1、读文清障原文呈现Section Lesson 2&Lesson 3 PrereadingMarco Polo and His TravelsMarco Polo was born in Italy in 1254.When he was 17 years old,he travelled across Europe and Asia with his father,who wanted to do trade with the Chinese.Eventually，they arrived in Beijing.trade v做买卖n买卖，交易trade with sb.in sth.同某人做
2、某方面的生意who引导非限制性定语从句，修饰his father。eventually adv.最终，终于读文清障原文呈现At that time,China was ruled by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor，Kublai Khan.Kublai Khan welcomed Marco and his father.He was very happy to meet two foreigners and wanted to learn all about Europe.Marco and his father were guests at the Emperors P
3、alace.emperor/empr/n.皇帝读文清障原文呈现Although Marco was young,he was very clever and could already speak four languages.The Emperor was impressed by him and they became friends.He asked Marco to serve in his court and sent him to do many important tasks across the country.impress vt.给以深刻印象be impressed by.
4、对印象深刻serve vt.&vi.为服务；任职court/kt/n宫廷；法庭读文清障原文呈现Marco,in turn，was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.He was very impressed by Beijing and the Emperors Palace,especially the Summer Palace which he described as“The greatest palace that ever was.The walls were covered in gold and silver and
5、the Hall was so large it could easily seat 6,000 people for dinner.”in turn 轮流；相应地by turns 轮流take turns 依次，轮流in return 作为回报amaze/meIz/vt.使惊愕(惊奇)amazed adj.吃惊的，惊异的amazing adj.令人惊异的，了不起的be amazed at/by.对感到惊奇especially adv.尤其，特别地specially adv.特别地，专门地which 引导定语从句，修饰 the Summer Palace。describe.as 把 说成/描述
6、成seat vt.使某人就座，容纳该句为“so.that”结构，句中省略了 that，补充为 so large that it could.读文清障原文呈现There were inventions and developments in China which were not available in Europe at that time.Marco was surprised to see Chinese people using paper money in the markets.In Europe,people paid forgoods with gold or silver.
7、He could not understand how people could pay for food and valuable things with paper!He was also confused by the black stones people used to burn for fuel.The black stones were coal,but Marco had never seen coal before！available adj.可获得的；可找到的which 引导定语从句，修饰inventions and developments。goods/dz/n.商品，物
8、品confuse/knfjuz/vt.使困惑be confused by 对感到困惑confuse A with B 把 A 与 B混淆fuel/fjl/n燃料马可波罗和他的旅行第14段译文马可波罗1254年出生于意大利。他17岁时，由于父亲想和中国人做生意，他就和父亲一起游历欧洲和亚洲。最后，他们到达北京。当时元世祖忽必烈正统治着中国。元世祖忽必烈欢迎马可和他的父亲。他很高兴见到两位外国人，想向他们了解欧洲的全部情况。马可和他的父亲成了皇宫里的贵客。尽管马可很年轻，但他聪明伶俐，并且会讲四种语言。他给皇帝留下了深刻的印象，两个人成了朋友。皇帝让马可留在朝廷服务，派他到全国各地完成了多项重要使
9、命。马可也相应地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，他称它为“迄今最伟大的宫殿它的墙用黄金和白银装饰，大厅大到可以轻易地容纳6 000人同时进餐。”那时，中国的许多发明和发展水平是在欧洲见不到的。马可惊奇地发现中国市场上流通的是纸币。而在欧洲，那时人们还是用金、银买货物。他不理解人们怎么可以用纸来买食物和值钱的物品！他也不明白为什么人们用黑色的石头作燃料。这种黑色的石头就是煤，但是马可以前从没有见过煤！读文清障原文呈现wealthy/weli/adj.富有的，富裕的wealth n财富；大量；丰富21 break out(坏事)突然发生，爆发happen vi
10、.发生22put.into prison把关进监狱be in prison 被监禁In 1291,after 17 years of service to the Emperor,Marco returned to Italy.He was now a very wealthyman.Not long after his return,a local war broke out 21 near his town.During the war,Marco was the captain of a warship but was caught by the enemy and put into p
11、rison22.读文清障原文呈现23 author/n.作者24 dictation/dIkteIn/n.口述，听写25 过去分词短语 called.作定语，修饰 a book。26 best-selling adj.最畅销的best-seller n.畅销书或唱片27 which 引导非限制性定语从句，修饰 The Description ofthe World。However,Marco was lucky enough to meet another prisoner who enjoyed listening to his stories about China.The prisone
