6. renowned 7. authority 8. joy 9. commercial 10. purchase After You View
A. 1. flavor 2. distinctive 3. displayed 4. renowned 5. derived B. 1. Answers will vary. 2. Answers will vary, but must be based on the fact or facts. Script
Madagascar Perfume Narrator:
The island of Madagascar is renowned for its distinctive wildlife. But these Swiss scientists are interested more in the island's smells and tastes -- and the chance to find essences for entirely new perfumes and flavors.
This scientist says he discovered a flower yesterday. The bud has just opened, and he expects the flower's scent to be very appealing, perhaps primarily a mix of vanilla and jasmine. The Swiss team goes by river, deep into the forest, then by balloon up into the treetops, hoping to obtain new flowers and fruits. The scientists bring the essences back to the laboratory, where they use technology to recreate the scents. Professor Roman Kaiser, Chemist:
\the Tampolo River.\
The scents and flavors will be used in a variety of products for purchase in stores all over the world -- everything from bath products to fruit juices. This scientist says they have found two or three types of fruit whose taste is still unknown. They may be able to use these new essences to change existing flavors, and perhaps derive entirely new flavors. But not all the discoveries are special.
Willi Grab, Chemist:
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Only a few of these scents and flavors will be exported to markets and eventually displayed in stores. But the next time you're purchasing perfume, you could be smelling \secrets of Madagascar.\
Writing
Answer Key
A. Refer to summaries of each lesson in this unit.
B. Flowers and their fragrances, as we learn from this unit, do bring us many profits. Thanks to air freight and high-tech cooling systems, flowers can survive long distances to be used for decorations at home or gifts on various occasions. What makes flowers more fascinating is that essences can be derived from them to make perfume, which adds joy and pleasure to people's life. The fragrances of some flowers can even call up old memories and touch us deeply. Moreover, the scents and flavors can be used in a variety of products, ranging from bath products to fruit juices. What great joy flowers and their fragrances bring to our life!
Unit 8 Great Explorers Warming Up Answer Key
A. 1. Answers will vary, but should be supported by reasons to show that students have properly considered the questions. Some famous explorers are Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, and Zheng He. 2. The ocean floor remains to be explored in many places, as well as the remote interiors of Amazon rainforests and Indonesian jungles. 3. Answers will vary, but should be supported by reasons to show that students have properly considered the questions.
Listening
8A Marco Polo Answer Key
Before You Listen A. 1. Venice, 24. 2. Locations in China from Shangdu in the north, all along the coast to Quanzhou in the south, then into Southeast Asia. 3. Other places he visited include Istanbul, Jerusalem, Beijing, and Xi'an. B. To meet the powerful Mongol leader, Kublai Khan and work for him. Listening Comprehension A. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. d
B. 1. 1266:3 2. 1271:2 3. 1275:1 4. 1292:5 5. 1299:4 After You Listen
A. 1. voyage from China 2. objective of reaching his home 3. under one governmental administration 4. contributed to Marco Polo's future fame 5. journal of his world travels 6. perceived that important details were left out 7. undertook the task of checking the facts 8. admire him for his amazing travels 9. Palace
B. 1. undertake 2. voyage 3. admire 4. perceive 5. palace 6. Administration 7. objective 8. journal 9. contribute
C. 2. a. Tell students they may answer the question based on their understanding of the listening passage. b. Answers will vary, but should be based on the students' own knowledge. Script
Marco Polo in China
The Polos -- Marco, his father Niccol? and his uncle Maffeo -- had been traveling for three-and-a-half years when they finally achieved their objective -- a long-awaited meeting with the powerful Mongol leader, Kublai Khan. The historic event took place in 1275 at the Khan's luxurious summer capital in Shangdu, in what is now northern China. As he greeted his tired guests, Kublai Khan was surprisingly informal: \gentlemen! Please stand up. How've you been? How was the trip?\(5,600 miles) away in Venice when he was just a teenager. His father and uncle already knew
Kublai Khan from a previous visit five years earlier, when they had spent a short time in Shangdu. On this second trip the Polos would stay for 17 years, making themselves useful to the Khan and undertaking various missions and tasks for him. It is likely that the Khan considered it an honor that Europeans -- who were rare in China -- had made the extremely difficult journey, and he made good use of their skills and knowledge.
In the service of Kublai Khan, \ever was in the world,\Europeans. In his travel journal, he described Kublai Khan's palace as the greatest he had ever seen. He admired the Khan's recently completed new capital, Daidu, whose streets were \straight and so broad.\The city was located in what is now the center of Beijing, and Kublai Khan's city planning can still be perceived in the straight, broad streets of China's modern capital. We learn from Marco Polo that, in the administration of his empire, Kublai Khan made use of a fast and simple message system. Horse riders spaced every 40 kilometers allowed messages to cover 500 kilometers a day. Marco also learned the secret of asbestos cloth, which is made from a mineral and doesn't catch fire. Paper money also took him by surprise, as it was not yet in use in the West at that time. Homes were heated with \stones were coal -- unknown in most of Europe -- and they were so plentiful that many people had a hot bath three times a week.
