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Unit 4 Journey Across A Vast Land
Using Language (1)
cities
geography
scenery
activities
climate
culture
What have Daiyu and Liu Qian learned about Canada
Look at the pictures and guess what they will be talking about.
What do you want to know Raise your questions.
Listening and checking
What do people do when Lake Louise freezes over in winter
2. What does Anna say about Canadian summers
3. How far is it from Edmonton to Winnipeg
4. What kinds of things do people do in Winnipeg
5. What other long rail journey have Li Daiyu and Liu Qian taken
People like to go skating on the ice.
Many places of Canada have cool summers. However, many areas of South Canada have very hot summers.
More than 1,300 kilometres.
Skiing, hiking, camping, and city things like movies or restaurants on the weekends.
They travelled from Beijing to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Railway through Mongolia.
Learning and matching
words fail me
as hot as an oven
3. as plat as a pancake
4. as far as the eye can see
dead centre
kill time
you name it
A. with no mountains or hills
all kinds of things
for a long distance
I’m surprised
spend time
very warm
the exact middle of something
Listen for details
Daiyu: Look there, Liu Qian! What a beautiful lake!
Liu Qian: Oh, ___________________! That must be Lake Louise! It’s so
beautiful! ___________________.
Anna: Yes, that’s Lake Louise.
Daiyu: It’s pretty.
Anna: It’s even prettier in winter, after the lake freezes over.
People like to go skating on the ice.
my goodness
Words fail me
I’m surprised!
Good heavens!
What a surprise!
Wow! How interesting/amazing!
I think it’s fantastic!
What was it like
It can’t be true!
How can we express our surprise
scenery
Listen for details
Liu Qian: Does all of Canada get so cold in winter
Anna: A lot of it does.
Daiyu: So then, Canada must have cool summers as well.
Anna: That’s certainly true of many places. However, many places of
south Canada have a continental climate, with _____________
summers and _____________________________winters, so some days it gets ___________________________.
very hot
as hot as an oven
very cold
climate
freezing cold
Listen for details.
Liu Qian: Is all of Canada full of mountains like here
Anna: Oh, no. In fact, by the time we get to Edmonton, we’ll be in the
_______. This is ________________________ and stretches
__________________________ --- more than 1,300 kilometres---
until we reach Winnipeg. After that, there are lakes and forests.
Daiyu: What kind of places in Winnipeg
Anna: It’s a small city almost in the ______________________ of North America, ...
Liu Qian: What do you do to _________________ there
Anna: Oh, _______________________... skiing, hiking, camping. But also city things:
…
as flat as a pancake
as far as the eye can see
dead centre
kill time
you name it
Prairie
with no mountains or hills
a long distance
the exact middle of something
all kinds of it
geography
activities
Listen for deatils
Anna: … So is this your first long train journey
Daiyu: Oh,no. Last autumn, we travelled from Beijing to Moscow on
the Trans-Siberian Railway through Mongolia.
Anna: _______________________! _______________________
Liu Qian: Well, once you ___________________________, you pass through
some _______________________________and then enter ______________________________________________________.
Anna: Do a lot of people live in that area
Daiyu: Oh, not at all! There are a few small towns ____________________, but but the land is ____________________. Sometimes you might see ….
Anna: Wow, that sounds __________________!
How interesting
go north from Beijing
What was it like
low mountains
the grasslands with its rolling hills
along the way
pretty empty
incredible
Have they finished their conversation
geography
Anna: I thought China would be very crowded,
given its large population.
Daiyu: Well, contrary to what people believe,
there are a lot of vast and empty spaces in
China, actually.
Anna: That’s great! There must be amazing
scenery to see in China then!
What will they talk about
LQ: There is. My favorite trip was by train to Tibet. First, we travelled south across the
Kunlun Mountains.
D: Even though it was summer, they were still covered in snow. It was so beautiful.
LQ: Then we entered the Tibetan Plateau（青藏高原）.
D: The scenery there was simply fantastic. Green grass as far as the eye could see. And
there were so many wild animals.
LQ: Yes! We saw a lot of antelopes, yaks, deer… and I think I even saw a snow leopard.
A: Good heavens! That’s one of the rarest animals on earth.
LQ: But you know what was really extraordinary about our trip
A: No, what
LQ: The railway is so high that the trains have a special oxygen supply for the passengers,
kind of like you would find on an airplane, so that no one will become ill.
A: You’re kidding! Anyhow, the next station is my stop! Take care and enjoy the rest of
your trip!
……
Act out the sample in groups
How can we end our conversation naturally
I have to run. Good talking to you.
I’ll catch you later.
It was good/nice meeting you.
I’m sure you want to relax a bit. I’ll let you go.
Sorry, I can’t talk longer. I’m actually on my way to…
Well, I have to go. I’ll talk to you later.
Make your own conversation.
How can we end our conversation naturally
Assignment
Make sentences with the idioms learnt today.
2. Build your word bank based on the following mindmap .
cities
geography
scenery
activities
culture
climate
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