Unit4UsingLanguageWriteaboutarailjourneyacrossCanada

thePrairieSeeingthetruenorthviarail:VancouverandtheheartofCanada

Seeingthetruenorthviarail:TorontoandMontrealWhatwillthepassageprobablytalkabout?Itwillprobablytalkaboutthenextlegoftheirtrip.onepartofajourneyorrace

ReadingandUnderstanding

DividethepassageintothreepartsParagraphs1~4:TheirexperienceinTorontoParagraphs5~9:TheirexperienceinMontrealParagraph10:TheirtimespentonthetraintowardsHalifaxTorontoMontreal蒙特利爾CNTower加拿大國(guó)家電視塔;西恩塔;多倫多電視塔LakeOntario安大略湖;安大略;安大略湖畔skyscraper英/'ska?skre?p?/n.摩天大樓theGreaterTorontoArea大多倫多地區(qū)NiagaraFalls[na???g?r?

f??lz]NiagaraRiver尼亞加拉瀑布大多倫多地區(qū)是加拿大人口密度最高的都會(huì)區(qū)，是北美第五大都會(huì)區(qū)，位居墨西哥城、紐約、芝加哥和洛杉磯之后。除了多倫多市之外，大多地區(qū)還包括皮約、杜夏等四個(gè)地級(jí)市（RegionalMunicipalities）。

Para1AfterLiDaiyuandhercousinarrivedinToronto,thelargestandwealthiestcityinCanada,theyonly

hadafewhourstokill打發(fā)beforetheyhadtoproceed

前往

tothenextleg(part)oftheirtriptoMontreal,sothey

wentonatourofthecity.TheywentuptheCNTowerandlookedacrosstheshores岸

ofLakeOntario.

Standinginthedistance,theywereastonished驚奇

toseemisty薄霧籠罩cloudsrisingfromthegreatNiagara

Falls,whichison

thesouthsideofthelake.WaterfromthelakeflowsintotheNiagaraRiverandover越過(guò)

thefallsonitswaytothesea.李黛玉和她的表妹到達(dá)加拿大最大、最富有的城市多倫多后，在前往下一站蒙特利爾之前，她們只有幾個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間可以打發(fā)了，于是她們就去參觀了這座城市。他們登上加拿大國(guó)家電視塔，眺望安大略湖對(duì)岸。站在遠(yuǎn)處，他們驚奇地看到湖南側(cè)的尼亞加拉大瀑布上升起薄云。湖水流入尼亞加拉河，越過(guò)瀑布流入大海。Para2Thegirlssawhundredsofskyscrapers摩天大樓ofglassandsteel鋼筋,andold-fashioned老式carsrollingby駛過(guò).Asthey

walkednorthfromtheharbourarea,LiDaiyusaid,“LinFei,oneofmymother‘soldschoolmates,lives

here.Ishouldphoneherandseeifshe’savailable有空f(shuō)ordinner.”女孩們看到了數(shù)以百計(jì)的玻璃和鋼筋建造的摩天大樓，老式汽車(chē)駛過(guò)。從港口區(qū)往北走，李黛玉說(shuō):“林菲，我母親的老同學(xué)，住在這里。我應(yīng)該給她打個(gè)電話(huà)，看看她是否有空共進(jìn)晚餐。”P(pán)ara3TheymetLinFeiarounddusk黃昏overdinner吃飯atarestaurantindowntown市中心Chinatown.Thecousins

chattedwithLinFei,whohadmovedtoCanadamanyyearsearlier多年前.大約黃昏時(shí)分，他們?cè)谑兄行奶迫私值囊患也宛^吃飯時(shí)遇到了林菲。表兄弟倆和林菲聊天，林菲多年前就搬到了加拿大。Para4“ThisisthelargestChinatowninToronto.WehaveafewmoreintheGreaterTorontoArea,soyoucanguessthattherearealotofChinesepeopleinCanada!Chinesepeoplehavebeencominghereformorethan

ahundredyears.Therefore,wecangetallkindsofgreatfoodherefromall

overChina,”LinFeitoldthem.“這是多倫多最大的唐人街。我們還有一些在大多倫多地區(qū)，所以你可以猜到加拿大有很多中國(guó)人!中國(guó)人來(lái)這里已經(jīng)有一百多年的歷史了。因此，我們可以在這里吃到中國(guó)各地的美食。”WhatdidthegirlsseeordoinToronto?thelargestandwealthiestcityinCanada;wentuptheCNTower;sawmistycloudsrisingfromtheNiagaraFalls;

skyscrapersofglassandsteel;

old-fashionedcars;metLinFeiinChinatownCanyoufindwhathasbeenmentionedaboutToronto?French法國(guó)StPaulStreet圣保羅街StLawrenceRiver[?l?r?ns]圣勞倫斯河GulfofStLawrence圣勞倫斯灣Para5ThetrainleftlatethatnightandarrivedinMontrealearlythenextmorning.

