Unit 7

Lesson 1 The Spirits of Explorers

by Zhu Fangfang

No.11 Middle School ,Hefei

Unit 7 The Sea

Lesson 1

The Spirit of Explorers

Unit 7 The Sea

Lesson 1

The Spirit of Explorers

James cook was a

British captain.

He made maps of

Australia and

New Zealand.

James cook was a

British captain.

He made maps of

Australia and

New Zealand.

James CookJames Cook

Columbus was Spanish

sailors. He made four

voyages. He is famous all

over the world now.

People consider him to

have discovered America

first. Do you think so?

Columbus was Spanish

sailors. He made four

voyages. He is famous all

over the world now.

People consider him to

have discovered America

first. Do you think so?ColumbusColumbus

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.

Scandinavia

Greenland

a large island in the North

Atlantic Ocean, near

Northeastern Canada

an area of North Europe

consisting of Norway,

Sweden, Denmark,

Iceland and Finland

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a country in the North

Atlantic

a large island in

Eastern Canada

Newfoundland

Iceland

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2. Match the words with their explanations.

This painting shows Viking raider in

about the year 1100

This is the Vinland-map. It might be the oldest map of North America. Some people believe the Vikings drew it. They think Christopher Columbus may have used it to find the New world.

Scandinavia

IcelandNewfoundland

Greenland

1. Eric the Red wanted to get a

land which could be colonized

so he decided to set sail further.

2. Biarni set sail from Iceland in

order to join Leif’s father .

True or False

F

F

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3. Biarni discovered Greenland first.

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 .

F

F

T

2. True or False

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3. Read the passage. Then complete the

table below about the Vikings’ major

discoveries.

When? Who? What? How?

the middle

of the ninth

century

discovered

Iceland

blown

there

by a

storm

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When? Who? What? How?

unknown

land

blown off

course

not longer

after Eric

the Red had

landed in

Greenland

Biarni

When? Who? What? How?

the year

1002

Leif

and

Biarni

Vinland (now

known as

Newfoundland

)

planned

the trip

1. Why did Eric the Red leave Iceland?

He was forced to leave Iceland because he got into

trouble for a murder he had committed.

2. Who was Biarni looking for when he was blown to

an unknown land?

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

party.

4. Read the passage and answer these questions.

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3. How do we know about the

Vikings?

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.

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1. 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。

Language points

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。2. 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？

3. search somebody “ 搜身” The police searched the prisoner

to see if he had a gun.

警察搜了这个犯人的身 , 看他是否带枪了。

search someplace “ 搜某地”They searched every room in

the house but found nothing.

他们搜了这所房子的每一个房间 , 但什么也没找到。search for “ 到处寻找”

•I must search for that lost money until I find it. 我必须找到我丢失的钱。•in search of ( 引起状语 ) “ 寻找”•The boys went in search of something to eat. •这个男孩出去找些吃的东西。

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”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

1.Vocabulary: Definition1.Vocabulary: Definition

Finish exercise 6 on page9.

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

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2. Grammar : Relative Clauses (II)

Read these sentences below and in pairs, work

out which words are used to join two sentences

together and what it refers to.

a) By around 900AD, there were many places

in Northern Europe where the Vikings chose

to live.

wherewhere

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

Relative adverbs where and when can be used to

give information about places and time. After the

word reason, we can use why in relative clauses.

Relative pronouns can be used as the objects of

prepositions. Usually we use prepositions before

which and whom: preposition+which/whom

wherewhere

Voice your opinionVoice your opinion

Do you think it matters which Do you think it matters which Europeans first reached America? Europeans first reached America? Discuss with your partner and tell the Discuss with your partner and tell the class.class.

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

D. what

Exercises

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

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

A. of which

4. I have many friends, ___ some

are businessman.

A. of them B. from

which C. who of

D. of whom

D. of whom

1. I have five balloons. Three of them

are yellow.

I have five balloons, of which three

are yellow.

Join the pairs of sentences using relative pronouns. Join the pairs of sentences using relative pronouns.

2. David is my friend. I often play tennis

with him.

David is my friend, with whom I play

tennis.

3. He has twenty books. Only two of

them are interesting.

He has twenty books, of which only

two are interesting.

4. Mr. Johnson apologized for the

mistake. We complained to him.

Mr. Johnson, to whom we complained,

apologised for the mistakes.

5. The shop is not far from my house.

We bought the air-conditioner from it.

The shop where we bought the air-

conditioner, is not far from my house.

6. The Antarctic is covered with snow

and ice all the year round. Man knows

little about it.

The Antarctic, about which we know

little, is covered with snow and ice all

the year round.

7. You’d better tell her the name of the

book. She can find information

about the project there.

You’d better tell her the name of the

book, in which she can find

information about the project.

8. They have just started their trip

to Tibet. They prepared for it for

about a month.

They have just started their trip

to Tibet, for which they prepared

for a month.

Homework

Imagine the difficulties

the Viking met write 5

sentences about it.

Homework