Unit 7 The Sea

25 The Spirit of Explorers

was Spanish sailors. He made four voyages . He is famous all over the world now.

Columbus

People consider him to have discovered America first. Do you think so?

1.Which of the following people do you think arrived in America first?

a.Christopher Columbus

b. Ancient Romans

c. Chinese

d. Vikingsd. Vikings

This painting shows viking raider in about the year 1100

1. Eric the Red forced people to go to Greenland with him together.

2. Biarni set sail from Iceland in order to join Leif’s father .

3. For some reason, all ships didn’t get to Greenland.

4. The Vikings were stronger and stronger in Northern Europe from the 8th to 10th century.

5. According to official records Europeans reached America long before Columbus ever set sail .

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Scandinavia

Iceland

Newfoundland

Greenland

2.Match the words with their explanations.

Scandinavia

Greenland

Newfoundland

Iceland

a large island in the North Atlantic Ocean, near Northeastern Canada

an area of North Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland

 a country in the North Atlantic

a large island in Eastern Canada

Read the passage. Then complete the table below about the Vikings’ major discoveries.

the middle of the ninth century

discovered Iceland

blown there by a storm

the Eric Red

unknown land

blown off course

the year 1002 Leif and Biarni

Vinland (now known as Newfoundland)

planned the trip

not longer after Eric the Red had landed in Greenland

When? Who? What? How?

Biarni

1. Why did Eric the Red leave Iceland?

2. Who was Biarni looking for when he was blown to an unknown land?

He was forced to leave Iceland because he got into trouble for a murder he had committed.

He was looking for his father who was with Eric’s party.

The Vikings were a group of people who originated form Scandinavia. They dominate the seas and coasts of northern Europe between the 8th and 9th centuries AD.

3. How do we know about the Vikings?

Do you think it matters which

Europeans first reached America?

Discuss with your partner and tell the

class.

1. finally

2. control

3. find out

4. start a sea journey

5. carry out

6. come from

7. settled by people

8. old stories

eventually

dominate

discover

set sailcommit

originate from

colonized

legend

Find the words in the text that match most closely with the meaning of the words below

1. According to 根据， 依照。后面接短语，不能接句子。

According to the text it was the vikings that discovered America

根据这篇课文的叙述是北欧的海盗发现了美洲。

The price varies according to the reason.

价格随季节的变化。

2. long before “ 在之前很久”They achieved this long before Columbus ever set sail.

他们在哥伦布到达此地很久之前就已经来过这儿。before long “ 不久”I shall see you again before long, my boy.

孩子，很快我就会再来看你。

It be 一段时间 before “ 过了多久”It was a long time before I got to sleep again.

过了很久，我才又睡着了．

3. get into trouble “ 遇到麻烦” She is always getting into trouble.

　她总是有麻烦。

be in trouble “ 有麻烦，有困难，出事” He is in trouble again. This time he has broken a window.

他又有麻烦了，这次他打碎了窗户上的玻璃。have trouble (in) doing something “ 做某事有困难” Did you have any trouble( in) finding the house? 你找到这所房子有困难吗？

4. follow “ 跟随”He followed her up the stairs.

他跟着他上了楼。“ 沿着走”Follow this road to the corner.

沿着这条路走道拐角处。“ 遵循， 依照 行事”He must follow the directions that his teacher gave.

他必须听从老师的指导

“ 听懂”What ？ I can’t quite follow that.

什么？我听不懂。You are reading too fast for me to follow.

你读得太快，我听不懂。5. Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of which only 14 made it to Greenland.

埃里克又一次起航，这次一共有 25 条船，只有其中 14 艘到达了格陵兰岛。of which only 14 = only 14 of which

• 6. Leif followed Biarni’s directions and sailed to what is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada.

• 赖伊夫按照比阿尼提供的线索航行到了现在被认为是加拿大海岸的地方。

• what 做主语 ，此处不能用 where.

Exercise

1. After five hours’ drive, they reached ___ they thought was the place they’d been dreaming of.

A.that B. where C. which D. what

2. The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, ___ the sailing time was 226 days.

A. of which B. during which

C. from which D. for which

D. what

A. of which

3. The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, 80% ____ are sold abroad.

A. of which B. which of

C. of then D. of that

4. I have many friends, ____ some are businessman.

A. of them B. from which

C. who of D. of whom

A. of which

D. of whom

Homework

Imagine the difficulties the Viking met write 5 sentences about it