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Unit4 Journey Across A Vast Land
(Reading and Thinking)
年 级:高二年级 学 科:英语
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UNIT 4
Journey Across A Vast Land
Reading and Thinking
Learn about a rail jouney across Canada
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1.正文标题为:黑体,30号字;
2.正文内容为:华文楷体,尽量不小于24号,特殊辅助性文字不低于18;根据文字量可适当调整。内容文字一行一般不能超过28个字,单页文字一般不能超过8行。
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英文
1.正文标题为:以Times New Roman为主,可搭配使用Arial。字号为32—36号,特别强调可以用40号。
2.正文内容为:以Times New Roman为主,可搭配使用Arial。字号为24—28号,特别强调可用32号。
3.英文每行一般不能超过15个单词;单页文字一般不能超过8行。
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Learning Objectives
In this class, you will
read about a rail journey across Canada;
find out information about Canada’s geography, climate, and culture;
draw a mind map about the travel experience and retell it;
learn about discourse markers and the features of a travel journal;
share your own experience of a rail journey.
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How much do you know about Canada ?
Area: the _______ largest country in the world.
Official language: _________ and _________.
Capital city: ________.
Alternative name: _______________
second
English
French
Ottawa
The True North
Lead in:
How would you travel to
the True North,
a land far and wide?
Via rail
Look at the picture and the title.
What can you know about the journey?
Destination
Canada: Vancouver and the heart of Canada
Transportation: rail journey
Scenery: what to see
Geography
Climate
Feelings
Pre-reading: Prediction
Para.1 A brief _____________to cross Canada by rail.
Para.2 Their stay in __________before the journey.
Para.3 Their visit to ___________
Para.4 Introduction of___________.
Para.5 Journey across the great________.
Para.6 On the way to_________.
Read the text and sum up the main idea of each paragraph.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Divide the passage into three parts and sum up the main idea of each part.
introduction
Vancouver
Lake Louise and Jasper
Edmonton
Prairie
Toronto
While reading: Skim for main idea and structure
Introduction
Vancouver
Heart of Canada
What they saw
How they felt
While reading: Scan for details
Brief introduction about the trip
who
what/why
where
how first by ______, then via _____.
Feeling
Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian
plane
train
To visit their cousins
Halifax on the Atlantic Coast
1. Read paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.
Excited
3. How is the passage organized?
In time and space order
Exposition
Travel journal
Feature
2. What is the text type?
Who(main character)
When(time)
Where(destination)
Why(reason)
What (attractions)
How(transportation)
Discourse markers are also known as “linking words” to show relationship between ideas.
Showing time and space
Adding information
Showing contrast
Explaining a reason
Showing a result
Discourse markers
7 days
4. Scan the text and circle the discourse markers about time
How long does the whole journey take?
5. Scan the text and circle all the places they visited.
6. Draw the travel route on the map.
Journey from the west to the east
route: not finished
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7. Scan the article again and underline other discourse markers
Match each of these discourse markers with the correct purpose.
1 however A to add something
2 since B to show contrast
3 when C to explain a reason
4 in addition to D to emphasize
5 in fact E to show time
6 later F to show an end point in time
7 eventually G to describe the order of events
Without discourse markers, the connections between sentences and paragraphs would be less obvious.
8. Scan the text again and draw a mind map about their travel experience. Your map should include the following information:
1. Where did they go? 2.How did they get there? 3. What did they see/do/learn ? 4. How did they feel (if any) ?
pleased
Vancouver
China
The First day:
take a boat ride out into the bay
visit an island
shops selling crafts and antiques
The next day:
beautiful mountains looking out over the city
take a pleasant hike in a forest
Spent: two days
Using discourse markers, retell the story with the help of the your mind map.
●
the great
Canadian Prairie
Edmonton
★
Winnipeg
★
★
Toronto
● Lake Louise
●
Vancouver
China
The first day:
The next day:
weather: rained
activities: saw the mountains
took a hike
activities: took a boat to the bay visited an island
weather: clear and mild
Purpose: visit their cousins
Mood: excited
Commercial airline
Post-reading1 Discuss: What do you think they have gained from the journey?
What did they see/do What did they gain
Wonderful shops selling crafts and antiques
Beautiful mountains looking out over the city
A forest a short distance away
Massive mountains and forests
Blue water with exceptional beauty
Spectacular mountain peaks and forests;
Highlight: different creatures
Center of Canada’s oil and gas drilling industry
Home to many shopping malls
An amazing open country
2 wheat-growing provinces; a bunch of large farms
A land of forests and lakes; Rolling hills; red, gold, orange bushes and maple trees
A wide stretch of Lake Huron
Enjoy a land with grand sceneries;
Admire the nature power and beauty.
Discover a land highly developed in agriculture and industry.
Satisfy needs for shopping
Experience a land where human and nature live in harmony
2.Think about the features of a Travel Journal
Read and compare:
...Go to a museum, go to the parks, go to see the buildings, go to eat the good local food, and go shopping …
1. varieties of verbs:
“starting out, spent, seeing, take a boat, visit, took a
hike”
2. varieties of adjectives:
vivid description
Persuasive
3. Various sentence structures
to emphasize &
draw attention
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Share with your partner your travel experience of a long journey, including following information:
the places you visited
how you got there
what you saw/did/learnt
how you felt
3. Share in pairs
Highlights
of
the
journey Language
v. arise, take one’s breath away, explore, admire, appreciate, enjoy, wander, tour, cycle, taste, be amazed by
a. spectacular, beautiful, breathtaking, massive, pleasant, awesome, relaxing, delicious, fascinating, peaceful...
n. city, hill, greenery, lake, architecture, farms, birdsong, breeze, tent, kite, frost, scenery, sunrise, sunset, boat, mountain...
sentence Before starting out..., During the first day, and later,
Seen from..., Looking at..., In addition to doing...
When they woke up..., Despite the weather...
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai
-David Mitchell
What does travel mean to us ?
In this class, we have:
read about a rail journey across Canada;
found out information about Canada’s geography, climate, and culture;
drawed a mind map about the travel experience and retell it;
learnt about discourse markers and the features of travel journal;
shared our own experience of a rail journey.
Summary
Homework: Writing
Write down your travel experience of a long journey,
including the following information:
the places you visited
How you got there
what you saw/did/learnt
how you felt
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