
元朝皇帝

4. Marco was telling stories
about China in the prison (监狱).

5. The Travel of Marco Polo

6. What is the clue(线索) of the story about Marco Polo?
Listening
Time 6

7. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 Marco returned to Italy
Marco Polo came to China.
Marco returned to Italy
Great inventions and developments in China
Kublai Khan welcomed Marco
Marco was amazed at China
People’s reaction to Marco’s stories
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6

8. Read the passage and answer these questions.
1. Why did Marco and his father travel to China?
Because his father wanted to do trade with the Chinese.
2. Why was the emperor impressed by Marco?
Because Marco was very clever and could already speak four languages.
3. Why was Marco surprised to see people using paper money?
Because in Europe people paid for goods
with gold or silver.

9. 4. What were the black stones Marco saw people burning for fuel?
They were coal.
5. How long did Marco spend in China?
Marco stayed in China for 17 years.
6. Why was he put into prison when he went back to Italy?
Because a local war had broken out during which he was the captain of a warship and was caught by the enemy.
7. What was the name of his book?
The name of his book was the Description of the World.

10. trade who reached cleverness amazed power inventions wealthy into
Fill in the blanks with grammar （每空仅填一个词）
When Marco Polo was young, he traveled across Europe and Asia with his father,(1) _______ wanted to do(2) ______ (贸易)with the Chinese and eventually (3) _______ Beijing.Marco impressed the Emperor with his (4) ________ (clever) and the talent for language.
Marco served in the Emperor’s court and did many tasks across China.
trade
who
reached
cleverness
amazed
Marco was (5)_______ （amaze）by the beauty and the (6) _______ (powerful) of China Some Chinese (7) __________(invent) and developments surprised Marco.
When returning to Italy, Marco had become a very (8) _______ (wealth) person.
During a local war, Marco was put (9) _____ prison, where he met another
prisoner who enjoyed (10)__________ ( listen) to his stories about China.
power
inventions
wealthy
into
listening

11. Interview
Suppose you are a presenter and your partner is a professor doing a study of Marco Polo, role-play an interview like the following way:

12. P: Hello, Mr. Smith I'm a presenter from CCTV
P: Hello, Mr. Smith I'm a presenter from CCTV . It’s my great honor to ask you some questions about Marco.
Questions:
When and where was Marco born ?
When did he come to China? In which Dynasty? What was the name of the emperor at that time?
Why did Marco and his father travel to China?
Why was the emperor impressed by Marco?
How long did Marco spend in China?
Why was he put into prison when he went back to Italy?
What was the name of his famous book?
Was the book written by Marco himself?
Who was the author?
How did that book come into being（形成）?

13. Can you say something about the book The Description of the World?

14. Write a short report about this book
Writing 　
Homework
Write a short report
about this book