Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254.He was the most famous foreigner to visit Asia during the Middle Ages.He wrote a book about his travels.In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard.Many people in the west read the book，but few believed what Marco Polo said in the book.He told stories about a lot of strange people and places.But at that time nobody knew these places and the people.
    When Marco Polo was still very young，he decided to travel together with his father.It took them more than three years to travel to China，later he became a friend of the Chinese emperor （皇帝） .He learned to speak Chinese when he traveled around，and he talked to many people in Chinese.The emperor liked him and made him a Chinese Official.At that time Marco Polo was only thirty years old.After nearly seventeen years' travel in the east，Marco and his father wanted to go back home.
    When Marco and his father arrived in Venice many years later，their family and friends saw them again.They couldn't believe their eyes because Marco and his farther were quite old.Marco Polo and his father had been away for almost 25 years.

（1）Marco Polo was

the most famous

the most famous

foreigner who

travelled

travelled

to Asia during the Middle Ages.
（2）Marco Polo wrote a famous book

called

called

"The Travels of Marco Polo".He told people

all the things

all the things

he saw and heard in the book.
（3）Many people in the west read the book，but

few people

few people

believed

him

him

.
（4）It took Marco Polo and his father over three years to

travel to China

travel to China

.And Marco Polo worked as

a Chinese offcial

a Chinese offcial

in 1284.
（5）Marco Polo and his father had been away

for almost 25 years

for almost 25 years

.When they got back home in Venice，they were

quite old

quite old

.