1、Journey across a Vast LandOCB2U4OCB2U4 ReadingReading and Thinkingand Thinking1.How much do you know about Canada?Area:the _ largest country in the world.Official language:_ and _ Capital city:_.Alternative name:_secondEnglishFrenchOttawaWarm-up2.What do you know about rail journeys?Take a long time
2、 Designed routes See more and experience moreThe True NorthPredictBased on the picture and the title,what can you know about the journey?Brief introduction about the tripwhowhywherehow First by_,then via _feelingLi Daiyu and her cousin Liu QianTo visit their cousinsHalifax on the Atlantic CoastairEx
3、citedMain idea:Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were excited to take a rail journey from Vancouver to visit their cousins in Halifax.Read the 1st paragraph,and find out the basic information about the trip.Read for main idearailWhat is the genre of the text?A travel journalHow is the text organized?In time and
4、 space orderBy discourse markers!discourse markersdiscourse markersRead for travel routeBased on the discourse markers,find out the places they have travelled.China-Vancouver-Lake Louise-Jasper-Edmonton-Canadian Prairie-Winnipeg-Ontario-TorontoRead for the travel experienceRead the 2nd paragraph and
5、 find out:what they saw/learnt/didhow they felt(if any)ChinaVancouverTake a boat rideVisit an islandTake a hike in a forestShops selling crafts and antiquesBeautiful mountains looking outpleasedIts your turn!ChinaRead para.3-6.Draw a mind map about their travel experience.Your map should include the
6、 following information:What they saw/did/learnt How they felt(if any)VancouverLake LouiseJasperEdmontonCanadian PrairieWinnipegOntarioToronto_pleased_G1-3:Lake LouiseEdmonton(para.3-4)G4-6:Canadian PrairieToronto(para.5-6)ChinaRead para.3-6.Draw a mind map about their travel experience.Your map shou
7、ld include the following information:What they saw/did/learnt How they felt(if any)VancouverLake LouiseJasperEdmontonCanadian PrairieWinnipegOntarioToronto_pleased_G1-3:Lake LouiseEdmonton(para.3-4)G4-6:Canadian PrairieToronto(para.5-6)Lake LouiseJasperEdmontonCanadian PrairieWinnipegOntariodiscussB
8、ased on what they saw and learnt,what do you think they have gained from the journey?What did they see/doWhat did they gainWonderful shops selling crafts and antiquesBeautiful mountains looking out over the cityA forest a short distance away Massive mountains and forests Blue water with exceptional
9、beautySpectacular mountain peaks and forests;Highlight:different creaturesCenter of Canadas oil and gas drilling industryHome to many shopping mallsAn amazing open country2 wheat-growing provinces;a bunch of large farmsA land of forests and lakes;Rolling hills;red,gold,orange bushes and maple treesA
10、 wide stretch of Lake Huronenjoy a land with grand sceneries;Admire the nature power and beauty.Discover a land highly developed in agriculture and industry.Satisfy needs for shoppingExperience a land where human and nature live in harmonyShare with your partner your travel experience of a long jour
11、ney,including following information:the places you visited what you saw/did/learnt how you felt What you have gainedShare in pairsTravel far enough,you meet yourself.David Mitchell“It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.”Write down your travel experience of a long
12、journey,including following information:the places you visited what you saw/did/learnt how you felt What you have gained.The rail journey across the vast land really makes a difference to me._AssignmentThe rail journey across the vast land really makes a difference to me.While I spent only a few hou
13、rs in Toronto,an economic centre of Canada,it has left a profound impression on me.(topic sentence)It is a city with breath-taking natural scenery,where I admired the astonishing shores of Lake Ontario and misty clouds rising from the Great Niagara Falls.After that,I got a chance to witness the mode
14、rn buildings and old-fashioned cars speeding by at the same time,glancing the combination of traditions and advance of this city.At dusk,we met your old friend Lin Fei over dinner in downtown Chinatown,the largest one in Toronto.Not only did she take us to taste delicious Chinese food,but she also i
15、ntroduced a lot about the Chinatown to us.It is in Toronto that we felt at home with tasting Chinese food and meeting Chinese people.It also allowed me to appreciate the works served by nature as well as made by humans in one city.If I have another chance to travel to Toronto,I will definitely plan
16、more time on it to have a better visit.SampleRead the whole passage again.Draw a map about their travel experience.Your map should include the following information(if any).where they travelledwhat they didwhat they sawhow they feltRead for the travel experienceVancouverChinaFirst day:take a boat ri
17、de out into the bayvisit an island shops selling crafts and antiquesThe next day:beautiful mountains looking out over the citytake a pleasant hike in a forestVancouverLake LouiseCanadian Rockies:massive mountains and foreststhe blue watertook their breath awaythe most awesome journeyJasperspectacula
18、r mountain peaks and forests different creatures:deer,mountain goats,a grizzly bear and an eagleEdmontonthe center of Canadas huge oil and gas drilling industryis home to many shopping mallsCanadian Prairiean open countrytwo wheat-growing provincesa bunch of farmsWinniepegamazedOntarioa land of forests and lakesrolling hillsbushes and maple treesLake Huron Toronto
