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Unit8AdventureLesson3MarcoPolo课文英汉对译MarcoPoloandHisTravelsMarcoPolowasborninItalyin1254.Whenhewas17yearsold,hetravelledacrossEuropeandAsiawithhisfather,whowantedtodotradewiththeChinese.Eventually,theyarrivedinBeijing.Atthattime,ChinawasruledbytheYuanDynastyEmperor,KublaiKhan.KublaiKhanwelcomedMarcoandhisfather.HewasveryhappytomeettwoforeignersandwantedtolearnallaboutEurope.MarcoandhisfatherwereguestsattheEmperor'sPalace.AlthoughMarcowasyoung,hewasverycleverandcouldalreadyspeakfourlanguages.TheEmperorwasimpressedbyhimandtheybecamefriends.HeaskedMarcotoserveinhiscourtandsenthimtodomanyimportanttasksacrossthecountry.Marco,inturn,wasamazedbyhowbeautifulandpowerfulChinawas.HewasveryimpressedbyBeijingandtheEmperor'sPalace,especiallytheSummerPalacewhichhedescribedas“Thegreatestpalacethateverwas...ThewallswerecoveredingoldandsilverandtheHallwassolargeitcouldeasilyseat6，000peoplefordinner.”TherewereinventionsanddevelopmentsinChinawhichwerenotavailableinEuropeatthattime.MarcowassurprisedtoseeChinesepeopleusingpapermoneyinthemarkets.InEurope,peoplepaidforgoodswithgoldorsilver.Hecouldnotunderstandhowpeoplecouldpayforfoodandvaluablethingswithpaper!Hewasalsoconfusedbytheblackstonespeopleusedtoburnforfuel.Theblackstoneswerecoal,butMarcohadneverseencoalbefore!In1291,after17yearsofservicetotheEmperor,MarcoreturnedtoItaly.Hewasnowaverywealthyman.Notlongafterhisreturn,alocalwarbrokeoutnearhistown.Duringthewar,Marcowasthecaptainofawarshipbutwascaughtbytheenemyandputintoprison.However,MarcowasluckyenoughtomeetanotherprisonerwhoenjoyedlisteningtohisstoriesaboutChina.TheprisonerwasanauthorandhetookdictationwhileMarcotoldallhisstoriestohim.TheprisonerthenwrotethestoriesinabookcalledTheDescriptionoftheWorld,whichbecameoneofthebestsellingbooksinEurope.Althoughpeopleenjoyedreadinghisbook,manyofthemthoughtthatMarco'sstoriesaboutChinaweretoofantastictobetrue.ButMarcoalwaysstoodbyhistales.Justbeforehedied,aged70,Marcowasaskedthequestion,“Wasitalltrue？”，towhichhereplied,“IhaveonlytoldahalfofwhatIsaw！”马可·波罗和他的旅行马可·波罗1254年出生于意大利。在他17岁的时候，他和想与中国人做生意的父亲游历了欧洲和亚洲。最后，他们到达了北京。那时，元世祖忽必烈汗正统治着中国。忽必烈汗对马可父子两人的到来表示欢迎。他很高兴见到这两位外国人，想了解欧洲的所有情况。马可和他的父亲成了皇宫里的贵客。尽管马可很年轻，但他很聪明，已经会讲四种语言。他给皇帝留下了深刻的印象，他们成了朋友。皇帝让马可留在朝廷效力，并派他到全国各地完成了多项重要的使命。反过来，马可也被中国的美丽和强大所震撼。北京和皇宫给他留下了深刻的印象，尤其是夏宫，他描述它为“迄今最伟大的宫殿……它的墙用黄金和白银砌成，宫殿大到可以很容易地容纳6000人同时用餐。”那时，中国的发明和发展是欧洲所没有的。马可惊奇地发现中国人使用纸币进行交易。在欧洲，人们还使用金或银买卖货物。他不能理解，人们怎么可以用纸来买食物和值钱的物品！他对人们用来作燃料燃烧的黑色石头也感到困惑。这种黑色的石头就是煤炭，但是马可以前从没见过煤！1291年，马可在中国为皇帝效力了17年之后，马可回到了意大利。