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Unit 4 Journey across a Vast Land
Reading and Thinking
Learn about a rail journey across Canada
2019新人教高中英语选择性必修二
Learning objectives
In this class, you will
1. read about a rail journey across Canada;
2. find out information about Canada’s geography, climate, and culture;
3. Identify the useful patterns and expressions about how to describe Canada.
4. express your opinions about long rail trips.
Travel far enough, you meet yourself.
—David Mitchell
Travelling allows me to meet people of different cultures, with diverse traditions and distinctive lifestyles.
Travelling broadens my mind and lightens up the sparks within myself.
Travelling creates everlasting memories.
…
What does travelling mean to you
1. Capital city: ___________
2. Population: _______________________
3. National flag: _______________________
4. National animal: _________
5. Official languages: _______________________
6. The leader is called: ________________
7. Four Great Lakes: _____________________________
Ottawa
over thirty-seven million
The Maple Leaf Flag
Beaver
English and French
Prime Minister
Lake Superior; Lake Huron;
Lake Erie; Lake Ontario
Step One Pre-reading
Task Prediction
Look at the picture and the title of the text. Have you ever taken the same trip by train What’ s your opinion about the train trip
Step Two While reading
Task 1　Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
1. Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast
A. They don’ t have so much money.
B. They want to take the train to have a good view of Canada.
C. The aeroplane is so fast.
D. The distance from the west coast to the east isn’ t so long.
2. What do you know about Alberta
A. People here never go out in winter.
B. The temperature is low all the year round.
C. Edmonton is the largest shopping centre in North America.
D. It is the centre of Canada’s oil and gas drilling industry.
3. What surprised them
A. So small population of Canada. B. So many schools.
C. Such an open place. D. Growing so much wheat.
4. The train turned south towards Toronto and when they woke up the next morning, what did they see first
A. The wide river of Lake Huron. B. Toronto, Ontario’ s capital.
C. Frost on the ground. D. The red bushes outside the window.
Task 2 Reading for details
Place Information
often rains; a harbor; beautiful mountains looking out over the city; a forest just a short distance away
The Canadian Rockies
Centre of Canada’s huge oil and gas industry; cold in winter; with daily temperatures averaging -10 ℃; home to one of the largest shopping malls in North America
The Canadian Prairie
a land of forests and lakes; rolling hills; for Great Lakes on its southern border
Lake Louise; the beautiful scenery; the most awesome journey; spectacular mountain peaks and forests; different creatures
an open country; two wheat-growing provinces; a bunch of farms that covered a very large area
Vancouver
Edmonton
Ontario
rise, raise, arise, arouse
arise vi (arose, arisen) 发生，出现；由……引起，产生 A new crisis has arisen.
新的危机已经出现。
rise vi (rose, risen) 上升，升起，增长 Smoke rose from the chimney.
烟从烟囱中升起。
raise vt. ( raised, raised) 提高；举起；提出；筹集；饲养 He raised the gun and fired.
他举枪射击。
arouse vt.( aroused, aroused)激起，引起 Her strange behaviour aroused our suspicions.
arouse one’s interest / sympathy 唤起某人的兴趣、同情心
⑤New problems will __________one after another in future.
⑥ The housing prices keep___________ in spite of the government’s regulations.
⑦ His remark not only broke the ice, but ________everyone’s interest.
⑧ Smoke ________ from the chimney.
⑨The river has ________ by several meters.
⑩She __________her finger to her lips as a sign for silence.
New problems will __________one after another in future.
The housing prices keep___________ in spite of the government’s regulations.
His remark not only broke the ice, but ________everyone’s interest.
Can we begin discussing matters ___________ from the last meeting？
The river has ________ by several meters.
She __________her finger to her lips as a sign for silence.
arise
rising
raised
risen
arising
aroused
用arise, arouse, rise, raise的适当形式填空
…Looking at the beautiful scenery, they both agreed that it was the most awesome journey they had ever taken. In addition to seeing spectacular mountain peaks and forests, one highlight of their trip was being able to see many different creatures, including deer, mountain goats, and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.
Para.3
动词ing作状语
宾语从句
定语从句
省略了that
除了
in addition to 1)相当于一个介词，所以to后接动词作宾语时要用动名词。
2)主语后有in addition to引出的介词短语时，谓语动词与其
前面的主语保持一致。
例：In addition to giving me some advice, he gave me some money.
