（2019版）新人教版选择性必修第二册Unit 4Journey Across A Vast LandReading for writing ppt课件.pptx

1、Unit 4 Journey across a vast landReading for writingPhrases: owe sth. to sb.1Learn about a journey through Jack Londons literature.23Words: mist; steel; advertisement; dusk; advertisement; accent; photographer; owe; toastWhat do you know about Toronto and Montreal?Lead inWork in groups. Discuss the

2、questions.TorontoMontreal1 Read the passage and answer the questions.1 What did the girls see when they went up the CN Tower?2 Why was it possible to get all kinds of good Chinese food in Toronto?3 What did Jean-Philippe tell the girls about Montreal and the people there?ContentSee the misty clouds

3、rising from the Niagara FallsThere is China Town and people from China have been coming here for one hundred years.Because there are lots of wonderful things to experience in person After Li Daiyu and her cousin arrived in Toronto, the largest and wealthiest city in Canada, they only had a few hours

4、 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 Falls, which is

5、on the south side of the lake. Water from the lake flows into the Niagara River and over the falls on its way to the sea.SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL: TORONTO AND MONTREAL They met Lin Fei around dusk over dinner at a restaurant in downtown Chinatown. The cousins chatted with Lin Fei, who had move

6、d 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 guess that there are a lot of Chinese people in Canada! Chinese people have been coming here for more than a hundred years. Therefore, we can get all kinds of great f

7、ood here from all over China,” Lin Fei told them. The girls saw hundreds of skyscrapers of glass and steel, and old-fashioned cars rolling by. As they walked north from the harbour area, Li Daiyu said, “Lin Fei, one of my mothers old schoolmates, lives here. I should phone her and see if shes availa

8、ble for dinner.” The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal early the next morning. At the station, in contrast to Toronto, they heard people talking in French. They were surprised to see that all the signs and advertisements were in French and many people spoke English with an accent. “

9、We dont leave until this evening,” said Liu Qian. “Lets go downtown. Old Montreal is close to the water.” They spent the afternoon in lovely shops and visiting artists in their workplaces along St Paul Street. As they sat in a restaurant alongside the broad St Lawrence River, a young man sat down wi

10、th them. “Hello, my name is Jean-Philippe. Im a photographer,” he said, “and I 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, “Thats too bad. You owe it to yourselves to

11、 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!

12、” 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 province of Nova Scotia and its largest city, Halifax. The cousins dreamt happily of the beautiful cobblestone streets, old brick buildings, and the red mapl

13、e leaves of Montreal.2 Draw on the map a simple route of the girls trip across Canada and make notes about what the girls did at each place.CanadaMontreal ( CN TowerOntario Niagara Fall) -China Town 3 Imagine that you are in Daiyu. Using the map and your notes, write an email to your parents telling

14、 them about your trip. 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 press different relationships between ideas? Are the descriions of people and places interesting? Does the writer end the em

15、ail in a natural way? 4 Exchange your draft With a partner. Use this checklist to help you assess your partner s draft. Thentake your draft back and revise it according to your partners comments. Language points 1) The fugitive is believed to be headed for the Canadian border. 据信，逃亡者正向加拿大边界方向逃窜。2) S

16、oldiers had temporarily closed the border between the two countries. 士兵们已暂时封闭了两国的边界。1 border n.国界；边界词义辨析border : 多指国与国之间或两地区的分界处，即分界线附近的边缘部分。bounds : 常与boundary换用，指土地边界，但意思不如boundary明确，主要用于抽象事物和文学作品中。boundary : 侧重地图上正式标定的、双方遵守的边界，也可指较小行政单位间的界线。frontier : 指两国接壤的前沿地区，属于各国的国境和边疆，多指设防的边界。limit : 常用作复数。指

17、任何界限、范围、分界线外面的部分，可指有形或无形的东西。1) I owe a big debt of gratitude to her. 我对她万分感激。2) The company owes money to more than 60 banks.这家公司欠下60多家银行的债。2 owe v. 欠【拓展】owe sth to sb 欠某人某物；把归功于own adj. 自己的 v. 拥有3. Review the whole unit1. Recite new words and phrases.2. Review the use of past participle as predicative or adverbialBye-bye!