1、IcelandCan you find Iceland?What is the climate like there?What is the geography like?Which photo shows Iceland? Which Photo shows Greenland?Why do you think this?Why?!?TrueorFalseThe Vikings invaded Iceland in 825. People think that they named it Iceland to stop other people from wanting to take th
2、eir island. They did not care about Greenland because it was too far.To invade=_So why then?!?The names come from the Vikings.Over 80% of Greenland is covered in ice. However, in the summer of 825 it was probably a lot warmer (especially as the Vikings invaded the south of the island) so the name ma
3、kes sense. And Iceland?The legends say Naddador (the first Viking explorer to invade Iceland) named the country Snland (“snow land”) because it was snowing when he landed.Next there was a Viking named Flki. His daughter drowned on the way to Iceland, his food froze and people were very hungry. Angry
4、, he climbed a mountain and saw a fjord full of icebergs, so he didnt want to go to the land.Flki went back to Norway and said that Iceland was a terrible place, but one of his people spread rumours that the new island was rich. Soon after, lots of people went to live there.Questions:1. When did the
5、 Vikings invade Iceland?2. Where did the Vikings invade Greenland?3. What was Icelands first name? Why?4. Why was Floki angry?5. Did people in Norway listen to Floki? Why? Why not? VocabularyFind words in the powerpoint that mean:A country in the North Atlantic Ocean (7): IcelandTo take a country (6
6、): invadeHas a lot of something on it (7): coveredA person who travels and finds new lands (8): explorerA big block of ice in some water (7): icebergVery, very bad (8):terribleTell stories (we dont know if they are true) (6,7):spread rumoursHave a lot of money (4):richEnglish comes from Vikings*:Her
7、e are some Icelandic words. Try to match them with English:*and German, French and LatinMjlkStlsyngjaMorgunmaturSlKaffiEyjaAustur, vesturPabbiUllslandEast, WestCoffeeWoolDaddyMilkSunBreakfastChairIcelandIslandSing English comes from Vikings*:Watch the video and check your answers:*and German, French
8、 and LatinMjlkStlsyngjaMorgunmaturSlKaffiEyjaAustur, vesturPabbiUllslandEnglish comes from Vikings*:Here are some Icelandic words. Try to match them with English:*and German, French and LatinMjlkStlsyngjaMorgunmaturSlKaffiEyjaAustur, vesturPabbiUllslandEast, WestCoffeeWoolDaddyMilkSunBreakfastChairIcelandIslandSing
