1、R e a d i n g U n i t 4What do you know about rail journeys?tiredboringadventurous.exciting.What do you know about Canada?What is the capital of Canada?What language(s) do Canadians speak?What is the national flower of Canada?OttawaEnglish and FrenchMapleVancouverWhat do you know about the cities in

2、 the passage?TorontoNiagara FallsPre-readingAfter reading the title,what do you want to know ?Fast-readingWhats the writing style of this passage ?A. Narration 記敘文 B. Travel journal 旅行日志C. Argumentation 議論文 D. Exposition 說明文BFast-readingWhats the writing order of this passage ?Time orderTask1 Read P

3、ara 1 and answer questions Q1.Who are the main characters?LiDaiyuLiuQiancousin Q2.Where did they go? How did they go there? Q3.What do they expect from their trip? ExcitngSummary for Para1Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins in Halifax on the Atlantic coast. _(而不是)

4、travel by _ _(商業航空公司的飛機)all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train. For both of them, the thought of _(cross)the whole country _(乘火車) was exciting.Rather thancommercial airlinecrossingby railTask2 Read Para2 and fill in the blanks.TimeWeatherPlacesduring their first daythe

5、 next daylatertake a boat ride into the bay;visit an islandsee the beautiful mountains looking out the citytake a pleasant hike in a forest PlaceInformation Vancouveroften rains； a harbour； beautiful mountains looking out over the city； a forest just a short distance awayTask2 Read Para2 and fill in

6、 the blanks.Before starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, _(see)the sights. During their first day, as is typical of Vancouver, it rained. D_the weather, they were able to take a boat ride out into the _(灣), and later visit an island that had wonderful shops _(sell)crafts and _(古董).

7、 The next day was _and _(溫和晴朗), and they were pleased to see the beautiful mountains _(look) out over the city. Later, they took a _(令人愉快的)hike in a forest just a short distance away.Task3 Read Para2 again and fill in the blanks.seeingDespitebaysellingantiquesclearwildlookingpleasanta. Underline the

8、 time they spent and the places they went.Task4 : Read from Para 3-5TimeThe next morning, They spent the night, and then .After another day on the train.When they woke up the next morning. All in all, their trip from Vancouver to Toronto had taken a _of four days.durationCanadian PrairieD1D2D3D4Vanc

9、ouverChinaLake LouiseJasperOntarioWinnipegCanadian PrairieEdmontonTorontoPlaceInformation the Canadian RockiesEdmontonCanadian PrairieOntarioblue water of Lake Louise; spectacular mountain peaks and forests; different creatures such as deer, mountain goats, grizzly bears, and eaglescentre of Canadas

10、 huge oil and gas industry;cold in winter, with daily temperatures averaging -10C； home to one of the largest shopping malls in North Americaan open country; two wheat-growing provinces; a bunch of farms that covered a very large areaa land of forests, lakes, and rolling hillsTask 5 Read the article

11、 and Match each of these discourse markers with the correct purpose.1 however2 since3 when4 in addition to5 in fact6 later7 eventuallyA to add somethingB to show contrastC to explain a reasonD to show an end point in timeE to show timeF to emphasiseG to describe the order of eventsBCEAFGDTask 5 Read the article and underline the discourse markers.Para1 rather thanPara2 Despite ;laterPara3 when;then;in addition to;Para4 since; in fact;however;Para 5 eventually;when;finally;all in all