意大利探险家哥伦布受命西班牙国王,四次率领船队探索新世界,但从来没有完成他最初的目标,也就是找到一条向西通往亚洲的海上航线。
Columbus, an Italian explorer sailing under the Spanish flag, led four expeditions to the New World, but never accomplished his original goal — to find a western ocean route to Asia.
然而,远在哥伦布驾驶的三条船“尼娜、平塔和圣玛丽亚”之前,早于其87年的公元1405年,有一位中国人,就已率领庞大的240多艘海船、27800名船员组成的船队远航西洋。 他的名字叫郑和,是中国明朝的宦官,他出生于贫困家庭,却登上了世界航海的最高地位。
However, more than 90 years before the Nina, the Pi?ta and the Santa Maria, a Chinese Muslim eunuch born in poverty ascended the ranks of the great naval powerhouse of the Ming Dynasty.
星期六,野间秀夫参加了哥伦布快船队迎战托莱多队的国际比赛,但是全美棒球联赛的大舞台正向他招手。
On Saturday, Hideki Irabu turned out for the Columbus Clippers in an international league game against Toledo, But the Big stage, the Major League is beckoning.
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