同学们好~前面我们已经了解过中世纪的历史和文艺复兴，今天我们来看一下关于美洲探索的背景知识~ThestoryofNorthAmericanexplorationspansanentiremillenniumandinvolvesawidearrayofEuropeanpowersanduniquelyAmericancharacters.ItbeganwiththeVikings’briefstintinNewfoundlandcircaA.D.andcontinuedthroughEngland’scolonizationoftheAtlanticcoastinthe17thcentury,whichlaidthefoundationfortheUnitedStatesofAmerica.北美的探索跨越了整整一千年，涉及到各种各样的欧洲强国和独特的美国人物。它始于公元年左右维京人在纽芬兰的短暂停留，并持续到17世纪英国在大西洋海岸的殖民，奠定了美利坚合众国的基础。词汇积累
awidearrayof各种各样的
Viking维京人
Stint一段时间
Circaprep.大约，左右
laythefoundationfor为…奠定基础
TheVikingsDiscovertheNewWorldThefirstattemptbyEuropeanstocolonizetheNewWorldoccurredaroundA.D.whentheVikingssailedfromtheBritishIslestoGreenland,establishedacolony,andthenmovedontoLabrador,theBaffinIslandsandfinallyNewfoundland.TheretheyestablishedacolonynamedVineland(meaningfertileregion)andfromthatbasesailedalongthecoastofNorthAmerica,observingtheflora,faunaandnativepeoples.Inexplicably,Vinelandwasabandonedafteronlyafewyears.AlthoughtheVikingsneverreturnedtoAmerica,otherEuropeanscametoknowoftheirac
