1、Unit 8 Adventure Lesson 3 Marco Polo 教案 Teaching Aims: 1. To review relati ve 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: .
2、 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 abou
3、t 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: T: How did Marco travel to China?( slide : an old map of traveling map) S:
4、 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. Reading Task1 Read the text. Are these st atements true
5、 (T) or false (F)? 1 Kublai Khan trusted Marco polos father very much. F 2 Marco polos 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
6、 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 listening Listen to the text ( make a preparation for the reading aloud correctly) Reading this time read aloud and answer these question
7、s( do the exercise 2) practise spoken English and have a better understanding of the text language Study Vocabulary Practice(do the exercise 3. 4) Language points 1.break out (战争、争吵、疾病等)爆发 During the election period, a big strike broke out. 竞选期间，爆发了一场大罢工 A quarrel broke out suddenly at midnight with
8、 the noise of breaking something. 半夜，他们突然大吵起来，还伴随着摔东西地声音 2 in turn(s) 顺次; 一个接一个地（做某事） The two sisters cared for their sick mother in turn. 两姐妹轮流照看生病的母亲 。 The boys were asked in turns to see the examiner. 男孩子们一个接一个地被叫去见考官。 3. although 尽管 ，虽然。用于引导状语从句，后面的主句不能用 but 连接。 Although my car is very old, it s
9、till runs very well. 尽管我的车很旧，跑起来却还很好 The lights were already on although it was only five oclock. 尽管刚刚五点钟，灯却已点亮了。 4. stand by 忠于，坚守，坚持 I still stand by what I said yesterday. 我坚持我昨天说的话。 I stand by my principles. 我坚持我的原则。 。 VIII Grammar Defining And Non-defining Clauses Firstly Grammar Summary 4, on
10、page 93, secondly do the exercise 6, 7 , thirdly do the best choise. 1. Sheila couldnt come to the party, _ was a pity. A. what B. which C. that D. it 2. All the passengers and suitcases _ were still waiting on the broken-down old bus had to be transferred to another long-distance bus. A. they B. wh
11、o C. that D. which 3. This is an unpleasant subject _ we might argue for a long while. A. in which B. with them C. about which D. with it 4. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, _, of course, made the others unhappy. A. who B. which C. this D. what Answers: B C C B Homework Oral practices: Retell the story about Marco Polo based on the outline given in exercise 8
