Reading(Languagepoints)ATripon“TheTrueNorth”Paragraph1LiDaiyuandhercousinLiuQianwereonatriptoCanadatovisittheircousinsinMontrealontheAtlanticcoast.Ratherthantaketheaeroplanealltheway,theydecidedtoflytoVancouverandthentakethetrainwesttoeastacross

Canada.Thethoughtthattheycouldcrossthewholecontinentwasexciting.

同位語從句1.ratherthan而不，不愿2)Ratherthancausetrouble,heleft.e.g1)Wegobyair,ratherthanbyboat.wouldratherdo……thando……=woulddo……ratherthando……

=prefertodo……ratherthando……

寧愿…而不愿…e.g1)Iwouldratherstayathomethandosomeshopping.2)Inthefilm,theheropreferstodieratherthangivein.3)Ratherthanbuyahouse,theyoungcoupleprefertorentone.注意：ratherthan在連接兩個(gè)并列的成分作主語時(shí)，謂語與ratherthan前面的名詞或代詞在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。e.gYouratherthanIaregoingtogocamping.Theteacherratherthanthestudents____toblame.isacross,

2.詞匯辨析:through,

along,overacross：表示動(dòng)作是從物體的表面進(jìn)行的，強(qiáng)調(diào)橫向跨過，從一端到另一端，與“on”有關(guān)，如過河、過橋、過馬路等。through：則強(qiáng)調(diào)在一個(gè)上、下、左、右皆有東西的三維空間里移動(dòng)，含有“in”的意義。along：則是“沿著、順著”的意思，與細(xì)長(zhǎng)的東西如道路或河流平行。e.g

Theyarebuildinganewbridgeacrosstheriver.TheywalkedthroughthegatewithuncleWang.Ittookustwohourstowalkthroughtheforest.Goalongthestreetandturnleftatthefirsttrafficlight.Theirfriend,DannyLin,waswaitingattheairport.Hewasgoingtotakethemandtheirbaggagetocatch"TheTrueNorth",thecross-Canadatrain.Onthewaytothestation,hechattedabouttheirtrip."You'regoingtoseesomegreatscenery.Goingeastward,you'llpassmountainsandthousandsoflakesandforests,aswellaswideriversandlargecities.SomepeoplehavetheideathatyoucancrossCanadainlessthanfivedays,buttheyforgetthefactthatCanadais5,500kilometresfromcoasttocoast.

Paragraph2（1）同位語從句3.

baggagen.行李=luggageapieceofbaggage一件行李e.gYourbaggagewillbebroughtupstraightaway.4.goingeastward=whenyougoeastwardeast+ward(s)

向……方向adj/adveastwardadj.向東的；adv.向東

westwardnorthwardsouthwardforwardbackwardupwarddownwardeastwardadj.向東的；adv.向東

westwardnorthwardsouthwardforwarde.g1)Wearetravellingeastward.2)Theshipsailedinaneastwarddirection.HereinVancouver,you'reinCanada'swarmestpart.PeoplesayitisCanada'smostbeautifulcity,surroundedbymountainsandthePacificOcean.SkiingintheRockyMountainsandsailingintheharbourmakeVancouveroneofCanada'smostpopularcitiestolivein.Itspopulationisincreasingrapidly.ThecoastnorthofVancouverhassomeoftheoldestandmostbeautifulforestsintheworld.Itissowettherethatthetreesareextremelytall,somemeasuringover90metres."

Paragraph2（2）5.

surround

vt/vi.

包圍，圍繞（常用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)）e.g1)Acrowdsurroundedhim.2)Awallsurroundsthegarden.surrounding

adj周圍的surroundingsn.環(huán)境e.g1)Heboughtahouseinthesurroundingcountry.2)Animalsinzoosarenotintheirnaturalsurroundings.3)Onceuponatime,akingwhowaspolitetosurroundingcountrieslivedinacastlesurroundedbyalargeforestandhavingwonderfulsurroundings.besurroundedwith/by…

被…環(huán)繞著，周圍都是…e.g1)Thishouseissurroundedwithtreesandflowers.2)Japanissurroundedbysea.近郊6.

somemeasuringover90metres獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)相當(dāng)于非限制性定語從句=ofwhichsomemeasureover90metres.e.g1)Youmustmeasureaccurately.2)It’shardtomeasurehisabilitywhenwehaven’tseenhiswork.3)Thetailortookmymeasureforanewsuit.4)Measuresmustbetakentopreventtheriverfrombeingpolluted.takemeasures/steps/actiontodosth

采取措施做某事n.

計(jì)量制，計(jì)量單位，措施measure

vt/vi

測(cè)量；衡量；判定；估計(jì)，估量；有…的尺寸

Thatafternoonaboardthetrain,thecousinssettleddownintheirseats.Earlierthatday,whentheycrossedtheRockyMountains,theymanagedto

catchsightofsomemountaingoatsandevenagrizzlybearandaneagle.TheirnextstopwasCalgary,whichisfamousfortheCalgaryStampede.CowboysfromallovertheworldcometocompeteintheStampede.Manyofthemhaveagiftforridingwildhorsesandcanwinthousandsofdollarsinprizes.

Paragraph37.

aboard

adv/prep.

在（船、飛機(jī)、火車或公共汽車）上；上（船、飛機(jī)、火車等）e.gTheplanecrashed,killing180peopleaboard.go(on)aboard(theship/plane/train)

上（船、飛機(jī)或火車）onaboard

在（船、車、飛機(jī)）上e.gAssoonaswewent(on)aboard,ourshiplefttheport.abroadadv.在國外；到國外e.gHegaveuptheideaofgoingabroad.8.

settledown

vt.