那时，他相当富有。他回到家乡后不久，一场区域性的战争在他家乡附近爆发了。在战争中，马可担任一艘战舰的舰长，但是被俘入狱。然而，马可很幸运地遇到了另一个喜欢听他讲关于中国故事的囚徒。那个囚徒是一位作家，当马可给他讲故事的时候，他就做笔录。然后那个囚徒把所有故事写成了一本书，名为《马可·波罗游记》，这本书成为欧洲最畅销的书之一。虽然人们喜欢读他的书，但他们中许多人认为马可讲的关于中国的故事太离奇而不足为信。但是马可总是坚持他所讲的故事。直到他70岁去世前夕，有人问了马可这个问题：“你讲的故事都是真的吗？”他回答道：“我讲的只是我所看到的一半！”课前导读Ⅰ.Readthetextandfillinthefollowingblanks.MarcoPoloandhistravelsReason：Hisfatherwantedto1.________theChinese.MarcoPolo'scomingtoChina(Paras1&2)WarmwelcomefromKublaiKhan：ImpressedbyMarcoPolo's2.________，theEmperoraskedMarcoto3.________inhiscourtanddoimportanttasks.Marco'simpressionofChina(Paras3&4)Marcowasamazedby：*the4.________ofChina；*inventionsanddevelopmentsnot5.______inEuropeatthattime；*6.________usedinthemarkets；*7.________，theblackstonesusedtoburnforfuel.Marco'sexperienceinItaly：Inalocalwar,Marcowas8.________bytheenemyandputintoprison.Intheprison,MarcotoldhisstoriesinChinawhileanotherprisonerwhowasanauthor9.________andwroteabookcalled“TheDescriptionoftheWorld”，whichlaterbecameoneofthe10.______inEurope.BackinItaly(Paras5&6)People'sreactiontothebook：Manypeoplethoughtthestoriesinhisbook11.________，butMarco12.________histales.答案1．dotradewith2.smartnessandlanguageability3.serve4.beautyandpower5.available6.papermoney7．coal8.caught9.tookdictation10.bestsellingbooks11.unbelievable/untrue12.stoodbyⅡ.ReadthetextanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T)orFalse(F)．1．YoungasMarcowas,hecouldalreadyspeakfourlanguages,includingChinese.()2．MarcoleftChinaforItalywhenhewas37yearsold.()3．Manypeoplebelievedhisstoriesinthebook,whichmadeitoneofthebestsellingbooksinEurope.()4．Marcoincludedallofwhathesawinthebooksothatpeoplecouldunderstandtheworldbetter.()答案1－4FTFF重难点精讲1．HeaskedMarcotoserveinhiscourtandsenthimtodomanyimportanttasksacrossthecountry.他要求马可在他的朝廷中任职，并派他到全国去执行任务。(1)serveinsth./assth.供职，服役(如在军队里)servev.(派)servicen.服务，服役，(宗教方面的)葬礼、婚礼等serve(ayear)intheArmy在陆军服役(一年)serveonacommittee,boardetc.担任委员、董事等(2)servesb.为某人服务，为某人工作Weshouldservethepeopleheartandsoul.我们应全心全意为人民服务。(3)servesb.withsth.供某人饭菜，将饭菜摆上桌Havealltheguestsbeenserved(with)foodanddrink?给所有的客人都上了饭菜饮品了吗？(4)serve(sb.)(for/assth.)满足(需要)，达到(目的)，适合于Thisroomcanserveas/forastudy.这个房间可作书房用。【解析】serve表示“上菜、饭、饮料等”，tea作主语，该句应用被动语态。【答案】isserved【例】单句语法填空Insomepartsoftheworld,tea________(serve)withmilkandsugar.2．Marco,inturn,wasamazedbyhowbeautifulandpowerfulChinawas.马可也相应地被中国的美丽所震撼。(1)inturn意思是“轮流”“依次”“反过来”。Hestayedwithhismothertillnearlymidnight,comfortingherandbeingcomfortedinturn.他陪母亲差不多到深夜，安慰她，母亲反过来也安慰他。WefoundthatHelenhadtoldTom,andheinturnhadtoldHelen'ssister.我们发现海