Unit 8 Adventure
Section Ⅲ Reading(Ⅱ) (Lesson 2 & Lesson 3)
Ⅰ.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思
( )1.extreme A．n.燃料
( )2.exactly B．n.量，数量
( )3.risk C．vt.使困惑
( )4.various D．n.口述；听写
( )5.flow E．n.陈述
( )6.dull slic>新世界英语 F．vt.冒……的危险
men in black 3( )7.amaze G．adj.暗淡的；迟钝的
( )8.confu H．adv.确切地，精确地
( )9.dictation I．vi.流动，涌出
( )10.statement J．vt.使惊愕(惊奇)
( )11.quantity K．adj.极度的，极端的崩溃的英文
( )玷污什么意思12.fuel L．adj.不同的，各种各样的
[答案] 1—5 KHFLI 6—10 GJCDE
11—12 BA
Ⅱ.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思
( )1.Love is something we can get across without words.
( )2.How can you stand by and watch the country go to ruin?
( )3.Everything emed quite regular when the fire broke out.
( )4.He has not turned up ever since we lent him money.dumplings是什么意思
( )5.He asked each of them in turn three questions.
[答案] 1—5 DCEAB
Marco Polo and His Travels
Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254.When he was 17 years old，he travelled across Eu
rope and Asia with his father，who wanted to do trade with the Chine.①Eventually(最终)，they arrived in Beijing.At that time，China was ruled by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor(皇帝)，Kublai Khan.
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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 Emperor's Palace.Although Marco was young，he was very clever and could already speak four languages.The Emperor was impresd by him and they became friends.He asked Marco to rve in his court and nt him to do many important tasks across the country.
Marco，in turn②，was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.He was very impresd by Beijing and the Emperor's Palace，especially the Summer Palace which he described as “The greatest palace that ③The walls were covered in gold and silver and the Hall was so large it could easily at 6，000 people for dinner④.”
马可·波罗和他的旅行
马可·波罗于1254年出生于意大利。他17岁的时候，和想同中国人做生意的父亲一起穿越欧亚大陆。最后，他们到达了北京。那时元朝的元世祖忽必烈正统治着中国。
元世祖忽必烈欢迎马可父子的到来。他很高兴见到两位外国人，并想向他们了解欧洲的一切。马可和他的父亲成了皇宫的客人。尽管马可很年轻，但他非常聪明，并且已经会讲四种语言。他给皇帝留下了深刻的好印象，并且他们成为了朋友。皇帝让马可在朝中任职，并派他到全国各地完成多项重要的任务。
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非常深刻的印象，尤其是夏宫，他描述道：“(它是)迄今最伟大的宫殿……它的墙上镀有金银，宫殿大得可以轻易地容纳6 000人进餐。”
[助读讲解] ①when引导时间状语从句；who引导定语从句修饰先行词his father。②in turn相应地；反过来。③which引导定语从句，修饰先行词the Summer Palace，that引导定语从句修饰The greatest palace。④此处是省略了that引导的结果状语从句。
There were inventions and developments in China which were not available in Europe
at that time⑤.Marco was surprid to e Chine people using paper money in the markets.In Europe，people paid for goods with gold or silver.He could not understand how people could pay for food and valuable things with paper! He was also confud by the black stones people ud to burn for fuel⑥.The black stones were coal，but Marco had never en coal before!
In 1291，after 17 years of rvice to the Emperor，Marco returned to Italy.He was now a very wealthy(富有的) man.Not long after his return，a localparan(当地的) war broke out near his town.During the war，Marco was the captain of a warship but was caught by the enemy and put into prison.However，Marco was lucky enough to meet another prisoner who enjoyed listening to his stories about China.The prisoner was an author and he took dictation while Marco told all his stories to him⑦.The prisoner then wrote the stories in a book called The Description of the World，which became one of the bestlling books in Europe⑧.
Although people enjoyed reading his book，many of them thought that Marco's stories a
bout China were too fantastic to be true.But Marco always stood by his tales.Just before he died，aged⑨ 70，Marco was asked the question，“Was it all true？”，to which he replied，“I have only told a half of what I saw！”
那时，中国的许多发明和发展都是欧洲没有的。马可惊奇地发现中国市场上流通的是纸币，在欧洲，人们用金银购买商品。他不明白人们怎么可以用纸来购买食物和值钱的东西！他也对人们用黑色的石头作燃料感到困惑。这种黑色的石头是煤，但马可过去从没有见过煤！
1291年，在为皇帝效力17年后，马可返回了意大利。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。在战争期间，马可是一艘军舰的舰长，但他被敌人俘虏并被送入了监狱。然而，马可是足够幸运的，他遇到了另一个喜欢听他讲关于中国的故事的囚徒。那个囚徒是位作家，马可把自己所有的故事讲给他听时，他记录了下来。之后那个囚徒把这些故事写成了《马可·波罗游记》，这本书成为(当时)欧洲的畅销书之一。
虽然人们爱读他的书，但许多人认为马可写的东西太离奇而不可信。但马可总是坚持他所
讲的故事是真的。马可在70岁时去世，临终前，有人问他：“你所讲的都是真的吗？”马可答道：“我讲的只是我所看到的一半！”
[助读讲解] ⑤which引导定语从句修饰先行词inventions and developments。⑥people ud to burn for fuel是定语从句，省略了关系代词that或which。⑦while引导时间状语从句。⑧作定语，修饰book；which引导非限定性定语从句，修饰先行词The Description of the菅义伟竞选ldp总裁 World。⑨aged adj.……岁。
第一步 速读——了解文章主题和段落大意
速读P26教材课文，匹配段落大意
1．Para.1 A．Marco Polo's early life.
2．Para.2 B．Marco returned to Italy.
3．Para.3 fridge是什么意思C．Inventions and developments in China.
4．Para.4 D．Kublai Khan welcomed Marco.
