(
课件网) Unit 4 Journey across a Vast Land Reading and Thinking 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. express your opinions about long rail trips. Learning objectives Travel far enough, you meet yourself. —David Mitchell Warm-up What does travelling mean to you 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. … Warm-up Warm-up The photo is of a Canadian Pacific Railway Train going through Banff National Park, Canada in winter. Look at the picture and answer the question. When and where may this photo be taken Answer these questions. 1. What do you know about rail journeys 2. What do you think you will see if you go on a rail journey across Canada Warm-up Answer these questions. 1. What do you know about rail journeys Rail journeys used to take a long time—people often took them because they were cheaper than flying. However, now with high speed rail, they are much shorter, but also more expensive. Warm-up Answer these questions. 2. What 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 pretty sceneries. Warm-up Look at the picture and the title. What do you expect to read Prediction TRUE NORTH THE HEART OF CANADA Look at the picture and the title. What do you expect to read Prediction rail journey scenery geography climate Canada Reading for main ideas Read the article and find out the following information. Who Where How long Reading for main ideas Paragraph 1: Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins in Halifax on the Atlantic coast. Rather than travel by commercial airline all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train. For both of them, the thought of crossing the whole country by rail was exciting. Reading for main ideas Paragraph 6: 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. … 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. Reading for details 1 2 3 4 5-7 Place Transportation Days 1. Go through the passage and find out all the places they visited and the means of transportation they took. Reading for details 1 2 3 Place Transportation China-Vancouver Vancouver (bay) Vancouver (forest) by air by boat on foot Days 1. Go through the passage and find out all the places they visited and the means of transportation they took. 4 5-7 Reading for details 1. Go through the passage and find out all the places they visited and ... ...
