(1)What is your greatest dream? (2)Have you ever dreamed of sailing round the world? (3)If you could sail to any place in the world,where would you want to go?Why? (4)If you decided to sail round the world,what would you need to take with you in the boat? 2.Background Information (1)Sir Francis Chichester(1901-1972) Bom in Devon,Britain in 1901,Sir Francis Chichester was a British adventurer. In 1931,he planned to fly round the world,but the plane was damaged in Japan.In 1960.he won the first solo transatlantic race by sailing the"Gipsy Moth II During 1966-197 he sailed round the world alone in a 53-foot yacht the"Gipsy Moth IV He published two booksThe Lonely Sea and Sky"&"The Gipsy Moth Circles the World” (2)Sir Francis Drake(1543-1596)-English navigator and explorer Francis Drake was the first Englishman to sail round the world.After several slave trading expeditions to West Africa and the Spain Main(1566-1573),he sailed round theglobe(I577-l580)He managed to restrict the Spanish Armada(西班牙无敌舰队) by raiding Cadiz ()(1587).and helped to defeat(1588)the Spanish attempt to invade England. (3)Elizabeth II(1926-)-Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Elizabeth II was the elder daughter and successor of George VI.At age 18 she was made a State Counselor ()On Nov.20,1947,she married Philip Mountbatten,duke (of Edinburgh.They were in Kenya when the king died(Feb. 6,l952)and Elizabeth succeeded to the throne(王座).Her coronation(加冕礼)，on June2,1953,was the first to be televised (4)Elizabeth I(1533-1603)-Queen of England Elizabeth I was the queen of England(1558-1603),daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.She was one of the most powerful rulers in the English history.The time when she reigned (is called the Elizabethan Age.and it was a long period of 45 years,when England became very rich and powerful.Abroad,it was an age of(1) What is your greatest dream? (2) Have you ever dreamed of sailing round the world? (3) If you could sail to any place in the world, where would you want to go? Why? (4) If you decided to sail round the world, what would you need to take with you in the boat? 2. Background Information (1) Sir Francis Chichester (1901-1972) Born in Devon, Britain in 1901, Sir Francis Chichester was a British adventurer. In 1931, he planned to fly round the world, but the plane was damaged in Japan. In 1960, he won the first solo transatlantic race by sailing the “Gipsy Moth II”. During 1966-1967 he sailed round the world alone in a 53-foot yacht the “Gipsy Moth IV”. He published two books “The Lonely Sea and Sky” & “The Gipsy Moth Circles the World” (2) Sir Francis Drake (1543 - 1596) — English navigator and explorer Francis Drake was the first Englishman to sail round the world. After several slave trading expeditions to West Africa and the Spain Main (1566-1573), he sailed round the globe (1577-1580). He managed to restrict the Spanish Armada (西班牙无敌舰队) by raiding Cadiz (加地斯) (1587), and helped to defeat (1588) the Spanish attempt to invade England. (3) Elizabeth II (1926- ) — Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Elizabeth II was the elder daughter and successor of George VI. At age 18 she was made a State Counselor (顾 问 ). On Nov. 20, 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, duke (公爵) of Edinburgh. They were in Kenya when the king died (Feb. 6, 1952) and Elizabeth succeeded to the throne (王座). Her coronation (加冕礼), on June 2, 1953, was the first to be televised. (4) Elizabeth I (1533-1603 ) — Queen of England Elizabeth I was the queen of England (1558-1603), daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She was one of the most powerful rulers in the English history. The time when she reigned (在位) is called the Elizabethan Age, and it was a long period of 45 years, when England became very rich and powerful. Abroad, it was an age of