b. Ancient Romans

c. Chinese

d. Vikings

Students will get the right answer: Vikings arrived in America first. (Give slides 12, 13)

Task 2 Read the text more carefully .Are these statements true (T)or false(F)

1. Eric the Red wanted to get a land which could be colonized so he decided to set sail further.

2. Biarni set sail from Iceland in order to join Leif's father.

3. Biarni discovered Greenland first.

4. The Vikings were stronger and stronger in Northern Europe from the 8th to 10th century.

5. According to official records Europeans reached America long before Columbus ever set sail.

Answers: 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 F

Task 3 Give a world map, Point at the island in turns, ask students to say its name and Vikings sailing route (slide) then do the exercise 2

Ⅲ Speaking

Task 1. Get students to read the text again for specific information about the three discoveries. Then in pairs, complete the table in Exercise3 with the information they 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. 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"