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1AtriptotheSilkRoadLesson5Atripplan1WarmingupFreeTalkDoyouhaveanytravelplansforthisholiday?I’mplanningtovisitNanjingthisholiday.I’vebeentoNanjing.Itisabeautifulcity.1ReadJenny’sdiaryandtickthecorrectanswers.Date:March15Weather:Cloudy,windy,andcoolDearDiary,Itis9:00p.m.WeareinBeijingnow.Tomorrow,wewillgototheGreatWall.Itisabout6,000kilometreslongandover2,000yearsold.Thereyoucantravelthousandsofyearsbackintime.WearegoingtohaveBeijingroastduckfordinner.Itisafamousdishintheworld.Then,wewillseetheBeijingopera.Iamlookingforwardtotheinterestingtraditionalartandthecolourfulcostumes!Thedayaftertomorrow,wearegoingtovisitthePalaceMuseum.ItisoneofChina’slargestmuseums.IwilllearnmoreaboutChineseculture.Thenwewillflyhomeintheevening.Ican’tbelieveourtripwillbeoversoon.Oh,my!It’slate,Ihavetogotobednow.Ican’twaittovisittheGreatWalltomorrow!AWhenwillJennygototheGreatWall?

Tomorrow.

Thisevening.

Thedayaftertomorrow.BWhatwillJennyhavefordinnertomorrowevening?

Dumplings.

Beijingroastduck.

Lanzhoubeefnoodles.√√2LanguagePoints

Thereyoucantravelthousandsofyearsbackintime.在那里你可以穿越到幾千年前。

?thousandsof意為“數(shù)以千計的；成千上萬的”，表示大概的數(shù)字；當

thousand與基數(shù)詞連用時，則不加-s，也不與of連用。與

thousand

用法相同的還有

hundred（百），million（百萬），billion（十億）等。

※Millionsoftreeshavebeenplantedthisyear.今年種植了數(shù)百萬棵樹?！鵗hereareeighthundredstudentsnow.現(xiàn)在有800名學生。1

Ican’tbelieveourtripwillbeoversoon.

真不敢相信我們的旅行就要結(jié)束了。?can’tbelieve+

(that)從句...意為“不敢相信……”?

believe作動詞，意為“相信；認為有可能”，其后可接名詞、代詞或從

句，不用于進行時態(tài)。

※Ican’tbelieveIamreallygoingtomeettheprincess.我不敢相信我真的要去見公主?！鵋ebelieveswhathesees.他相信自己所看到的。22CompleteJenny’sactivityplaninBeijing.DayWhatwillshedo?12ShewillgototheGreatWall.SheisgoingtohaveBeijingroastduckfordinner.Then,ShewillseetheBeijingopera.SheisgoingtovisitthePalaceMuseum.Thenshewillflyhomeintheevening.3Supposeyouaregoingonashorttrip.Talkaboutthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.AWherewillyoutravel?BWhenwillyougoonyourtrip?CWhowilltravelwithyou?Hangzhou.NextMonday.Myfamily.3Supposeyouaregoingonashorttrip.Talkaboutthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.DWhatplacesofinterestwillyouvisit?EWhatisspecialaboutthem?WestLake.WestLakeisfamousforitslonghistoryandbeautifullandscape.Itisamust-seespotinHangzhou.4Makeatripplanandpresentittotheclass.MYTRIPPLANWhenFrom_________to___________WhereWhoDayPlacesofinterestWhatisspecial?WhatwillIdo？123April6thApril10thShanghaiwithmyfamilytheBundYuGardenXintiandiWestern-stylebuildingswalkalongtheBundover400yearsoldtakepicturesshikumenbuildingsbuygifts3Summary重點句型Wewill/aregoingto...我們將會……Iamlookingforwardto...我期待……

Ican’tbelieve...我不敢相信……

Ican’twaitto...

我迫不及待……。4Practice補全對話A:Hello,Jim!________________________?B:Hi,Lily!I’mthinkingaboutatriptoLuoyang.Canyoutellmesomethingaboutit?A:________________________.WhatwouldyouliketoknowaboutLuoyang?B:___________________________________?

A:Theweatheriscoolthereinautumn.B:Great!I’llgothereinOctober.WhatareyoudoingOfcourse/Certainly/...What’stheweatherlikethereinautumnB:________________________?A:YoushouldvisittheWhiteHorseTemple(白馬寺)andLongmenGrottoes(龍門石窟).B:________________________.I’llvisitthem.WhatelsecanIdoinLuoyang?A:Youcanalsogoshoppingandeatthedeliciousfood.B:Wonderful!Thanksalot.ThatsoundsgreatWhatplacesshouldIvisitUNIT

1AtriptotheSilkRoadUnderstandingcultures:MarcoPoloandtheSilkRoadMarcoPolowasamanfromItaly.Attheageof17,hebegantotravelalongtheSilkRoadwithhisfatheranduncle.TheymovedgoodsbetweenEuropeandAsia.Theytravelledbyboat,horse,andcamel.Theirjourneylastedabout20years!1Readthepassageandtickthecorrectpictures.In1275,MarcoPoloarrivedinBeijing.Hemettheemperorandworkedforhimfor17years.TheChinesediscoveredcoalandinventedpaper.MarcoPolobroughtsomebacktoItaly.Healsobroughtbackalotofsilk,tea,andothergoods.ThesethingswerenewtoItalians.Thereisafamousbook,TheTravelsofMarcoPolo,aboutMarcoPolo’striptoChina.1Readthepassageandtickthecorrectpictures.√√√AWhendidMarcocometoChina?BWhatdisMarcoPolobringbacktoItalyfromChina?CWhat’sthenameofthebookaboutMarcoPolo’striptoChina?2Readthepassageagainandanswerthequestions.In1275.Coal,paper,silk,teaandothergoods.TheTravelsofMarcoPolo.ThecityofCambalucisinavast,levelplain.Itformsasquare,eachsideofwhichisaboutsixmilesinlength,anditisenclosedbyawallwhichismadeofverystrongandthickstones,well-cementedwithlimeandbrick.3

HereisabriefdescriptionofChinainTheTravelsofMarcoPolo.Whatdoyouthinkthewordinboldis?Cambalucreferstopresent-dayBeijing.4ThereareotherimportantpersonsrelatedtotheSilkRoad.Findmoreinformationandintroducethemtotheclass.4ThereareotherimportantpersonsrelatedtotheSilkRoad.Findmoreinformationandintroducethemtotheclass.Z