The Travels of Ibn Battuta

    “I left Tangier, my birthplace, the 13th of June 1325 with the intention of making the pilgrimage 1 [ to Mecca]... to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon my home as birds abandon their nests. ” So begins an old manuscript in a library in Paris—the travel journal of Ibn Battuta.

    Almost two centuries beforeColumbus, this young Moroccan set off forMecca, returning home three decades later as one of history"s great travelers. Driven by curiosity, he journeyed to remote comers of the Islamic world, traveling through 44 modem countries, three times as far as Marco Polo. Little celebrated in the West 2, his name is well known among Arabs. In his hometown of Tangier, a square, a hotel, a cafe, a ferry boat, and even a hamburger are named after him.

    Ibn Battuta stayed inMeccaas a student for several years, but the urge to travel soon took over. In one adventure, he traveled toIndiaseeking profitable employment with the Sultan of Delhi. 3 On the way, he described his group being attacked in the open country by 80 men on foot, and two horsemen:“we 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 thecastleofAbu Bak, har ... and suspended them from the wall. ” InDelhi, the sultan gave him the position of judge, based on his prior study atMecca. But the sultan had an unpredictable character, and Ibn Battuta looked for an opportunity to leave. When the sultan offered to finance a trip toChina, 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一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.

 

词汇:

 pilgrimage /"pilgrimidʒ/ n.朝圣,远游

ferry /"feri/ n.渡船

sultan /"sʌltən/ n.苏丹(yī sī lán jiāo 国王,某些伊斯兰国家统治者的称号)

suspend /sə"spend/ vt.吊,挂;暂停

finance /fai"næns/ v.给…提供资金

scatter /"skætə/ vt.撒播,驱散;vi.消散

consent /kən"sent/ vi.同意,赞成

slain: slay的过去分词slay/"slei/ v.杀死,杀戮

unparalleled /ʌn"pærəleld/ adj.无比的,空前的,绝无仅有的

the open country野外

foot soldier 步兵

 

注释:

1.    …with the intention of making the pilgrimage ...……打算去朝圣……

2.    Little celebrated in the West,…虽然在西方社会不怎么知名,……

3.    …seeking profitable employment with the Sultan of Delhi.……在德里的苏丹王那里谋到了一份收人颇丰的工作。

Why did Ibn Battuta finally return to his home?

A:He was tired of traveling B:He didn’t have any more money C:He feared the Sultan of Delhi D:The Sultan of Moroccoasked him to return

Tim will not (lent) you the book (because) he is fearful (if) you will forget to (return) it.

A:lent B:because C:if D:return

函数的值通过return语句返回,下面关于return语句的形式描述错误的是

A:return表达式; B:return(表达式); C:一个return语句可以返回多个函数值 D:一个return语句只能返回一个函数值

return _________________

fib(10)
n==0||n==1
fib(n-1)+fib(n-2);

函数的值通过return语句返回,下面关于return语句的形式描述错误的是

A:return表达式; B:return(表达式); C:一个return语句可以返回多个函数值 D:一个return语句只能返回一个函数值

函数的值通过return语句返回,下面关于return语句的形式描述错误的是

A:return表达式; B:return(表达式); C:一个return语句可以返回多个函数值 D:一个return语句只能返回一个函数值

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