1、airlinebaycraftantiquepleasantarisemassiveliterallybreath n. 航空公司航空公司n. (海或湖的海或湖的)湾湾n. 手艺；工艺；技艺手艺；工艺；技艺n. 古物；古董古物；古董 adj. 古老的；古董的古老的；古董的adj. 令人愉快的；友好的令人愉快的；友好的vi. (arose, arisen)起身；出现；起身；出现；由由引起引起adj. 巨大的；非常严重的巨大的；非常严重的adv. 字面上；真正地字面上；真正地n. 呼吸的空气呼吸的空气Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese imm
2、ediately.take sb.s breath awayboundsceneryawesomespectacularpeakhighlight令人惊叹令人惊叹adj. 准备前往准备前往（某地）（某地）；一定会；一定会n. 风景；景色风景；景色adj. 令人惊叹的令人惊叹的; 可怕的可怕的; 很好的很好的adj. 壮观的；壮丽的；惊人的壮观的；壮丽的；惊人的n. 壮丽的场面；精彩的表演壮丽的场面；精彩的表演n. 顶峰；山峰；尖形顶峰；山峰；尖形n. 最好或最精彩的部分最好或最精彩的部分vt. 突出；强调；使醒目突出；强调；使醒目goatgrizzly beardrillfreezingfre
3、ezing coldfreezemallprairieanticipaten. 山羊山羊n. 灰熊灰熊vi.& vt. 钻钻（孔）（孔）；打；打（眼）（眼）n. 钻钻（头）（头）；训练；演习；训练；演习adj. 极冷的；冰冻的极冷的；冰冻的极冷的；冰冻的极冷的；冰冻的vi.&vt.(froze, frozen)结冰结冰;(使使)冻住冻住购物商场；购物广场购物商场；购物广场n. 北美草原北美草原vt. 预料；预见；期望预料；预见；期望buncha bunch ofthunderfrostcurtainborderdurationharbourn. 束；串；捆束；串；捆一束；一串；一群；大量一束；
4、一串；一群；大量vi. 打雷；轰隆隆地响；轰隆隆地打雷；轰隆隆地响；轰隆隆地快速移动快速移动 n. 雷声；轰隆声雷声；轰隆声n. 霜；严寒天气；霜冻霜；严寒天气；霜冻vt. 使蒙上霜使蒙上霜 vi. 结霜结霜n. 窗帘窗帘n. 国界；边界国界；边界（地区）（地区）n. 持续时间；期间持续时间；期间n. (海海)港；港口港；港口Unit 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LANDUnit 4 Reading and ThinkingLearn about a rail journey across CanadaWhat do you know about rail journeys
5、? Rail journeys used to take a long time - people often took them because they were cheaper than flying. However, now with high speed rail, they are much shorter, but also more expensive.If you take a trip to Canada: What kind of vehicle will you choose? What do you think you will see if you go on a
6、 rail journey across Canada? Now lets follow Li Daiyu and Liu Qians journey to explore more about Canada!Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible.Look at the picture and the title. What is “the True North”?What do you expect to read? What is “the Heart of Canada”? How was the journey like? W
7、hats the main idea of the text? Two girls, _, who took the _ to travel across _. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu QiantrainCanadaHelpful questions: Who are the main characters? Where did they go? How did they go there? What did they see/do? How was their journey like?What is “The True North” according to
8、 the passage? A. Just the northern part of Canada. B. The name of a part of Canada. C. The name that they call Canada. D. The name of the train that goes across Canada.Read para. 1 carefully and underline the key information about the people, the destination, the transportation and the mood etc.Read
9、 the paras 2-6 and complete the following table. DaysPlaceTransportation1China - Vancouverby air2345-7Vancouver (bay)by boatVancouver (forest)on footVancouver - Lake Louiseby train/by taxiLake Louise - Jasperby coachJasper - Edmonton - Canadian Prairie - Winnipeg - Ontario - Lake Huron - Toronto by
10、trainSkim the article and list the cities and the places in Canada mentioned in the article and then find them on the map.VancouverLake Louisethe Canadian Rockiesthe Canadian RockiesJasperAlbertaEdmontonWinnipegOntarioLake HuronTorontoComplete the table below with information from the article.PlaceI
11、nformationoften 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 -10; home to one of the largest shopping malls in North Americathe Ca
12、nadian 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 bear and eaglesEdmontonan open country; two whe
13、at-growing provinces; a bunch of farms that covered a very large areaOntario1. What can we know about Edmonton according to the passage? A. It has a large number of shopping centres. B. It is the provincial capital of Ontario. C. It is quite warm in winter. D. It is the fifth largest city in Canada.
