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Unit4 Using Language
Write a letter about your journey
英语
By the end of this class, you will be able to:
get the information about the journey from Toronto to Montreal;
analyze the structure and language features of a travel journal;
write an e-mail about your journey.
学习目标
Vancouver
Lake Louise
Edmonton
The Prairie
took a boat ride out into the bay; visited an island; took a hike in a forest
took the train; mountains and forests looked massive; blue water took their breath away
Jasper
took a coach through the Canadian Rockies; spectacular mountain peaks; creatures
centre of Canada’s oil and gas drilling industry; freezing cold in winter; large shopping malls
amazed by the open country; went through two wheat-growing provinces; a bunch of farms
Let’s review the two girl’s travel journey including what they saw, their activities and their feelings!
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an urban area
destination
?
Winnipeg
Ontario
a land of forests and lakes; rolling hills; bushes and maple trees; the wide stretch of Lake Huron
SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:
TORONTO AND MONTREAL
Can you predict the content of this passage?
The text is about Li Daiyu and Liu Qian’s ___________ in Canada: what they _____ and _____ in _________ and __________.
Montreal
Toronto
journey
see
do
What is the passage possibly taken from?
A. A book review B. A travel journal
C. A medical brochure D. A novel
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Where did they go?
Their experience in _________
Their experience in _________
Their time spent on the train
towards _________
Toronto
Montreal
Halifax
Part 1 (Para.____)
Part 2 (Para.____)
Part 3 (Para.____)
1-4
5-9
10
Structure:
Order?
Time
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Place Saw Did Felt
___________ rising from the _________ _______
___________ of glass and steel
________________
Toronto
went up the_____ _______
met Lin Fei in _____________
astonished
Part 1 (para1-4)
misty clouds
skyscrapers
Niagara Falls
old-fashioned cars
CN Tower
Chinatown
the great Niagara Falls
CN Tower
Chinatown
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Place Saw Did Felt
________________ in French
people spoke English with an accent
____________ culture and traditions
visited ___________
visited _____ in their workplaces along St Paul Street
met Jean-Philippe __ ____________
surprised
Montreal
Part 2 (para5-9)
signs and ads
unique Quebec
lovely shops
artists
in a restaurant
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They dreamt happily of the beautiful cobblestone streets, old brick buildings, and the red maple leaves of Montreal.
Part 3 (para10)
1.What did they dream on the train?
2.What might they feel when they arrived in Halifax?
amazed
eager to explore the city
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Inbox
...
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Dear Li Hua,
Knowing that you are a travel enthusiast, I’m eager to know where you travelled this vacation. Could you please share your unforgettable journey with me?
Looking forward to your earliest reply.
Yours,
Li Daiyu
Li Daiyu
From:
To:
Li Hua
录音
A letter about your journey
Opening (para.1)
Body (para.2)
Closing (para.3)
what we saw
how we felt
what we did
stops / attractions
(features of each place)
personal emotions and thoughts
impressive activities
general impression
greeting and purpose
In the order of time/place
Descriptive language
Find out some excellent sentences that show what they saw, their activities and feelings.
Standing in the distance, they were astonished to see misty clouds rising from the great Niagara Falls,...
The girls saw hundreds of skyscrapers of glass and steel , and old-fashioned cars rolling by.
They were surprised to see that all the signs and advertisements were in French and...
They spent the afternoon in lovely shops and visiting artists in their workplaces along St Paul Street.
Overall, Montreal is a city with wonderful sights and sounds.
...
1. Standing in the distance, they were astonished to see misty clouds rising from the great Niagara Falls, which is on the south side of the lake.
仿写:站在远处,我看到云雾从西湖周围的山上升起, 惊叹不已。
I saw clouds on the hill around the West Lake.
Imitative writing
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
Use your imagination and try to imitate the
sentence with descriptive language according to the picture.
Standing in the distance, I was astonished to see misty clouds rising from the hill, which is around the West Lake.
仿写:我们看到了青翠的树木和花簇拥盛,还有很多小鸟在周边唱歌。
(in full bloom)
2. The girls saw hundreds of skyscrapers of glass and steel , and old-fashioned cars rolling by.
We saw trees, flowers and many birds.
We saw many green trees and flowers in full bloom and many birds singing around.
______________________________________
______________________________________
Use your imagination and try to imitate the
sentence with descriptive language according to the picture.
Imitative writing
3.They were surprised to see that all the signs and advertisements were in French and many people spoke English with an accent.
仿写:我惊奇地发现各式各样的亭子和很多外来游客,而且他们都讲着不同的语言。
Imitative writing
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
Use your imagination and try to imitate the
sentence with descriptive language according to the picture.
I was surprised to see that there were various pavilions and many foreign tourists who spoke different languages.
4.They spent the afternoon in lovely shops and visiting artists in their workplaces along St Paul Street.
Imitative writing
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
Use your imagination and try to imitate the
sentence with descriptive language according to the picture.
We spent the afternoon in breathtaking scenic spots and appreciating the appealing legends related to them
while learning some useful historical knowledge.
5. Overall, Montreal is a city with wonderful sights and sounds.
仿写:总的来说,杭州是一座有着丰富的自然风光和独特文化的美丽城市。
Imitative writing
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
Use your imagination and try to imitate the
sentence with descriptive language according to the picture.
Overall, Hangzhou is a charming place with rich natural scenery and unique culture.
_____________________________________
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_____________________________________
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_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Li Daiyu
Compose Email
...
To:
From:
Li Hua
send
Email Li Daiyu back and share your trip with her!
Use the checklist to help you assess your draft,
and try to revise your draft according to it.
Does the writer start the email with an appropriate greeting?
Is the email well-organised and coherent?
Does the writer make use of discourse markers to express
different relationships between ideas?
Are the descriptions of people and places interesting?
Does the writer end the email in a natural way?
Assignment
1. Share your writing with your classmates and teacher to get more ideas from them.
2. Polish your first draft according to the checklist as well as your classmates' and teacher's feedback.
"The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.
——William Hazlitt
Thank you!
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