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Unit 4 Journey across a Vast Land
Canada is the ___________ (two) largest country in the world. The 4,000-mile train journey across the land is one of the ___________ (world) greatest travel experiences. The spectacular trip offers some of the most breathtaking scenery ___________ (find) nowhere else in the world.
Instead of travelling by ___________ (commerce) airline all the way to Halifax, where their cousins lived, Li Daiyu and Liu Qian ___________ (fly) to Vancouver and decided to proceed the remaining journey by rail. Before the ___________ (depart), they spent a couple of days ___________ (explore) Vancouver. During their first day, ___________ is typical of Vancouver, it rained. ___________ this, they visited an island dotted with shops ___________ (sell) crafts and antiques. The next day, they enjoyed beautiful mountains and took a pleasant hike in a forest.
The next morning, ___________ (pass) through the Canadian Rockies, the train took the two girls to Lake Louise, whose exceptional beauty ___________ (literal) took their breath away. The next day, they took a coach bound ___________ Jasper. ___________ splendid scenery along the way through Rockies filled them with a sense of awe. Apart ___________ spectacular mountain peaks and forests, a great ___________ (diverse) of creatures also continuously came into their view, ___________ (include) deer, mountain goats, and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.
From Jasper, they ___________ (catch) the train towards Toronto. They stopped over in Edmonton, home ___________ many shopping malls. In fact, one of the largest shopping malls ___________ have ever opened in North America is located in Edmonton. Then, the train headed southeast across the great Canadian Prairie and through two wheat-growing provinces, ___________ they saw a bunch of farms that covered a very large area.
Soon, they reached Ontario. The train thundered on, through the ___________ (roll) hills, dense forests and shining lakes. The bushes an