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30,000 Vikings settle in iceland in 60 years.
三千维京人在冰岛驻扎了六十年
And they set up colonies in greenland.
他们在格陵兰岛建立殖民地
The big crisis in the Viking civilization was farmland.
维京人文明面临的最大危机就是缺少耕地

So the Vikings would set off to find new farmland,
所以维京人需要出征去寻找新的耕地
and Greenland was one of the big real estate promotions,
而格陵兰岛就是那些庞大不动产之一
they called it green land to get people to move there.
他们称其为绿色大地就是为了让人们搬去那里
It's not actually green, you know!
但其实它并不是绿色的
From greenland, they'll push on to North America,
从格林兰岛出发 他们一路前进去到北美
The first Europeans, 500 years before Columbus.
是第一批欧洲人 比哥伦布还要早五百年
By 1000 A.D., Vikings settle
公元一千年 维京人定居在
Among many of the communities they once attacked.
他们曾经攻击的大多数地区里
Novgorod in russia, kiev in the ukraine,
前苏联的诺夫哥罗德 乌克兰的基辅
Rouen in france, york in england, dublin in ireland,
法国的鲁昂 英格兰的约克 爱尔兰的都柏林
All transformed into cities by the Vikings.
都在维京人到来之后转型为城市
They convert to Christianity,
他们变成了基督徒
Replacing pagan shrines with great churches,
在异教的祠堂上重建宏伟的教堂
Reinventing themselves as European knights.
他们重塑自我 自封欧洲骑士
重点讲解

1、set off
动身;出发;启程
Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.
尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。
The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip.
总统的使节开始了又一次外交之旅。
引爆(炸弹);触发，拉响(警报等)
Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm.
一旦发现有泄漏，警报就会响起来。
Someone set off a fire extinguisher.
有人打开了灭火器。
引发;触发;激起
The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
救济物资车的到来引发了小小的骚乱,村民们争先恐后地想抢到一份援助物资。
If he attended a party without his wife, it set off a storm of speculation.
如果他没和妻子一块儿出席宴会，便会招致各种猜测满天飞。
2、promotion
晋升；升职；提升；擢升
Consider changing jobs or trying for promotion.
考虑换个工作或者争取升职。
rewarding outstanding employees with promotions to higher-paid posts.
将出色的员工提升到薪水更高的职位作为奖励
（尤指通过广告进行的）促销，推广，推销
During 1984, Remington spent a lot of money on advertising and promotion.
1984年，雷明顿公司在广告和促销方面花费了大量的资金。
Ask about special promotions and weekend deals too.
也问一问特别促销和周末特价的情况。