14、2. What does the writer mean by saying “an open country” in the fifth paragraph? A. Canada has few resources. B. Most Canadians prefer to live abroad. C. Farms in Canada are extremely large in size. D. Canada has a small population compared to its large size.P38 2Use discourse markers to show relati
15、onshipsDiscourse markers are also known as “linking words”. They are used to show relationships between ideas. Relationships can range from adding sth. (e.g. also, beside, additionally), to showing contrast (e.g. however, on the other hand), to explaining a reason (e.g. because, since), or to showin
16、g a result (e.g. therefore, as a result). Without discourse markers, the connections between sentences and paragraphs would be less obvious.Read the article and underline the discourse markers. More discourse markers: Adding: moreover, too Contrast: while, by contrast Reason: as, because Result: con
17、sequently, accordingly Emphasis: indeed, above all Order of events: first, second, next Time: as soon as, meanwhile Giving examples: for example, such as Comparing: similarly, likewise Concluding: to conclude, in summaryTask 6Read the article again. Match each of these discourse markers with the cor
18、rect purpose.1. however 2. since 3. when 4. in addition to 5. in fact 6. later 7. eventually A. 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 eventsP39 4analysing, mindmap, summary, retelling1. Despit
19、e 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. that引导的定语从句引导的定语从句V-ing短语作短语作定语定语 The man standing by the window is our teacher. They lived in the house facing the south.站在窗边的那个人是我们老师。站在窗边的那个人是我们老师。他们
20、住在朝南的房子里。他们住在朝南的房子里。尽管天气不佳，她们仍然泛舟驶入海湾，接着游尽管天气不佳，她们仍然泛舟驶入海湾，接着游览了一座岛屿。岛上有精致的店铺，出售手工艺览了一座岛屿。岛上有精致的店铺，出售手工艺品和古董。品和古董。2. Looking at the beautiful scenery, they both agreed that it was the most awesome journey they had ever taken.宾语从句宾语从句省略了关系词省略了关系词that的定语从句的定语从句, ,关系词在句中作宾语关系词在句中作宾语 She is the most cle
21、ver student that I have ever seen in this school. I must say that it was the best game I had ever played. 在句型在句型“It+be+最高级最高级+(that)从句从句”中，从句要用完成时。中，从句要用完成时。如果如果be动词是动词是is, 从句用从句用现在完成时现在完成时；如果如果be动词是动词是was, 从句用从句用过去完成时过去完成时。她是我在这所学校见过的最聪明的学生。她是我在这所学校见过的最聪明的学生。我必须说这是我玩过的最好的一个游戏。我必须说这是我玩过的最好的一个游戏。V-in
22、g形式作状语形式作状语望着眼前的美景，两人一致认为这是他们所经历望着眼前的美景，两人一致认为这是他们所经历过的最棒的一次旅行。过的最棒的一次旅行。the Canadian RockiesNow try to retell the rail journey with the help of the key words and the map.Who? What? How? Basic facts about CanadaChinaPurpose: Mood: commercial airlineVancouverSpend: two daystrain and taxiLake LouiseTi
23、me: Activities: coachJasperActivities:trainEdmontonFeatures:trainThe Great Canadian PrairieActivities:trainWinnipegTime: Features:trainOntarioTime: Features:trainToronto Time: Activities: The next day Weather: Activities:The first day Weather: Activities:Chinacommercial airlineVancouvertrain and tax
24、iLake LouiseTime: the next morning the nightActivities: arose earlysaw the mountains and forestscoachJaspertrainEdmontontrainThe Great Canadian PrairieActivities: saw an open country went through two wheat-growing provincestrainWinnipegTime: another dayFeatures: urban areatrainOntarioTime: night Fea
25、tures: a land of forests and lakesrolling hillsbushes and maple treesfrost on the groundtrainToronto Time: the next morningActivities: saw Lake HuronThe next day Weather: clear and mild Activities: saw the mountains took a hikeSpend: two daysThe first day Weather: rained Activities: took a boat to t
26、he bay visited an islandPurpose: visit their cousinsMood: excitedFeatures: provincial capital of Albertacentre of Canadas oil and gas drilling industrycold in winterhome to many shopping mallsActivities: looked at the scenerysaw mountain peaks and forestssaw creaturesarrived in Toronto _ took the tr
