《Lesson　3　Marco　Polo课件》高中英语北师大版必修35774.ppt.ppt

Around 700 years ago, an Italian young man traveled across Europe and Asia with his father and finally arrived in Beijing, China. The Chinese emperor welcomed them. The young man was greatly amazed by how beautiful and powerful the country was and ．．． Unit 8 Adventure court in turn available confused wealthy author stand by 1) Why was the emperor impressed by Marco? Because Marco was very clever and could already speak four languages. 2) Why was Marco surprised to see people using paper money? Because in Europe people paid for goods with gold or silver. 3) What were the black stones Marco saw people burning for fuel? 4) How long did Marco spend in China? For 17 years. 5) Why was he put into prison when he went back to Italy? Because a local war broke out. During the war he was caught by the enemy. Marco Polo and His Travels (Part One) Student 1 --- Basic information about Marco Polo; before he arrived in China Students 2 &3 --- After he arrived in China Student 4 --- After he left China Story telling: Marco Polo and His Travels was born in…in… traveled across… was amazed by… was impressed by… was surprised to see … was confused by … served in… returned to… and became… caught and put into prison told all his stories to… Summary Marco Polo was born in Italy. He later travelled across Europe and Asia to China and was welcomed by the Emperor Kublai Khan. He was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was. And was impressed by Beijing and the emperor’s palace. He was also surprised to see Chinese people using paper money. Meanwhile, he was confused by the black stones people used as fuel. After he served in China for 17 years , he returned to Italy and became a captain of a warship. Later he was caught and put into prison. There he told all his stories to another prisoner who was an author. The author made his story into the book The Description of the World.　 Different Editions of the Book Home