GREAT EXPLORERS

Great explorers

伟大的探险家

Incredible explorers People have always wanted to find new places. Great explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong made dangerous journeys into the unknown. Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in the 15th century in search of new lands. Hundreds of years later, Neil Armstrong travelled into space and was the first human to explore the moon. Both these men are remembered in history for their discoveries. So, what does it take to be a great explorer?

了不起的探险家 人类一直想要探寻新的疆域。 克里斯托弗·哥伦布、尼尔·阿姆斯特朗这类伟大的探险家，都曾冒着危险踏入未知之境。 15世纪，克里斯托弗·哥伦布横渡大西洋，寻找新的陆地。 数百年后，尼尔·阿姆斯特朗踏入太空，成为首位探索月球的人类。 两人都因自己的发现被载入史册。 那么，成为一名伟大的探险家需要具备什么品质呢？

Who was Christopher Columbus? Christopher Columbus was born around 1450. He grew up in the port of Genoa in Italy. At that time, people were starting to travel further in ships to find new places to trade with. Christopher's father was a merchant. He wanted his son to make lots of money, so he sent Christopher to work on trading ships when he was just a boy.

克里斯托弗·哥伦布是谁？ 克里斯托弗·哥伦布大约出生于1450年。 他在意大利的热那亚港长大。 当时，人们开始乘船远航，寻找可以开展贸易的新地区。 克里斯托弗的父亲是一名商人。 他希望儿子能赚大钱，所以克里斯托弗还很小的时候，就被父亲送到商船上工作了。

UK, France, Genoa, Italy, Spain, North Africa

英国、法国、热那亚、意大利、西班牙、北非

Becoming an explorer Christopher learnt the skills he needed to be a good explorer by sailing around Europe. He navigated using the stars and the sun, and he learnt how to use a compass, and to make maps of new places. He wanted to find a quicker way to sail to Asia to trade, and he thought he could do this by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. The Journey from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean

成为探险家 克里斯托弗在欧洲各地航行，学会了成为一名优秀探险家所需的技能。 他借助太阳和星辰导航，还学会了使用指南针，以及绘制新地区的地图。 他想找到一条通往亚洲开展贸易的更短航线，认为向西横渡大西洋就能做到。 从欧洲横渡大西洋的旅程

Discovering the Americas Christopher needed ships for his voyage. After many years, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to pay for them as long as Christopher gave any new land and treasure to Spain. He set sail in August 1492 with three ships, the Santa Maria, the Nina and the Pinta. The voyage was very difficult because the ships got damaged and had to be repaired, and Christopher's compass broke. After 36 days they arrived in the Bahamas, but Christopher still thought it was Asia and named the islands the Indies. Much later he found out he travelled to Central America, somewhere he hadn't known existed until then.

发现美洲大陆 克里斯托弗的航行需要船只。 多年后，西班牙的斐迪南国王和伊莎贝拉女王愿意出资提供船只，条件是克里斯托弗要把所有新发现的土地和财宝都献给西班牙。 1492年8月，他带着三艘船出发，分别是圣玛利亚号、尼尼亚号和平塔号。 航行过程十分艰难：船只受损需要维修，克里斯托弗的指南针也坏了。 36天后，他们抵达巴哈马群岛，但克里斯托弗还以为这里是亚洲，就把这些群岛命名为西印度群岛。 很久之后他才知道，自己到的是中美洲，那是一片此前他完全不知道存在的大陆。