朗文3L看听学英语第三册 Lesson 115

　　Lesson 115 Television Day: Captain Cook
TV Commentary¹:
The great explorer, Captain Cook, set out from England in 1768 in his ship, Endeavour. He wanted to explore the South Pacific. After he had sailed round the two islands of New Zealand, he travelled up the east coast of Australia. The Dutch explorer, Tasman, had discovered the west coast of Australia in the 17th century. He had also been to New Zealand, but he hadn’t brought back much information. Tasman didn’t discover that New Zealand was really two islands. He didn’t know that Australia was an enormous² continent. Captain Cook made maps of the coast-line of new Zealand and Australia. His great journey took nearly three years. The endeavour returned to England on July 13th, 1771. Ninety-three men had sailed with captain Cook and thirty-eight of them had died on the journey.

1 commentary   

n.评论，评注；实况广播报导，现场口头评述

参考例句：

• He is giving the commentary on the basketball game.他正在对篮球赛作评论。
• His running commentary on the football match was excellent.他对这次足球赛所作的实况报道十分精彩。

2 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。