The Fifth Period Grammar (II)

Teaching goals教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

　重点句子

　Defining And Non-defining Clauses:

When he was 17 years old, he traveled across Europe and Asia with his father, who wanted to do trade with the Chinese.

He was very impressed by Beijing and the Emperor's Palace, especially the Summer Palace which he described as "The greatest palace that ever was ..."

There were inventions and developments in China which were not available in Europe at that time.

　He was also confused by the black stones people used to burn for fuel.

However, Marco was lucky enough to meet another prisoner who enjoyed listening to his stories about China.

The prisoner then wrote the stories in a book called The Description of the World, which became one of the best-selling books in Europe.

Just before he died, aged 70, Marco was asked the question, "Was it all true?", to which he replied, "I have only told half of what I saw!"

2. Ability goals能力目标

　Enable the students to compare and distinguish defining and non-defining clauses.

3. Learning ability goals学能目标

Help the students learn how to compare and distinguish defining and non-defining clauses and use the key words and expressions and non-attributive clauses in certain situations.

Teaching important points教学重点

Compare and distinguish defining and non-defining clauses and the usage of the Attributive Clauses.