英语unit7 lesson1 the spirit of explorers课件北师大版模块.pdfVIP

TheVikings

dominated

theseasand

coachof

Northern

Europe

betweenthe

8thand10th

centuriesAD.

维京人的船是维京文化中重要的组成部分，可以说维京人的一切都与他们的船有密切

联系。维京船制造的材料主要取自高大笔直的橡树。维京船分为战船和货船两类。战

船较轻，船窄，灵活轻便，又很耐风浪；而货船的船身又高又宽，船体也很重，在

波涛汹涌的大海中载重航行时可保持稳定。两类船都有通常所说的弯曲船首，用一整

块完整的橡木精雕细刻而成。

TheVikings,thefirst

Europeanswho

reachedAmerica.

In982AD,when

amancalled

ErictheRed

decidedtosetsail

Furtherwest,

therewereas

Manyas10,000

Vikingsliving

inIceland.

1Beforelearningthetext,whichofthefollowing

a

doyouthinkarrivedinAmericafirst?

a)ChristopherColumbus

b)AncientRomans

c)

d)Vikings

2Matchthewordswiththeirexplanations

ScandinaviaaalargeislandintheNorth

bAtlanticOcean,nearNorth-

easternCanada

GreenlandbanareaofNorthEurope

aconsistingofNorway,

Sweden,Denmaekand

Finland

NewfoundlandcacountryintheNorth

d

Atlantic

IcelanddalargeislandinEastern

cCanada

Readthepassage.Themcompletethe

tablebelow

WhenWhoWhatHow

Themiddlediscoveredblownthere

ErictheRed

oftheninthIcelandbyastorm

century

NotlongBiarniunknownblownoff

afterEriclandcourse

theRed

TheyearLeifandVinlandplanned

1002Biarnithetrip

4Readthetextagainandanswerthefollowing

question

a)WhydidErictheRedleaveIceland?