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Using Language1 听说课
Unit 4 JOURNEY ACROSS
A VAST LAND
Learning objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
grasp some listening skills, like making predictions from pictures before listening;
listen for idioms and guess their meanings from the conversation;
learn to talk about scenery and culture along a journey;
4. continue a conversation based on your own travel experiences or the information from this unit.
Do you know where this is ?
Warming up
Pre-listening
On the train, Li Daiyu and Liu Qian start talking with a local passenger, a young woman named Anna. Before you listen, look at the pictures below and guess what they will be talking about.
They will probably be talking about a beautiful alpine lake, going skating on a frozen lake, going camping, and going hiking in a forest.
Listen to the conversation, figure out what is mentioned and list some key words.
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EXAMPLE:Lake Louise
Climate of Canada (in winter and summer)
Geography of Canada (mountains, the Prairie, lakes, forests)
Winnipeg and activities in Winnipeg
Daiyu and Liu Qian’s first long train journey
While-listening
Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions.
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1. What do people do when Lake Louise freezes over in winter?
2. What does Anna say about Canadian summers?
People like to go skating on the ice.
Many places of Canada have cool summers, while many areas of south Canada have
very hot summers.
3. How far is it from Edmonton to Winnipeg?
More than 1,300 kilometres.
5. What other long rail journey have Li Daiyu and Liu Qian taken?
4. What kinds of things do people do in Winnipeg?
Skiing, hiking, camping, and city things like movies or restaurants on
weekends.
Last autumn, they travelled from Beijing to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian
Railway through Mongolia.
Understand idioms
Idioms are often used in the English language. The meanings of some idioms can be guessed. However, many others need to be studied and remembered.
Listen again. Mat