北师大版高中英语模块3--Unit 7 The Sea 2

[00:02.48]Zheng He completed seven famous voyages²
[00:05.74]between 1405 and 1433.
[00:08.89]He visited many countries in Asia and Africa.
[00:12.37]Zheng He also brought back many gifts
[00:14.95]from the countries he visited,
[00:16.64]such as medicines,pearls and strange animals.
[00:20.70]The most famous of these gifts
[00:22.66]were a giraffe and a zebra.
[00:25.34]When Zheng He came back from his seventh voyage¹
[00:28.27]in 1433,he was sixty-two years old.
[00:32.35]In 28 years of traveling,
[00:34.75]he had managed to share the glory³ of China
[00:37.23]with many different countries.
[00:39.36]When he died in 1435,
[00:42.03]the stories of his travels made his
[00:44.43]one of China's most famous sailors.
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1 voyage   

n.航行，航海，航程，旅行，航空；vi./vt.航海，航行；渡过，飞过

参考例句：

• Life is compared to a voyage.人生好比航海。
• The December weather favoured our voyage.12月的天气使我们的航行顺利。

2 voyages   

航行，航海，航天( voyage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were voyages in Japanese-built ships to India and Peru. 日本人建造的船曾经航行到印度、秘鲁。
• His successful voyages showed what great advances had been made. 他的航行成功说明航海业又前进了一大步。

3 glory   

n.光荣，荣誉；壮丽，辉煌；v.自豪，得意，狂喜

参考例句：

• I was fascinated by the glory of the sunset.落日的壮观把我吸引住了。
• Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom.智者不可夸耀自己智慧。