Unit 4 Section I Reading and Thinking(Word教参)-【状元桥·优质课堂】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版2019）

Section Ⅰ　Reading and Thinking

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SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL：

VANCOUVER AND THE HEART OF CANADA

Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada ①to visit their cousins in Halifax on the Atlantic coast.Rather than<1> travel by commercial airline<2> all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train<3>．For both of them, the thought of crossing the whole country by rail was exciting.

①不定式短语作目的状语。

Before starting out<4>， they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, ②seeing the sights.During their first day, ③as is typical<5> of Vancouver, it rained.Despite the weather, they were able to take a boat ride out into the bay<6>， and later visit an island ④that had wonderful shops selling crafts<7> and antiques<8>.The next day was clear and mild<9>， and they were pleased ⑤to see the beautiful mountains looking out over the city.Later, they took a pleasant<10> hike<11> in a forest just a short distance away.

②现在分词短语作伴随状语。

③as is typical of Vancouver是as引导的定语从句。

④that引导的定语从句，修饰先行词an island。在这个定语从句中，现在分词短语selling crafts and antiques作定语，修饰shops。

⑤不定式短语作状语。

The next morning, the two girls arose<12> early to take the train to Lake Louise, ⑥passing through the Canadian Rockies.⑦Seen from the train window, the mountains and forests of Canada looked massive<13>．When the train arrived at the station, they took a taxi to Lake Louise, ⑧where the blue water literally<14> took their breath away<15> with its exceptional beauty.They spent the night, and then took a coach bound<16> north through the Canadian Rockies to Jasper.⑨Looking at the beautiful scenery<17>，they both agreed that it was the most awesome<18> journey ⑩they had ever taken.In addition to<19> seeing spectacular<20> mountain peaks<21> and forests, one highlight<22> of their trip was being able to see many different creatures, including deer, mountain goats<23>， and even a grizzly bear<24> and an eagle.

⑥现在分词短语作状语。

⑦过去分词短语作状语，the mountains and forests of Canada与see之间是动宾关系。

⑧where引导定语从句，修饰先行词Lake Louise。

⑨现在分词短语作状语，they与look之间是主谓关系。

⑩此处是省略了关系词的定语从句，修饰先行词journey。

From Jasper, they caught the train towards Toronto.One of the train's first stops was in Edmonton, the provincial capital of Alberta, the centre of Canada's huge oil and gas drilling<25> industry.Edmonton is freezing<26> cold in winter, ⑪with daily temperatures averaging －10℃ .⑫Since it can be too cold to go outdoors, Edmonton is home to<27>

many shopping malls<28>．In fact, one of the largest shopping malls in North America is in Edmonton.

⑪with复合结构作状语。

⑫ since引导原因状语从句。

From Edmonton, the train headed<29> southeast across the great Canadian Prairie<30>．At school, Daiyu and Liu Qian had learnt that Canada's population is only slightly over thirty-seven million.However, they did not anticipate<31> seeing such an open country, and were truly amazed.They went through two wheat-growing provinces, ⑬where they saw a bunch<32> of farms that covered a very large area.

⑬本句是where引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词two wheat-growing provinces，在这个定语从句中，又包含that引导的定语从句，修饰先行词farms。

After another day on the train, eventually<33> they were back in an urban area, the city of Winnipeg.From there, they travelled through the night, and woke up in Ontario—a land of forests and lakes.The train thundered<34> on, through the rolling hills.The bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold, and orange, and there was frost<35> on the ground, ⑭confirming<36> that autumn had arrived in Canada.Night came again, and the train turned south towards Toronto.When they woke up the next morning and pulled back the curtain<37>， they could see the wide stretch of Lake Huron—one of the four Great Lakes on Ontario's southern border<38>．⑮It was not until 9：30 a．m.that they finally reached the capital of Ontario, Toronto.All in all, their trip from Vancouver to Toronto had taken a duration<39> of four days.

⑭现在分词短语作状语。

⑮此处是一个强调句型，被强调的部分是时间状语until 9：30 a．m.。