Language points
1．by在…旁边，附近
They want to rent a house by the river.
2．grow up长大
grow –grew-grown
He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
3．set off 出发，启程
<近>set out/start
Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon.
4．return home回家
<近>Go/get/come back home
5．Not… until 直到…才
I didn’t realize she was a foreigner until she spoke.
6．so…that 如此…以致
Tom is so young that he can’t go to school.
7．describe …as 将…描述为
Marco polo described Hangzhou as “the finest city in the world”.
8．capture v.抓获，俘虏
<近>catch/seize
9．(be) in prison 坐牢
<近>in jail/behind bars
He was in prison for twenty years.
10．because of + 词或短语
They had to stay at home because of a heavy rain.
11．give sb. the first look at sth. 给…留下最初的印象
This beautiful castle gave me the first look at Scotland.
12．tell of 讲述，描述
tell sth. to sb.
tell sb. about sth.
13．influence v./n.影响
have an influence on … 对…有影响
It has a strong influence on people.
14．including
包含,包括
There are 4 people in my family, including me .
课件27张PPT。Unit One More practice
Marco Polo上海教育出版社（2013）九年级下英语 Around 700 years ago, an Italian young man travelled across Europe and Asia with his father and finally arrived in China. The young man was greatly amazed by how beautiful and powerful the country was and ．．． Lead inHave you ever heard of this story?
Who was the young man?[?’me?z] v.使…感到惊奇
<近>surpriseMarco PoloVenice It is said that Marco Polo was born there.This is Marco’s travelling map. Fast ReadingRead the passage.(2 min.)
Find out the information
about Marco Polo and fill
in the following form.Name:
Born (when/where):
Came to China (when):
Returned to Italy (when):
Age of his death:
The name of thebook:
Marco Polo1254,Venice, in present-day Italy1271 The Travels of Marco Polo7024 years later Listen to the text. After listening, match the paragraphs with the main idea.
Listening 2More practiceRead and match each paragraph with its main idea. Intensive ReadingPlease read the passage carefully for detailed information.
(3 minutes)
By在…旁边，附近They want to rent a house by the river.grow up长大grow –grew-grown
He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.set off 出发，启程<近>set out/start
Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon.return home回家 <近>Go/get/come back homenot… until 直到…才 I didn’t realize she was a foreigner
until she spoke.so…that 如此…以致Tom is so young
that he can’t go to school.describe …as 将…描述为Marco polo described Hangzhou as
“the finest city in the world”. capture v.抓获，俘虏<近>catch/seize(be) in prison 坐牢<近>in jail/behind bars
He was in prison for twenty years.because of + 词或短语They had to stay at home because of a heavy rain.give sb. the first look at sth.
给…留下最初的印象This beautiful castle gave me
the first look at Scotland.tell of 讲述，描述tell sth. to sb.
tell sb. about sth.influence v./n.影响have an influence on … 对…有影响
It has a strong influence on people.including 包含,包括There are 4 people in my family,
including me . Exercise Time因为直到…才 by West Lakedescribe … as出发长大so…that回家返回某地 in prison give sb. the first look at例如more and more interested inbecome well-knownthroughout China丝绸之路短语大比拼Homework
Write a report on Marco Polo from
a journalist’s point of view.
Retell the story according to
the form.
