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大学英语专科第二单元 Warm-Up Question 热身问题 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。 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 secon