课件29张PPT。It’s Show Time!Unit 2 Marco Polo and the Silk RoadLesson 8 同学们，上一课学习的单词、短语和句型你们都掌握了吗？现在大家来检验一下，点击下面的音频开始听写吧！Do you know this famous man? He’s Marco Polo. Today we will learn something about him. Hello, everyone!
My project is about Marco Polo and the Silk Road.
Marco Polo was a man from Italy. At the age? of 17, he went to China. He travelled along the Silk Road with his father and uncle. Together, they moved goods between Europe and Asia on the Silk Road. Later, Marco Polo travelled with his brother. They travelled on boats, horses and camels. Their journey? lasted about twenty years！
In 1275, Marco Polo travelled to Beijing. He met the king and worked for him for 17 years. During those years, MarcoPolo learned about coal and paper. The Chinese discovered?
coal and invented paper. These things were new to Marco
Polo. He brought some coal and paper back to Italy with him.
He also brought back a lot of silk, tea and other? goods.
Marco Polo wrote a famous book about his travels to China.
I hope to write a book like that someday. Thank you.
By：Jenny
Date：March 25 age/e?d?/n.年龄考向一at the age of 在……岁时
eg：At the age of five, he went to school.
在五岁时，他去上学了。知识点1He is very smart. He went to university at the ________ of 15.(广州)典例a【点拨】采用正确把握语境法。此句句意：“他很聪明。
他在十五岁时上了大学。”ge考向二at the age of ＋ 数字 ＝ at age＋数字，还可表示为when...was...years old。
eg：At the age of 12, Liu Mei went to Shanghai.
＝At age 12, Liu Mei went to Shanghai.
＝When she was 12 years old, Liu Mei went
to Shanghai.在12岁时，刘梅去了上海。 journey/'d???n?/n.旅行；旅程知识点2尤指“长距离的旅行”。
eg：He decided to make a journey to New York by
air.他决定乘飞机去纽约旅行。考向辨析 journey，travel，trip和 tour典例It’s a long ________ from China to England.
A．trip B．visit
C．travel D．journey【点拨】考查名词词义辨析。由“long”和“from China to England”可知应选journey意为“旅行，行程”。此句意为：“从中国到英格兰是很长的一段旅行。”D discover /d?s'k?v?/ v.发现；了解知识点3考向辨析discover和 invent 【易错点】典例—By the way, who________ the bulb?
—An American, Thomas Edison.
A．invented B．watched
C．discovered D．found【点拨】考查动词辨析。由常识“爱迪生发明了电灯泡”可知答案。A other/'?e?/adj.别的；其他的知识点4考向辨析other, others, the other, the others 和anothereg：Do you have any other questions?
你还有任何其他问题吗？eg：Do you have any other ideas?
你还有别的主意吗？
Some children are running；others are singing.
一些孩子在跑，别的在唱歌。
I have two brothers. One is Jim; the other is Jack.
我有两个弟弟。一个是吉姆，另一个是杰克。
We are having a music class. Lucy and Lily are singing;
the others are dancing.
我们在上音乐课。露西和莉莉在唱歌，其他人在跳舞。
I want another two students to help me.
我想再要两名学生来帮我。典例—Shall we meet at 8 o’clock next Sunday morning?
—I won’t be free then. Let’s make it ________day.
(福州)
A．other B．another C．the other【点拨】本题考查代词辨析。other泛指“其他的”；the other 意为“两者中的另一个”；another意为“三者或三者以上中的另一个”。另约时间要用another。BListen and tick the correct answers.Let's Do It !1．At the age of ________， Marco Polo went to China.
□twenty □seventeen □sixteen
2．Marco Polo and his father moved goods between ________
on the Silk Road.
□America and Asia □Europe and Asia
□Europe and America
3.Marco Polo learned about ______ in China.
□tea and paper □coal and silk □coal and paper
√√√2) Read the lesson and answer the questions.Let's Do It !1.What country did Marco Polo come from？
2.How did he and his brother travel?
3.How long did his journey last?
Italy. They travelled on boats, horses and camels.It lasted about twenty years.4．When did he travel to Beijing?
5．What did he bring back to his home country？In 1275.He brought back some coal，paper，a lot of silk，
tea and other goods. 3) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words
in the box.Let's Do It !hope coal journey discover goods1．People sell their ________ at the market.
2．It’s cold in the house. Put some ________ on the fire.
3．After the long ________， Marco Polo arrived in Beijing at last.
4．He didn’t do well this time. But he ________ to do better next
time.
5．I walked around my city and I ___________ some beautiful
places.goods coal journeyhopesdiscovered4) Work in groups. What do you know about Marco Polo? Find more information about him and present it to the class.Let's Do It !Task tips：
1．Where was he from?
2．How old was he when he came to China?
3．What did he do in China?
4．What amazing things did he learn about in China?
5．How long did he stay in China？ Marco Polo was from Italy. When he came to China，he was 17 years old. He travelled along the Silk Road and he travelled to Beijing. He met the king and worked for him for 17 years. Marco Polo learned about coal and paper in China. He had stayed in China for about twenty years.一、用方框中所给词的适当形式填空
1．China is the first country to __________ paper.
2．The ____________to China was long and difficult for Marco Polo.
3．Do you have any __________ apples?
4．Do you know who ____________ America?
5．We can move goods between Europe and ________．other, journey, discover, Asia, inventinventjourneyotherdiscoveredAsia二、单项选择
6．—Do you know Mo Yan?
—Of course. He won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature __________the age of 57.
A．in B．at
C．on D．to
7．Gilbert__________electricity (电), and Edison __________ the electric light bulb.
A．discovered; invented B．discovered; discovered
C．invented; invented D．invented; discoveredBA8．I hope__________ make a good plan.
A．you to B．to you
C．/ D．you caD【点拨】固定搭配法。 hope 只能用于 hope to do sth. 和“hope ＋ (that)从句”结构中，故排除A、B、C三项。
9．The twins are in different classes. One is in Class One and __________ is in Class Two.(株洲)
A．another B．other
C．the other
10．I will study in a high school. Everything will __________ me.
A．be new to B．be new for
C．be good to D．be good forCA三、连词成句
11．he, lot, books, brought, a, of, back
___________________________________________.
12．Marco Polo, do, did, in, what, China
___________________________________________?
13．the, lasts, two, for, game, hours, about
___________________________________________.
14．to, I, soon, go, hope, Beijing, to
___________________________________________.
15．Jenny, a, Canada, girl, from, is
___________________________________________.He brought back a lot of booksWhat did Marco Polo do in China The game lasts for about two hoursI hope to go to Beijing soonJenny is a girl from Canada 本节课主要学习了詹妮的课题，了解了马可?波罗的事迹，掌握了知识点age ,journey, discover和other的用法，提高了阅读理解和综合运用语言的能力。1.熟记本课时的词汇
2.完成本课时的课后作业
