65 Unit 2 Sailing Round the World 7A enter
Unit 2 Sailing Round the World
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>1. About Sir francis Chichester Born in Devon. Britain. in 1901. Sir Francis Chichester was a British adventure. As a young man, he went to New Zealand, where he worked as a miner. salesman and land agent After returning to England in 1929, he made a solo flight to Australia in a biplane. Two years later, in 1931, he piloted the first east-west flight over the Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia. He then planned to fly round the world, but the plane was severely damaged in an accident in Japan Back
➢ 1. About Sir Francis Chichester ➢ Born in Devon, Britain, in 1901, Sir Francis Chichester was a British adventure. As a young man, he went to New Zealand, where he worked as a miner, salesman and land agent. ➢ After returning to England in 1929, he made a solo flight to Australia in a biplane. Two years later, in 1931, he piloted the first east-west flight over the Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia. He then planned to fly round the world, but the plane was severely damaged in an accident in Japan. Back
After World War II he founded a business in London. Taking up ocean sailing in 1953, he won the first solo transatlantic race in 1960 by sailing the "Gipsy Moth Il from Plymouth to New York city in 40 days > On August 27,1966, he set off to sail round the world alone in the"Gipsy Moth IV. He finished his great voyage on May 28.1967 Then he sailed on to Greenwich, where he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II He died in 1972, leaving behind two books he had written: The Lonely sea and Sky and the Gipsy Moth Circle the World Back
➢ After World War II he founded a business in London. Taking up ocean sailing in 1953, he won the first solo transatlantic race in 1960 by sailing the “Gipsy Moth II” from Plymouth to New York city in 40 days. ➢ On August 27, 1966, he set off to sail round the world alone in the “Gipsy Moth IV”. He finished his great voyage on May 28, 1967. Then he sailed on to Greenwich, where he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died in 1972, leaving behind two books he had written: The Lonely Sea and Sky and the Gipsy Moth Circle the World. Back
Knights and knighthood y Knights were the highest class of fighting men in Europe during the Middle Ages. There were other classes of fighting men, such as the lowly foot soldiers. But the knights, who fought on horseback, were the aristocrats of the battlefield The great heroes of the time, both in story and in fact, were knights
➢ Knights and knighthood ➢ Knights were the highest class of fighting men in Europe during the Middle Ages. There were other classes of fighting men, such as the lowly foot soldiers. But the knights, who fought on horseback, were the aristocrats of the battlefield. The great heroes of the time, both in story and in fact, were knights