Lesson 101 Who Discovered America?

　　Did the Italian explorer¹ ChristopherColumbus really discover America? It'sbelieved that travelers from China got therefirst. They crossed the Pacific to Mexico inthe fifth century. In fact, Columbus landed inthe Bahamas in 1492 and never got to NorthAmerica. America was not even named afterChristopher Columbus. It was named afterAmerigo Vespucci, who landed in America inthe late fifteenth century。

  谁发现了美洲? 
   　　真的是意大利探险家克里斯多弗.哥伦布发现美洲的吗?一般相信来自中国的旅行者最先到达那里。他们在第五世纪时即横渡太平洋到了墨西哥。事实上，哥伦布在1 4 9 2 年登陆巴哈马群岛，但却未曾到达北美洲。美洲甚至不是以克里斯多弗.哥伦布的名字命名的。它是以在1 5世纪末登陆美洲的亚美利哥.维斯浦奇的名字命名的。 

1 explorer   

n.探险家，探测者

参考例句：

• His father is an Arctic explorer.他父亲是一位北极探险者。
• The explorer organized an expedition to the North Pole.那位考察者组织了一个去北极的探险队。