1、Seeing the Ture North via Rail: Vancouver and the Heart of Canada Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land Discuss the questions. What do you know about rail journeys? Rail journeys used to take a long time- people often took them because they were cheaper than flying. However, now with high speed rail, th
2、ey are much shorter, but also more expensive. What do you think you will see if you go on a rail journey across Canada? I would expect to see beautiful mountains and lots of pretty scenery.Read and think Task 1Who are the main characters? Where did they go? How did they go there? What did they see?H
3、ow was their journey like?excitingTask 2PlaceInformationoften rains; a harbour; beautiful mountains looking out over the city; a forest just a short distance awaythe Canadian Rockiescentre of Canadas huge oil and gas industry; cold in winter, with daily temperatures averaging -10C; home to one of th
4、e largest shopping malls in North Americathe Canadian Prairiea land of forests, lakes, and rolling hills; four Great Lakes on its southern border; capital is TorontoVancouverblue water of Lake Louise; spectacular mountain peaks and forests; different creatures such as deer, mountain goats, grizzly b
5、ears, and eaglesEdmontonOntarioan open country; two wheat-growing provinces; a bunch of farms that covered a very large areaRead and circle the discourse markers. Task 3语篇标记词语篇标记词Discourse markers are more commonly known as “linking words”. They are used to show relationships between ideas. Relation
6、ships can range from adding sth. (e.g., also, besides, additionally), to showing contrast (e.g., however, on the other hand), to explaining a reason (e.g., because, since), or to showing a result (e.g., therefore, asa result). Without discourse markers, the connections between sentences and paragrap
7、hs in a text would be less obvious.Readmatch:1. however2. since3. when4. in addition to 5. in fact6. later7. eventuallyA. to add somethingB. to show contrastC. to explain a reasonD. to show an end point in timeE. to show timeF. to emphasiseG. to describe the order of eventsTask 4Talk about this rail
8、 journey. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins in Halifax on the Atlantic coast. They decided_ to Vancouver and then take the train. During their first day, as is typical of Vancouver, it rained. Later, they took a pleasant hike in a forest just a short _ away. The
9、next morning, the two girls arose early to take the train to Lake Louise, _ through the Canadian Rockies. _ from the train window, the mountains and forests of Canada looked massive. They spent the night, and then took _ coach bound north through the Canadian Rockies to Jasper. From Jasper, they cau
10、ght the train towards Toronto. One of the trains _ stops was in Edmonton. From Edmonton, the train _ southeast across the great Canadian Prairie. After another day on the train _ they were back in an urban area, the city of Winnipeg. Night came again, and the train turned south towards Toronto. It w
11、as not until 9: 30 a. m. that they finally reached_ capital of Ontario, Toronto. All _ all, their trip from Vancouver to Toronto had taken a duration of four days.to flydistancepassingSeenafirstheadedeventuallytheinGroup work After-reading Would you be interested in taking the same trip as Li Daiyu
12、and Liu Qian? Why or why not? How is a rail journey different from other forms of travel, such as by plane or car?I would love to take such a journey. It seems so wonderful and relaxing, and I would get to see so many beautiful sites. A rail journey is different from a car journey, if you see sth in
13、teresting, you can stop and take a look. A journey by plane will get you to your destination much faster. However, ususally you cannot see much interesting from a plane window, and a plane gives much less space and fewer opportunities to get up and walk around than on a train. Complete the sentences
14、 using suitable nouns in their correct forms. Circle the words which collocate with them.1 After arising in the morning, the first thing he does is to draw the _.2 He was impressed by her _ and charm.3 The visitors were admiring the _ dating back to the 17th century.4 We all remember the _ of the tr
15、ipvisiting the Huangguoshu Waterfall.5 Protect the _ which are unique to Australia and their natural habitats.6 What _ did you fly?7 It is one of the most difficult _ to climb in the Rocky Mountains.8 The beauty of Qinghai Lake took the visitors _ away.9 In freezing cold winter, windows are often co
16、vered with _.10 We sailed into a beautiful _ in the southwest of Canada.11 Judy enrolled in a programme of study that was eight months in _, but she completed it in only six months. curtain antique breath bay creature highlight airline beauty peak duration frostcurtainsbeautyantiquehighlightcreature
17、sairlinepeaksbreathfrostbaydurationfly an airlineComplete Samuels story with the correct phrases.1 In Canada, _ has been spent to preserve the forest, and the countrys deforestation rate is among the worlds lowest.2 A growing number of woodworkers have decided to move to the _ for better jobs.3 Aboa
18、rd the plane _ Toronto, Samuel, a young woodworker, began imagining a whole new life in the big city.4 However, he also had some worries. Ideally, he wanted to make a living in the arts, but he also knew well that it was somewhat a _. bound for commercial world urban areas a massive amount of moneya
19、 massive amount of moneyurban areasbound forcommercial world1 Jane: The welcome party at the University of Oxford helped many students to make new friends. You: They must have spent a/an _ evening together.2 Jane: Were surprised to find that it is warmer than usual this winter in London. You: Youre
20、so lucky to have a/an _ winter here.3 Jane: We visited a famous tourist site in Scotland: the beautiful coastline and breathtaking landscape of St Andrews. You: How wonderful! You must have had a/an _ experience.Suppose you were talking to your friend Jane. Choose the suitable adjectives to comment on the situations. awesome mild pleasantpleasantmildawesome
