大学英语专科第二单元

大学英语专科第二单元Warm-Up Question热身问题1.Do you love adventures? Why or why not?你喜欢探险吗？为什么喜欢或为什么不喜欢？Yes, I do. I enjoy adventures very much for such reasons as follows: 1) Adventure implies uncertainty since是的，我喜欢。

我因为以下一些原因非常喜欢探险：1）探险意味着不确定的事物因为the outcome of it does not come until the last moment. I find that the innermost part in my heart longs for直到最后时刻才出现结果。

我发现我心底深处渴望着这种不确定。

this uncertainty. Adventure satisfies the mental need.2) Together with adventures is not only the unexpected 冒险满足了这种心理需求。

2) 在一起冒险不仅是意料不到的危险，danger, but also the great joy and satisfaction when the adventure comes to an end. If I have successfully 而且当冒险结束的时候有极大的喜悦和满足。

如果我已经成功finished the adventurous task, I will definitely be overwhelmed by the great happiness since I can feel proud 地完成了我的冒险任务的话，我肯定会被极大的快乐所淹没，因为我可以为我自己而感到自豪。

of myself. Though sometimes I may fail, I still can know my limits. 3) Whenever I start off an adventurous 虽然有时我也许会失败，但我依然可以知道我的极限。

无论何时我开始一场冒险的旅程，journey, I am at the start of a completely new route of getting knowing new places, new people and even a 我都是开始一段完全新的路线，认识一些新的地方、新的人们甚至是一种新的文化，new culture, which lead to the greatest of my excitement.这引起了我极大的兴奋。

2.Who is the adventurer you admire most? Say a few words about his or her adventurous deed(s).你最钦慕的探险家是谁？简要说一下他（她）的探险事迹。

The adventurer I admire most is Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America. He was born in Genoa我最崇拜的冒险家是克里斯托弗·哥伦布，美洲的发现者。

他出生于热那亚and went to Portugal in 1476. He won the support of the king of Spain for his attempt to reach Asia by而且于1476年去了葡萄牙。

他获得了西班牙国王的支持因为他试图由西航行到达亚洲。

sailing westward. He left Spain with three small ships-Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina-on 3rd August 1492, and 他于1492年8月3日带着3只小船圣玛丽亚号、平塔号、妮娜号离开西班牙，而saw land on 12th October. On this first voyage he reached San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, and且在10月12日看见了陆地。

在这第一次航行中他到达了巴哈马群岛的圣·萨瓦尔多岛屿，而且discovered Cuba and Haiti. On his second voyage(1493-1496), he discovered Puerto Rico, Jamaica and发现了古巴和海地。

在他第二次航行中（1493-1496），他发现了波多黎各，牙买加以及other islands. He saw the mainland of South America for the first time in 1498, on his third voyage. On his其他一些岛屿。

他于1498年第一次发现了南美洲大陆，在他第三次、第四次fourth and last voyage(1502-1504), he explored the coast of Honduras and Nicaragua.以及最后一次航行中（1502-1504），他探索了洪都拉斯和尼加拉瓜。

3.Montesquieu, the famous French thinker and philosopher. Once said, ”It is always the adventurer who著名的法国思想家及哲学家孟德斯鸠曾经说过：“伟大的事情通常都是由探险家来完成的。

accomplishes great things.” How do you understand this saying of his?”你如何理解他的这句话？I think his remarks implies that if you want to be successful, you have to be creative and dare to take我认为他的评论暗含着如果你想要成功的话，你就必须创造和敢于冒险。

risks. If you do not bear new and creative ideas, you will follow the routine footprint of your ancestors, 如果你不具备创新的想法，你会沿着你祖先的足迹，which means you can hardly exceed what your forefathers have achieved. In addition, you have to dare这意味着你几乎不可能超过你祖先已经到达的成就。

另外，你必须得敢于冒to take risks. Those who are not brave enough to do so are most likely to let go the rare opportunities. In险。

那些不够勇敢这样做的人最有可能让少有的机会溜掉。

换a word, if you want to accomplish something, you have to bear the essential qualities of success, most句话说，如果你想要完成某件事情的话，你必须得具备成功的基本要素，最important of which are creative thinking and braveness to take risks.重要的是要有创造性思维和敢于冒险。

Unit 2第二单元At sixty-five Francis Chichester set out to sail single-handed round the world. This is the story of that adventure.六十五岁的弗朗西斯·奇切斯特独自一人驾船做环球航行。

这里讲述的是他那次冒险的故事。

Sailing Round the world环球航行1.Before he sailed round the world single-handed, Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends在他一个人独自驾船作环球航行前，弗朗西斯·奇切斯特已经让他的朋友们屡次大吃several times. He had tried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931.一惊了。

他曾经尝试做环球飞行，但是失败了，那是1931年的事。

2.The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already许多年以后，他放弃了飞行，开始航海，并且乐此不疲。

当奇切斯特赢得58years old when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race. His old dream of going round the world came 首届横渡大西洋单人驾船比赛的桂冠时，他已经五十八岁了。

他环游世界的夙愿又被唤起。

back,but this time he would sail. His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But 不过，这一次他要驾船航行。

由于他患有肺癌，所以他的朋友及医生都认为他不能作环球航行。

但是Chichester was determined to carry out his plan. In August, 1966, at the age of nearly sixty-five, an age奇切斯特下定决心要实现自己的计划。

1966年8月在他即将六十五岁时—这个年纪是许多人退休的年纪，when many men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life. Soon, he was away in his new 16 metre boat,他开始了一生中最伟大的一次航海。

不久，他就驾着那艘16米长的新船——吉普赛·莫斯号启程了。