Unit 4 Journey across a vast land -Reading and thinkingppt课件-（2022新）人教版高中英语选择性必修第二册..pptx

1、Unit 4 Journey across a vast land Section Reading and Thinking(1)PPT模板下载： 行业PPT模板： 节日PPT模板： PPT素材下载： PPT图表下载： 优秀PPT下载： PPT教程： Word教程： Excel教程： 资料下载： PPT课件下载： 范文下载： 试卷下载： 教案下载： 字体下载： Learning objectivesI. To read a rail journey across Canada. II. To find out information about Canadas geography, clima

2、te and culture. III. To improve the ability to think critically and express your own opinions about long rail trips. Travel far enough, you meet yourself. David Mitchell1. What do we know from the video? 2. Before you read, discuss these questions with your partners. Brainstorming:What do you know a

3、bout rail journeys? What do you think you will see if you go on a rail journey across Canada?possible answers:lakesmountainsforestsanimalsprairie 3. Predicting Guess from the title and the picture about what the text is probably about?Seeing the true north via rail:Vancouver and the heart of CanadaR

4、ead the passage to finish the following activities. Please pay attention to the topic sentences. Who Where How long 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

5、 to fly to Vancouver and then take the train. For both of them, the thought of crossing the whole country by rail was exciting. 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

6、Ontario a land of forests and lakes. The train thundered on, through the rolling hills.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.1. Find out all the places they visited and

7、the means of transportation they took.days places transportation 1 2 3 4 5-7 1. Find out all the places they visited and the means of transportation they took.days places transportation 1 2 3 China Vancouver by airVancouver (bay)by boatVancouver (forest)on foot1. Find out all the places they visited

8、 and the means of transportation they took.days places transportation 4 5-7 Vancouver Lake Louiseby train, by taxiLake Louise Jasperby coachJasper Edmonton PrairieWinnipeg Ontario Lake Huron Torontoby train2. Find out the information about the places they visited Finish the question 3 on Page 39 Van

9、couverPlaceInformationmountains and forests; blue water of Lake LouiseEdmontonOntariothe Canadian Rockiethe Canadian Prairiecenter of Canadas huge oil and gas industry; cold in winter, with temperatures averaging -10a land of forests, lakes and rolling hills; four Great Lakes on its south border; ca

10、pital is Torontooften rains; a harbour; beautiful mountains looking out over the cityan open country; wheat-growing provinces; a bunch of farmsVancouverChinaLake LouiseJasperOntarioWinnipegCanadian PrairieEdmontonTorontoVancouverChinaemotion:purpose:the first daythe second dayweather :activites:visi

11、t their cousinsexcitedJasperLake Louiseinformation:time:time :information:the next morningarose early; saw mountains and foreststhe night peaks and forests different creaturesThe Canadian PrairieEdmontoninformation:information:provincial capital of Alberta;center of Canadas oil and gasdrilling indus

12、try; cold in winter;home to many shopping mallssaw an open country; went through two wheat-growing provinces；farmstime:time:seeing:place:WinnipegOntarioTorontotime:through the nightanother dayurban areathe next morningsaw Lake Huroninformation: a land of forests and lakes; rolling hills; bushes and

13、maple trees; frostVancouverChinaLake LouiseJasperOntarioWinnipegCanadian PrairieEdmontonTorontoA. Exposition B. Travel journalC. Feature D. Argumentation How does the writer organize the text?by time orderby time order1. How does the writer organize the text?by discourse markersdiscourse markersdisc

14、ourse markersSummary The article is about two girlsLi Daiyu and Liu Qian, and they went to visit their _ in Halifax. They deicded to _ to Vancouver and then _ to Toronto. Besides, the genre of the article is a _, which recorded the daily activities during the journey. And they felt _ at the thought

15、of crossing Canada.cousinstook the traintravel journal excitedfly Group work Its your turn!Activity 1. Discussion: reasonsWould you have the same trip as Li Daiyu and Liu Qian? Give your reasons.Reasons:relaxingmountainslakesforestsanimalsexperiencewonderfulReasons:too farlonelyair crashexpensivevir

16、usTraveling is part of education and part of experience.the meaning and value of lifeThere is no turning back!so keep on moving forward and never quit!Assignments for todayWrite a travel strategy about your favorite city or country you want to go by using what you learn from the passage.Thank you Goodbye!