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U4 Journey Across A Vast Land
language points
a couple of
is typical of
massive forests
take one’s breath away
take a coach bound north
one highlight of ...
head southeast
anticipate doing sth
a bunch of
thunder on
pull back the curtain
take a duration of
两个
是...的特点
广阔的森林
令人惊叹、摄人心魄
乘坐长途汽车向北
...的亮点之一
向东南方行进
预料做某事
一束、一串、大量
轰隆隆地向前行驶
拉开窗帘
历时、持续(...时间)
useful expressions
Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins in Halifax on the Atlantic coast. Rather than travel by commercial airline all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train. For both of them, the thought of crossing the whole county by rail was exciting.
李黛予和表妹刘倩前往加拿大探望居住在大西洋海岸哈利法克斯市的表兄妹。她们没有一路乘坐商业航班,而是决定先飞到温哥华,然后再乘坐火车。一想到可以坐火车横穿整个国家,姐妹俩就激动不已。
1.Rather than travel by commercial airline all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train.
她们没有一路乘坐商业航班,而是决定先飞到温哥华,然后再乘坐火车。
We’ll have the meeting in the classroom, rather than in the great hall.
He ran rather than ________.(walk)
She enjoys singing rather than ___________(dance).
walked
dancing
rather than 连接句子的主语部分时,谓语动词与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称与数上保持一致。
You rather than Tom __________________for the accident. 应受到责备的是你而不是汤姆。
are to blame
Instead of traveling
2.The thought of crossing the whole country by rail was exciting.
一想到可以坐火车横穿整个国家,姐妹俩就激动不已。
【句子仿写】一想到那些贫穷饥饿的孩子们,我就心碎了。
The thought of those poor and hungry children is tearing my heart out.
thought 相关常用短语:
without a second thought 不假思索
give sth thought 仔细考虑
at the thought of 一想起...就
I must _____________________(仔细考虑)before I take the job.
Lily trembled with fear ____________________ (一想到)the scary scene.
水冰冷冰冷的,可那个年轻人想也没有想就跳了进去。
The water was freezing cold, but without a second thought the young man jumped in.
give it some thought
at the thought of
Before starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, seeing the sights. During their first day, as is typical of Vancouver, it rained. Despite the weather, they wer