北师大高一英语必修三

James Cook
James Cook was a British captain. He made maps of Australia and New Zealand.
The routes of Captain James Cook's voyages. The first来自百度文库voyage is shown in red, second voyage in green, and third voyage in blue. The route of Cook's crew following his death is shown as a dashed blue line.
Eric the Red (950?1003 or 1004) was a Viking explorer who was the first European in Greenland. He led a group of colonists to Greenland in 986.
Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region in northern Europe that consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland.
the Vikings
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The Vikings, the first Europeans who reached America
Part I
Before you start
1. Which of the following people do you think arrived in America first?
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Greenland
Newfoun dland
Iceland
Scandinavia
3. Match the words with their explanations.
Scandinavia Greenland
a large island in the North Atlantic Ocean, near Northeastern Canada
Voyages of Christopher Columbus
The Vikings were a group of Scandinavian people who sailed in ships to attack areas along the coasts of northern and western Europe from the 8th to 11th centuries.
a) Christopher Columbus b) Ancient Greeks c) Chinese sailors d) Vikings
Answer: d) Vikings
2. Find Chinese names for these places on page 110.
Scandinavia Iceland Norway Greenland Newfoundland
an area of North Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland
Newfoundland Iceland
a country in the North Atlantic
a large island in Eastern Canada
Do you know any explorers at sea?
Zheng He was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages along with Wang Jinghong to Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa, collectively referred to as the travels of "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to 1433.
Christopher Columbus
(1451 – 20 May 1506) was a Spanish sailor. He made four voyages. He is famous all over the world now. People consider him to have discovered America first.
Unit 7 The Sea
Lesson 1 The Spirit of Explorers
Objectives
■ To practise reading for specific information. ■ To practise using relative clauses with when, where and why. ■ To practise using relative clauses with prepositions and relative pronouns. ■ To review and consolidate the relative pronouns. ■ To talk about explorers.
Part II
Reading
Viking Voyages to America
The painting shows Viking raider in about the year 1,100.
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.