JourneyAcrossAVastLandTravelfarenough,youmeetyourself.---DavidMitchellJourneyAcrossAVastLANDWhatdoesthe“journey”mean?totravel,especiallyalongdistanceHowdoestheauthortakethejourney?

arailjourney

Whatdoes“avastland”mean?

anextremelylargeareaofgroundWhatcomesintoyourmindwhentalkingabout“avastland”?

Xinjiang;InnerMongoliaWhatdoes“avastland”referto?

CanadaHowmuchdoyouknowaboutCanada?Let’sdothequizbelow.WhichisthenationalflagofCanada?A.

B.C.QD.What’stheimpliedmeaningoftheflag?AcountryfullofmapleTheAtlanticOceanThePacificOceanNationalflagofCanadanationalflower2.Whatlanguage(s)doCanadiansspeak?

A.English.

B.EnglishandGerman.

C.EnglishandFrench.

D.EnglishandSpanish.Approximately

98%ofCanadians

canspeakEnglishand/orFrench

English–56.9%

EnglishandFrench(Bilingual)–16.1%

French–21.3%

(q.t.dfromwikipedia

)接近；大約3.Whatisthecapitalof

Canada?

A.VancouverB.CalgaryC.OttawaD.Toronto

4.Whatisthenationalanimal

ofCanada?

A.

Beaver

B.

GrizzlybearC.

Polarbear

D.

PenguinInwiderculture,thebeaver

isfamousforitsindustriousness(勤奮).

5.WhatistheCanadianleadercalled?

A.President

B.Prime

Minister

C.Governor

D.KingStephenHarper賈斯廷·特魯多(JustinTrudeau)6.HowmanyGreatLakesarethereinCanada?A.4.B.3.C.5.D.6.LakeSuperior蘇必利爾湖LakeHuron休倫湖LakeErie伊利湖LakeOntario安大略湖except

LakeMichigan密歇根湖7.Canadaisthe_____largestcountryintheworld.firstsecondthirdfourth8.CanyoudescribethelocationofCanada?CanadaliesonthenorthoftheUnitedStates,withthePacificOceanonthewestand…Itcoversanareaof…Ithasapopulationof…WhatwordswouldyouusetodescribeCanada?vastbeautifulmulticulturalresourceful…Lookatthepictureandthetitle.?Whatis“theTrueNorth”?Whatdoyouexpecttoread??Whereis“theHeartofCanada”?ReadingWhatisthistext?A.Adiary.B.

Abiography.C.Atraveljournal.D.Anovel.What'sthemainideaofthetext?Twogirls,________________________________,tookthe______totravelacross_______.LiDaiyuandhercousinLiuQiantrainCanadaHelpfulquestions:?Whoarethemaincharacters??Wheredidtheygo??Howdidtheygothere??Whatdidtheysee/do??Howwastheirjourneylike?Skimming

ChinabycommercialairlineVancouverbytrainLakeLouiseJaspertwowheat-growingprovincesWinnipegEdmontonTorontobycoachbytrainThegreatCanadianPrairieOntarioSkimthearticleandlistthecitiesandtheplacesinCanadamentionedinthearticle.MontrealHalifaxDrawonthemapasimplerouteofthegirls'tripacrossCanada.theCanadianRockiesWhatdidtheydoinVancouver?Theyspentacoupleofdaysseeingthesights.tookaboatrideoutintothebayvisitedanislandsawbeautifulmountainstookahikeinaforestpleasedWhatdidtheyseewhilepassingthroughtheCanadianRockies?Themountainsandforestslookedmassive.WhatdidtheyenjoyinLakeLouise?Thebluewaterliterallytooktheirbreathawaywithitsexceptionalbeauty.Oneofthehighlightsofthetripwasbeingabletoseemanydifferentcreatures,including...deer

