Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254.His father and uncle.ppt

* * Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254. His father and uncle were both business --men who once went to travel China. When He was a child, he often heard his father talk about China and he became very interested in China and wanted to go there one day. So when he was 17 years old, that was in 1271, they set off from Italy for China. On their way, they met the pirates and lost everything. They had to suffer hunger, illness and many other dangers and after 4 years they came to China and were welcomed by Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan liked Marco Polo so much that he asked him to serve in his court. After 17 years, in 1291, he went back home. Later he wrote the book The Description of the World. It was very popular at that time and after reading it, many people wanted to come to China, and Columbus was among them. So later we had it that Columbus found America. Reading comprehension（阅读理解） True or false questions: Marco Polo was a French businessman who had lived in China for many years. ( ) 2. Marco Polo and his father came to China because they had looked forward to visit- ing Chinese Emperor’s Palace. ( ) 3. Kublai Khan was the first emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. ( ) F F T 4. Emperor Kublai Khan welcomed Marco and his father because he wanted to learn something about Europe. ( ) 5. Kublai liked Marco because the young fellow was very clever and could speak several foreign languages. ( ) 6. Although Marco was a man of talent, he was not used by the Emperor because he was a foreigner. ( ) 7. Marco liked China more than his native country. ( ) T T F F 8. Marco thought the Summer Palace was “the greatest palace that he had ever seen.” ( ) 9. Chinese paper money in the Yuan Dynasty was so beautifully printed that Marco was surprised when he saw it. ( ) 10. Marco had sta