get.

　　Check the answers and then get students to read the text aloud

Task 2. Read the text again and answer the following questions.

　　Encourage students to work in pairs and ask as many questions about the text as they can.

　　Check the answers in class.

　　Encourage students to talk about the three discoveries in their own words.

Task 3. Ask students if they know any other stories involving the Vikings .If they do, ask them to tell the class the story.

Ⅳ Language Study

　　Exercise 6 Find the words in the text that match most closely with the meaning of the words below.

　　Language points:

1. According to 根据， 依照。后面接短语，不能接句子。

　　According to the text it was the vikings that discovered America

　　根据这篇课文的叙述是北欧的海盗发现了美洲。

　　The price varies according to the reason.

　　价格随季节的变化。

2.long before "在之前很久"

　　They achieved this long before Columbus 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, my boy.

　　孩子，很快我就会再来看你。

　It be 一段时间 before " 过了多久"

　　It was a long time before I got to sleep again.

　　过了很久，我才又睡着了

3.get into trouble "遇到麻烦"

　She is always getting into trouble.