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UNIT 2
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At sixty-five Francis Chichester set out to
sail single-handed round the world.
This is the story of that adventure.
Sailing Round the World
Before he sailed round the world single-handed,
Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times.
He had tried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931.
The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing.
He enjoyed it greatly.
Chichester was already 58 years old
when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race.
His old dream of going round the world came back,
but this time he would sail.
His friends and doctors did not think he could do it,
as he had lung cancer.
But Chichester was determined to carry out his plan.
In August, 1963, at the age of nearly sixty-five,
an age when many men retire,
he began the greatest voyage of his life. Soon,
he was away in this new 16-metre boat, Gipsy Moth.
Chichester followed the route of the great nineteenth century clipper ships.
But the clippers had had plenty of crew.
Chicheater did it all by himself,
even after the main steering device had been damaged by gales.
Chichester covered 14, 100 miles before stopping in Sydney, Australia.
This was more than twice the distance anyone had previously sailed alone.
He arrived in Australia on 12 December,
just 107 days out from England.
He received a warm welcome from the Australians
and from his family who had flown there to meet him.
On shore, Chichester could not walk without help.
Everybody said the same thing: he had done enough;
he must not go any further. But he did not listen.
After resting in Sydney for a few weeks,
Chichester set off once more in spite of
his friends＇ attempts to dissuade him.
The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part,
during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn.
On 29 January he left Australia. The mext night,
the blackest he had ever known,
the sea became so rough that the boat almost turned over.
Food, clothes, and broken glass were all mixed together.
Fortunately, bed and went to sleep.
When he woke up,
the sea had become calm the nearest person he could contact by radio,
unless there was a ship nearby,
Wild be on an island 885 miles away.
After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn,
Chichester sent the followiing radio message to London:＂
I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare.
Wild horses could not drag me down to Cape Horn
and that sinister Southern Ocean again.＂
Juat before 9 o＇clock on Sunday evening 28 May, 1967,
he aeeived back in England,
where a quarter of a million people were waiting to welcome him.
Queeh Elizabeth II knigthed him
with the very sword that Queen Elizabeth
I had sailed round the world for the first time.
The whole voyage from England
and back had covered 28, 500 miles.
It had taken him nine months ,
of which the sailing time was 226 days.
He had done what he wanted to accomplish.
Like many other adventurers,
Chichester had experienced fear and conquered it.
In doing so,
he had undoubtedly learnt something about himself.
Moreover,
in the modern age when human beings depend so much on machines,
he had given men throughout the world new pride.

NEW WORDS
single-handed
adventure
solo
transatlantic
lung
cancer
determined
determine
determination
retire
voyage
route
clipper
crew
steer
device
steering device　
damage
gale
cover
previously
previous 　
attempt
dissuade
treacherous
cape
rough
fortunately
fortunate
contact
nearby
following
waken
nightmare
drag
sinister
knight
sword 　　　
accomplish
conquer
undoubtedly
moreover
human
being
PHRASES & EXPRESSIOMS
set out
give up
be determined to (do)
(completely) alone　
in spite of
by far
turn over
can not help
PEOPER NAMES
Gipsy Moth吉普赛. 莫斯
Sydney 悉尼（澳大利亚城市）
Cape Horn 合恩角（智利）
London 伦敦
Elizabeth 伊丽莎白（女子名）
Drake 德雷克（姓氏）