Europeans look to the new world

Europeans look to the new world
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revival n, 在一過程中 ,某個東西開始變得強烈或是行動
a process in which something becomes active or strong again:
a revival of classical art,
Renaissance ,n,文藝復興時期
the Renaissance
SH the period of time in Europe between 14th and 17th centuries, when art, literature, philosophy, and scientific ideas became very important and a lot of new art etc was produced
Renaissance art/furniture/architecture etc
art, furniture etc belonging to the Renaissance period
take place 發生
At roughly the same time
Protestant Reformation 宗教革命
Prot‧es‧tant [See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages] [countable]
RRC a member of a part of the Christian church that separated from the Roman Catholic church in the 16th century
—Protestant adjective
—Protestantism noun [uncountable]
Catholic 教廷
Catholic
RRC connected with the Roman Catholic Church
—Catholic noun [countable]
—Catholicism [See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages] noun [uncountable]
persecute vt,
to treat someone cruelly or unfairly over a period of time, especially because of their religious or political beliefs: 因為宗教信仰不同對某些人特別不友善
The Puritans left England to escape being persecuted.
The Protestants longed for a place...
longed-for [only before noun] 非常想要
a longed-for thing or event is one that you want very much:
the birth of her first longed-for child
worship 做禮拜
the activity of praying or singing in a religious building in order to show respect and love for a god
in worship
They bowed their heads in worship.
worship of
Worship of the old gods still continues in remote areas of the country.
The ceremony must take place in a recognized place of worship.
We were invited to join in their act of worship (=religious ceremony).
internal power struggle 內部鬥爭
preoccupy v, 非常擔憂
past tense and past participle preoccupied, present participle preoccupying, third person singular preoccupies [transitive]
formal if something preoccupies someone, they think or worry about it a lot
leap v,跳躍
jump
a) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place:
She leapt over the fence.
The smaller animals can easily leap from tree to tree.
b) [transitive] literary to jump over something:
Brenda leaped the gate and ran across the field.
Muslim 清教徒
navigation v, 領航員
when someone sails a ship along a river or other area of water:
Navigation becomes more difficult further up the river.
pass along
astrolabe
Portuguese
caravel
quadrant cn,四分之一圓
1. a quarter of a circle
2 an instrument for measuring angles, used when sailing or looking at the stars
cross-staff
sail with or against the wing 順風或是逆風
The Age of Discovery
desperately adv, 非常,極度
very or very much
desperately want/need
[British English] The crops desperately need rain.
desperately poor/ill/tired etc
[British English] He was desperately ill with a fever.
desperately unhappy/lonely/worried etc
rake
1 [intransitive and transitive]DLG to move a rake across a surface in order to make the soil level, gather dead leaves etc
rake something over/up
She raked the soil over to loosen the weeds.
2 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to search a place very carefully for something
rake through/around
I've been raking through my drawers looking for those tickets.
3 [transitive] to point something such as a gun, camera, or strong light, and keep moving across an area [= sweep]: 掃過,搜刮
The searchlight raked the open ground around the prison.
They raked the room with gunfire.
4 [transitive] to push a stick backwards and forwards in a fire in order to remove ashes
5 rake over the past/old coals
to keep talking about something that happened in the past that people would prefer you not to mention
6 rake your fingers (through something)
to pull your fingers through something or across a surface:
Ken raked his fingers through his hair.
rake something ↔ in
phrasal verb
B to earn a lot of money without trying very hard:
Lou's been raking in the dollars since he opened his business.
If someone opened a burger bar, they'd really rake it in.
rake something ↔ up
phrasal verb
1 to talk about something from the past that people would prefer you not to mention [= dredge up]:
[Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM] It upsets Dad when that story is raked up again.
2 also rake something ↔ together to collect things or people together for a purpose, but with difficulty:
They could only rake up $300.
overland adv, 一整座島
across land, not by sea or air:
caravans 箱行車
1 British EnglishDLO a vehicle that a car can pull and in which people can live and sleep when they are on holiday [= trailer American English]
caravan site/park (=area of land where people can park their caravans)
2 British EnglishTTB a covered vehicle that is pulled by a horse, and in which people can live [= wagon American English]
a gipsy caravan
exotic adj, 外來的,舶來的
something that is exotic seems unusual and interesting because it is related to a foreign country - use this to show approval:
exotic birds
exotic places
—exotically [See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages] adverb
plain
stumble v, 絆倒
stumble to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall [= trip]:
[British English] In her hurry she stumbled and spilled the milk all over the floor.
stumble over/on
[British English] Vic stumbled over the step as he came in.

persuade
expedition cn, 長途且必須詳細規劃的旅行,特別是會危險以及不熟悉的地方
a long and carefully organized journey, especially to a dangerous or unfamiliar place, or the people that make this journey:
an expedition to the North Pole
another Everest expedition
maneuverable adj 很有機動性的
if something, especially a vehicle, is manoeuvrable, it can be moved or turned easily:
a ship which was surprisingly fast and manoeuvrable
—manoeuvrability [See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages] noun [uncountable]
turn down 拒絕
favorable winds
conceal vt
1 to hide something carefully 小心翼翼的藏起東西
The shadows concealed her as she crept up to the house.
The path was concealed by long grass.
a concealed weapon
2 to hide your real feelings or the truth:影藏住感覺或是事實
She tried to conceal the fact that she was pregnant.
conceal something from somebody
[Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM] She was taking drugs and trying to conceal it from me.
—concealment noun [uncountable]
deliberate concealment of his activities
kidnap v 綁架
kidnapping also, past tense and past participle kidnaped, present participle kidnaping American English [transitive]
SCC to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them [↪ ransom]:
Police appealed for witnesses after a woman was kidnapped at gunpoint.
—kidnapper noun [countable]
the hunt for the kidnapper
—kidnapping also kidnap noun [uncountable and countable]
a series of kidnappings

Outline
1 At Renaissance period, about 15~16th, there was a revolution in religion known as Protestant Reformation. The Protestants were forced to find a better place to worship.
2. The European nations gradually resolved the internal power struggle and began to take ambitious leaps into new worlds.
3. Those nations wanted to find a quicker way to Asia, they contacted with Muslims to earn sailing technology like sailing chart and map. After that , they developed their own technologies. The reveal example was the Portuguese cavarel.
4.Spainish wanted to find a way to around the land routes to Asia so that they did not have to pay the middleman.
5. In the 1400s , educated people knew that the world was round. Christopher Columbers still had doubt, so he wanted to prove the fact. At first, he persuaded nations rulers to provided him ships and money but he was all turned down. After 6 years later, Queen Isabella agreed to arranged an expedition for this 41-year-old navigator.
On August 3, 1492, Columber start his voyage with 2 ships named Nina and Pinta and 90 men.
6. After 2 month voyage, they found a new land. But Columbers mistakenly believed that they had reached India , so that he call the native people Indians who were Taino in reality. Columber and his men then enslave some Tainos and brought them to Spain.
On his 3 later voyages, he brought more slaves and gold.
That changed the lives of both groups forever.