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1、请点击右上角的分享按钮与好友共享＊第二十六篇SeeingtheWorldCenturiesAgoIfyouenjoylookingthroughtravelbooksbysuchfamiliarauthorsasArthurFrommerorEugeneFodor,itwillnotsurpriseyoutolearnthattravelwritinghasalongandvenerablehistory.Almostfromtheearliestannalsofrecordedtimeindividualshavefoundreadyaudienc
2、esfortheiraccountsofjourneystostrangeandexoticlocales.1Oneoftheearliesttravelwriters,aGreekgeographerandhistoriannamedStrabo,livedaroundthetimeofChrist.ThoughStraboisknowntohavetraveledfromeastoftheBlackSeawesttoItalyandasfarsouthasEthiopia,healsouseddetailsgleanedfromotherwrit
3、erstoextendandenlivenhisaccounts.HismultivolumedworkGeographyprovidestheonlysurvivingaccountofthecities,peoples,customs,andgeographicalpeculiaritiesofthewholeknownworldofhistime.Twootherclassictravelwriters,theItalianMarcoPoloandtheMoroccanIbnBattutah,livedinroughlythesametimep
4、eriod.MarcoPolotraveledtoChinawithhisfatheranduncleinaboutA.D.1275andremainedthere16or17years,visitingseveralothercountriesduringhistravels.WhenMarcoreturnedtoItalyhedictatedhismemoirs,includingstorieshehadheardfromothers,toascribe,withtheresultingbookIlmilionebeinganinstantsuc
5、cess.Thoughdifficulttoattesttotheaccuracyofallhesays,Marco'sbookimpelledEuropeanstobegintheirgreatvoyagesofexploration.2IbnBattutah'sinterestintravelbeganonhisrequiredMuslimjourneytoMeccain1325,andduringhislifetimehejourneyedthroughallthecountrieswhereIslamheldsway.3Histravelbo
6、oktheRihlahisapersonalizedaccountofdesertjourneys,courtintrigues,andeventheeffectoftheBlackDeathinthevariouslandshevisited.Inalmost.30yearsoftravelingitisestimatedthatIbnBattutahcoveredmorethan75,000miles.练习：venerable/`venErEbl/adj.庄严的，值得尊敬的enliven/In`laIvEn/v．使生动account/E'kaJn
7、t/n.记述voyage/`vClidV/n.航行exotic/Ig`zCtIk/异国的，外来的注释：1.Almostfromtheearliestannalsofrecordedtimeindividualshavefoundreadyaudiencesfor唯一交流QQ请点击右上角的分享按钮与好友共享theiraccountsofjourneysto.strangeandexoticlocales．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'sbookimpelledEuropeansto
8、begintheirgreatvoyagesofexploration.……马可的书促使欧洲人开始了他们伟大
