Read and choose the CORRECT statements. Choose MORE THAN ONE statement. Erik the Red. For the Vikings, the greatest achievement for any man was to do something great in their lifetime so that people remembered them after their death*. To achieve** this, some Vikings sailed the seas in search of treasure and new lands. One of the most famous Vikings is Eric Thorvaldson. He achieved fame as Erik the Red, the man who discovered Greenland. Erik the Red lived between 950-1005 AD. He got his name from his red hair and beard. For the first part of his life, Erik lived happily in Iceland. His adventures started in 981, when he had a fight with his neighbours*** and killed two men. Local people were angry. They told Erik to leave the country for 3 years. Erik and his family had no choice. They left Iceland and sailed off into the Atlantic ocean. Erik sailed west from Iceland to look for a new island to live on. However, he sailed so far that he discovered something amazing. A new country! Erik spent two years exploring the new country. The land was mostly covered in ice, but he found a few green areas and decided to settle there. To begin his colony, Erik needed help. So, in 985, he returned to Iceland to tell people about his “wonderful” new land. Erik called his new land Greenland to make people think it was a better place to live than Iceland. Many people were interested in the new country. When Erik sailed back to Greenland in 986, 25 ships with 500 men and women and many animals went with him. The Vikings started two colonies in Greenland. To survive, they farmed sheep and cows, hunted polar bears and whales, and traded whale**** bones and bear skins. Thanks to their farming and hunting skills the colonies grew. By the year 1000, about 3,000 people lived in Greenland. For the next 500 years, Vikings lived in Greenland. Then, the Vikings left, and no one really understands why. But Erik the Red is still famous as the man who discovered and named Greenland! *death - смерть **achieve - достигать ***neighbours - соседи ****whale - кит Eric discovered a green area in the north of Ireland. People know why the Vikings moved out of Greenland. Viking men wanted to be famous after death. Eric left Iceland because he killed some people. Eric went back to Iceland to ask people to move to Greenland.

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Read and choose the CORRECT statements. Choose MORE THAN ONE statement.

Erik the Red.

For the Vikings, the greatest achievement for any man was to do something great in their lifetime so that people remembered them after their death*. To achieve** this, some Vikings sailed the seas in search of treasure and new lands.

One of the most famous Vikings is Eric Thorvaldson. He achieved fame as Erik the Red, the man who discovered Greenland. Erik the Red lived between 950-1005 AD. He got his name from his red hair and beard. For the first part of his life, Erik lived happily in Iceland. His adventures started in 981, when he had a fight with his neighbours*** and killed two men. Local people were angry. They told Erik to leave the country for 3 years. Erik and his family had no choice. They left Iceland and sailed off into the Atlantic ocean.

Erik sailed west from Iceland to look for a new island to live on. However, he sailed so far that he discovered something amazing. A new country! Erik spent two years exploring the new country. The land was mostly covered in ice, but he found a few green areas and decided to settle there.

To begin his colony, Erik needed help. So, in 985, he returned to Iceland to tell people about his “wonderful” new land. Erik called his new land Greenland to make people think it was a better place to live than Iceland. Many people were interested in the new country. When Erik sailed back to Greenland in 986, 25 ships with 500 men and women and many animals went with him.

The Vikings started two colonies in Greenland. To survive, they farmed sheep and cows, hunted polar bears and whales, and traded whale**** bones and bear skins. Thanks to their farming and hunting skills the colonies grew. By the year 1000, about 3,000 people lived in Greenland. For the next 500 years, Vikings lived in Greenland. Then, the Vikings left, and no one really understands why. But Erik the Red is still famous as the man who discovered and named Greenland!

*death - смерть
**achieve - достигать
***neighbours - соседи
****whale - кит

Eric discovered a green area in the north of Ireland.
People know why the Vikings moved out of Greenland.
Viking men wanted to be famous after death.
Eric left Iceland because he killed some people.
Eric went back to Iceland to ask people to move to Greenland.

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