Lesson1TheSpiritofExplorers

1、Lesson 1 The Spirit of Explorers Viking Voyages to America,The Vikings were the first Europeans _(reach )America. They _ (achieve)this long before Columbus ever set sail. The Vikings were a group of people _ ancestors came from Scandinavia. They controlled the seas and coasts of Northern Europe betw

2、een the 8th _ 10th centuries AD. By around 900 AD, there were many places in Northern Europe _ the Vikings chose to live. In 982 AD, when a man _ (call) Eric the Red decided to set sail further west, there were as many as 10,000 Vikings _ (live) in Iceland.,to reach,achieved,whose,and,where,called,l

3、iving,According the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eric the Red was forced to leave Iceland because he committed a murder, for which he got into trouble. Eric reached Greenland and discovered that people could live in the place he landed. He returned to Iceland and told people there about Greenl

4、and. He persuaded some people to go back with him to Greenland. Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of which only 14 made to Greenland. Not long before Eric the Red had landed in Greenland, a man calling Biarni set sail from Iceland in search of Erics party. Biarni was hoping to join

5、his father he was with Eric, and he was blown off course and found him in an unknown land, from where he eventual reached Greenland.,to,had,where,it,after,called,but,who,himself,eventually,In the year 1002, when Eric the Reds son Leif was planning a trip further west, Biarni was the man _ whom Leif

6、discussed his plans. Leif followed Biarnis directions and sailed to _ is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada. He then sailed further south to an island_ is now known as Newfoundland. We know about Eric the Red and Leifs deeds through stories _ were written down centuries _ (late) in Norwa

7、y and Iceland. They are the first records we have of Europeans _ (sail) to the Americas.,with,what,which,which,later,sailing,The Vikings were the first Europeans to reach America. They achieved this long before Columbus ever set sail. The Vikings were a group of people whose ancestors came from Scan

8、dinavia. They controlled the seas and coasts of Northern Europe between the 8th and 10th centuries AD. By around 900 AD, there were many places in Northern Europe where the Vikings chose to live. In 982 AD, when a man called Eric the Red decided to set sail further west, there were as many as 10,000

9、 Vikings living in Iceland.,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. Eric reached Greenland and discovered that people could live in the place where he landed. He returned to Iceland

10、 and told people there about Greenland. He persuaded some people to go back with him to Greenland. Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of which only 14 made it to Greenland. Not long after Eric the Red had landed in Greenland, a man called Biarni set sail from Iceland in search of Eri

11、cs party. Biarni was hoping to join his father who was with Eric, but he was blown off course and found himself in an unknown land, from where he eventually reached Greenland.,In the year 1002, when Eric the Reds son Leif was planning a trip further west, Biarni was the man with whom Leif discussed his plans. Leif followed Biarnis directions and sailed to what is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada. He then sailed further south to an island which is now known as Newfoundland. We know about Eric the Red and Leifs deeds through stories which were written down centuries late