马可波罗行记.ppt

THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO 《马可.波罗行记》 马可.波罗 Marco Polo 马可.波罗(1254-1324) 是意大利旅行家.出生于意大利威尼斯一商人家庭,1271年随父亲和叔叔经“丝绸之路” 来东方.1275年5月至上都,深得元世祖忽必烈之信任和厚待,多次游中国,1292年离开中国,1295年底抵威尼斯.1298年在威尼斯与热那亚之战中被俘,于狱中口述东方见闻,由同狱鲁详细梯谦(Rusticiano) 笔录成书 马可.波罗行记, 此书盛道东方之富庶和文明,深受大众喜爱和传诵. 马可.波罗于1292年获释后回到威尼斯. Contact n. v. 接触，联系，交往 To have contact with 与......联系,和......接触 To keep (in) contact with 与......保持联系 They have little contact with each other. 他们彼此很少来往/接触/联系. Remember to keep in contact with me by phone. 记住要与我保持电话联系. It was the only way of contact between Eastern countries and Western countries. 它是当时东西方国家接触的唯一通道. Trade n. 贸易,交易; 商业 v. 经商,交易; 用......交换 trader n. 商人,生意人 His father is in the food trade. 他的父亲在做食品生意. Recently we trade a lot with European countries. 近来我们与欧洲人有许多的贸易往来. They traded trees for different kinds of paper. 他们用树木换得各种纸张. Marcos father and uncle were traders. Eastern adj. 朝东的,东方的,东部的 Western adj. 朝西的,西方的,西部的 Central adj. 中央的,中心的,中部的,主要的 China is an Eastern country while France is a Western one. 中国是一个东方国家而法国是一个西方国家. Universities in Central China are growing quickly. Learn about 了解,知道 How much do you learn about computers? 你了解多少关于计算机的知识? Marco enjoyed learning about China. 马可喜欢了解中国. Later on 以后,后来 He was the best student in the class and later on he went to Europe. 他是班上的尖子生,后来他去了欧洲. Later on, these notes and diaries were very useful to him. 后来,这些笔记和日记对他非常有用. Understanding for the passage: 1 ...knew very little about each other. ...... 彼此互不了解. Comparison: A few 一些 ，Few 几乎没有 , 很少 (修饰可数名词） A little 一些 Little 几乎没有, 很少 (修饰不可数名词)　 There are a few people who want to go to camp. 有几个人想去夏令营. There are few people running in the evening. 几乎没有人晚上跑步． There is a little water in the bottle. 瓶中有一点水． They have little contact with us. 他们跟我们几乎没有联系． the Silk Road 丝绸之路 丝绸之路是古代横贯亚洲的交通要道，亦称丝路．其最早路段由汉朝张骞出征西域时所开辟（公元前１３９年至１２６年）．东起古长安（今西安），向西北穿甘肃的河西走廊，到达戈壁沙漠中的绿洲－敦煌，再穿过玉门关．此后分南北两道西行，北道经由吐鲁番,库车,吐木休克到喀什,南道经由米兰,尼雅,和 到喀什,南北两道会合于喀什之后西越帕米尔高原到中亚,再经浩汗,撒马尔罕,布哈拉,墨夫,抵达波斯湾,伊拉克和地中海沿岸,走水路转达罗