The teacher, in addition to his students, was interested in the book.
From Jasper, they caught the train towards Toronto. One of the train’s first stops was in Edmonton, the provincial Capital of Alberta, the centre of Canada’s huge oil and gas drilling industry. Edmonton is freezing cold in winter, with daily temperatures averaging -10℃. Since it can be too cold to go outdoors, Edmonton is home to many shopping malls. In fact, one of the largest shopping malls in North America is in Edmonton.
Para.4
同位语
太…以致于不能…
with的复合结构
拥有
1. When he saw that girl for the first time, her beauty took his breath .
2. She took her son and (drive) quickly to the nearest hospital.
3. n addition English, he has to study a second foreign language.
4. (compare) different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.
away
考点追击
drove
to
Comparing
From Edmonton, the train headed southeast across the great Canadian Prairie. At school, Daiyu and Liu Qian had learnt that Canada’s population is only slightly over thirty-seven million. However, they did not anticipate seeing such an open country, and were truly amazed. They went through two wheat-growing provinces, where they saw a bunch of farms that covered a very large area.
Para.5
定语从句
人口数
预料做某事
定语从句
朝东南行进
穿过
After another day on the train, eventually they were back in an urban area, the city of Winnipeg. From there, they travelled through the night, and woke up in Ontario—a land of forests and lakes. The train thundered on, through the rolling hills. The bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold, and orange, and there was frost on the ground, confirming that autumn had arrived in Canada. Night came again, and the train turned south towards Toronto.
Para.6
继续快速前行
醒来
轰隆隆地快速移动
动词ing作状语
宾语从句
pull back 1) 往后拉(比如拉开窗帘)
2) 撤回；(使某人，尤指一组士兵) 撤出阵地
例：1. Let’s pull back the curtain and have a look at the new clothes.
2. Now is the time for you to pull back before it is too late.
pull常考短语搭配：
pull in 进站;吸引 pull out 离开，撤离；渡过难关
pull on 穿；戴；继续拉 pull over 靠向路边
pull up (使)停下;拔出来 pull down 毁坏;拆毁;使…下跌
…When they woke up the next morning and pulled back the curtain, they could see the wide stretch of Lake Huron—one of the four Great Lakes on Ontario’s southern border. It was not until 9:30 a.m. that they finally reached the capital of Ontario, Toronto. All in all, their trip from Vancouver to Toronto had taken a duration of four days.
Para.6
强调句型
总共；总的说来
10.It was not until 9: 30 a. m. that they finally reached the capital of Ontario, Toronto.
上午九点半,她们终于抵达安大略的省会多伦多
(1)“not until...”结构常用于强调句型中,其结构为
“It is/was not until +被强调的部分+ that +其它部分”。
(2)not until引导时间状语从句置于句首时，从句用陈述语序，主句用倒装语序。
It was not until yesterday _______ I noticed it.
Not until he got seriously ill ________ he know the importance of health.
陈述句：They finally didn’t reach the capital of Ontario, Toronto until 9:30 a.m.
倒装句：Not until 9:30 a.m. did they finally reach the capital of Ontario, Toronto.
that
did
(翻译句子）直到那一刻我才理解家人的含义。
I didn’t understand the meaning of family until that moment.
＝It wasn’t until that moment that I understood the meaning of family.
=Not until that moment did I understand the meaning of family.
all in all表示 “总共；总的来说” 。
例：1. He has his faults, but, all in all, he is a good helper.
2. All in all, things worked out for the better.
3. It is about an hour’s walk to the station all in all.
1. I pull the sheet and saw a fat cat.
2. The world’s population increasing faster and faster.
3. It was not until I visited there I found it really worthy of the reputation.
4. All all, there were twenty people present at the meeting.
语法填空。
back
考点追击
is
that
in
a couple of
is typical of
massive forests
take one’s breath away
take a coach bound north
one highlight of ...
head southeast
anticipate doing sth
a bunch of
thunder on
pull back the curtain
take a duration of
两个
是...的特点
广阔的森林
令人惊叹、摄人心魄
乘坐长途汽车向北
...的亮点之一
向东南方行进
预料做某事
一束、一串、大量
轰隆隆地向前行驶
拉开窗帘
历时、持续(...时间）
useful expressions

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