Atthestation,incontrasttoToronto,theyheardpeopletalkinginFrench.

Theyweresurprisedtoseethatallthesignsandadvertisements

廣告

werein

FrenchandmanypeoplespokeEnglishwithanaccent

口音.火車(chē)當(dāng)晚很晚才出發(fā)，第二天一大早就到達(dá)了蒙特利爾。在車(chē)站，與多倫多不同的是，他們聽(tīng)到人們用法語(yǔ)交談。他們驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，所有的標(biāo)志和廣告都是法語(yǔ)，許多人說(shuō)英語(yǔ)帶著口音。Para6“Wedon'tleaveuntilthisevening,”saidLiuOian.“Let'sgodowntown市中心.Old

Montrealisclosetothewater."劉倩說(shuō):“我們今晚才走?！薄拔覀?nèi)ナ兄行陌伞＠厦商乩麪栯x水很近?！盤(pán)ara7TheyspenttheafternooninlovelyshopsandvisitingartistsintheirworkplacesalongStPaulStreet.Astheysatinarestaurantalongside河畔the

broadStLawrenceRiver,ayoungmansatdownwiththem.他們?cè)诳蓯?ài)的商店里消磨了一個(gè)下午，并拜訪(fǎng)了他們的藝術(shù)家圣保羅街上的工作場(chǎng)所。當(dāng)他們坐在寬闊的圣勞倫斯河畔的一家餐館里時(shí)，一個(gè)年輕人和他們坐在一起。Para8“Hello,mynameisJean-Philippe.l’maphotographer

攝影師,"hesaid,“andlwaswondering想知道whereyou

arefrom.”“你好，我叫讓-菲利普。我是個(gè)攝影師，”他說(shuō)，“我想知道你是哪里人?！盤(pán)ara9ThegirlstoldhimtheywerefromChinaandwereonatraintripacrossCanada.Whentheytoldhim

theyhadonlyonedayinMontreal,hesaid,“That’stoobad.Youowe

ittoyourselvestostaylonger.

Overall總的來(lái)說(shuō),Montrealisacitywithwonderfulsightsandsounds聲色俱佳.MostofusspeakbothEnglishand

French,andthecityhasunique獨(dú)特的Quebeccultureandtraditions.Therearefantasticrestaurantsand

clubsaround,too.Here,welovegoodcoffee,toast

吐司,andcheese.Andgoodmusic,ofcourse!”女孩們告訴他，她們來(lái)自中國(guó)，正在乘火車(chē)穿越加拿大。當(dāng)他們告訴他他們只在蒙特利爾呆一天時(shí)，他說(shuō):“那太糟糕了。你們應(yīng)該多待一會(huì)兒?？偟膩?lái)說(shuō)，蒙特利爾是一個(gè)聲色俱佳的城市。我們大多數(shù)人都說(shuō)英語(yǔ)和法語(yǔ)，這座城市有獨(dú)特的魁北克文化和傳統(tǒng)。附近也有很棒的餐廳和俱樂(lè)部。在這里，我們喜歡好的咖啡、吐司和奶酪。當(dāng)然還有好聽(tīng)的音樂(lè)!”WhatdidthegirlsseeordoinMontreal?signsandadsinFrench;peoplespeakEnglishwithanaccent;visitedlovelyshops;visitedartistsintheirworkplacesalongStPaulStreet;metJeanPhilippeinarestaurantalongsidetheStLawrenceRiver;uniqueQuebeccultureandtraditionsCanyoufindwhathasbeenmentionedaboutMontreal?Para10ThatnightthetrainwasspeedingalongtheStLawrenceRivertowardstheGulfofStLawrenceanddowntothedistanteast

coasttowardstheprovinceofNovaScotiaanditslargestcity,

Halifax.Thecousinsdreamthappilyofthebeautifulcobblestone鵝卵石

streets,oldbrick磚buildings,andtheredmapleleavesofMontreal.那天晚上，火車(chē)沿著圣勞倫斯河高速行駛，駛向圣勞倫斯灣，然后駛向遙遠(yuǎn)的東海岸，駛向新斯科舍省和該省最大的城市哈利法克斯。表兄弟倆愉快地夢(mèng)見(jiàn)了蒙特利爾美麗的鵝卵石街道、古老的磚房和紅色的楓葉。1.WhichprovincedoesHalifaxbelongto?2.Whatdidtheydreamonthetrain?Theydreamthappilyofthebeautifulcobblestonestreets,oldbrickbuildings,andtheredmapleleavesofMontreal.ReadfordetailsPara10onthetraintoHalifaxNovaScotiaDrawonthemapasimplerouteofthegirls'tripacrossCanadaandmakenotesaboutwhatthegirlssaw

ateachplace.Dearmomanddad,____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________