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Unit4 Using Language
Write about a rail journey across Canada
the Prairie
Seeing the true north via rail: Vancouver and the heart of Canada
Seeing the true north via rail: Toronto and Montreal
What will the passage probably talk about
It will probably talk about the next leg of their trip.
one part of a journey or race
Reading and Understanding Divide the passage into three parts
Paragraphs 1~4:
Their experience in Toronto
Paragraphs 5~9:
Their experience in Montreal
Paragraph10:
Their time spent on the train towards Halifax
Toronto
Montreal蒙特利尔
CN Tower 加拿大国家电视塔; 西恩塔; 多伦多电视塔
Lake Ontario
安大略湖; 安大略; 安大略湖畔
skyscraper 英 /'ska skre p /
n. 摩天大楼
the Greater Toronto Area
大多伦多地区
Niagara Falls
[na g r f lz]
Niagara River
尼亚加拉瀑布
大多伦多地区是加拿大人口密度最高的都会区，是北美第五大都会区，位居墨西哥城、纽约、芝加哥和洛杉矶之后。除了多伦多市之外，大多地区还包括皮约、杜夏等四个地级市（Regional Municipalities）。
Para 1
After Li Daiyu and her cousin arrived in Toronto, the largest and wealthiest city in Canada, they only had a few hours to kill打发before they had to proceed 前往 to the next leg(part) of their trip to Montreal, so they went on a tour of the city. They went up the CN Tower and looked across the shores岸 of Lake Ontario. Standing in the distance, they were astonished惊奇 to see misty薄雾笼罩 clouds rising from the great Niagara Falls, which is on the south side of the lake. Water from the lake flows into the Niagara River and over越过 the falls on its way to the sea.
李黛玉和她的表妹到达加拿大最大、最富有的城市多伦多后，在前往下一站蒙特利尔之前，她们只有几个小时的时间可以打发了，于是她们就去参观了这座城市。他们登上加拿大国家电视塔，眺望安大略湖对岸。站在远处，他们惊奇地看到湖南侧的尼亚加拉大瀑布上升起薄云。湖水流入尼亚加拉河，越过瀑布流入大海。
Para 2
The girls saw hundreds of skyscrapers摩天大楼 of glass and steel钢筋, and old-fashioned老式cars rolling by驶过. As they walked north from the harbour area, Li Daiyu said, “Lin Fei, one of my mother‘s old schoolmates, lives here. I should phone her and see if she’s available有空 for dinner.”
女孩们看到了数以百计的玻璃和钢筋建造的摩天大楼，老式汽车驶过。从港口区往北走，李黛玉说:“林菲，我母亲的老同学，住在这里。我应该给她打个电话，看看她是否有空共进晚餐。”
Para 3
They met Lin Fei around dusk黄昏 over dinner吃饭 at a restaurant in downtown市中心 Chinatown. The cousins chatted with Lin Fei, who had moved to Canada many years earlier多年前.
大约黄昏时分，他们在市中心唐人街的一家餐馆吃饭时遇到了林菲。表兄弟俩和林菲聊天，林菲多年前就搬到了加拿大。
Para 4
“This is the largest Chinatown in Toronto. We have a few more in 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. Therefore, we can get all kinds of great food here from all over China,” Lin Fei told them.
“这是多伦多最大的唐人街。我们还有一些在大多伦多地区，所以你可以猜到加拿大有很多中国人!中国人来这里已经有一百多年的历史了。因此，我们可以在这里吃到中国各地的美食。”
What did the girls see or do in Toronto
the largest and wealthiest city in Canada;
went up the CN Tower;
saw misty clouds rising from the Niagara Falls;
skyscrapers of glass and steel;
old-fashioned cars;
met Lin Fei in Chinatown
Can you find what has been mentioned about Toronto
French
法国
St Paul Street
圣保罗街
St Lawrence River
[ l r ns]
圣劳伦斯河
Gulf of St Lawrence 圣劳伦斯湾
Para 5
The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal early the next morning. At the station, in contrast to Toronto, they heard people talking in French. They were surprised to see that all the signs and advertisements 广告 were in French and many people spoke English with an accent 口音.
火车当晚很晚才出发，第二天一大早就到达了蒙特利尔。在车站，与多伦多不同的是，他们听到人们用法语交谈。他们惊讶地发现，所有的标志和广告都是法语，许多人说英语带着口音。
Para 6
“We don't leave until this evening,” said Liu Oian. “Let's go downtown市中心. Old Montreal is close to the water."
刘倩说:“我们今晚才走。”“我们去市中心吧。老蒙特利尔离水很近。”
Para 7
They spent the afternoon in lovely shops and visiting artists in their
workplaces along St Paul Street. As they sat in a restaurant alongside河畔 the broad St Lawrence River, a young man sat down with them.
他们在可爱的商店里消磨了一个下午，并拜访了他们的艺术家圣保罗街上的工作场所。当他们坐在宽阔的圣劳伦斯河畔的一家餐馆里时，一个年轻人和他们坐在一起。
Para 8
“Hello, my name is Jean-Philippe. l’m a photographer 摄影师," he said, “and l was wondering想知道 where you are from.”
“你好，我叫让-菲利普。我是个摄影师，”他说，“我想知道你是哪里人。”
Para 9
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, “That’s too bad. You owe it to yourselves to stay longer. Overall总的来说, Montreal is a city with wonderful sights and sounds声色俱佳. Most of us speak both English and French, and the city has unique独特的 Quebec culture and traditions. There are fantastic restaurants and clubs around, too. Here, we love good coffee, toast 吐司, and cheese. And good music, of course!”
女孩们告诉他，她们来自中国，正在乘火车穿越加拿大。当他们告诉他他们只在蒙特利尔呆一天时，他说:“那太糟糕了。你们应该多待一会儿。总的来说，蒙特利尔是一个声色俱佳的城市。我们大多数人都说英语和法语，这座城市有独特的魁北克文化和传统。附近也有很棒的餐厅和俱乐部。在这里，我们喜欢好的咖啡、吐司和奶酪。当然还有好听的音乐!”
What did the girls see or do in Montreal
signs and ads in French;
people speak English with
an accent;
visited lovely shops;
visited artists in their workplaces along St Paul Street;
met Jean Philippe in a restaurant alongside the St Lawrence River;
unique Quebec culture and traditions
Can you find what has been mentioned about Montreal
Para 10
That night the train was speeding along 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鹅卵石 streets, old brick砖 buildings, and the red maple leaves of Montreal.
那天晚上，火车沿着圣劳伦斯河高速行驶，驶向圣劳伦斯湾，然后驶向遥远的东海岸，驶向新斯科舍省和该省最大的城市哈利法克斯。表兄弟俩愉快地梦见了蒙特利尔美丽的鹅卵石街道、古老的砖房和红色的枫叶。
1.Which province does Halifax belong to
2. What did they dream on the train
They dreamt happily of the beautiful cobblestone streets, old brick buildings, and the red maple leaves of Montreal.
Read for details
Para 10 on the train to Halifax
Nova Scotia
Draw on the map a simple route of the girls' trip across Canada and make notes about what the girls saw at each place.
Dear mom and dad,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love you,
Daiyu
3. Imagine that you are Li Daiyu. Using the map and your notes, write an email to your parents telling them about what you saw during your trip.
想象你是李黛玉。利用地图和你的笔记，给你的父母写一封电子邮件，告诉他们你在旅行中看到了什么。
Requirements:
Write about 80 words;
You can add more information if necessary. Use some discourse markers and descriptive expressions;
准备小测（harbor-coherent ＆ p44短语）
预习课本p40 p46
完成作文（周四交）

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