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1、SeeingtheWorldCenturiesAgoIfyouenjoylookingthroughtravelbooksbysuchfamiliarauthorsasArthurFrommerorEugeneFodor,itwillnotsurpriseyoutolearnthattravelwritinghasalongandvenerablehistory.Almostfromtheearliestannalsofrecordedtimeindividualshavefoundreadyaudiencesfortheiraccountso
2、fjourneystostrangeandexoticlocales.1Oneoftheearliesttravelwriters,aGreekgeographerandhistoriannamedStrabo,livedaroundthetimeofChrist.ThoughStraboisknowntohavetraveledfromeastoftheBlackSeawesttoItalyandasfarsouthasEthiopia,healsouseddetailsgleanedfromotherwriterstoextendanden
3、livenhisaccounts.HismultivolumedworkGeographyprovidestheonlysurvivingaccountofthecities,peoples,customs,andgeographicalpeculiaritiesofthewholeknownworldofhistime．Twootherclassictravelwriters,theItalianMarcoPoloandtheMoroccanIbnBattutah,livedinroughlythesametimeperiod.MarcoPo
4、lotraveledtoChinawithhisfatheranduncleinaboutA.D.1275andremainedthere160r17years,visitingseveralothercountriesduringhistravels.WhenMarcoreturnedtoItalyhedictatedhismemoirs,includingstorieshehadheardfromothers,toascribe,withtheresultingbookIImilionebeinganinstantsuccess.Thoug
5、hdifficulttoattesttotheaccuracyofallhesays,Marco’sbookimpelledEuropeanstobegintheirgreatvoyagesofexploration.2IbnBattutah’sinterestintravelbeganonhisrequiredMuslimjourneytoMeccain1325,andduringhislifetimehejourneyedthroughallthecountrieswhereIslamheldsway.3HistravelbooktheRi
6、hlahisapersonalizedaccountofdesertjourneys,courtintrigues,andeventheeffectoftheBlackDeathinthevariouslandshevisited.Inalmost30yearsoftravelingitisestimatedthatIbnBattutahcoveredmorethan75,000miles.词汇：Venerableadj.庄严的，值得尊敬的enlivenv．使生动Accountn.记述voyagen.航行Exoticv．异国的，外来的注释：1.
7、Almostfromtheearliestannalsofrecordedtimeindividualshavefoundreadyaudiencesfortheiraccountsofjourneystostrangeandexoticlocales．几乎从最早有时间记载开始，人们就发现，他们对去一个陌生地方旅行的记录是不乏读者的。2.…Marco’sbookimpelledEuropeanstobegintheirgreatvoyagesofexploration.…马可的书促使欧洲人开始了他们伟大的航海探索之旅。3…hejourneyed
8、throughallthecountrieswhereIslamheldsway．…—他去了所有伊斯兰教掌权的国家旅行。TheOnlyWayIsUpT