mountaingoatsgrizzlybearsaneagleWhatdidtheyseeonthewaytoJasper?WhatdoyouknowaboutEdmonton?thecenterofoilandgasdrillingindustrybehometomanyshoppingmallsWhatdidtheyseewhenpassingacrosstheGreatCanadianPrairie?suchanopencountryabunchoffarmsamazedWhatdidtheyseeonthewaytoToronto?mapletreesred,goldandorangesawthewidestretchofLakeHuronWhatdidtheydoinToronto?wentuptheCNTowersawmistycloudsrisingfromthegreatNiagaraFallsthelargestandwealthiestcityinCanadaTheywentonatourinthecity.WhatdidtheydoinToronto?hundredsofskyscrapersofglassandsteelsawold-fashionedcarsrollingbythelargestandwealthiestcityinCanadaTheywentonatourinthecity.WhatdidtheydoinToronto?metafriendatarestaurantindowntownChinatownthelargestandwealthiestcityinCanadaTheywentonatourinthecity.thelargestChinatownalotofChinesepeopleheregetallkindsofChinesefoodWhatdidtheydoinMontreal?visitedlovelyshopsvisitedartistssatinarestaurantalongside...WhatdoyouknowaboutMontreal?OldMontrealisclosetothewater.acitywithwonderfulsightsandsounds.PeoplespeakbothEnglishandFrench.uniqueQuebeccultureandtraditionsfantasticrestaurantsandclubsWhatdoyouknowaboutHalifax?ItistheprovinceofNovaScotiaItisthelargestcity.beautifulcobblestonestreetsoldbrickbuildingsredmapleleavesFindoutthesentencesthatshowtheiremotions.Thenextdaywasclearandmild,andtheywerepleasedtoseethebeautifulmountainslookingoutoverthecity.Later,theytookapleasanthikeinaforestjustashortdistanceaway....wherethebluewaterliterallytooktheirbreathawaywithitsexceptionalbeauty.Lookingatthebeautifulscenery,theybothagreedthatitwasthemostawesomejourneytheyhadevertaken.Inadditiontoseeingspectacularmountainpeaks...However,theydidnotanticipateseeingsuchanopencountry,andweretrulyamazed.Standinginthedistance,theywereastonishedtoseemistycloudsrisingfromthegreatNiagaraFalls,...TheyweresurprisedtoseethatallthesignsandadvertisementswereinFrenchand...Overall,Montrealisacitywithwonderfulsightsandsounds.Therearefantasticrestaurantsandclubsaround,too....Didthegirlsenjoythetrip?WhatdoyouknowaboutCanadafromtheirtrip?geographycultureimportantcitiestransportationWhatdoyouknowaboutCanadafromtheirtrip?atraveljournalWhattypeofwritingisit?Howdoyouknow?duringtheirfirstday;thenextday;afteranotherdayonthetrain;nightcameagain;whentheywokeupthenextmorning;afterLiDaiyuandhercousinarrivedinToronto......thebluewaterliterallytooktheirbreathawaywithitsexceptionabeauty.Thetrainthunderedon,throughtherollinghills.Thebushesandmapletreesoutsidetheirwindowswerered,gold,andorange,andtheirwasfrostontheground,confirmingthatautumnhasarrivedinCanada.Thatnightthetrainwasspeedingalong...towards...anddownto...towards...who,when,where,what,howinchronologicalandspacialordervividdescriptionsSeeing

thetruenorthvia

rail:Toronto

and

Montrealtitle:visitingplaces;transptationWriting

WriteanemailtoyourparentsDiscuss:Ifyouwerethegirls’parents,whatwouldyoumostcareaboutwhenyourgirlsaretravellinginCanada?safety;Dotheyenjoythetrip?Whenwilltheycomeback?ImaginethatyouareLiDaiyu.UsethemaponP45andyournotes,writeanemailtoyourparentstellingthemaboutyourtrip.DearMumandDad,_____________________________________________________________________.Westartedin

Vancouver,_______________________________________________.Then,________________________________________________________________.Fromthere,we________________________________________________________._____________________________.Thenafterwe__________________________,wewentonto________________________________________________________.Finally,___________________________________________________________.Love,DaiyuExchangeyourdraftwithapartner.Usethechecklisttohelpyouassessyourpartner'sdraft.Thentakeyourdraftbackandreviseitaccordingtoyourpartner'scomments.

Doesthewriterstarttheemailwithanappropriate

greeting?

Istheemailwell-organisedandcoherent?

Doesthewritermakeuseofdiscoursemarkerstoexpressdifferentrelationshipsbetweenideas?

Arethedescriptionsofpeopleandplacesinteresting?

Doesthewriterendtheemailinanaturalway?DearMumandDad,Thankyousomuchforallowingme

togoonthisjourney!Ithasbeensucha

wonderfultripsofar.EverythingisgoingonwellandIamreallyenjoyingthetrip!WestartedinVancouver,wherewe

wentshoppingforgiftsandthenwent

hiking.Unfortunately,itrainedthe

firstdaywewerethere,butthenit

becameclearafterthat.Thenwetook

atraintoLakeLouiseintheCanadian

Rockies,andthenacoachthrough

theRockiestoJasper.Thescenery

wasspectacular-massiveforestsand

mountains,beautifulbluelakes,and

allkindsofanimals.Weevensawa

grizzlybear!Fromthere,wetooka

long-distancetraintoToronto.Wewere