1、The next leg of their tripWhat is the relationship between the two passages?Seeing the True North via Rail:Vancouver and the Hear of CanadaSeeing the True North via Rail:Toronto and the MontrealWhat do you know about Toronto?“City of Design”(设计之城)What do you know about Montreal?Montreal is the secon
2、d largest city in Canada and is the capital of Quebec.Until it was surpassed in population by Toronto in the 1970s,it was the commercial centre of Canada.Established by the French in 1642,it is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris,France.The official language of Quebec is
3、 French,and not English,and 95%of the citizens of Quebec speak French as their first or second language.1.Match each part with its main idea.Para.1 A.The cousins meeting with Lin Fei.Para.2-4 B.The cousins continued their trip to Halifax.Para.5-9 C.Li Daiyu and her cousin arrived in Toronto.Para.10
4、D.The cousins stay in Montreal.They were astonished to see misty clouds rising from the great Niagara Falls.Part 1 Toronto What did they see?skyscrapers and old-fashioned carsThey were astonished to see misty clouds rising from the great Niagara Falls.Part 1 Toronto What did they see?there are a lot
5、 of Chinese peoplePart 2 Montreal What did they see?At the station of MontrealThey were surprised to see:sights and advertisements in French loverly shops artists in their workplace How did Jean-Philippe feel when the girls told him they had only one day in Montreal?And why?He felt it a pity.Because
6、 in Montreal,there are lots of wonderful sights and sounds.Besides,it is a city with Quebec culture and traditions.There are fantastic restaurants and clubs.Read and Find(Students Worksheet 1)words lexical chunks discourse markers Li Daiyu and her cousin arrived in Toronto,the largest and wealthiest
7、 city in Canada,they only had a few hours to 1.(消磨)they had to proceed to the next leg of their trip to Montreal,they went on a tour of the city.They 2.(登上)the CN Tower and 3.(眺望)the shores of Lake Ontario.Standing in the distance,they were astonished to see 4.(水雾)rising from the great Niagara Falls
8、,which is 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.Read and Find(Students Worksheet 1)SEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:TORONTO AND MONTREALAfterbeforesokillwent uplooked acrossmisty cloudsclimbed upoverlookedmistydescriptiv
9、e wordidiom:kill time At 553 metres in height,CN Tower is the tallest free-standing structure(独立式建筑物)in the Western Hemisphere,and between its construction in 1976 and 2007,it was the tallest free-standing structure in the world.For more information,please click https:/tower.ca/en-ca/home.htmlNiagar
10、a Falls are made up of three waterfalls-Horseshoe Falls,American Falls,and Bridal Veil Falls-on the Niagara River between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.For more information,please click https:/ girls saw hundreds of 5.(钢铁和水泥建造的摩天大楼),and 6.(老式汽车)rolling by.As they walked north from the harbour area,Li D
11、aiyu said,“Lin Fei,one of my mothers old schoolmates,lives here.I should phone her and see if shes available for dinner.”They met Lin Fei around dusk over dinner at a restaurant in 7._ _ (市中心唐人街).The cousins chatted with Lin Fei,who had moved to Canada many years earlier.Read and Find(Students Works
12、heet 1)skyscrapers of glass and steelold-fashioned carsdowntown Chinatowndescriptive wordold-fashioned carsChinatown in the dead center of TorontoidiomSEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:TORONTO AND MONTREALRead and Find(Students Worksheet 1)“This is the largest Chinatown in Toronto.We have a few more in
13、 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._,we can get all kinds of great food here from all over China,”Lin Fei told them.ThereforeSEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:TORONTO AND MONTREAL
14、Read and Find(Students Worksheet 1)The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal early the next morning.At the station,_ 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.“
15、We dont leave until this evening,”said Liu Qian.“Lets go downtown.Old Montreal is close to the water.”in contrast toSEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:TORONTO AND MONTREALRead and Find(Students Worksheet 1)They spent the afternoon in 8._(可爱的小店)and visiting artists in their workplaces along St Paul Stree
16、t._ they sat in a restaurant alongside the broad St Lawrence River,a young man sat down with them.“Hello,my name is Jean-Philippe.Im a photographer,”he said,“and I was wondering where you are from.”Aslovely shopscharmingSEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:TORONTO AND MONTREALRead and Find(Students Worksh
17、eet 1)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 9._(应该)to stay longer._,Montreal is a city 10._(声色俱佳的).Most of us speak both English and French,and the city has unique Quebec culture
18、and traditions.There are11._ (很棒的餐馆)and clubs around,too._,we love good coffee,toast,and cheese.And good music,of course!”owe it to yourselfOverallwith wonderful sights and sounds fantastic restaurantsHereidiomdescriptive wordsSEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:TORONTO AND MONTREALRead and Find(Students
19、 Worksheet 1)That night the train was 12._(沿飞驰)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 maple leaves of Montreal.speeding alongSEEING THE TRUE NORTH VIA RAIL:TORONTO AND MONTREAL