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（一）导入新课，板书课题

导入语：Good morning, class. Do you know Marco Polo? Can you say something about Marco Polo?

（二）Let’s retell the story about Marco polo

过渡语:In this class we will learn Lesson8 together.

Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road

二、先学环节（20分钟）

（一）预习反馈

I．检查本课单词并纠正发音

（1）Italy______ （2）age_______ （3）Europe_____

（4）Asia_______ （5）journey______ （6）at the age of’______

（7）discover_____ （8）invent________（9）between....and_______

（10）goods_______（11）other________

Ⅱ.Students read the new word in one voice

（二）自主学习

过渡语:first Let’s listen to the text, then read the text and finish off these question

(1)What country did Marco Polo come from?

(2)How did he and his brother travel?

(3)How long did his journey last?

(4)When did he travel to Beijing?

(5)What did he bring back to his home country?

（三）教师点拨

1.At the age of 17, he went to China.

at the age of意为“在……岁 时”,后加基数词表示年龄。

At the age of twenty, his uncle had a big farm.二十岁时,他叔叔就拥有一个大农场。

【拓展】　at the age of可以和when引导的时间状语相互转换。He learned to swim at the age of seven.

=He learned to swim when he was seven years old.当他七岁的时候,他学会了游泳。

2.Together they moved goods between Europe and Asia on the Silk Road. between…and…意为“在……和……之间”。

The shop is between the bank and the library.商店在银行和图书馆之间。

3.These things were new to Marco Polo.

be new to…表示“对……陌生、不熟悉,没做(听)过”。