广东省佛山市高明区第一中学北师大版英语必修3导学案：Unit 8 Adventure Lesson 3 Marco Polo 第1课时 Word

Unit 8 Lesson 3 Marco Polo

学习目标 Learning objectives

1. Get to know the meanings of some key words: amaze, goods, confuse, wealthy, statement, quantity;

2. To practice reading for specific information; 【教学环节】 一、温故而知新

Match the new words with the definitions.

1) author a) a person who hunts wild animals for food or sport. 2) hunter b) writer

3) goods c) having a lot of money; rich

4) wealthy d) things that are produced to be sold.

5) emperor e) sth that you say or write that gives information 6) amaze f) the ruler of an empire 7) statement g) to surprise sb very much

8) court h) a university teacher of the highest rank 9) professor i) an amount or a number of sth

10) quantity j) the place where legal trials take place and where crimes are

judged.

二．课前预习

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms

(1). His dream of _______﹙traveler﹚ around the world is difficult to realize. (2). What he achieved is really __________﹙amaze﹚.

(3). Everyone was __________﹙amaze﹚at the progress he had made. (4). He was depressed and in a ___________﹙confuse﹚ state of mind. (5). I found the instructions on the box really ___________﹙confuse﹚.

(6). As is known to all, the purpose of industry is to create ________﹙wealthy﹚. (7). The government of China has made an official _________﹙state﹚on the war. (8). People around the world are taking actions to protect whales from _______.﹙hunter﹚

(9). ____________﹙quantity﹚of food are being transported to the area. 三、问题导学，重难探究：

Task 1: Read the text. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? 1) Kublai Khan trusted Marco Polo very much.

2) People began using coal as fuel during the Yuan Dynasty.

3) The hall in the Summer Palace can contain 6,000 people having dinner together. 4) China was more developed than Europe at that time when Marco Polo traveled to China.

5) It was not long before he arrived in Italy that a local war broke out near his town.

6) Marco Polo wrote The Description of the world before he died. Task 2: complete the passage according to the text

Marco Polo and his father traveled ____________ Europe and Asia, hoping to _____________the Chinese. In Beijing, they received a warm ___________and clever Marco _______________the Emperor. At the same time, the beautiful and powerful China, ______________, amazed Marco, _______________ the Summer Palace which he _________________ “the greatest palace that ever was…” and the hall of which was big enough to______________6000 people.

Macro was also surprised to see the inventions and developments which were not ________________in Europe at the time. Not long after he returned, a local _________________ near his town, in which he was caught and________________.

Macro’s stories were so ________________ that many people thought they weren’t true. But Macro always _____________________ his tales.

四、当堂检测

★1. 用适当的介词完成下列句子。

1). What will you buy ___________ the pocket money?

2). Wood can be used ____________ both building houses and making paper. 3). Some pupils like doing their homework ________ pencil rather than with a pen. 4). We were very impressed ___________ the children’s work.

5). I’m excited about the plan to travel _____________ China.

6). He has retired after nearly forty years of service ____________ teaching. 7). How much should I pay _____________ the service?

★★2. 翻译下列句子：

1. 我们将在校门口欢迎来自英国的客人。﹙welcome v.﹚

_______________________________________________________________. 2. 好像我们在这家餐厅不受欢迎。﹙welcome adj.﹚

_______________________________________________________________. 3. 获胜者回国时受到了热烈的欢迎。﹙welcome n.﹚

_______________________________________________________________. 4．我爱高明，特别是春天的高明。﹙especially﹚

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