12、r was an author23 and he took dictation24 while Marco told all his stories to him.The prisoner then wrote the stories in a book called TheDescriptionoftheWorld25，which became one of the best-selling 26 books in Europe27.读文清障原文呈现28 fantastic adj.富于想象的；无法实现的29 stand by 坚持(某种说法)stand out 显眼，引人注意30 aged
13、 adj.岁的31to which 引导定语从句，修饰 the question；reply to 回答。Although people enjoyed reading his book,many of them thought that Marcos stories about China were too fantastic28 to be true.But Marco always stood by29his tales.Just before he died,aged3070,Marco was asked the question，“Was it all true？”，to whic
14、h he replied31，“I have only told a half of what I saw！”第56段译文1291年，在中国为皇帝效力17年后，马可回到意大利。那时，他已经很富有了。他返回之后不久，一场区域性的战争在他家乡附近爆发了。在战争中，马可成为一艘战舰的舰长，但不幸被俘入狱。然而在狱中，马可幸运地遇到了一个喜欢听他讲关于中国的故事的囚犯。那个囚犯是一位作家，马可把自己所有的故事讲给他听，他做笔录。然后那个囚犯把故事写成一本书，名为马可波罗游记，这本书成为当时欧洲最畅销的书之一。虽然人们爱读他的书，但许多人认为马可关于中国的故事太离奇而不可信。但马可总是坚持他所讲的故事是
15、真的。马可70岁去世，临终前，有人问他：“你讲的故事都是真的吗？”马可回答道：“我讲的只是我所看到的一半！”Pre-readingPlease match the words with their proper meanings.1extreme A冒的危险2similarity B兴奋，激动3risk C相似性，类似性4excitement D不同的，各种各样的5various E极度的，极端的6exactly F较喜欢的东西，偏爱7equipment G确切地，精确地8preference H配备，设备9emperor I使惊愕(惊奇)10amaze J皇帝11dictation K旅行者
16、，旅客12statement L.作者13quantity M猎人14traveller N陈述15author O口述，听写16confuse P富有的，富裕的17hunter Q量，数量18wealthy R使困惑15 _ 610 _1115 _ 168_ECABDGHFJIONQKLRMPLead-inLook at the explorers in the following pictures and answer the following questions.1Who are they?Magellan；Xu Xiake.Xu Xiake impresses me most.He
17、was a Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming Dynasty,best known for his famous geographical treatise named the Travel Diaries XuXiake.He travelled throughout China,documenting(记事)his travels extensively(到处),which would be compiled(编辑)later into his book,and his work was translated by Ding
18、Wenjiang.2Which one impresses you most and can you say something about him?True(T)or False(F)While-reading1At the age of seventeen,Marco Polo travelled across Europe and Asia on his own._2Marco was very young when he came to China,but he was very clever and could speak four foreign languages._3The E
19、mperor and Marco became friends._4Paper money was used both in Europe and China at that time._FFTF5Marco had never seen coal before he came to China._6Marco Polo wrote all his stories in his book TheDescription of the World._TFRead the text again and fill in the chart with the information in the tex
20、t.Title:Marco Polo and His TravelsBeforecomingto ChinaMarco travelled across Europe and Asia with his father,who wanted to 1._ with the Chinese.They eventually arrived in China which was then 2._ by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor,Kublai Khan.traderuledTitle:Marco Polo and His TravelsMarcos stay in ChinaTh
21、e Emperor was impressed by Marcos 3._ and asked him to serve in his 4._.Marco was amazed by the 5._ and power of China.Marco was 6._ by such Chinese inventions and developments as the use of 7._ money and coal.courtclevernessbeautyconfusedpaperTitle:Marco Polo and His TravelsAfter returning to Italy
22、After 17 years 8._ to the Emperor,Marco returned to Italy,where a local war broke out.Marco was put into 9._ where he met another prisoner who enjoyed listening to his stories about China.The prisoner was an author.He took dictation and wrote a book,which became a 10._ in Europe.serviceprisonbest-seller “课时跟踪检测”见“课时跟踪练(三)”(单击进入电子文档)