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1、 免費?宅在家學(xué)英語?怎么報名?最牛英語口語培訓(xùn)模式:躺在家里練口語,全程外教一對一,三個月暢談無阻! 洛基英語,免費體驗全部在線一對一課程:At sixty-five Francis Chichester set out to sail single-handed round the world. This is the story of that adventure.Sailing Round the WorldBefore he sailed round the world single-handed, Francis Chichester had already surprised h
2、is friends several times. He had tried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931.The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race. His old dream of going round the world c
3、ame back, but this time he would sail. His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determined to carry out his plan. In August, 1963, at the age of nearly sixty-five, an age when many men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life. Soon, he w
4、as away in this new 16-metre boat, Gipsy Moth.Chichester followed the route of the great nineteenth century clipper ships. But the clippers had had plenty of crew. Chicheater did it all by himself, even after the main steering device had been damaged by gales. Chichester covered 14, 100 miles before
5、 stopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance anyone had previously sailed alone.He arrived in Australia on 12 December, just 107 days out from England. He received a warm welcome from the Australians and from his family who had flown there to meet him. On shore, Chichester c
6、ould not walk without help. Everybody said the same thing: he had done enough; he must not go any further. But he did not listen.After resting in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends attempts to dissuade him. The second half of his voyage was by far the more d
7、angerous part, during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn.On 29 January he left Australia. The next night, the blackest he had ever known, the sea became so rough that the boat almost turned over. Food, clothes, and broken glass were all mixed together. Fortunately, bed and went to sleep
8、. When he woke up, the sea had become calm the nearest person he could contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby, Wild be on an island 885 miles away.After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the following radio message to London:“ I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmar
9、e. Wild horses could not drag me down to Cape Horn and that sinister Southern Ocean again.”Just before 9 oclock on Sunday evening 28 May, 1967, he arrived back in England, where a quarter of a million people were waiting to welcome him. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him with the very sword that Queen
10、Elizabeth I had sailed round the world for the first time. The whole voyage from England and back had covered 28, 500 miles. It had taken him nine months, of which the sailing time was 226 days. He had done what he wanted to accomplish.Like many other adventurers, Chichester had experienced fear and
11、 conquered it. In doing so, he had undoubtedly learnt something about himself. Moreover, in the modern age when human beings depend so much on machines, he had given men throughout the world new pride.NEW WORDSsingle-handeda & ad. (done) by one person alone 單獨的(地)adventuren. 冒險(活動)soloa. single-hand
12、ed 單獨的transatlantica. crossing the Atlantic Ocean 橫度大西洋lungn. part of the body with which one breathes 肺cancern. 癌determineda. with ones mind firmly made up 下定了決心的determinev.determinationn.retirevi. stop working at ones job(because of age) 退休voyagen. sea journey 航海;航行routen. way from one place to an
13、other 路線clippern. 快速帆船crewn. group of people who work together on a ship or airplane 全體船員;全體乘務(wù)員steervt. make (esp. a boat or road vehicle) go in a particular direction 為撐舵devicen. a piece of equipment設(shè)備;裝置steering devicen. 操舵裝置damagevt. cause harm or injury to 損壞ad. harm, injury 損壞galen. very strong
14、 wind大風(fēng)covervt. travel (a certain distance)行過(一段距離)previouslyad. before 以前previous a.attemptn. try 試圖,嘗試dissuadevt. prevent (sb.) from doing sth. by reasoning 勸阻treacherousa. more dangerous than it seems 暗藏危險的;奸詐的capen. 海角rougha. (of weather or the sea) stormy; not calm (氣候)有暴風(fēng)雨的;(海)波濤洶涌的fortunately
15、ad. luckily 幸運地;幸虧fortunatea.contactvt. get in touch with 聯(lián)系,接觸nearbyad. close by 在附近followinga. next; to be mentioned immediately 接著的;下列的wakenv. (cause to) wake 喚醒;醒來nightmaren. terrible dream 惡夢dragvt. pull along with great effort 拖,拉sinistera. 兇惡的,邪惡的knightn. 爵士vt. 封 為爵士swordn. 劍,刀accomplishvt. f
16、inish successfully完成conquervt. overcome征服undoubtedlyad. certainly無疑地moreoverad. in addition此外,而且humana. of or concerning people人們beingn. a living thing, esp. a person生物;人PHRASES & EXPRESSIOMSset outbegin a course if action著手,開始give upatop doing放棄be determined to (do)have a strong will to (do)決心(做)(all) by oneself(completely) alonein spite ofnot taking notice of; not caring about 盡管;雖然by farby a large amount or degree得多turn ov
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