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

U4 Reading and Thinking课堂预习案 课本P38-39文章 Pre-reading I. Lead-in→Quiz: to test how much you know about Canada 1. Which is the national flower of Canada? A. Cherry B. rose C. maple D.peony 2. Which is the national flag of Canada? A. B. C. 3. What is the capital of Canada? A. Vancouver B. Toronto C.Calgary D.Ottawa 4. What language(s) do Canadians speak? A. English B. English and German C. English and French D. English and Spanish 5. Canada is the _______ largest country in the world. A. first B. second C. third While-reading I. Prediction. 1. Read the title ‘Seeing The True North Via Rail：Vancouver And The heart of Canada’ and the picture. What will the passage talk about? ___________________________________________________________________. 2. What is the text type of this text? A. Exposition B. Travel journal C. Feature D. Argumentation 3. How does the author develop the passage? In the order (n.顺序) of ________________________. II. Read para. 1 and get some background information. Brief introduction about the trip who why where what how  feeling III. Finish the summary of the whole passage. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins in Halifax on the Atlantic coast. They 1.________ (fly) to Vancouver on the Pacific coast and decided 2. ________ (cross) the whole country by train. Then they took the train to Lake Louise 3._______they saw blue water which literally took their breath away 4._______ its exceptional beauty. Later, the train ran north to Jasper. On the way they enjoyed the spectacular mountain peaks and forests, seeing many different creatures, 5. ___________(include) deer, mountain goats and so on. From Jasper, they caught the train towards Edmonton, the centre of Canada's huge oil and gas drilling industry, where there 6.______(be) also one of the largest shopping malls in North America. From Edmonton, the train headed southeast across t