Unit 1 Great explorations第 2 课时 课文重难点句型讲解栏目导航巩 固 习 题1.In 1405, he set off from China on the first of seven great voyages
1405 年,他从中国出发,开始了七次伟大航海之旅的首航
固定短语 set off 是“出发;动身”的意思,set off for…=leave for…,前往某地
例如: After several months’ hard work, Peter set off for Beijing on holiday
几个月的辛苦工作后,彼得动身去北京度假了
介词 on 用于说明活动或状态,这种用法的短语还有 on business、on holiday
2.It seemed that nowhere was too far for him to visit
似乎对他而言,没有什么地方是遥不可及的
本句 It 是形式主语,seem 用于固定句型“It seems that+从句”
例如: It seems that they are hungry
= They seem(to be)hungry
似乎他们饿了
因此,原句可改为 Nowhere seemed too far for him to visit
注意 nowhere 表示否定,而“too…to do”也是表示否定的,并且该句型常与“so…that… 替换
”例如: They are too tired to do anything
= They are so tired that they can’t do anything
他们太累,啥也不想做
3.At the end of each voyage, Zheng He returned with m