Unit 4 Section 1 Reading and Thinking—Prereading-【赢在微点】轻松课堂2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版）

UNIT 4　JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND 文化意识　1. 通过阅读加拿大长途火车旅行游记深入了解加拿大自然、人文地理概况和历史文化。 2. 感知和思考乘火车长途旅行给人们带来的众多便利和独特体验。 3. 通过长途旅行话题的讨论,深入思考“读万卷书,行万里路”对人生的意义。 学习能力　1. 能够利用连续性和非连续性文本概况、梳理相关信息,包括旅行线路、见闻、感受等。 2. 能够利用文本信息,并结合自身经历,进行知识迁移,分享自己的旅行。 ■知识先知 pleasant; arise; bound; highlight; freeze; anyhow; astonish; shore; proceed; peak; awesome all the way; rather than; take sb􀆳s breath away; freezing cold; contrary to; start out; owe...to...; a bunch of ①过去分词短语作状语　 ②not...until...句型 ◆过去分词作表语和状语 ◆写一封关于旅游的电子邮件 ■画里有话加拿大是位于北美洲北部的一个国家,它有10个省和3个地区,面积约为998万平方千米,这使它成为世界上总面积第二大的国家。 Canada is a country ①located(locate) in the northern part of North America. It has ten provinces and three territories, ②covering (cover) about 9.98 million square kilometers, making it the world􀆳s second⁃largest country by the total area. As ③a whole, Canada is sparsely populated (人口稀少), the majority of its land being covered by forest and tundra (苔原). As a result, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants ④living (live) in large⁃and⁃medium⁃sized cities, many near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest cities are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Many people like traveling. Travel in Canada has become exciting as lots of lakes ⑤including (include) the Great Lakes in Canada make it attractive. In addition ⑥to lakes, Canada has a number of beaches as it has a long coastline on its north, east, and west. UNIT 4　JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND Section 1　Reading and Thinking—Prereading 阳光晨读 微点释疑 原|文|诵|读 　　SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL: VANCOUVER AND THE HEART OF CANADA 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 airline① all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train. For both of them, the thought of crossing the whole country by rai