Unit 5 Canada The true north
Reading II
“THE TRUE NORTH”
Toronto
Montreal
to
from
Please underline the time mentioned in this text.
Please underline all the places they have been to or they have seen.
Please combine these two into one plot.
Fast reading
the next morning
around noon
late that night
at dawn the next
morning
they spend the afternoon
the night
they saw beautiful maple trees and realized that fall had come.
they arrived in Toronto.
the train left.
they arrived in Montreal.
in the lovely shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces beside the water.
the train was speeding down to the East Coast.
Read the passage for a second time and answer the following questions.
How do we know it is fall in Canada?
What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?
Where does the water from the lake go?
Why is there good Cantonese food in Torono?
Which direction is the train going from Torono?
Why did the girls go to Old Montreal?
What three things show us that Montreal is a French city?
Detailed reading
We know it’s fall in Canada because the maple trees are red and gold and orange, and there is froze on the ground.
2. What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?
How do we know it is fall in Canada?
Sometimes the misty cloud that rises from Niagara Falls can be seen from the CN tower.
the water from the lake goes into the Niagara river and over the falls on its way to the sea.
3. Where does the water from the lake go?
There is good Cantonese food in Toronto because most of the Chinese people there come from the south of china , especially Hong Kong.
4. Why is there good Cantonese food in Torono?
The train is going east from Toronto.
They went to Old Montreal because it is close to the water/ to see the lovely shops and the artists.
6. Why did the girls go to Old Montreal?
5. Which direction is the train going from Toronto?
Good coffee, good bread and good music show that Montreal is a French city, also the signs and ads were in French.
7. What three things show us that Montreal is a French city?
Canada is a multicultural country like China.
multi-是一个前缀，意为“多”
multistory ____________
multiform ____________
multichannel
____________________
multipurpose __________
Language points for Reading I
多层的
多种形式的
多通话线路的, 多波段的
多种用途的
多党的 _____________
多国的、多民族的 __________
多向的 ________________
多彩的，彩色的 ____________
多媒体 __________
multiparty
multinational
multidirectional
multicolored
multimedia
2. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on the Atlantic coast.
trip: usually short journey, esp. for pleasure (通常指短途的)行走，旅行（尤指娱乐性的）
与trip搭配的主要动词和介词：
be on a trip to make a trip to
take a trip to
海滨之行 __________________
前往巴黎的蜜月之旅
__________________________
他出差在外。
He is _____________________.
我父亲下礼拜要到纽约去。
My father will _____________________ next week.
a trip to the seaside
a honeymoon trip to Paris
on a business trip
make a trip to New York
3. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada in September.
rather than (prep.): in preference to (sb/sth); instead of 与其（某人/某物）;不愿;不要
他不愿惹麻烦,宁可离去. _______________________, he left.
我想喝柠檬汁,不想喝可乐.
I’ll ___________________________.
他正忙于写信而不是读报.
He was busy __________________ __________________________.
Rather than cause trouble
have a lemonade rather than a coke
writing a letter rather than reading a newspaper
4. It is the second biggest country in the world and as you go eastward, you will see mountains, and pass by thousands of lakes, forests and wide rivers as well as cities.

eastward也作eastwards,副词,意为“向东”
-ward(s)=in a direction
向前 ___________ 向后 __________
向外 ___________ 向南 __________
向西 ___________ 向北 __________
forward(s)
backward(s)
northward(s)
outward(s)
southward(s)
westward(s)
他们向东航行。
__________________.
我们难以决定是向东走还是向西走。
We couldn’t decide ______________ ___________________.
They sailed eastward
whether to go eastward or westward
thousands of 成千上万的
注意：million, billion, thousand, hundred, score, dozen之前有确定的数字时，不论后面是有无of, 词尾都不加s.
如果前面没有确定的数字而后接of时，词尾都加s.
300名学生 ____________________
这些鸡蛋里的3打
_______________________
几打鸡蛋 _______________
three hundred students
three dozen of these eggs
dozens of eggs
5. Many people think it is the most beautiful city in Canada, as it is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific.
surround vt. 包围，环绕，围绕
surround sb/sth with sb/sth
sth/sb be sourrounded by/with sth
篱笆环绕着学校。
_____________________________.
他们出动了军队包围了该城。
_____________________________ ____________.
房子的四周有高墙。
______________________________ ______.
The fence surrounds the school
They have surrounded the town with troops
The house is surrounded by high walls
6. On the coast north of Vancouver some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world still remain.

north of = to the north 表示“在……的北方”，其他方位词，如：east, west, south, southeast, northeast等，都有类似的用法。
他住在洛杉矶以东（的地方）。
______________________________.
He lives to the east of Los Angeles
7. That afternoon in the train the cousins settled down in their seats.

settle down 安稳坐下，安居下来，适应起来
他爷爷手拿报纸坐在扶手椅里。
His grandfather ______________________ _____________with a newspaper.
你适应新工作了吗？
____________________________________?
settled down in the armchair
Have you settled down in your new job yet
8. Many of them have a gift for working with animals and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes.

have a gift for 在…..方面有天分；有天赋
她对学语言有天赋。
__________________________________
好像他对音乐有些天赋。
__________________________________
she has a gift for learning languages.
It seems he has a gift for music.
1.They were not leaving for Montreal until later.
Not …until …表示“直到…才…”，常与表示瞬间的动词连用。如：
他们直到今天晚上才离开。
We do not ________ until ___________.
街上的吵闹声直到深夜才停止。
The noise in the street didn't ______ until ___________.
Language points for Reading II
leave
this evening
stop
midnight
Not leave = stay 所以加延续性动词时，常与until连用。
他们直到今天晚上才离开。
We will ________ until this evening.
街上的吵闹声直到深夜才停止。
The noise in the street will ________ until midnight.
until 后也可接从句：
孩子们天黑之前都不会回来。
The children won’t __________ until ____________.
stay
go on
come back
it is dark
2. It’s too bad you can’t go as far as Ottawa, Canada’s capital.
遗憾的时你们不能一直走到加拿大的首都渥太华去。
as far as (习语)直到所提到之处为止
我一直走到山脚。
I walked ______________________
莎拉已经读到第四册啦。
Sarah has read _________________ ____________.
as far as the foot of the mountain
as far as the forth volume
3. The girl told him they were on a train trip across the Canada and that they had only one day in Montreal.
一个动词若带两个宾语从句，第二个宾语从句的引导词that 一般不能省，例如：
I understand not only that you have studied Chinese but also that you have written Chinese poetry.