北師大版高中英語(yǔ)模塊3--Unit 8 Adventure lessons3-3

北師大版高中英語(yǔ)模塊3--Unit 8 Adventure lessons3-3 [00:01.34]In 1291, after 17 years of service [00:04.79]to the Emperor, Marco returned to Italy. [00:07.81]He was now a very wealthy man. [00:10.14]Not long after his returen, [00:12.02]a local war broke out near his town. [00:14.98]During the war, Marco was the cptain [00:17.11]of a warship but was caught [00:19.30]by the enemy and put into prison. [00:21.92]However, Marco was lucky enough [00:24.39]to meet another prisoner who enjoyed [00:26.49]listening to his stories about China. [00:29.47]The prisoner was an author [00:31.21]and he took dictation [00:32.90]while Marco tol all his stories to him. [00:36.16]The prisoner then wrote the stories [00:38.10]in a book called The Description of the World, [00:41.11]which became one of the best-selling [00:42.88]books in Europe. [00:45.43]Although people enjoyed reading his book, [00:48.36]many of them thought that Marco's stories [00:50.58]about China were too fantastic to be true. [00:54.56]But Marco always stood by his tales. [00:57.91]Just belfore he died, aged 70, [01:00.76]Marco was asked the question, [01:02.43]"Was it all true?", [01:04.29]to which he replied,"I have only told half [01:07.42]of what I saw!" [01:08.28]

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