[00:03.46]Unit 8 Adventure 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 trade 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 impressed 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 tasks

[00:59.89]across the country.

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