(
课件网) 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 ... ...
