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Unit 4
Journey Across
A Vast Land
Travel far enough, you meet yourself.l
---David Mitchell
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Learning objectives
To read about a rail journey across Canada.
To learn to draw the two girls journey route.
To learn to use discourse markers to show relationships.
To think about the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of transportation.
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Warm-up
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1: Can you replace journey with another word?
2: What does journey often imply?
3. What do you think “vast land” means?
≈travel, trip, tour. But journey often implies a loner trip.
“Journey” often implies a longer trip, perhaps to multiple destinations, or with a greater sense of unknown.
An extremely large area of ground.
辽阔的土地
T: where and when do you think this photo was taken?(in winter in Canada)
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What are the vast lands in China?
Travel far enough, you meet yourself. ——David Mitchell
在一段足够远的旅行中,你会遇到(内心的)自己。
4.How would you like to describe the picture?
a long moving train, forest, a lake, snow-capped mountain etc.
“It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. ”
读万卷书不如行万里路
Now ladies and gentleman, can you summarize the meaning of a long journey. When we travel far enough, we might understand ourselves and the world around us better. And it’s that time that you meet yourself!!
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Pre-reading
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Step 2: Pre-reading
1. How much do you know about Canada?
Area:
Official language:
Capital city:
Alternative name:
Great Lakes :
the national animal:
the second largest country in the world.
English and French
Ottawa
The True North
border
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Beaver
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Pre-reading
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1. Which continent is Canada in?
Pacific
Atlantic
Quiz time:What do you know about Canada?
2. Canada is the ______ largest country in the world.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
Quiz time:What do you know about Canada?
3. What is the capital of Canada?
A. BB.
Vancouver Toronto