Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land Reading and Thinking 课件 -2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Travel far enough, you meet yourself. ——David Mitchell 每天都是一次新的旅行 “Journey” often implies a longer trip, perhaps to multiple destinations, or with a greater sense of unknown. Xinjiang, Gansu, North China Plain, Inner Mongolia, Siberia, etc. ∙ What does “journey” often imply? ∙ Where does the phrase “vast land” remind you of? Travel, trip, tour, etc. An extremely large area of ground. ∙ Can you replace “journey” with another word? ∙ What do you think “vast land” means? Unit 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND 1. When and where was this photo taken? 2. If you took a rail journey like this, what do you think you would see and experience? 3. Have you ever taken a long rail journey? What was it like? How might the rail journey in the photo be different or similar? Look & discuss Possible answer: I think it was taken in the winter somewhere in the Rocky Mountains or the Alps. Possible answer: If I took a journey like this, I think I would see a lot of beautiful scenery and make some new friends. Possible answer: ∙ I have travelled from Beijing to Urumqi by train. ∙ The trip was quite pleasant and relaxing, as I had a bed to sleep on, and I could get up and walk around the train. ∙ I think this trip was different from the trip in the picture because the train did not pass through any high, snowy mountains during the trip. On my trip I mostly saw hills and desert. Unit 4 Reading and Thinking Learn about a rail journey across Canada What do you know about rail journeys?  Rail journeys used to take a long time - people often took them because they were cheaper than flying.  However, now with high speed rail, they are much shorter, but also more expensive. Travel is，even if it is the same world，you find the world is not the same. 旅行就是，即使是同一个世界，你们发现 的却是不一样的世界。 单 元 主 题 语 境 人与社会 What do you know about rail journeys ? tired boring adventurous... exciting What do you t