第43讲阅读理解：The Travels of Ibn Battuta（一） 职称英语综合B精讲课件培训资料.ppt

2014年 职称英语综合C 阅读理解 主讲老师：叶晓 The Travels of Ibn Battuta伊本白图泰游记 （第一段）“I left Tangier, my birthplace, the 13th of June 1325 with the intention of making the pilgrimage（朝圣） [ to Mecca]... to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon my home as birds abandon their nests. ” So begins an old manuscript in a library in Paris—the travel journal of Ibn Battuta. （第二段）Almost two centuries before Columbus（哥伦布）, this young Moroccan（摩洛哥人） set off（出发） for Mecca（麦加）, returning home three decades later as one of historys great travelers. Driven（驱动） by curiosity（好奇）, he journeyed to remote comers of the Islamic（伊斯兰教的）world, traveling through 44 modem countries, three times as far as Marco Polo. Little celebrated（出名的） in the West, his name is well known among Arabs. In his hometown of Tangier（丹吉尔）, a square（广场）, a hotel, a cafe, a ferry boat（渡船）, and even a hamburger are named after him. （第三段）Ibn Battuta stayed in Mecca as a student for several years, but the urge to travel soon took over. In one adventure, he traveled to India seeking profitable employment with the Sultan of Delhi.3 On the way, he described his group being attacked in the open country by 80 men on foot, and two horsemen：“we fought ... killing one of their horsemen and about twelve of the foot soldiers ….I was hit by an arrow and my horse by another, but God in his grace preserved me .... （第四段）After a lifetime of incredible adventures, Ibn Battuta was finally ordered by the Sultan of Morocco to return home to share his wisdom with the world. Fortunately, he consented and wrote a book that has been translated into numerous languages, allowing people everywhere to read about his unparalleled journeys. 1.??? What is the passage mainly about?（主旨题） A)?? Visitors（游客） to Mecca（麦加）. √B)?? The adventures （冒险，探险）of Ibn Battuta. C)?? Ibn Battutas character.（个性，人物） D)?? Asian（亚洲的） countries of