Lesson 1

The Spirit of Explorers

Lesson 1

The Spirit of Explorers

1. achieve vt. 成就，实现2. control vt. 控制3. force vt. 强迫 be forced to do sth.

4. commit vt. 犯（罪） commit a crime / commit suicide

犯罪 / 自杀5. murder v. n. 谋杀6. course n. 路线，航线7. direction n. 方向

1. Which of the following people do

you think arrived in America

first?

a. Christopher Columbus

b. Ancient Romans

c. Chinese

d. Vikings

d. Vikings

2. Find Chinese names for these places on

P108. Scandinavia

Iceland

Norway

Greenland

Newfoundland

斯堪的纳维亚人

冰岛

挪威

格陵兰

纽芬兰

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

The Spirit of Explorers( 语言点 )1. spirit n. 精神，情绪 be in high/low spirits 情绪高涨 / 低落2. voyages to America 美洲之旅 key to the door 门的钥匙 answer to the question 问题的答案 road to success 成功之路

3. ...the first (...) to reach America.

the first/next/last/only 等词，后接 to do ，作后置定语e.g. He is always the first person to get to the

office.

e.g. I am the last one to know about this.

4. long before “ 在此之前很久” They achieved this long before Colu

mbus 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.

很快我就会再来看你。

5. set sail (for...) 启航 ( 前往某地 )

e.g. The ship will set sail for London in a

moment.

这艘船马上要启航前往伦敦。 6. far 的比较级 farther 更远 further 更远 ; 进一步 ; 深层further discussion 进一步的讨论further education 深造

7. 句型： There be ＋ sb. ＋ doing

有 ... 人在做 ...

e.g. There are many students _______ in

the library. 有许多人在图书馆读书。 There be ＋ sb./sth. ＋ V-ed ( 过去分

词 )

有 ... 人 / 事被 ...

e.g. There are many trees _____ down every

year. 每年有许多树木被砍掉。

reading

cut

8. according to 根据，按照（文献、标准） 据 ... 所说e.g. Please arrange these books according to

their types.

请根据类别来整理这些书。e.g. According to the Bible, Adam was the

first man.

据圣经记载，亚当是第一个人。

9. get into trouble “ 遇到麻烦”e.g. She is always getting into trouble.

她总是惹麻烦。 be in trouble 处于困境e.g. A true friend will give you a hand when

you are in trouble.

ask/look for trouble 自找麻烦Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles U.

to do 说服某人做 ...

into doing 同上 out of doing 说服某人别做 ...

of sth. 使某人相信 ...

that 从句 同上 The salesman persuaded me to buy this car.

They persuaded Susan of their story.

persuade sb.

10. (not)

persuade 与 advise 的区别advise ：劝告，但也许不能成功。persuade ：劝告并且说服了对方。 如果只是“劝告，但不知能否成功”，用 try to persuade

e.g. She tried to persuade him to give up

smoking, but he wouldn’t listen.

她试着劝他戒烟，但他不听。

11. make it 成功做到I believe if you hanging on, you’ll make it!

12. 动词＋ in search of 寻找，寻求e.g. He went in search of a doctor for his sick

wife.

e.g. The police has been in search of the lost

child for two days.

search ( 地点 ) for... “ 寻找”e.g. What are you searching for?

e.g. He searched every corner of his room for

his ID card.

13. off course 偏离航向 of course ________

介词 off 有表示“脱落，掉下，偏离”的意思 take off 脱衣服；起飞

当然

ID=identity

6. Leif ... sailed to [what is believed to b

e the coast of present-day Canada].

Leif... 航行到了现在被认为是加拿大海岸的地方。

to －介词 what 引导的从句做 to 的宾语 即宾语从句

Scandinavia

IcelandNewfoundland

Greenland

1. Eric the Red wanted to get a land w

hich could be colonized so he decide

d to set sail further.

2. Biarni set sail from Iceland in order

to join Leif’s father .

True or False

F

F

殖民统治

3. Biarni discovered Greenland first.

4. The Vikings were stronger and str

onger in Northern Europe from t

he 8th to 10th century.

5. According to official records ， E

uropeans reached America long b

efore Columbus ever set sail .

F

F

T

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

1002Leif

and

Biarni

Vinland (now

known as

Newfoundland

)

planned

the trip

1. finally

2. succeed

3. never heard of

4. start a sea journey

eventually

achieve

unknown

set sail

Find the words in the text that

match most closely with the

meaning of the words below

5. looking for

6. sea journey

7. now

8. based on

in search of

voyage

present-day

according to

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

Exercise

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

课本 P9 Exercise 11 答案：1. I have 5 balloons, three of which are yellow.

2. David is my friend with whom I often play

tennis.

3. He has twenty books, only two of which are

interesting.

4. Mr. Johnson, to whom we complained,

apologised for the mistake.

5. The Antarctic, about which men know little,

is covered with snow and ice all year round.

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.