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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.