Unit 3 Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit and Reading—LanguagePoints（Word教参）-【优化指导】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第三册（译林版2020）

Section Ⅱ　Welcome to the unit and Reading—Language Points [对应学生用书P52] 难词注解 ①set sail起航 ②fleet n．舰队；捕鱼船队；车队 a fleet of一队 ③navigate vt.航行；导航 ④on board在船上 ⑤according to根据 ⑥in length长度 ⑦on behalf of代表(或代替某人；为帮助某人；为了某人 ⑧a total of总数为 ⑨load vt.& vi.承载，装载；装上，装入n.负载；承载量；大量 be loaded with装载着；装满 ⑩more than多于；超出 ⑪ as far as 远到 ⑫compass n．罗盘，指南针；圆规 ⑬log n．航海日志，正式记录；原木vt.& vi.伐木 ⑭chart vt.绘制区域地图；记录，跟踪n.图表；( the charts)排行榜；海图 ⑮set foot到达 ⑯pass on传递；传下去 ⑰strengthen vt.& vi.加强，增强 ⑱harmonious adj.友好和睦的；协调的，和谐的 ⑲for many years多年来 ⑳dismiss vt.不予考虑，对……不屑一提；去除，摒除；解雇；解散 proof n．证据，证明 acknowledge vt.承认(权威、地位)；承认(属实)；(公开)感谢 be remembered as被认为是……；作为……被铭记 influential adj.有很大影响力的，有支配力的 along the way一路上；沿途 be the case with……的情况是 be born in出生于 insist vt.& vi.坚决要求，坚持；坚持说 insist on坚持；坚决要求 route n．路线，路径；途径，渠道 financial adj.财政的，金融的；财务的 depart vt.& vi.离开，起程 depart from从……离开 be full of充满 shortage n．不足，短缺 a shortage of缺少；短缺 leak vt.& vi.漏，渗漏；渗入；泄露n.漏洞 panic n．惊恐，恐慌 vt.& vi.(panicked，panicked) (使)惊慌，(使)惊慌失措 in panic惊慌的 regardless adv.不顾，不加理会 regardless of不管，不顾 out of danger脱离危险 in the distance在远处 shore n．岸，滨 over the course of 在……的过程中 subsequent adj.随后的，后来的 captain n．船长，机长；上校；队长 allow for使成为可能；考虑到；把……计算在内 教材原文 Sailing the oceans Zheng He In the summer of 1405，Zheng He，one of China's greatest explorers，set sail①from Taicang on his first voyage.A fleet② of over 200 ships navigated③the blue seas，with almost 28，000 people on board④ ，which was a splendid scene. It would take 500 years before a larger fleet sailed the seas.According to⑤some records，the largest ships were over 140 metres in length⑥，demonstrating the advanced technology and special skills used in constructing ships. which引导的非限制性定语从句，which指代前面整个句子。 demonstrating ...现在分词短语作状语；其中包含一个used in constructing ships过去分词短语作定语，修饰the advanced technology and special skills。 Between 1405 and 1433，on behalf of⑦the Ming Dynasty，Zheng He made a total of⑧seven voyages.His ships were loaded⑨ with china，silk，tea and other treasures as gifts for foreign r