时间:2019-01-10 作者:英语课 分类:高中英语北京必修模块


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[00:-1.00]Marco Polo and His Travels marco Poto was born in Italy in 1254.

[00:-2.00]He was the son of a merchant and in 1271,when he was just 17 years old,

[00:-3.00]he travelled across Europe and Asia with his father,

[00:-4.00]who wanted to do trade with the Chinese.

[00:-5.00]Eventually,they arrived in Beijing.

[00:-6.00]At that time China was ruled by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor,Kublai Khan.

[00:-7.00]Kublai Khan welcomed Marco and his father.

[00:-8.00]He was very happy to meet tow 1 foreigners and wanted to learn all about Europe.

[00:-9.00]Marc and his father were guests at the Emperor's Palace.

[00:10.00]Although Marco was young,he was very clever and could already speak four languages.

[00:11.00]The Emperor was impressed by him and they became friends.

[00:12.00]He asked Marco to serve in his court

[00:13.00]and sent him on many important missions across the country.

[00:14.00]Marco,in turn,was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.

[00:15.00]He was very impressed by Beijing and the Emperor's Palace.

[00:16.00]He was particularly awed 2 by the Summer Palace which he described as

[00:17.00]" The greatest palace that ever was...

[00:18.00]The walls were covered in gold and silver

[00:19.00]and the Hall was so large it could easily dine 3 6,000 people."

[00:20.00]There were inventions and developments in China

[00:21.00]which were not available in Europe at that time.

[00:22.00]Marco was surprised to see Chinese people using paper money in the markets.

[00:23.00]In Europe people paid for goods with gold or silver.

[00:24.00]He could not understand how people could pay for food and valuables with paper!

[00:25.00]He was also confused by the black stones people used to burn for fuel.

[00:26.00]The black stones were coal,but Marco had never seen coal before!

[00:27.00]In 1291,after 17 years of faithful service to the Emperor,Marco returned to Italy.

[00:28.00]He was now a very wealthy man.

[00:29.00]Not long after his return,a local war broke out near his town.

[00:30.00]During the war,Marco was the captain of a warship 4

[00:31.00]but was captured by the enemy and imprisoned 5.

[00:32.00]However,Marco was lucky enough to meet another prisoner

[00:33.00]who enjoyed listening to his stories about China.

[00:34.00]This prisoner was an author and persuaded Marco to dictate 6 all his stories to him

[00:35.00]so that he could write them in a book.

[00:36.00]This book,which was called The Description of the World,

[00:37.00]became one of the best selling books in Europe.

[00:38.00]Although people enjoyed reading his book,

[00:39.00]many of them thought that Marco's stories about China were too fantastic to be true.

[00:40.00]But Marco always stood by his tales.

[00:41.00]Just before he died,aged 70,Marco was asked the question,

[00:42.00]'Was it all true?"to which he replied,"I have only told a half of what I saw!"



n.拖,拉,牵引
  • The broken-down car was taken in tow by a lorry.那辆坏了的车由一辆货车拖着。
  • Mrs Hayes went to the supermarket with her four little children in tow.海斯太太带着她的4个小孩到超市去了。
adj.充满敬畏的,表示敬畏的v.使敬畏,使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance. 观众席上鸦雀无声,人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I was awed by the huge gorilla. 那只大猩猩使我惊惧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
vi.吃饭,进餐;vt.宴请
  • I wish I could afford to dine off fresh meat every day.我要是能天天吃到新鲜的肉就好了。
  • Let's dine out tonight,I'm too tired to cook.我太累了,不想做饭,今晚咱们到外面吃吧。
n.军舰,战舰
  • He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。
  • The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁,合并执行。
  • They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
v.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令
  • It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
  • What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令?
学英语单词
account of exchequer
achyranthine
acl-deficient
active bias circuit
acute bleedingerosive gastritis
adenopathies
Alexanderite Lasers
alpine goldenrod
american society mechanical engineers
amplitude-modulation communication system
arabness
bastinite (hureaulite)
be sadly mistaken
beps
beryllium ethide
BNOC
body-snatchers
camshaft gear and servomotor
chondrogenic zone
clavie
Clitorido
congenital microphthalmus
Cripps Corner
datively
decidabe subclass
dendrium
dinelli
Discovery Sound
Disraeli, Benjamin
DMC (digital microcircuit)
do the agreeable
e-knee
economic indices of hydropower station
encite
export market development programme
Faddoi
field emission electron image
finger wear
glacial retreat
gm-cfc
Goyaesque
Gånghester
hemp canvas
in-plane vibration
inspection of accounts
kebob
Kevin Mitnick
lammiela
linfante
lobotomization
lockedseam
long haul fare
mannoheptitol
mechanostable
momentary gods
mosaic soil
motor vehicle accident
move apart
National Television Standards Committee
np product
occluded gas
open end roll
overflow check program
P-V state
Pangutaran
parakaliella venusta
partial polarized light
port administration
positional operators
primary dermal leishmaniasis
principal program path
raise the hoof
reales
receiving notice
reflecting element
ring traveller
Roman blind
rotor motor
runs by
scare the hell out of
self guidance
Software Modeling
solid state software
spawn kills
spooled input processing
Stewart, Mt.
stricture of common bile duct
subnasal points
take out after
telepalhine
temperature error
Terpieol
Thompson machine
timberjack
times have changed
total reproduction rate
unrefuted
value on exchange
white glove test
wurtewale
yoks
zazzy