Unit 4Journey 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

Unit 4 Journey across a vast land Reading and Thinking Warming-up Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions. (1) Can you replace “journey” with another word? What does “journey” often imply? (2) What do you think “vast land” means? Where does the place “vast land” remind you of? (3) If you took a rail journey like this, what do you think you would see and experience? Warming-up Watch a video of Canada and answer some questions. (1) Which places are recommended when you take a journey to Canada? (2) Have you ever taken a rail journey? What was it like? Warming-up Travel for enough, you meet yourself. —David Mitchell What has travelling brought to you? How do you understand the quote? 足够的旅行经历,你会遇见更好的自己。 ——大卫 米契尔 Pre-reading Reading skill: What can you learn from the picture and the first paragraph? Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian took a journey Across Canada By train How? What? Where? Who? 5 Pre-reading (1) Would you be interested in taking the same trip as Li Daiyu and Liu Qian? Why or why not? (2) How is a rail journey different from other forms of travel, such as by plane or car? Discuss the questions in groups. 6 Pre-reading Complete the table below based on your discussion. Transportation Advantage Disadvantage Suitable for by bus by airplane by cruise ship by train cheap quick relaxing with nice accommodation and meals cheap expensive slow slow slow short-distance trips, especially trips within towns/cities long journey between big ctities trips between coastal cities long journey between small cities 7 While-reading A rail journey across Canada Listen and finish the trip schedule. Day(s) Place Transportation 1 2 3 4 5-7 Vancouver (bay) by boat Vancouver (forest) Lake Louise>Jasper Vancouver>Lake Louise Jasper>Edmonton>Canadian Prairie>Winnipeg>Ontario>Lake Huron-Toronto on foot by train, by taxi by coach by train 8 While-reading Reread each paragraph to complete the table below with information from the article. Time Place Information Before st