定居，平靜下來，專心于settle…downvi.

安頓，安居下來e.g1)Herparentsexpectedhertogetmarriedandsettledownsoon.2)Hasthatnoisyclasssettleddownyet?3)Let’ssettledowntoourwork.4)Heintendedtosettlehisbrothersdowninthecity.9.managetodosth設(shè)法做=succeedindoingsthe.g1)Wefinallymanagedtogetthereintime.2)Howonearthdidtheymanagetodothat.e.g1)Hetookgreatpainstomanagethefactorywell.managevt/vi

管理，操縱，設(shè)法，應(yīng)付過去2)Thehorsewasdifficulttomanage.makegreatefforts10.

catchsightof

看見，瞥見=catchaglimpseofe.gDon’tletmecatchsightofyouagain.與sight有關(guān)的詞組：losesightof

看不見，忽視atfirstsight咋一看，初次見到outofsight看不見，在視野之外loseone’ssight喪失視力e.g1)Theplacewassocrowdedthatwesoonlostsightofhim.2)Helosthissightafteratrafficaccident.11.

haveagiftfor

對(duì)…有天賦，有…才能=haveatalentfor

2)Hehasagiftforlearninglanguage.e.g1)Hehasagiftformusic.giftgiftedbegiftedat/ine.gThegiftedmusicianisamanofmanygifts,whohadagiftformusicwhenhewasachild,andnowheisgiftedat/inplayingmanymusicinstruments.n.

禮物；天賦adj.

有天賦的；擅長(zhǎng)做某事這位有才華的音樂家是一位多才多藝的人，當(dāng)他是個(gè)孩子時(shí)就有音樂天賦。他現(xiàn)在擅長(zhǎng)很多樂器。

Aftertwodays'travel,thegirlsbegantorealizethatCanadaisquiteempty.Atschool,theyhadlearnedthatmostCanadianslivewithinafewhundredkilometresoftheUSAborder,andCanada'spopulationisonlyslightlyoverthirtymillion,butnowtheywereamazedtoseesuchanemptycountry.Theywentthroughawheat-growingprovinceandsawfarmsthatcoveredthousandsofacres.Afterdinner,theywerebackinanurbanarea,thebusyportcityofThunderBayatthetopoftheGreatLakes.ThegirlsweresurprisedatthefactthatoceanshipscansailuptheGreatLakes.BecauseoftheGreatLakes,theylearned,Canadahasmorefreshwaterthananyothercountryintheworld.Infact,ithasone-thirdoftheworld'stotalfreshwater,andmuchofitisintheGreatLakes.

Paragraph4同位語從句12.withinprep.

在…之內(nèi)；在…里面；不超出…的范圍adv.

在內(nèi)部，在內(nèi)心里n.

內(nèi)部，里頭e.g1)BytheuseofXrays,doctorscanseewithinthebody.(prep.)2)Heliveswithin20minutes’walk.3)Dowhat’swithinyourpower.(盡力而為)4)Thehousehasbeenpaintedwithin.(adv.)5)I’mgratefulwithin.(我從內(nèi)心里感激)6)Thedooropensfromwithin.(n)13.

urbanadj.城市的反義詞ruraladj.

農(nóng)村的，鄉(xiāng)下的e.g1)Trafficisamajorurbanproblem.2)Thespreadofurbanareasendangerswildlife.3)Waterpollutionhasalsoincreasedwithurbandevelopment.4)Weleftthecityforaruralhome.

Thatnightastheyslept,thetrainrushedacrossthetopofLakeSuperior,throughthegreatforestsandsouthwardtowardsToronto.

Paragraph5quizWorkinpairsandanswerthisquiz.(P33)n.

測(cè)驗(yàn)，問卷比賽

(pl.quizzes)

vt.提問，盤問，對(duì)學(xué)生進(jìn)行測(cè)驗(yàn)e.g1)Theyarehavingaquiznow.2)HequizzedmeaboutwhereIhadbeenlastnight.3)Thepolicequizzedthesuspect(嫌疑分子).4)Theteacherquizzedthestudentonlastweek’swork.詞匯辨析：quiz，test，examquiz：test：exam：是平常的小測(cè)驗(yàn)，特指事先無準(zhǔn)備，隨時(shí)進(jìn)行的測(cè)驗(yàn)，基本上可能是一周一次或二周一次的。是大的測(cè)驗(yàn)，比如期中或期末測(cè)驗(yàn)。是examination的縮寫，通常指正式的“考試”，如期末考試、入學(xué)考試等。LiDaiyuandliuQiantookthetraininCanadafrom______to_________.Theircousin’sfriend,DannyLin,tookthemtothetrainstationtocatch“_________________.”Canadaisthe_______largestcountryintheworld.Itis5500kilometersfrom________to________.Astheygo_________,theysawbeautifulsceneryaswellascities.Vancouveris___________bymountainsonthenorthandeast.SummaryChinaVancouverTheTrueNorthsecondcoastcoastsurroundedeastwardFillintheblanks.

Whenthecousins________________intheseats,theylookedoutofthewindow.Theysawmountaingoatsandevena_____bear.Calgaryisfamousforitscompetition.Manyofthe_______fromalloverNorthAmerica_________________________workingwithanimals.Thenthey_______________awheat-growingprovince.ThunderBayisabusyport.Itis__________thecenterofthecountry.polarsettleddowncowboyshaveagiftforwentthroughcloseto講到過去分詞（短語）和動(dòng)詞-ing形式（短語）作狀語時(shí)，它們的邏輯主