北师大版高中英语模块3--Unit 8 Adventure lessons3-1

[00:03.46]Unit 8 Adventure¹ Lesson 3 Marco Polo
[00:09.03]Marco Polo and His Travels
[00:12.88]Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254.
[00:16.75]When he was 17 years old,
[00:18.81]he traveled across Europe and Asia
[00:21.30]with his father,
[00:22.20]who wanted to do trade² with the Chinese.
[00:25.13]Eventually,they arrived in Beijing.
[00:27.48]At that time,China was
[00:29.27]RULED BY THE Yuan Dynasty Emperor,Kublai Khan.
[00:33.17]Kublai Khan welcomed Marco and his father.
[00:36.23]He was very happy to meet two foreigners
[00:38.76]and wanted to learn all about Europe.
[00:41.38]Marco and his father were guests
[00:43.15]at the Emperor's Palace.
[00:45.12]Although Marco was young,
[00:46.69]he was very clever and could already speak
[00:49.01]four languages.
[00:50.97]The Emperor was impressed³ by him
[00:52.85]and they became friends.
[00:55.07]He asked Marco to serve in his court
[00:57.76]and sent him to do many important tasks⁴
[00:59.89]across the country.
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1 adventure   

n.冒险，冒险经历；vt.冒险；vi.冒险

参考例句：

• I wish to hear the details of your adventure.我希望听到你这次奇遇的详情。
• He couldn't explain that he had passed through a great adventure.他没法说明自己曾度过一次大险。

2 trade   

n.贸易，商业，交易；行业，同行；手工艺；主顾，(复数)信风；vi.做生意，购物，交换；vt.用某物交换，做买卖；adj.商业的，专业性的，同行的

参考例句：

• Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
• The war brought all foreign trade to a stand.这场战争使一切对外贸易都停止了。

3 impressed   

adj.印象深刻的v.使感动，使印象深刻( impress的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。
• I was impressed by his handling of the affair. 他对此事的处理方式我甚感佩服。

4 tasks   

n.工作，任务，差事( task的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I've placed an asterisk next to the tasks I want you to do first. 我在要你首先完成的任务旁边标上了星号。
• The system is inadequate for the tasks it has to perform. 这个系统要完成它的任务还不够完善。