was born

traveled across…

was amazed by…

was impressed by…

was surprised to see…

was confused by…

return…

caught and imprisoned

Play a role in pairs, one is Marco Polo, the other is the prisoner. Ask Polo as many questions as possible according to Polo’s experiences

Task 3

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He traveled across Europe and Asia with his father, who wanted to do trade with the Chinese.

He asked Marco to serve in his court and sent him to do many important tasks across the country.

Marco, in turn, was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.

He was very impressed by Beijing and the Emperor’s Palace, especially the Summer Palace which he described as “The greatest palace that ever was…”

The walls were covered in gold and silver and the Hall was so large it could easily seat 6,000 people for dinner.

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.

Not long after his return, a local war broke out near his town.

The prisoner was the author and he took diction while Macro told all his stories to him.

Many of them thought that Marco’s stories about China were too fantastic to be true. But Marco always stood by his tales.

Language points

1. do trade with sb. = trade with sb.

与某人做生意The country does trade with / trades with a

lot of European countries.

trade sth for sth. 用某物交换某物 I traded information for money

n. v.

2.send sb. to do sth. 派某人去做某事

We‘ll send someone to fetch the letter 。 我们将派人去取信。 Mom sent me to buy some sugar. 妈妈让我去买糖。

3.be impressed by (at, with) 被—感动 ,给留下 ---- 印象

I was deeply impressed by his speech.

My father impressed on me the value of hard work.

4.in turn 依此 , 替换地 They sang on stage in turn.

The two sisters cared for their sick mother in turn.

两姐妹轮流照看生病的母亲。

5. amaze vt. To fill with great surprise;

吃惊 , 使惊奇 be amazed at/by 对 ( 因 )--- 大感惊讶 We were amazed at the news

be amazed to do

We were amazed to hear the news.

be amazed that

I was amazed that he had made such

rapid progress in English.

6.describe ---as 把 --- 说成 describe+ 名 (oneself) +as 形 ( 名 )

describe sth. to sb. 向某人描述

He described my plan as unrealistic.

他批评我的计划不切实际 .

He describes himself as an artist.

他自称艺术家。The teacher described the horrible accident to us.

老师向我们描述了那个可怕的事件。

7. Seat 1. Seats must be booked two days before the

performance. 2. I seat him in the front row. 3. There is a dinning-room that will seat 2,400

persons. 4. The girl seated herself at her desk and

turned on the computer. 5. He then asked me to be seated.

v. 坐下

n. 座位v. 使…坐下

v. 容纳

v. 坐下

这辆公共汽车可以容纳 42 位乘客。

The bus can seat 42 passengers.

There were inventions and developments in China which were not available in Europe at that time.　

8.available adj. able to be got, used, seen, etc. 可得到的 . 可用的 , 可看见的

(opposite unavailable)

The doctor is not available now.

Is the library available during summer vacation?

暑假的时候图书馆可以用吗？ These shoes are not available in your size.

这些鞋子没有你穿的码。

9. pay vt. 付款 , 支付 .

I paid $5 for that book.

Did you pay for that, sir?

pay for 付 --- 的款 , 受 --- 报应 pay off 全部还清 I have paid off all my debts.

10 confuse

. confuse. Vt. 使人困惑 , 使弄错 .

The difficult question confused him.

be confused by 对 ( 因 )--- 感到困惑 People were confused by a lot of

information.

人们被大量的信息搞糊涂了 .

11 break out ( 战争、争吵、疾病等 ) 爆发

When did the war break out? 战争是何时爆发的？

The fire may break out again. 火灾可能会再次爆发。

12.Take dictation 纪录口述内容 I am able to take dictation in English and

quickly transcribe into Chinese.

我能将英文的口授记录下来，同时能立即将其翻译成中文。

13. Stand by

1. You should stand by your word. 2. His wife stood by him during his ye

ars in prison. 3. How can you stand by and let him t

reat his dog like that?

遵守，坚持

袖手旁观

支持

Useful words and expressions 1.do trade with. trade sth for sth 2.be impressed by/at/ with… impress on sb sth 3.seve in the court serve the emperor 4 .in turn 5. describe sth/ sb as… describe sth to sb

1. 和 --- 做交易 .

　用某物交换．．．

2. 给留下 --- 印象使对某事印象深刻

3. 在朝廷供职 .　为皇帝效劳４．依此 ; 　轮流

5. 把 --- 描述成 向某人描述某事

6.be amazed at/by sth

　 be amazed to do be amused that 从句

7. pay for sth pay off Pay sb salary

7. 付 --- 的款 , 受 ---报应全部还清

给某人负工资

６．对某事感到惊讶

8. be confused byconfuse black with white9.break out 10. be put into prison11 take dictation12.one of the best- selling

books.13.be too fantastic to be tr

ue 14.stand by…15. reply to sth(sb). make a reply16.be surprised to do sth 17. aged 70

8. 被 --- 弄糊涂　混淆黑白9.( 战争 , 火灾 ) 突然爆发10. 被投进监狱11. 听写（听记下来）12. 最畅销的书之一 .

13. 太荒唐不切实际14. 支持 , 忠于 .15. 回答 .

16 很吃惊地做某事17. 70 岁高龄

to find out the non-defining clauses in the text

This book ,which was called The Description of the World, became one of the best –selling books in Europe.

---in 1271, when he was just 17 years old, he travelled across Europe and Asia with his father,who wanted to do trade with the Chinese.

Which 引导非限定性定语从句时 ,可修饰整个主句