Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

UNIT 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND If you get a chance to travel, where do you want to go? Reading and thinking Journey Across A Vast Land Learn about a rail journey across Canada Learning objectives目标 II. Know some information about the two girls’ rail journey across Canada. I. Figure out the content and features of a travel journal. III. Improve the ability to think critically and express your own opinions about long rail trips. In this class, you will be able to: before we start the journey, I would like you to be very clear about the learning objectives. So in this class , you will be able to...number one A. 1. Which continent/ˈkɒntɪnənt/(州) is Canada on? Quiz time：What do you know about Canada? B. C. D. Pacific 太平洋 Atlantic大西洋 North America 2. Canada is the ______ largest country in the world. A. 2nd B. 3rd C. 4th D. 5th Quiz time：What do you know about Canada? 3. What is the capital of Canada? A. B. Vancouver [væn'kuːvə(r)] (温哥华) Toronto[tə'rɔntəu] (多伦多) C. D. Calgary['kælɡəri] (卡尔加里) Ottawa['ɒtəwə] (渥太华) Quiz time：What do you know about Canada? Quiz time：What do you know about Canada? 4. What is the national animal of Canada? A. B. C. D. beaver/ˈbiːvə(r)/(河狸) grizzly bear(灰熊) polar bear penguin/ˈpeŋɡwɪn/ 5. Which is the national flower of Canada? A. B. cherry/ˈtʃeri/ rose/rəʊz/ C. Q D. /ˈmeɪp(ə)l/maple peony/ˈpiːəni/ 6. Which is the national flag of Canada? A. B. C. Q D. Seeing The True North Via Rail： Vancouver And The heart of Canada Look at the title and predict what the text is about. Canada By train It is about _________________ of two girls via rail; and it tells us some amazing sights about_______. a journey/ trip Canada A city in Canada ??? Other cities in Canada Liu Qian & Li Daiyu Pre-reading 1. What type is this passage? Argumentation B. Travel journal C. Novel D. Feature 2.What are the destinations(目的地) of the journey? 3. Main idea: It is about _____________ of two girls via凭借/通过 rail; it tells us some amazing sights about ________. a journey/trip Canada B Vancouver and other places of Canada. Pre-reading；Before you read, look at the title, and the picture below Are you ready for the rail journey? Let's go! Para.1　　 A. On the way to Ontario. Para.2 B. Introduction of Edmonton. Para.3 C. Their visit to Lake Louise and Jasper. Para.4 D. Journey across the great Canadian Prairie. Para.5 E. Their stay in Vancouver before the journey. Para.6 F. The excitement of crossing Canada by rail. Match the main idea of each paragraph While-reading Read for the main idea Divide the passage into three parts . 15 Part3:Para(s)_____ Their sightseeing journey across Canada 3-6 Read for structure While-reading Who(Characters): Where(The route): How(Transportation): China Vancouver Halifax Why: To visit their cousins Read for the details. Look at para.1 and find out related information. While-reading Read paragraph 2-6 and find the information. group 1 para.2 group3 para.4&5 group2 para.3 group4 para.6 Before starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, seeing the sights. During their first day, as is typical of Vancouver, it rained. Despite the weather, they were able to take a boat ride out into the bay, and later visit an island that had wonderful shops selling crafts and antiques. The next day was clear and mild, and they were pleased to see the beautiful mountains looking out over the city. Later, they took a pleasant hike in a forest just a short distance away. the first day the second day how they felt Para2:in Vancouver take a boat ride out into the bay;visit an island see the beautiful mountains; take a hike in forest wonderful; pleasant The next morning, the two girls arose early to take the train to Lake Louise, passing through the Canadian Rockies. Seen from the train window, the mountains and forests of Canada looked massive. When the train arrived at the station, they took a taxi to Lake Louise, where the blue water literally took their breath away with its exceptional beauty. The first place what they did what they saw how they felt Lake Louise pass through the Canadian Rockies; took a taxi to the lake massive mountains and forests; beautiful bule water of the lake took their breath away Main idea: The two girls’ visit to Lake Louise and Jasper. Para 3 They spent the night and then took a coach bound north through the Canadian Rockies to Jasper. Looking at the beautiful scenery, they both agreed that it was the most awesome journey they had ever taken. In addition to seeing spectacular mountain peaks and forests, one highlight of their trip was being able to see many different creatures, including