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UNIT4
JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND
Reading And Thinking
SEE THE TRUE NORTH VIA RALL:VANCOUVER AND THE HEART OF CANADA
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Enjoy a video and finish the quiz.
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1.Canada is the largest country in the world.
A.2nd
B.3rd
C.4th
D.5th
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A.9.98 million km²
B.9.60 million km²
C.9.96 million km²
D.9.90 million km²
2.How large is it?
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3.Which is the national flag of Canada?
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4.What languages do Canadians speak?
A.English
B.English and German
C.English and French
D.English and Spanish
Quebec:the French-speaking province
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5.What is the capital of Canada?
Vancouver
Toronto
Halifax
Ottawa
the largest city
the wealthiest city
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6.What is the national animal of Canada?
beaver海狸
grizzly bear灰熊
mountain goat山羊
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7.What is the typical plant of Canada?
sakura樱花
maple枫树
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8.What is the leader of the country called?
A.President
B.Prime Minister
C.Queen
D.Chairman
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9.How many Great Lakes are there in Canada?
A.3
B.4
C.5
D.6
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Seeing The True North Via Rail:
Vancouver And The Heart of Canada
Pre-reading
Look at the title amd predict
the text is about?
加拿大的经典代称,地理上的北方属性
呼应加拿大国歌«O,Canada»中The North strong and free 的歌词,是加拿大旅行营销中常用的文化符号
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Seeing The True North Via Rail:
Vancouver And The Heart of Canada
Pre-reading
Look at the title amd predict
the text is about?
By train
Where?
It is about of two girls via fly and ;and it tells us some amazing sights about .
a journey
rail
Canada
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What type is this passage?
A.Arguumental writing(议论文)
B.Narrative writing(记叙文)
C.Expository writing(说明文)
D.Travel journal(旅行日志)
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What would be included in the travel journal?
characters
the route
transportation
place they visited
weather
what they did
what they saw
what they felt
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Skimming
Read the passage and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para1
Para2
Para3
Para4
Para5
Para6
A.The two girls were amazed by the vast lands of Canada.
B.The two girls’staying in Vancouver.
C.Li Daiyu and her counsin were on a trip to Canada.
D.The two girls’visiting to Lake Lousine and Jasper.
E.The two girls reached their destination.
F.A short introduction to Edmonton.
Skimming
Divide the travel journey into three parts.
Part1 A brief introduction about the trip.
Part2Their stay in Vancouver before the journey.
Part3What they really saw and felt on the train.
para1
para2
para3
Skimming
Read for transportation.
take a +交通工具/by+交通工具
Days Place Transportation
1 China-Vancourver
2-3 Vancourver
(bay)(forest)
4-5 Lake Louise-Jasper
5-7 Jasper-Edmonton-Canadian Prairie-Winnipeg-Ontario-Lake Huron-Toronto
Careful Reading
Main idea:Brief introduction about the journey
who
why
where
how
feeling
Li Daiyu and her counsin Liu Qian
To visit their cousins
In Halifax on the Atlantic coast
They fly to Vancourver and then took the train
excited
Read the paragraph1 and fill the blanks.
Para2
Before starting out,they spent a couple of days in Vancouver,seeing the sights.
typical weather:
rained
take a boat ride to the ,and later visit an island that had wonderful shop selling and .
bay
crafts
antiques
n.湾
n.手艺,工艺品
n.古物,古董
adj.古老的
Day1
weather:
clear and mild
Day2
see the beautiful mountains looking out over the city
took a hike in a forest
pleasant
adj.令人愉快的,友好的
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Before starting out,they spent a couple of days in Vancouver,seeing the sights.
Para3
Day
4-5
How to describe scenery or journey?
n.风景;景色
massive巨大的
(literally) take one’s breath away令人惊叹
exceptional beauty非凡的美
beautiful
awesome 令人惊叹的;很好的
spectacular 壮丽的;惊人的
one highlight of one’s trip is...某人旅行中的一大亮点是
Day
5-7
Para4
Day
4-5
Jasper
Toronto
One of the train’s first stops was in
Edmonton
the provincal capital of Alberta
the centre of Canada’s huge oil and gas drilling industry
Day
4-5
freezing cold in ,with daily temperatures averaging-10℃
too cold to go outdoors
home to many shopping malls
one of shopping mall in North America
winter
the largest
Para5
Day
4-5
Edmonton
the great Canadian Prairie
two
provinces
a bunch of
wheat-growing
farms
加
拿
大
版
阿
勒
泰
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Para6
Day
5-7
Ontario
Winnipeg
A land of
and
forests
lakes
Toronto
the capital of Ontario
Post-Reading
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What did the protagonists saw and felt during journey?
saw
bay/an island/wonderful shops/mountains and forest
lake blue water/different creatures/prairie/farms
maple trees
felt
a pleasant hike/the most awesome journey
such an open country beyond books/the arrival of autumn
human and nature
Read the article again. 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
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Discuss the questions in group.
Would you be interested in taking the same trip as Li Daiyu and Liu Qian?Why or why not?
Discuss the questions in group.
How is a rail journey different from other forms of travel,such as by plane or car?
THANK YOU
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