The Spirit of Explorers

• Do you know any sea explorers? Who are they? Where did they arrive? What did they do or discover?

Step 1 Pre-reading

• Zhenghe set sail across the Indian Ocean to 36 countries in Aisa and Africa in 28 years. He managed to share the glory of China with many different cultures.

James Cook was a British captain. He made maps of Australia and New Zealand.

James Cook

Columbus was a Spanish sailor. He made four voyages. He is famous all over the world now. He is considered to have discovered America first. Do you think so?

Columbus

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

a. Christopher Columbus b. Ancient Romans c. Chinese d. Vikings

d.

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2.Match the words with their explanations

and spot their locations. Scandinavia

Greenland

Newfoundland

Iceland

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

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

(a province in Canada)

Scandinavia

Iceland

Newfoundland

Greenland

• Skim the text and find the • main idea of each part.

• Main idea of each paragraph• Paragraph 1-2: brief introduction of Vikings• Paragraph 3: Eric’s voyage and discovery• Paragraph 4: Biarni’s voyage and discovery• Paragraph 5: Leif’s voyage and discovery• Paragraph 6: The record tells us Vikings are th

e first Europeans to arrive in America.

1. Complete the table below about the Vikings’ major discoveries. Ex3

2. Find the course the Vikings took3. Answer the following questions

Scan the text and finish the following tasks.

1. Why did Eric the Red leave Iceland?2. Who was Biarni looking for when he was blown to an un

known land? 3. What do we know about the Vikings?4. What does the text mainly tell us?

1. Complete the table below about the Vikings’ major discoveries.

When? Who? What? How?

the middle of the ninth century

discovered Greenland

blown there by a storm

Eric the Red

Scan the text (learn to take notes)

When? Who? What? How?

unknown land

blown off course

not long after Eric the Red had landed in Greenland

Biarni

When? Who? What? How?

the year 1002

Leif Newfoundland planned the trip

Scandinavia

Iceland

Newfoundland

Greenland

1. Why did Eric the Red leave Iceland? He was forced to leave Iceland because he got into t

rouble for a murder he had committed.2. Who was Biarni looking for when he was blown to a

n unknown land? He was looking for his father who was with Eric’s p

arty.

3: Answer these questions with complete sentences.

3. What do we know about the Vikings? The Vikings were a group of people whose an

cestors came form Scandinavia. They controlled the seas and coasts of Northern Europe between the 8th and 10th centuries AD.

4. What does the text mainly tell us?The text tells us how the Vikings discovered Am

erica

1. finally2. succeed3. do something wrong or illeg

al4. start a sea journey5. looking for 6. sea journey7. have the power over8. based on 9. manage to arrive somewhere

eventuallyachieve

commit

set sailin search of

voyagecontrol

according to

Word guessing :Find the words in the text that match most closely with the meaning of the words below.

make it to…

• Fill in the blanks with the following words or phrases paying attention to tenses and voices of verbs. ( make it, achieve, in search of, eventually, control, set sail, according to)

1. ________ the latest report about the missing flight, MH370, no purpose of finding it 2._______________ so far. On 19 March, in the south of the Indian Ocean, a satellite spotted two objects possibly related to the plane. A number of ships 3_________________ for the spot. At least ten aircrafts have already arrived 4____________ the objects now. The ships are expected to 5____________to the spot (place) in five days. Up to now it is not certain whether the plane has crashed somewhere or it 6___________________ by hijackers( 劫机者） . However, everyone shows great concern for the passengers on board and wishes the flight could be found 7_______________.

has been achievedAccording to

are setting sailin search of

make it

is being controlled

eventually

Suppose you were Eric,

Suppose you were Biani,

Suppose you were Eric’s son, Leif,

tell your story to the class.

Pair work ( tell the story to your partner and then to the class)

Voice your opinion.

What’s the spirit of the Vikings?

What effects did the explorers have on the world?

• open a route to the place where they arrived

• arouse people’s desire for exporation• inspire people’s interest to learn about

the world far away from them• make contributions to navigation and ci

vilization.

1.Find the sentences with relative clauses in the text.2. Find useful sentence patterns and phrases3.Read the text about Zheng He and then finish the exercises followed.

• 1. The Vikings were a group of people whose ancestors came form Scandinavia.

• 2. Biarni was hoping to join his father who was with Eric.

• 3. He then sailed further south to an island which is now known as Newfoundland.

• 4. We know about Eric the Red and Leif’s deeds through stories which were written down centuries later in Norway and Iceland.

• 5. They are the first records we have of Europeans sailing to the Americas.

Find sentences with relative clauses

∨that

• 6. According to the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eric the Red was forced to leave Iceland because he had committed a murder, for which he got into trouble.

• 7. Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of which only 14 made it to Greenland

• …, Biarni was the man with whom Leif discussed his plans

• 8. By around 900AD, there were many places in Northern Europe where the Vikings chose to live.

• 9. In 982AD, when a man called Eric the Red decided to set sail further west, there were as many as 10,000 Vikings living in Iceland.

• 10. In the year 1002, when Eric the Red’s son Leif was planning a trip further west,….

• 9. Eric reached Greenland and discovered that people could live in the place where he landed.

where= in many places

where= in the place ( in Greenland)

• 背诵• 1. 早在哥伦布启航之前，他们就已经到达那里了。• 2. 公元 982 年，冰岛生活着多达一万人的北欧海盗，就在此时，一个叫埃里克雷德的人决定向西远航。• 3. 根据冰岛和挪威的传说，埃里克雷德因一起谋杀案而惹上麻烦，并被迫离开冰岛。• 4. 埃里克再次启航驶往格陵兰岛，这一次有 25 艘船与他同行，但其中只有 14 艘最终抵达格陵兰岛。• 5. 埃里克雷德登上格陵兰岛后不久，一个叫比阿尼的人也从冰岛启航来寻找埃里克一行人。• 6. 比阿尼希望找到和埃里克在一起的父亲，但飓风使他偏离航线，刮到一个不知名的地方，从那里他最终抵达了格陵兰岛。• 7. 赖依夫依照比阿尼的指点，航行到据信是现在的加拿大海岸所在地，他继续南行到现在叫纽芬兰的岛屿。

• 背诵• 1. 早在哥伦布启航之前，他们就已经到达那里了。• 2. 公元 982 年，冰岛生活着多达一万人的北欧海盗，就在此时，一个叫埃里克雷德的人决定向西远航。• 3. 根据冰岛和挪威的传说，埃里克雷德因一起谋杀案而惹上麻烦，并被迫离开冰岛。• 4. 埃里克再次启航驶往格陵兰岛，这一次有 25 艘船与他同行，但其中只有 14 艘最终抵达格陵兰岛。• 5. 埃里克雷德登上格陵兰岛后不久，一个叫比阿尼的人也从冰岛启航来寻找埃里克一行人。• 6. 比阿尼希望找到和埃里克在一起的父亲，但飓风使他偏离航线，刮到一个不知名的地方，从那里他最终抵达了格陵兰岛。• 7. 赖依夫依照比阿尼的指点，航行到据信是现在的加拿大海岸所在地，他继续南行到现在叫纽芬兰的岛屿。