听力原文:

Have you ever heard of the Vikings?

你听说过维京人吗?
They were sea travelers from Norway.
他们是来自挪威的海上旅行者。
More than 1,000 years ago, they made three important geographical discoveries.
一千多年前,他们有三个重要的地理发现。
The Vikings' first major discovery occurred in the 9th century.
维京人的第一个重大发现产生于9世纪。
A man called Naddodd was on his way from Norway to the Faroe Islands, north of England, when his ship was caught in a storm.
一个名叫纳德多德的男子从挪威前往英格兰北部的法罗群岛,当时他的船遇上了风暴。
The storm blew the ship west for several days.
暴风雨把他的船往西吹着行驶了好几天。
When the weather cleared, Naddodd found himself on the coast of a new land.
当天气转晴时,纳德多德发现自己在一片新陆地的海岸上。
Later, Viking travelers named it Iceland.
后来,维京人将它命名为冰岛。
In 982, a Viking called Eric the Red, sailed west in search of new land.
在982年,一个名叫红毛埃里克的维京人向西航行,去寻找新大陆。
500 miles west of Iceland, he and his men reached an icy rocky massive land.
在冰岛以西500英里的地方,他与同伴到达了一片冰雪覆盖、岩石成群的广袤大地。
They sailed around it until they reached the western side.
他们绕着该岛航行,一直行驶到西边。
Here, they found some green areas, so they named the island Greenland.
在这里,他们发现了一片绿地,所以他们将此岛命名为格陵兰岛。
Then, in 1001, the Vikings made their most important discovery.
之后,在1001年,维京人有了最重要的发现。
The son of Eric the Red named Leif Erikson had heard the rumors about the land west of Greenland.
红毛埃里克的儿子列夫·埃里克听说了关于格陵兰岛西部岛屿的传言。
He sailed west and soon found it. He and his men landed in three places.
他向西航行并且很快找到了该岛。他和他的同伴在三个地方登陆。
They called the first one Helluland, which means land of flat stone.
他们将第一个命名为巴芬岛,意思是有许多扁平石头的岛屿。
The Vikings then sailed south and made their second landing.
随后维京人继续向南航行,他们登上了第二个岛屿。
They named this place Markland.
他们将其命名为马克兰。
Their third landing was at a place they called Vinland.
他们第三次登陆是在一个被称作文兰的地方。
Leif Erikson and his men were the first Europeans to walk on the shores of North America,
列夫·埃里克与他的同伴是第一批登上北美海岸的欧洲人,
almost five hundred years earlier than Columbus.
比哥伦布他们早了将近500年。

 

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答问题19至问题21。
Question 19. What do we learn about the Vikings?
问题19:关于维京人,我们了解些什么?
Question 20. What does the passage say about the Greenland?
问题20:关于格陵兰岛,文章讲了些什么?
Question 21. What does the speaker mainly talk about?
问题21:说话者主要讲述了什么内容?
 
重点单词   全部解释    
massive ['mæsiv]

adj. 巨大的,大规模的,大量的,大范围的

   
rocky ['rɔki]

adj. 岩石的,像岩石的,坚硬的,麻木的,困难重重的