The Fourth Period Reading (II)

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

traveller, emperor, court, amaze, goods, confuse, fuel, wealthy, author, dictation, statement, quantity, professor, hunter, skin,

in turn, break out, put into prison, stand by

b. 重点句型

　Marco, in turn, was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.

　Not long after his return, a local war broke out near his town.

Although people enjoyed reading his book, many of them thought that Marco's stories about China were too fantastic to be true.

2. Ability goals能力目标

　Enable students to learn about Marco Polo.

3. Learning ability goals学能目标

By learning about Marco Polo, students will know about Marco Polo and respect him for his deeds and his contributions to the spread of Chinese culture.

Teaching important points教学重点

Get students to read about Marco Polo and respect his spirits.

Teaching difficult points教学难点

Let students know and respect Marco Polo.

Teaching methods教学方法

Careful reading, scanning, skimming, explaining and discussing.

Teaching aids教具准备

Multi-media computer, a recorder, a projector and some slides.

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step I Revision

Check the homework with the whole class.

T: In last class, we talked about extreme sports. We know there are many kinds of sports. Also different countries have different sports cultures. I have asked you to