27、ain to _, passing through _ saw the massive _ of Canada visited Lake Louise and the blue water took their breath away with _ took a _ bound for Jasper saw _ and forests and _ caught the train towards _ one of the trains first stops was in _ headed southeast across _ stayed on the train, and eventual
28、ly arrived in _ woke up in Ontario, a land of _ turned _ towards Toronto at nightThe first dayThe second dayThe third dayThe fourth dayA rail journey from _ Vancouver to TorontoLake Louisethe Canadian Rockiesmountains and forestsits exceptional beautycoachspectacular mountain peaksmany different cre
29、aturesTorontoEdmontonthe great Canadian PrairieWinnipegforests and lakessouthat 9:30 a.m.Would you be interested in taking the same trip as Li Daiyu and Liu Qian? Why or why not?How is a rail journey different from other forms of travel, such as by plane or car?Would you be interested in taking the
30、same trip as Li Daiyu and Liu Qian? Why or why not? I would love to take such a journey. It seems so wonderful and relaxing, and I would get to see so many beautiful sites.How is a rail journey different from other forms of travel, such as by plane or car?TransportationAdvantageDisadvantageSuitable
31、forby buscheapslowshort-distance trips, especially trips within towns/citiesby airplanequickexpensivelong journeys between big citiesby cruise ship (大型游轮大型游轮)relaxing, with nice accommodation and mealsslowtrips between coastal citiesA rail journey is different from a car journey in that with a car j
32、ourney, if you see something interesting, you can stop and take a look. A journey by plane will get you to your destination much faster than a trip by train or car. However, usually you cannot see much interesting from a plane window, and a plane gives much less space and fewer opportunities to get
33、up and walk around than on a train.1. rather than2. all the way3. start out4. take sb.s breath away5. a bunch of 6. pull back the curtain 而不是而不是一路上；自始至终一路上；自始至终出发；启程出发；启程令人惊叹令人惊叹一束；一串一束；一串拉开窗帘拉开窗帘注注: 另附另附word文档，点此链接文档，点此链接. 根据句意，在空白处填入根据句意，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内个适当的单词或括号内 所给单词的适当形式。所给单词的适当形式。1. My parent
34、s moved to Kunming after retirement because of the _ (please) climate there. 2. Idioms usually cant be translated _ (literal) into another language.3. Martin came into the room with _ bunch of red roses in his hand. 4. In addition _ professional knowledge, you need to know about multiple types of sc
35、ience.5. As _ (freeze) water rushed in, Holland felt frightened, not knowing how to get out of the car.pleasantliterallyatofreezing6. There are a wide range of animals on his farm, including twenty _ (goat). 7. These places in the brochure are _ (awe)! Where shall we go for our vacation?8. All _ all
36、, it was a surprisingly delightful weekend.9. Robert followed his fathers footsteps and enrolled _ the army after he graduated from high school. 10. After careful consideration, William got on a train bound _ New York last night.goatsawesomeininfor. 根据括号内的提示，翻译下列句子。根据括号内的提示，翻译下列句子。1. 山谷和群山的美景令他们惊叹不已
37、。山谷和群山的美景令他们惊叹不已。 (take ones breath away)The beautiful scenery of the valley and mountains takes their breath away.2. 只要你专心学习，就一定能通过这次考试。只要你专心学习，就一定能通过这次考试。 (be bound to)As long as you concentrate on your study, you are bound to pass the exam.3. 简没有把衣服扔掉，而是把它们送给了一个无简没有把衣服扔掉，而是把它们送给了一个无 家可归的女人。家可归的女人
38、。(rather than)Rather than throw away the clothes, Jane gave them to a homeless woman.4. 苏珊看着那艘船，眼泪顺着脸颊流下来。苏珊看着那艘船，眼泪顺着脸颊流下来。 (with复合结构复合结构)Susan looked at the ship, with tears rolling down her cheeks.5. 直到大火被完全扑灭，村民们才被允许回家。直到大火被完全扑灭，村民们才被允许回家。 (it was not until . that .)It was not until the big fire was completely put out that the villagers were allowed to return to their houses.
