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

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[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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