公開課課件Marco-Polo

1、 around 700 years ago, a young man traveled across europe and asia with his father and finally arrived in beijing, chinalets guess who he is according to the tips.a. he was an itatian traveler who came to china during the yuan dynasty. the emperor then is kublai khanb. he was amazed by how beautiful

2、 and powerful china was and his stories were written into a bookc. he was very clever and skilful in language.read through the text quickly, and find out the information about marco polo with the numbers. marco polo name: born (when/where): came to china (when): purpose: languages (how many): return

3、ed to italy (when): age of his death: the name of his book: marco polo1254, italy127141291the description of the worlddo trade with the chinese70in what order is the story put together? (the clue) divide this text into three parts structure part 1:part 2: part 3: before his _ china_ his _ chinaafter

4、 his _chinaarrival indeparture fromduringstay into tell a story of a traveller, what information should be included? marco polo before he got to chinabasic informationafter he got to chinaafter he left china travelled across_ to _ with the chinese was amazed by_ was impressed by_ was surprised to se

5、e_ was confused by_ served in_ returned to_ and became_ was caught and _ told all his stories to _ died at _ was born in_ in_marco polo & his travels (part 1) _ _ to do trade with _ before he got to chinabasic informationitaly1254europe and asiawas bornthe chineseinintravelled across was amazed

6、by _ _ was impressed by_ _ was surprised to see_ _ was confused by_ _ served in _ during his stay in chinahis feelings about what he _ how beautiful and powerful china was beijing and the emperors palace, esp. chinese people using paper money the black stones people used as fuelthe emperors courtsaw

7、did returned to_and became _ was caught and _ told all his stories to_ died in _ _ after he left chinaitalythe captain of a warshipput into prisonanother prisoner who was an author 1324, at the age of 70. intensive reading please read each part carefully for detailed information. 1.why did marco and

8、 his father travel to china?2.who was the chinese emperor when marco travelled to china?part1( para.1)they wanted to do trade with the chinese.the yuan dynasty emperor,kublai khan why was the emperor impressed by marco polo? because marco _. a. was quite clever b. was very powerful c. could speak fo

9、ur languages d. both a and cdpart2(para. 2-4) why was marco surprised to see people using paper money?because in europe people paid for goods with _ or _.goldsilver what were the black stones marco saw people burning for fuel. the black stone were _.a. wood b. gasc. coal d. diamondsc because a _ war

10、 _ and during the war he was _ by the _.localbroke outcaughtenemypart3(para.5-6) why was marco put into prison when he went back to italy? what was the name of his book? did all people believe marcos stories about china at that time? how did marco answer?the description of the world no. many of them

11、 thought that marcos stories about china were too fantastic to be true. he replied “i have only told half of what i saw!”nmarco polo was born in italy in1254.1 he was 17 years old, he travelled across europe and asia with his father.2 (eventual), they arrived in beijing. although marco was young, he

12、 was very clever and could already speak four languages. the emperor3 (impress)by him and they became friends. marco was asked4 (serve) in the emperors court. marco, in turn, was amazed by5 beautiful and powerful china was.post-reading: summaryeventuallywas impressedto servehowthere were inventions

13、and6 (develop) in china which were not available in europe at that time. marco was surprised to see chinese people7 (use)paper money in the markets. in 1291, marco returned to italy. he was now a very8 (wealth)man. not long after his return, a local war broke out near his town. during the war, he wa

14、s put into prison. marco was lucky enough to meet another prisoner who enjoyed9 (listen)to his stories about china. the prisoner then wrote the stories in a book called the description of the world,10 became one of the best-selling books in europe. marco died at the age of 70.developmentsusingwealth

15、ylisteningwhichtask .group-discussion.1) as a great traveller, what qualities do you think marco polo have？2) what were the contributions he made for human beings? lhis book sparked peoples curiosity about chinese culture.lhe promoted the direct contact between china and the west, including political, economic and cultural communication between the two. he has a spirit of adventure.to tell a story of a traveller, what information should be included? marco polo before he got to chinabasic informationafter he