Marco Polo is famous for his journeys across Asia. He was one of the first Europeans to travel in Mongoliaand China. He wrote a famous book called 'The Travels'. He was born in Venice, Italy in 1254. In 1272, whenhe was only 17 years old, he travelled to Asia with his father and uncle. The journey was very long. Theyvisited a lot of places and saw wonderful things: eye glasses, ice-cream, spaghetti and the riches of Asia.After three years they entered China through the Great Wall. In 1275 Хубилай Khon, the Emperor of China, met the visitors at his Summer Palace in the capital of China at Xanadu. The palace was very beautiful.There were a lot of gold things and silk curtains. The Emperor gave a big banquet. There were more than athousand people in the palace. On the emperor's birthday 5,000 soldiers rode through the city to the.palace on elephants. Marco Polo visited some huge markets, where merchants from all over the worldbought and sold all kinds of things. He was happy to see one of the greatest cities of the thirteenth centuryand spent 18 years in China. When he returned to Italy in 1295, he became a popular storyteller. Peoplecame to his home to hear stories about his journeys in the East. Many of them did not believe him. When hedied, he said: 'I haven't told half of what I saw, because no one can believe it.'
vladimir72tatarkov1317
05.08.2021
1) I played computer games yesterday. 2) I was playing computer games at five o'clock yesterday. 3) He was playing computer games from two till three yesterday. 4) We were playing computer games the whole evening yesterday. 5) What was Nick doing when you came to his place? 6) What were you doing when I rang you up? I was not sleeping at nine o'clock yesterday. 7) What did he do yesterday? 8) He read a book two days ago. 9) What was he doing the whole evening yesterday? 10) He was reading a book at 9 p.m. yesterday. 11) Was she sleeping when you came home? 12) My brother did not play tennis yesterday. 13) He played tennis the day before yesterday. 14) My sister was not playing the piano at four o'clock yesterday. 15) She was playing the piano the whole evening. 16) When I came into the kitchen, mother was cooking. 17) She was cooking the whole day yesterday. 18) We washed the floor in our flat yesterday. 19) We were washing the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday. 20) Did you do your homework yesterday? 21) Were you doing your homework from eight till ten yesterday? 22) Why was she sleeping at seven o'clock yesterday? 23) He was sitting at the table the whole evening yesterday.
oniks-plus
05.08.2021
1. My parents start their day by waking up at 6 am. 2. Then my mom was taking a shower, dad was waiting for her. 3. After bathroom my parents were having a breakfast together. 4. My mom is a good driver so she were going to work on her own. 5. Dad was working at home. 6. Mother was finished working at 5 o’clock. 7. Father was cooking a dinner for her and they were having dinner together. 8. After dinner my mom was washing up. 9. Father was watching a TV and waiting for mom. 10. They finished their day by watching a comedy together.