unit 2 Do We Really Want Eternal Life.pptVIP

Ⅰ. The Fountain of Youth Don Juan Ponce de Leon arrived in America with Columbus on his second voyage, 1493. Leon and his fellows, not Columbus, completed Spains claim to the New World. Made governor of Puerto Rico in 1509 and later deposed, Ponce de Leon, at his own expense, equipped an expedition to the North in 1513. A few years previous, Amerigo Vespucci had discovered and claimed the South American continent for Spain. Two of the mightiest nations in the world stood opposed for proprietorship of half the globe. Ⅱ.Poem about the Fountain of Youth A Fountain of Youth Ⅲ. Movie about Fountain of Youth Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides In the end of the Pirates of the Caribbean3，Captain Barbosa said that they will find the Fountain of Youth and this will be one of the opening of the Pirates of the Caribbean4. * Unit 2 Do We Really Want Eternal Life? Understanding of the passage Ponce De Leon heard Indians tell of Bimini, a fabulous island in the North. Historians do not unanimously honor at full value the beautifully romantic story that Ponce was seeking to find the fountain of youth. Yet it was not incredible to men in that age- when the very existence of a New World was hardly believable to those who had not seen it with their own eyes - that those who had touched these shores should believe in greater magic in this strange realm. And certainly there is no legend more appropriate to the beginning of America than that this new land should offer men a vision of eternal youth. Indeed it has! With his able navigator, Anton Alaminos, Ponce sailed and charted the oceans main artery, the Gulf Stream, shaping the destiny of oceanic transport for all time to come. Red blood is full of our body Our heart is full of enthusiasm Like red sun in summer A fountain of youth came flooding back As we are young We are brave, we are audacious and we are impulse easily To our mind Everyday is fresh and everything is hopeful Our face possess youth smiling The world is