Although the Khan did not want his visitors to leave, the Polos finally received permission to return home in 1292. Marco continued his observations on the ocean voyage by way of Sumatra and India. Upon his return, he completed a book about his trip, full of details about his amazing cultural experiences. It was probably the greatest contribution of geographic information ever made to the West about the East. A. Multiple Choice. Question 1. Which of the following about Marco Polo is NOT true? Question 2. Where is Kublai Khan's influence still felt in Beijing today? Question 3. What allowed a message to be sent 500 kilometers a day? Question 4. What allowed people in ancient China to have a hot bath three times a week? Question 5. What does the use of asbestos cloth, paper money, and coal seem to tell us about the East and the West? Script
After surviving the dangers of the ocean voyage from China with the pleasant objective of reaching his home city of Venice, more troubles were waiting for Marco Polo. Italy at that time was not united under one governmental administration, and the cities were often at war with each other. During fighting between Venice and the city of Genoa, Marco Polo was put in prison. It was there that he met the writer Rustichello. Rustichello contributed to Marco Polo's future fame by helping him to write down a journal of his world travels. Nevertheless, some readers of Marco Polo's book have perceived that important details were left out, and they question the truth of the book. In order to check the truth of Marco Polo's journal, National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita followed the path of Marco Polo. He undertook the task of checking the facts in the book and found that many are indeed true. Nowadays, Marco Polo's doubters are few, and most people admire him for his amazing travels. A sculpture honoring Marco Polo was placed in the Doge's Palace in Venice, one of the city's most beautiful buildings.
8B Journeys of Ibn Battuta Answer Key
Before You Listen
A. 1. Islam 2. Ibn Battuta 3. the equivalent of 44 modern countries 4. 30 B. Answers will vary. Listening Comprehension A. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. d B. 1. NG 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. NG After You Listen
A. 1. to the remote land 2. stories about a prior king of Mali who had been the grandfather of the current one 3. wonderful gifts to visitors were unparalleled 4. a profitable one 5. It was his misfortune that
B. 1. translators 2. unpredictable 3. financed 4. consented 5. wisdom
C. 2. a. and b. Answers will vary, but should be based on your understanding of the listening passage. Script
The Travels of Ibn Battuta
\[to Mecca]... to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon my home as birds abandon their nests.\Battuta.
Almost two centuries before Columbus, this young Moroccan set off for Mecca, returning home three decades later as one of history's great travelers. Driven by curiosity, he journeyed to remote corners of the Islamic world, traveling through 44 modern countries, three times as far as Marco Polo. Little celebrated in the West, his name is well known among Arabs. In his hometown of Tangier, a square, a hotel, a caf? a ferry boat, and even a hamburger are named after him.
Ibn Battuta stayed in Mecca as a student for several years, but the urge to travel soon took over. In one adventure, he traveled to India seeking profitable employment with the Sultan of Delhi. On the way, he described his group being attacked in the open country by 80 men on foot, and two horsemen: \fought ... killing one of their horsemen and about twelve of the foot soldiers... . I was hit by an arrow and my horse by another, but God in his grace preserved me ... . We carried the heads of the slain to the castle of Abu Bak'har ... and suspended them from the wall.\the sultan had an unpredictable character, and Ibn Battuta looked for an opportunity to leave. When the sultan offered to finance a trip to China, he agreed. Ibn Battuta set off in three ships, but misfortune struck while he was still on the shore. A sudden storm grounded and broke up two ships, scattering treasure and drowning many people and horses. As he watched, the third ship, with all his belongings and slaves -- one carrying his child -- was carried out to sea and never heard from again.
After a lifetime of incredible adventures, Ibn Battuta was finally ordered by the Sultan of Morocco to return home to share his wisdom with the world. Fortunately, he consented and wrote a book that has been translated into numerous languages, allowing people everywhere to read about his unparalleled journeys. A. Multiple Choice.
Question 1. What is the passage mainly about? Question 2. Why did Ibn Battuta leave Mecca after studying there several years? Question 3. Why did the Sultan of Delhi give Ibn Battuta a position of judge? Question 4. Which of the following would the writer of this passage most likely agree with? Question 5. Why did Ibn Battuta finally return to his home? Script
The final journey of Ibn Battuta was to travel by caravan across the Sahara Desert to the remote land of Mali. Although he didn't know much about the current king of Mali, Ibn Battuta had heard stories about a prior king of Mali who had been the grandfather of the current one. The king's wonderful gifts to visitors were unparalleled, and included large amounts of gold. Ibn Battuta was probably thinking that his trip to Mali would be a profitable one, but he was to be disappointed. It was his misfortune that the current king, Mansa Sulayman, only gave him a little bread, some meat, and some vegetables. When he saw his gift, Ibn Battuta could only laugh.
Viewing
Crossing Antarctica Answer Key Before You View A. b. on skis.
B. Answers will vary. Viewing Comprehension
A. 1. Liv Arnesen 2. Ann Bancroft 3. to become the first women in history to ski across Antarctica 4. February 11, 2001 5. to explore oneself internally/to draw out new things in oneself as an individual 6. No Horizon Is So Far 7. to become the first women in history to cross the Arctic Ocean
B. Answers will vary. 1. undertook a demanding training schedule; skiing down roads, pulling tires behind them 2. very strong, sometimes unpredictable winds of up to 160 kilometers an hour 3. they had to use their food to warm their fingers 4. shared their story with people from 150 countries
C. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F After You View
A. 1. unparalleled 2. undertake 3. overcome 4. achieve 5. explore 6. unpredictable B. 1. Answers will vary. 2. Answers will vary, but must be based on the fact or facts. Script
Crossing Antarctica Narrator:
They were two women with one goal. Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft dreamed of becoming the first women in history to ski across Antarctica. And on February 11, 2001, they achieved their goal. The crossing had been completed only once before, by a team of two male explorers. The story of Liv and Ann's unparalleled adventure became the basis for a book, No Horizon Is So Far, in which they shared their reasons for exploring the planet.