2. 彬县城关中学 焦芝霞

3. Warming up A joke Girl: You are a good dancer except for the two things. Boy: What are the two things? Girl: Your feet.

4. Unit 2 It’s Show Time! Lesson 8: Marco Polo and the Silk Road

5. Teaching aims:

6. 1. Main words age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover,invent, other. 2. Phrases at the age of, be new to, work for, bring back, a famous book 3.Focus structures At the age of 17,he went to China. The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper. I hope to write a book like that someday.

7. 自主学习 Task1: Learn the new words

8. Task2:Listening Let’s Do It ! No.1

9. Task 3:Reading 1) Skimming Read the lesson quickly and answer the questions. ( Let’s Do It! No.2) 2)Intensive reading Read the lesson again and find out the main phrases and sentences.

10. 合作探究 Task4:Discussing

11. 师生互动 Talk about the main points

12. 巩固练习

13. 给出下列动词的过去式 leave send is go travel move last meet work learn discover invent are bring write

14. Complete the sentences: 1.Marco polo was a man from ________( 欧洲 ). 2.Who________ ( 发现 )America? 3.Who________ ( 发明 )paper? 4.Their_______ ( 旅程 )lasted about twenty years. 5.At _________ ( 年龄 ) eight, he learned to swim. Europe discovered invented journey age/the age of

15. Translate the following sentences into English. 1, 当我十二岁时，我学会了骑自行车。 ——————————————————— 2 ，在过去，许多人为国王而工作。 ——————————————————— 。 3 ，这是一所希望小学。 ——————————————————— 。 4 ，班上别的学生正在唱歌。 ——————————————————— 。 5 ，你多大了？ ——————————————————— 。 6 ，这种东西对詹妮来说很陌生。 ——————————————————— 。 At the age of twelve, I learned to ride a bike. In the past, many people worked for the king. This is a Hope Primary School. The other students in the class are singing. What’s your age?/How old are you? This thing is very new to Jenny.

16.  Fill in the blanks. Let’s Do It! No.3

17. Please read the text following the tape.

18. Summary: 1. Main words age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover,invent, other. 2. Phrases at the age of, be new to, work for bring back, a famous book 3.Focus structures At the age of 17,he went to China. The Chinese discovered coal and invented paper.

19. Homework According to No.4, write a short passage about Marco Polo.

20. Thanks, everyone!