模块深南文化角落任务1ookmodule 1 cultrual corner task 1CultrualCorne.pptx

Module1

DeepSouth

CulturalCornerTask;CulturalCorner1—Lookatthefollowing

picturesandanswerthefollowingquestions;1.Whoisthemaninthepicture?

WhatDoyouknowabouthim?

HeisMarcoPolo(1254-1324).Heis

probablythemostfamousWesterner

traveledontheSilkRoad.Heexcelledall

theothertravelersinhisdetermination,

hiswriting,andhisinfluence.;2.What’sthenameofthebook?Whatdo

youknowaboutit?

It’stheTravelsofMarcopolo.Thisisa

descriptionofhistravelsandstaysinthe

Orient,includingAsia,Persia,Chinaand

Indonesia,between1271and1298isalso

knownasOrientePolianoorDescriptionof

theWorld.Itwasaveryfamousandpopular

bookinthe13thcentury.Thetextclaims;thatMarcoPolobecameanimportant

FigureatthecourtoftheMongolleader

KublaiKhan.However,modernscholars

debatehowmuchoftheaccountisaccurate

andwhetherornotMarcoPoloeveractually

traveledtothecourtorwasjustrepeating

storiesthathehadheardfromother

travellers.;ThebookwasactuallywritteninFrenchbyaromanceauthorofthetime,RustichellodaPisa,whowasreportedlyworkingfromaccountswhichhehadheardfromMarcoPolowhentheywereinprisoninGenoahavingbeencapturedwhileonaship.;;CulturalCorner3--ReadthetextagainanddecidewhetherthesentencesareTrueorFalse.;Parts;Part2(Para.2,3,4);Part3(Para5);LanguagePoints;Hesetsoffwithhisfatheranduncle

ona25-yearjourneytomysterious,

distantlandsthatmostpeoplein

Europehaveneverheardof.

setoff出发，动身

为了避开交通高峰期，他们动身很早。

Inordertoavoidtherushhourtheyset

offveryearly.;2.Whileontheirjourneybuyingandsellingspices,silksandjewels,theybefriendoneofthemostpowerfulmanonEarth,KublaKhan.

v.待……如友，帮助

Theybefriendedtheyounggirl,providingherwithfoodandshelter.

前缀be-可以加在名词或形容词前面，使之成为动词，表示“使成为、变成”。如：belittle（贬低）;3.However,Chinesehistorianshavefoundobscu