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　　Lesson 1 The spirit of explorers
　　Step I Pre-reading
　　Activity one: Introduction
　　T: We have known a lot about sea sports. But in the early days in 900 AD, the sea was not as exciting as it seems today. At that time, the sea was frightening and full of challenge. For sailors the sea seems mysterious, and full of possibilities. Thus curiosity sometimes may win over fear. Some sailors risked their lives to explore the unknown lands. Vikings were people who were curious and wanted to explore the sea. Now let’s read the text to see how Vikings overcame their fear to find America. Turn to page 8 and look at the topic of the lecture.
　　Activity two: Predict the content of the text
　　T: Look at the title and the world map on page 8 and predict the content of the text by using the following questions as a clue.
　　Let the Ss look at the title and answer the questions to get a general understanding of the text.
　　Questions:
　　1. Which of the following people do you think arrived in America first?
　　A. Christopher Columbus  B. Ancient Greeks  C. Chinese sailors D. Vikings
　　Note: The answer is open.
　　2. What was the early sailors’ purpose of exploration?
　　A. To satisfy curiosity    B. To seek wealth   C. To seek excitement
　　Note: The answer is open.
　　3. Vikings were people living in northern Europe, which ocean did they cross to reach America?
　　A. The Indian Ocean B. The Atlantic OceanC. The Arctic Ocean D. The Pacific Ocean
　　Key: B and C
　　Activity three: Predict the structure of the text
　　T: Look at the title, we may find that the text is to record the historical events. According to your own experience, what may be included in the text?
　　Let the Ss call up their experience of this kind of reading materials and thint the structure of these texts.
　　Sa: The text may be organie a story, that is, it should include bacnd, development of the story and the result.
　　Sb: The text may include the bacnd of the Vikings’ voyages and their experiences on sea.
　　Sc: The text may include the meaning of the voyages in the last part.
　　T: Your answers are possible and you all did good jobs in guessing the structure of the text. Next I will give you the structures and you should judge which structure may be the possible structure of the text.
　　Let the Ss to choose the structure and give reasons.
　　Structure A:
　　Structure Content
　　Opening paragraph Introduction
　　Developing paragraph Record of major events
　　Conclusion paragraph Meaning of the voyages
　　Structure B:
　　Structure Content
　　Opening paragraph Characters and bacnd
　　Developing paragraph Experiences
　　Conclusion paragraph Ending
　　Sa: I thincture A is possible, because the text is about historical records and it may follow a structure of this kind of reading material.
　　Sb: I agree with Sa and I thincture B is a structure of a personal story.
　　Activity four: Predict the purpose of the author
　　T: Guess what the writer’s purpose of writing is by using the multiple choices.
　　Help the Ss guess the possible purpose of the text.
　　Question: What is the purpose of the text?
　　A. To inform people of an interesting discovery.
　　B. To tell people some interesting experiences.
　　C. To tell people some early historical records.
　　Key: C
　　Step III  While-reading