1、Module3 Unit 7,Lesson1 The Spirit of Explorers,Reading,Step 1 Pre-reading,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,1. Which of the following people do you think arrived in

2、America first? a. Christopher Columbus b. Ancient Greeks c. Chinese d. Vikings,d.,Guess,The Viking Voyages,Scandinavia,Iceland,Newfoundland,Greenland,Learn the names for places,斯堪的納維亞 ,skndineivi,格陵蘭 ri:nlnd,紐芬蘭 ,nju:fndlnd,挪威 n:we,冰島 aislnd,Norway,1.Fast reading,About the Vikings Biarnis journey to

3、 Greenland Leifs trip to Newfoundland About Eric the Red End of the introduction,Para.1,2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6,Read the text quickly and match the headings,Step 2 While-reading,Who were the Vikings?,The Vikings were a group of people who came from Scandinavia. They dominated the seas and coas

4、ts of northern Europe between the 8th and 9th centuries.,Read the passage. Then complete the table below about the Vikings major discoveries.,2. Careful-Reading,unknown land,blown off course,not longer after Eric the Red had landed in Greenland,Biarni,the year 1002,Leif and Biarni,Vinland (now known

5、 as Newfoundland),planned the trip,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 Erics party. 3. How do we kn

6、ow about the Vikings? We know about them through stories which were written down centuries later in Norway and Iceland,3.Read the passage for the third time and answer these questions.,Understand the new words from the text,1. They _ this long before Columbus ever_. 2. _the old stories, Eric the Red

7、 was forced to leave Iceland because he had committed a murder. 3. A man called Biarni set sail from Iceland _Erics party.,achieved,set sail,According to,in search of,4. But he was blown off course and found himself in an_ land, from where he _reached Greenland. 5. Leif followed Biarnis directions a

8、nd sailed to what is believed to be the coast of _Canada.,unknown,eventually,present-day,Understand the new words from the text,finally succeed in doing 3. never heard of 4. start a sea journey 5. looking for 6. sea journey 7. now 8.based on,eventually,achieve,unknown,set sail,voyage,present-day,acc

9、ording to,Ex. Find the words in the text that match most closely with the meaning of the words below,in search of,Other new words,ancestor further persuade deed,a member of your family who lived a long time ago a greater distance or beyond a particular place to make someone decid to do something som

10、ething someone does,1. According to 根據(jù)， 依照。后面接短語，不能接句子。 According to the text it was the vikings that discovered America 根據(jù)這篇課文的敘述是北歐的海盜發(fā)現(xiàn)了美洲。 The price varies according to the reason. 價格隨季節(jié)的變化。,Language Points,2. long before “在之前很久” They achieved this long before Columbus ever set sail. 他們在哥倫布到達(dá)此地很

11、久之前就已經(jīng)來過這兒。 before long “不久之后” I shall see you again before long, my boy. 孩子，很快我就會再來看你。,It be +一段時間+ before “ 過了很久” It was a long time before I got to sleep again. 過了很久，我才又睡著了,3. get into trouble “遇到麻煩” She is always getting into trouble. 她總是有麻煩。,be in trouble “有麻煩，有困難，出事” He is in trouble again. Th

12、is time he has broken a window. 他又有麻煩了，這次他打碎了窗戶上的玻璃。 have trouble (in) doing something “做某事有困難” Did you have any trouble( in) finding the house? 你找到這所房子有困難嗎？,4. 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，這次一共有25條船，只有其中14艘到達(dá)了格陵蘭島。 of which only

13、14 = only 14 of which,5. Leif followed Biarnis directions and sailed to what is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada. 賴伊夫按照比阿尼提供的線索航行到了現(xiàn)在被認(rèn)為是加拿大海岸的地方。 what 做主語 ，此處不能用where.,Do you think it matters which Europeans first reached America? Discuss with your partner and tell the class.,Step 3 Post-Reading,Pairwork,Su