Unit4JournyAcrossAVastLandtravel,trip,tour,etc.Anextremelylargeareaofground;Wheredoesthephrase‘vastland’referto?CanadaHowwouldyouliketodescribethepicture?alongmovingtrain,forest,alake,snow-cappedmountainetc.遼闊的土地Canada

1.Whatdoyouknowaboutrailjourneys?Lead-in2.Whatdoyouexpecttoseewhengoingonarailjourney

acrossCanada?ArailjourneyacrossCanadaLet'sgo!Areyoureadyfortherailjourney?SeeingTheTrueNorthViaRail：VancouverAndTheheartofCanadaLookatthetitleandpredictwhatthetextisabout.CanadaBytrainItisabout_________________oftwogirlsviaflyandrail;andittellsussomeamazingsightsabout_______.ajourney/tripCanada

AcityinCanada???OthercitiesinCanadaLiuQian&LiDaiyuPre-readingSeeingTheTrueNorthViaRail：VancouverAndTheheartofCanadatransportationcharactersplacestheyvisitedtheroutewhattheydidwhattheysawweatherhowtheyfeltPredictionWhatwouldbeincludedinthejournal?Characters:Theroute:Transpor-tation:ChinaVancouverHalifaxwhat/why:Tovisittheircousinspara.1ReadingforDetails discoursemarkersReadfortravelrouteChina--Vancouver--LakeLouise--Jasper--Edmonton--CanadianPrairie--Winnipeg--Ontario--TorontoFast-readingVancouverLake

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A.ThetwogirlswereamazedbythevastlandsofCanada.Para.2B.Thetwogirls’stayinVancouver.Para.3C.LiDaiyuandhercousinwereonatriptoCanada.Para.4D.Thetwogirls’visittoLakeLouiseandJasper.Para.5E.Thetwogirlsreachedtheirdestination.Para.6F.AshortintroductiontoEdmonton.Task1Readingformainideawhowhywhere

Howmood__________________andhercousin________To________________They_______toVancouverandthentook______InHalifaxon________________LiDaiyuandHercousinLiuQianwenttoCanadatovisittheircousinsinHalifaxontheAtlanticcoast.Ratherthantravelbycommercialairlinealltheway,theydecidedtoflytoVancouverandthentakethetrain.Forbothofthem,thethoughtofcrossingthewholecountrybyrailwasexciting.LiDaiyuLiuQianvisittheircousinstheAtlanticcoastExcitedflythetrainPara.1Mainidea:

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humanandnatureliveinharmonyReadthearticleagainandunderlinethediscoursemarkers(orlinkingwords).RatherthanContrast表明LiDaiyu和LiuQian先乘飛機飛往溫哥華，然后搭乘火車游覽加拿大，而非一直乘飛機。DuringOrderofevents通過使用Before,During,Later與時序相關的話語標記語，清晰地呈現出兩位主人公開啟火車之旅前的游覽活動。InadditiontoAdding將旅途中所見的景物自然地銜接在一起。SinceReason起著引出原因的作用。ContrastConcludingTimeMatcheachdiscoursemarkerwiththecorrectpurpose.1.however2.since3.when4.inadditionto5.infact6.later7.eventuallyA.toaddsomethingB.toshowcontrastC.toexplainareasonD.toshowanendpointintimeE.toshowtimeF.toemphasiseG.todescribetheorderofeventsDiscoursemarkersarealsoknownas“linkingwords”.Theyareusedtoshowrelationshipsbetweenideas.Relationshipscanrangefrom

addingsomething(e.g.,also,besides,additionally),to

showingcontrast(e.g.,however,ontheotherhand),toexplainingareason(e.g.,because,since),orto

showingaresult(e.g.,therefore,asaresult).Withoutthem,theconnectionsbetweensentencesandparagraphswouldbelessobvious.Usediscoursemarkers(語篇標記詞)toshowrelationshipsMoreexamplesofdiscoursemarkers:Adding:also,besides,additionally,moreoverContrast:however,ontheotherhand,while,bycontrastReason:since,as,becauseResult:therefore,asaresult,consequently,accordingly（因此；于是）Emphasis:indeed,aboveallOrderofevents:first,second,nextTime:assoonas,meanwhileGivingexamples:forexample,suchasComparing:similarly（類似地）,likewise(同樣地)Concluding:toconclude,insummaryActivity2Deepthinking“Itisbettertotraveltenthousandmilesthantoreadtenthousandbooks.”

讀萬卷書不如行萬里路DeepthinkingWhatcantravelbringtous?DeepthinkingWhatcantravelbringtous?Bytraveling,wenotonlycanrelaxourselvesbutalsobroadenourhorizon/openoureyes.Meanwhile,wehavechancestoenjoythebeautifulsceneryindifferentplacesandexperiencedifferentcultures.Travellingmuch，wewillnotonlyenrichourknowledgeandexperiences，butalsobeawareofthevastnessofnature.Frommyaspect,Ithinkwecanmakemanyfriendsandbroadenoursocialcircle.……Theworldisabook,andthosewhonevertravelreadonlyonepageofit.Thankyou！課文語篇填空LiDaiyuandhercousinLiuQianwenttoCanadatovisittheircousinsinHalifax1.

theAtlanticcoast.TheydecidedtoflytoVancouverandthentakethetrain.Andthethoughtofcrossingthewholecountrybyrailmadethem2.

(excite).

Beforesettingoff,