1、Reading and Thinking Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land Travel far enough,you meet yourself.David MitchellEnjoy a video:Exploring Banff National Park in Canada Pre-readingWhat 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 pre
2、tty scenery.Read the article to know more.While-reading Read for titleWhere?How?What?see scenery and people;feelings;food.Brief introduction about the tripWhoWhyWhereHow FeelingLi Daiyu and her cousin Liu QianTo visit their cousinsHalifax on the Atlantic CoastExcitedMain idea:Li Daiyu and Liu Qian w
3、ere excited to take a rail journey from Vancouver to visit their cousins in Halifax.First by air,then via rail Read for main ideaWhat is the genre of the text?A travel journal.How is the text organized?In time and space order.By discourse markers.Read and circle the discourse markers.语篇标记词语篇标记词Disco
4、urse markers are more commonly known as“linking words”.They are used to show relationships between ideas.Relationships 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.
5、,therefore,asa result).Without discourse markers,the connections between sentences and paragraphs in a text would be less obvious.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.
6、to emphasiseG.to describe the order of eventsRead and match each of these discourse markers with correct purpose.Based on the discourse markers,find out the places they have travelled.Read for travel routeChina-Vancouver-Lake Louise-Jasper-Edmonton-Canadian Prairie-Winnipeg-Ontario-TorontoChinaVanco
7、uverLake LouiseJasperEdmontonCanadian PrairieWinnipegOntarioTorontooften rains;took a boat to the bay;visited an island;saw the mountains;took a hike.arose early;saw the mountains and forests.Looked at the scenery;saw mountain peaks and forests;saw creatures.provincial capital of Alberta;centre of C
8、anadas oil and gas grilling industry;cold in winter;home to many shopping malls.saw an open country;went through two wheat-growing provincesurban areaa land of forests and lakes;rolling hills;bushes and maple trees;frost on the ground.saw Lake Huron Read for travel experiencevisit their cousins;exci
9、ted.the first day;the next daythe next morningafter they left Jasperafter they left Edmontonanother daynightthe next morningChinaVancouverLake LouiseJasperEdmontonCanadian PrairieWinnipegOntarioTorontocommercialairlinetrain&taxicoachtraintraintraintraintrainHow is a rail journey different from other
10、 forms of travel,such as by plane or bus?TransportationAdvantageDisadvantage Suitable forby buscheapslowshort-distance trips,especially trips within towns/citiesby airplanequickexpensivelong journeys between big citiesby cruise shiprelaxing with nice accommodation and mealsslowtrips between coastal
11、citiesWhat are some advantages of a rail journey?Deep thinking1.Would you like to take a long journey like Li Daiyu and Liu Qians?What would you learn from it?2.What are some gains you would have from teavelling by rail?Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins in Halifa
12、x 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 next morning,the two girls arose early to take the train to Lake Louise,_ through the Canadian Ro
13、ckies._ 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 caught the train towards Toronto.One of the trains _ stops was in Edmonton.From Edmonton,the train _ southea
14、st 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 was not until 9:30 a.m.that they finally reached_ capital of Ontario,Toronto.All _ all,their trip from Vancouver t
15、o Toronto had taken a duration of four days.to flydistancepassingSeenafirstheadedeventuallythein1.Retell Li Daiyu and Liu Qians rail journey.Post-reading2.Share your travel experience of a long journey,the following information should be included:u the places you visited;u what you saw/did;u how you felt;u what you have gained.Post-reading
