AgreattrainjourneyBeforeyoustart1．Whatisthelongestjourneyyouhaveevermadebytrain?2．Whatjourneywouldyouliketomakeinthefuture?Why?Reading(1)RidingtheTrans-SiberianRailwayLastsummer．a(chǎn)ftercompletingourworkinChina，ItookatripofalifetimeontheTrans—SiberianRailway．LeavingBeijingearlyonaWednesdaymorninginJuly．mywifeandItravelledthroughsomeawesomecountrysidebeforewearrivedinMoscowthefollowingMonday．ThefirstlegtookuspasttheGreatWallandthroughthegrasslandsofInnerMongolia．AttheMongolianRepublicborder，wehadadelaywhilethewheelswerechangedbecausetherailwaygaugeisadifferentsize.Onourwaytothecapital，UlanBaator，wesawherdsmenonhorsebacklookingaftertheircattle．Therewasaspectacularthunderstormaswecrossedavastopenplain．LaterwehadaquicktourofUlanBaator．Next,thetraintookUSintoSiberia．Afterastopatlrkutsk，apopularholidayresort．whereatourgroupleftthetrain，wepassedthegreatLakeBaikal.Later，wesawsomelovelywoodenhousesinpretty，sunnycountryside.Thissurprisedus，aswehadimaginedSiberiaasbeingcoveredinthicksnow.Overthenextfewdays，wepassedthroughNovosibirsk，OmskandothercitiesintheheartlandsoftheRussianFederation．Bynow，ourbodyclockswerelosingtheirsenseoftime．Wewantedtosleepandeatatthewrongtime!AtlastwereachedMoscow．Wewereexhaustedandsleptfor16hoursthatnight．Thenextdaywewentsightseeing．WesawtheKremlinandsomeothermagnificentbuildingsintheRussiancapital．Then，alltoosoon，itwastimeforustoreturntoourhomeinLondon．(275words／_________minutes)Vocabularyawesome／adj令人敬畏的，令人驚嘆的leg／n(旅程中的)一段行程delay／n耽擱，延緩gauge／n(鐵道的)軌距UlanBator／n(地方名，蒙古首都)烏蘭巴托herdsman／n牧人，牧民spectacular／adj壯觀的，壯麗的resort／n勝地，度假地heartland／n心臟地帶，腹地bodyclock生物鐘federation／n聯(lián)邦exhausted／adj極其疲倦的magnificent／adj宏偉的，宏大的Notes1．TheTrans-SiberianRailwaycoversanumberofroutesacrossSiberia．Oneoftheroutes。describedinthispassage．1inksBeijingtoMoscow．2．ThefollowingareplacesoftheRussianFederationandtheirnamesinChinese：Moscow莫斯科：Kremlin克里姆林宮：Siberia西伯利亞：Irkutsk伊爾庫斯克；LakeBaikal貝加爾湖；Novosibirsk諾沃西比爾斯克：Omsk鄂木斯克;Vladivostok符拉迪沃斯托克;Khabarovsk哈巴羅夫斯克;Ekaterinburg葉卡特林堡Exercise1Choosethebestanswer．1．Thewriterofthispassagetravelled…Ainatourgroup．Bwithoneotherperson．Cwithagroupoffriends．Dalone．2．TherewasawaitattheborderwiththeMongolianAtherewasathunderstorm．Batourgroupwantedtoleavethetrain．Cthetrain’swheelshadtobechanged．Dtherewassomecattleonthetrack．3．ThewriterwassurprisedbySiberiabecause…Aitwascoveredwithsnow．Bthehousesweresopretty．Cthereweretouristresortsthere．Ditwassunny．4．Bytheendofthejourney，thewriter…Afeltverytired．BwantedtoreturntoLondonasquicklyaspossible．CwantedtoreturntoBeijingassoonaspossible．Dfeltfine．Exercise2Completethistablewithinformationfromthepassage．OrderofvisitingTravelNotesPlace21TouristresortHerdsmen，thunderstormBeautifullakeLovelywoodenhousesRussiancitiesCapitalofMongolianMagnificentbuildingsGrasslandsInnerMongoliaReading(2)TheTrans-SiberianRailwayIn1891，CzarAlexanderIIIofRussiaplannedarailwaylinkingMoscowwiththeeasternportofVladivostok．Itwascompletedin1905．ThislineisthemainTrans-Siberianroute．Itstretchesfortenthousandkilometres，whichmakesittheworld’slongestrailway．Afewyearslater,asecondroutewascreated，withalinktonorth-eastChina．ThethirdrouteisknownastheTrans-Mongolianline．ThisfollowstheoriginalTrans-SiberianrailwayasfarasLakeBaikal，beforeheadingsouth-eastintoChinaandontoBeijing．In1984，afourthroutewasadded．IttouchesthenorthofLakeBaikalandgoestothecityofKhabarovsk，onthePacificOcean．ApopulartouristsiteontheTrans-SiberianRailwayisEkaterinburg．Inthiscity，thelastCzarofRussia，NicholasII，andhisfamilywerekilledin1918．TheimperialfamilyusedtotraveltherefortheirholidaysontheTrans-SiberianRailway．EkaterinburgisalsofamousasthebirthplaceofthefirstPresidentoftheRussianFederation，BorisYeltsin．（173Words，________minutes)Vocabularyczar／n沙皇link／v連接；聯(lián)系(cf：linkn)stretch／v伸展，延伸original／adj起初的，原來的site／n場(chǎng)所，地點(diǎn)imperial／adj帝國(guó)的，帝王的Exercise31．Howmanyroutesarethere?2．Whenwasthefirstrouteopened?3．Howlongisthemainroute?4．HowmanyroutesarelinkedtoChina?5．Whichroutedidthewriterofthefirstpassagetake?Exercise4GivetworeasonswhyEkaterinburgisfamous．答案Exercise11．B2．C3．D4．AExercise2OrderofvisitingTravelNotesPlace42567381TouristresortHerdsmen，thunderstormBeautifullakeLovelywoodenhousesRussiancitiesCapitalofMongolianMagnificentbuildingsGrasslandsIrkutskOnthewaytoUlanBaLakeSiber