英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 76

 Wk 41 (12 October 1492)

Columbus Reaches The "New World"This Week in HistoryChristopher Columbus leads the first Europeans to sail across the Atlantic.

 

In 1492, Christopher Columbus led 3 ships across the Atlantic in search of a short route¹ to Asia. They first found land on an island in The Bahamas in Central America. Columbus referred to the native people living there as "Indians", believing he had actually reached "The Indies" in Asia. He continued to believe this until the end of his life.

1 route   

n.路径，途径，路线；vt.确定路线，按规定路线发送

参考例句：

• On the way home, we took an indirect route.回家的路上，我们绕了一个大圈。
• The plane did not fly the usual commercial route.飞机没有沿通常的商业航线飞。