内容正文:
I. Translate the group senses in the text into Chinese.
1.visit the cousins
2.on the Atlantic coast
3.all the way
4.by commercial airline
5.cross the whole country
6.start out
7.a couple of days
8.take a boat ride into the bay
9.visit an island
10.sell crafts and antiques
11.the next day
12.clear and mild
13.look out over the city
14.take a pleasant hike
15.a short distance away
16.arise/rise early
17.pass through the Canadian Rockies
18.arrive at the station
19.take one’s breath away
20.exceptional beauty
21.take a coach
22.in addition to
23.the highlight of the trip
24.catch the train towards Toronto
25.the provincial capital of Alberta
26.the centre of the oil and gas drilling industry
27.freezing cold
28.shopping malls
29.in fact
30.such an open country
31.wheat-growing provinces
32.a bunch of farms that covered a large area
33.eventually
34.an urban area
35.travel through the night
36.wake up
37.the train thundered on
38.the rolling hills
39.maple trees
40.Night came again
41.pull back the curtain
42.the wide stretch of Lake Huron
43.on Ontario southern border
44.all in all
45.take a duration of four days
46.be home to
II. Fill in the blanks.
1.Rather than _____(travel) by commercial airline all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train.
2. For both of them, the _____(think) of crossing the whole country by rail was exciting.
3.Before starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, ____(see) the sights.
4.During their first day, ____ is typical of Vancouver, it rained. ____the weather, they were able to take a boat ride out into the bay, and later visit an island _____ had wonderful shops _____(sell)crafts and antiques.
5.____ is often the case with London, it is cold and rainy in winter.
6.____ is known to all, smoking is harmful to one’s health.
7.It is ____ (type) of these girls of this generation _____(shop) whatever just for their liking then.
8. The next day was clear and mild, they were pleased t