Unit4 Journey Across a Vast Land衡水体书写字帖-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版(2019) 选择性必修第二册

SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:VANCOUVER AND THE HEART OF CANADA ti Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins in Halifax on the Atlantic coast.Rather than travet by commerciat airline all the way,they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train.For both of them,the thought of crossing the whote country by rail was exciting Before starting out,they spent a couple of days in Vancouver,seeing the sights.During their first day,as is typicat of Vancouver,it rained.Despite the weather,they were able to take a boat ride out into the bay,and tater visit an island that had wonderful shops selting crafts and antiques,The next day was clear and mild,and they were pleased to see the beautiful mountains tooking out over the city.Later,they took a pteasant hike in a forest just a short distance away. 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 tooked massive:When the train arrived at the station,they took a taxi to Lake Louise,where the blue water titeratty took their breath away with its exceptionat beauty. They spent the night,and then took a coach bound north through the Canadian Rockies to Jasper.Looking at the beautifut scenery,they both agreed that it was the most awesome journey they had ever taken.In addition to seeing spectacutar mountain peaks and forests,one hightight 2 of their trip was being abte to see many different creatures,inctuding deer,mountain goats,and even a grizzty bear and an eagle From Jasper,they caught the train towards Toronto.One of the train's first stops was in Edmonton,the provinciat capital of Alberta,the centre of Canada's huge oit and gas drilting industry.Edmonton is freezing cold in winter,with daity temperatures averaging =10C.Since it can be too cold to go outdoors,Edmonton is home to many shopping malls.In fact, one of the largest shopping malts in North America is in 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 onty stightty over thirty-seven mittion.However,they did not anticipate seeing such an open country,and were truty amazed.They 3 went through two wheat-growing provinces,where they saw a bunch of farms that covered a very targe area. After another day on the train,eventualty they were back in an urban area,the city of Winnipeg.From there,they travelled through the night, and woke up in Ontario-a tand of forests and takes.The train thundered on,through the rotting hills.The bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red,gotd,and orange,and there was frost on the ground, confirming that autumn had arrived in Canada.Night came again,and the train turned south towards Toronto.When they woke up the next morning and putled back the curtains,they coutd see the wide stretch of Lake Huron--one of the four Great Lakes on Ontario's southern border.It 4 was not until 9:30 a.m.that they finally reached the capital of Ontario, Toronto.Alt in alt their trip from Vancouver to Toronto had taken a duration of four days. SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:TORONTO AND MONTREAL After Li Daiyu and her cousin arrived in Toronto,the targest and wealthiest city in Canada,they only had a few hours to kill before they had to proceed to the next leg of their trip to Montreal so they went on a tour of the city.They went up the CN Tower and looked across the shores of Lake Ontario.Standing in the distance,they were astonished to see misty clouds rising from the great Niagara Fatls,which is on the south side of the take.Water from the lakes flows into the Niagara River and 5 over the falls on its way to the sea. The girls saw hundreds of skuscrapers of gtass and steel,and old-fashioned cars rotting by.As they walked north from the harbour area,Li Daiyu said,"Lin Fei,one of my mother's old schoolmates,tives here.I shoutd phone her and see if she's available for dinner." They met Lin Fei around dusk over dinner at a restaurant in downtown Chinatown.The cousins chatted with tin Fei,who had moved to Canada many years earlier. "This is the largest Chinatown in Toronto.We have a few more in the Greater Toronto Area,so you can quess that there are a lot of Chinese people in Canada!Chinese people have been coming here for more than a 6 hundred years.Therefore,we can get all kinds of great food here from atl over China,"Lin Fei totd them. The train left tate that night and arrived in Montreat early the next morning.At the station,in contrast to foronto,they heard people tatking in French.They were surprised to see that alt the signs and advertisements were in French and many peopte spoke English with an accent. "We don't teave untit this evening,said Liu Qian."Let's go downtown.Old Montreat is close to the water." They spent the afternoon in lovely shops and visiting artists in their workptaces along St Paut Street.As they sat in a restaurant atongside the broad St Lawrence River,a young man sat down with them. "Hello,my name is Jean-Philippe.I'm a photographer,he said,"and was wondering where you are from.". The girls told him they were from China and were on a train trip across Canada.When they told him they had only one day in Montreal he said, "That's too bad.You owe it to yoursetves to stay longer.Overall,Montreal is a city with wonderful sights and sounds.Most of us speak both English and French,and the city has unique Quebec culture and traditions.There are fantastic restaurants and clubs around,too.Here,we love good coffee,toast,and cheese.And good music,of course!". That night the train was speeding along the St Lawrence River towards the Gulf of St Lawrence and down to the distant east coast towards the 8 province of Nova Scotia and its largest city,Hatifax.The cousins dreamt happity of the beautiful cobbtestone streets,old brick buildings,and the red mapte leaves of Montreat. 9