deer, mountain goats, and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. The second place what they did what they saw how they felt Jasper took a coach bound north， look at the beautiful scenery beautiful scenery; spectacular mountain peaks and forests; many different creatures awesome, spectaucular mountain goat grizzly bear deer eagle 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 industry. Edmonton is freezing cold in winter, with daily temperatures averaging -10°C. Since it can be too cold to go outdoors, Edmonton is home to many shopping malls. In fact, one of the largest shopping malls in North America is in Edmonton. Place what they did what they saw how they felt Edmonton went to the shopping mall frozen / Main idea: Para 4：A short introduction to Edmonton. From Edmonton, the train headed southeast across the great Canadian Prairie. At school, Daiyu and Liu Qian had learnt that Canada's population is only slightly over thirty-seven million. However, they did not anticipate seeing such an open country, and were truly amazed. They went through two wheat-growing provinces, where they saw a bunch of farms that covered a very large area. Main idea: The two girls were amazed by the vast lands of Canada. Para 5 Place what they did what they saw how they felt went through two wheat-growing provinces Cannadian Praire a bunch of farms that covered a very large area amazed Place what they did what they saw how they felt Winnipeg travel through the night; rolling hills; red, gold, and orange bushes and maple trees; frost on the ground; wide stretch of Lake Huron Ontario Toronto / para.6 train Draw the mind map of the travel route（including place and transportation） Vancouver China Lake Louise Jasper Ontario Winnipeg Canadian Prairie Edmonton Toronto train train train train train The route of the rail journey across Canada Use discourse markers to show relationships Discourse markers are more commonly known as “linking words”. They are used to show relationships between ideas. Such as to add something (e.g. also, besides, additionally) to show contrast (e.g. however, on the other hand) to explain a reason (e.g. because, since) to show a result (e.g. therefore, as a result) Without discourse markers, the connections between sentences and paragraphs in a text would be less obvious. 语篇标记词 Learn about discourse markers 27 Read the article again and underline the discourse markers. 1 however(despite,rather than) 2 since 3 when 4 in addition to 5 in fact 6 later 7 eventually(finally) Match each of these discourse markers with the correct purpose. 1. however 2. since 3. when 4. in addition to 5. in fact 6. later 7. eventually A. to add something B. to show contrast C. to explain a reason D. to show an end point in time E. to show time F. to emphasise G. to describe the order of events broaden one’s horizon/expand one’s range of knowledge enrich/enlarge one’s life experience build ones character find what they really want in the heart relax one’s mind relieve one’s pressures of life and work refresh oneself and build up one’s strength be an escape from the boredom of one’s everyday life widen one’s circle of friends You can either travel or read,and either your body or soul must be on the way. Post-reading Q: What can travel bring to us? (Make a list of possible benefits.) Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on the Atlantic coast. Rather than travel by commercial airline all the way, they decided 1._______（fly） to Vancouver and then take the train. The thought 2. __________ they could cross the whole country by rail was exciting. They flew to Vancouver and stayed there for a couple of days, where they saw the sights, 3. ________ （visit） shops selling crafts and antiques and took a pleasant hike in a forest. The next morning, the two girls 4. ______（arise）early to take the train to Lake Louise, 5. _________ （pass） through the Canadian Rockies. After visiting Lake Louise, the two girls made a journey to Jasper. In addition to seeing spectacular mountain 6. ______（peak） and forests, one highlight of the trip was seeing many different creatures. Summary to fly that visited arose passing peaks From Jasper, they caught the train towards Toronto, passing through Edmonton. Edmonton is _7_______(freeze) cold in winter,8. _____ daily temperatures averaging -10℃. From Edmonton, the train headed southeast across the great Canadian Prairie. They were 9.______（true） amazed to see that Canada was such an open country. It was not until 9:30 a.m. 10._____ they reached Toronto. Their trip from Vancouver to Toronto had taken a duration of four days. freezing with truly that Thank You ！ $$