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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. Vikings
d. Vikings
This painting shows viking raider in about the year 1100
Eric the Red forced people to go to Greenland with him together.
Biarni set sail from Iceland in order to join Leif’s father .
For some reason, all ships didn’t get to Greenland.
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
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.
finally
control
find out
4. start a sea journey
5. carry out
6. come from
7. settled by people
8. old stories
eventually
dominate
discover
set sail
commit
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
After five hours’ drive, they reached ___ they thought was the place they’d been dreaming of.
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