Lesson3 Macro Polo 學案

4. although people enjoyed reading his book, many of them thought that marco’s stories about china were too fantastic to be true. 雖然人們喜愛讀他的書，但許多人認為馬可的關于中國的故事太離奇，令人難以置信。too…to…結構通常表示否定意義，意為“太……以致不能……，太……而沒有……”。如：father is too busy to spend much time with me. the box is too heavy for you to lift. 拓展：too…to …結構常與not …enough to …和so …that …not …結構轉換。如：the child is too young to go to school. the child is not old enough to go to school. the child is so young that he can’t go to school. 辨析：當too 后為glad/pleased/ready/willing/thankful. /delighted 等表示某種心情的形容詞，或為good/kind/true等描繪性形容詞時，too…to… 結構表示肯定意思。如：the film is only too good to see. 這電影很好，值得看。the old lady is too kind to help others. 那位老太太心腸很好，樂于助人。【模擬試題】一. 單詞拼寫1. it is known that squirrels often hide a large q       of nuts inside trees in autumn. 2. i was still sleeping when the fire b      out, and then it spread out. 3. we were a      by the news of george’s sudden death, who was only 35 years old. 4. my ink has r      out, can you spare me some?5. my computer system b      down suddenly when i was surfing the net. 6. not long after his r          , a local war broke out near his hometown. 7. but marco always s      by his tales. 8. later these rocks proved that at one time in the d      past the antarctic was covered by plants. 9. our hometown is l      to beijing by the jingjiu railway. 10. we have just e      a storm on the way home. 二. 綜合閱讀a newly discovered ancient chinese map may prove that it was a chinese navigator（航海家）who first discovered america. he may have made the discovery seventy years before columbus discovered the new world. the map, which has gone on display in beijing, is said to be a copy made in 1763 of a much older map dating back to 1418. it clearly describes africa, europe and the americas. if it's proven to be believable, the map would provide strong evidence to suggest that the famous ming dynasty sailor, zheng he, beat christopher columbus, who arrived in america in 1492, to the discovery of the new world. liu gang, a chinese lawyer and map collector, bought the map in an antique（古董的）store in shanghai in for about 500 u. s. dollars. liu gang thinks the map supports the thesis of british author, gavin menzies, who in his book argued zheng he was the first person to circumnavigate（環航）the globe and discover america sometime between 1421 and 1423. “in principle, the british author gavin is right. before columbus, zheng he discovered america and the whole world. but in detail, not exactly... three years difference. i don't think that's a big deal. ” liu said.