Reading (II)Reading (II)
“THE TRUE NORTH”
Toronto
Montreal
to
from
the next morningaround noon
late that night
at dawn the next morningthey 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.
1. How many cities did they visit in
the text?
2. In what direction did they take the
train?
Two. Toronto, Montreal.
They took the train to the northeast.
Answer the questions about the passage.
3. What tree did they see outside their
windows?
4. What season was it?Maple trees.
It was fall / autumn.
5. How do we know it is fall in Canada?
6. What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?
We know it is fall in Canada because the maple trees are red and gold and orange, and there is frost on the ground.
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.
7. Where does the water from the lake go?
Good coffee, good bread and good
music show that Montreal is a French
city. Also the signs and ads were in
French.
8. What three things show us that
Montreal is a French city?
Rock
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IV. 根据括号内的提示翻译下列句子。
1. 我好像听到远处有说话声。 (in the
distance)
I seemed to hear a voice in the
distance.
2. 他和他的朋友一起步行到公共汽车站。 (as far as)
He walked with his friend as far as
the bus station.
3. 这位父亲想让孩子们亲近他。 (be
close to)
The father wants the children to be
close to him.
4. 许多年轻女孩梦想成为时装模特儿。(dream of)
Many young girls dream of becoming
fashion models.
5. 有一天大约黄昏时,我看到一个小孩在街上讨饭。 (around dusk)
One day I saw a boy begging in the
street around dusk.
6. 天亮时,他发现自己躺在一个山谷底处。 (at dawn)
At dawn, he found himself lying at
the bottom of a valley.
7. 你最好证实一下他的飞机确实是在 8
点起飞。( make sure that ) You’d better make sure that his plane
takes off at 8:00.
8. 直到失去健康,他才知道了健康的价值。( not ... until ... )
He didn’t realize the value of health
until he lost it.
Language points
1. confirm
阅读下列句子,注意 confirm 的意思。1) Has everyone confirmed (that)
they’re coming?
2) The walk in the mountains
confirmed his fear of heights.
3) He was confirmed as captain for the
rest of the season.
[ 自我归纳 ] confirm 意为 __________
( 句 1 、句 2) ,后可接 that 从句;也可意为 ________________________
( 句 3) 。[ 拓展 ] confirmation n. 证实、确认书、证明书confirmed adj. 确定的、已被证实的
批准 ( 职位、协议等 ) 、确认
证实、确定
[ 即学即练 ] 从 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1). —You look as if you are in high spirits, John.
—You are right. What Professor Zhang spoke at the meeting ____ my belief in my job.
A. refused B. mistakened C. made D. confirmedD
2). The new evidence has ______
the first witness’s story.
A. changed B. considered
C. confirmed D. informedC
2. They were not leaving for
Montreal until later, so they went
on a tour of the city.
她们要晚些时候才动身去蒙特利尔 , 因此就在多伦多市内游览了一番。
1) They were not leaving for... 属于过去进行时表示将来的动作。
表示位置转移的瞬间动词。如 : come,
go, arrive, leave, start, return, stay,
meet, get 等可用进行时表示将来的动作 ; 用现在进行时表示一般将来时 ; 用过去进行时表示过去将来时。
The train is arriving soon.
火车就要进站了。
2) until/till 直到……为止 until 常与否定句连用 , not…until
直到……才 He didn’t finish the work until yesterday.
肯定形式表示的意思是“做某事直至某时” , 动词必须是延续性的。
否定形式表达的意思是“直至某时才做某事”。动词为延续性或非延续性都可以。
肯定句: I slept until midnight.
我一直睡到半夜时醒了。 Wait till I call you. 等着我叫你。否定句: She didn’t arrive until 6 o’clock.
她直到 6 点才到。 Don’t get off the bus until it has stopped.
公共汽车停稳后再下车。
否定句可用另外两种句式表示。 a. not until … 在句首 , 主句用倒装。 Not until the early years of the 19th
century did man know what heat is.
直到 19 世纪初 , 人类才知道热能是什么。b. 用于强调句 It is not until… that…
It was not until I told him that he knew
about it. 直至我告诉他 , 他才知道这件事。
3. In the distance, they could see the
misty cloud that rose from the
great Niagara Falls, which is on
the south side of the lake.
[ 考点 ] distance 距离、远方 , in
the distance 在远方、在远处。
[ 考例 ] The faces of four famous American presidents on Mount Rushmore can be seen from a ___ of 60 miles. (2004 全国卷 IV)
A. length B. distance C. way D. space
[ 点拨 ] 选 B 。题意 : Rushmore 山上四位美国著名总统的头像从相距 60英里的地方就能看到。“ a distance of + 数字”表示“……的距离”。
4. … because most of the Chinese people
here come from South China, especially
Hong Kong.
especially 表示“尤其 , 格外 , 特别” ,
意思相当于“ in particular
” 或“ particularly” 。多用在介词短语或连词前面。
specially 表示“为了一个特别的目的 ,专门地 , 特别地” , 意思相当于“ for a special reason or purpose” 。I came specially to see you.
我特地来看你。The weather has been especially cold.
最近天气特别冷。
It’s always difficult being in a foreign
country, _____ if you don’t speak the
language.
A. extremely B. especially
C. specially D. naturally
B
extremely 表示程度“极其、非常” , specially
表示“特地、专门” , 而 naturally 表示“自然地” , 均与句意不符。 especially 表示“尤其、特别、格外” , 强调突出性 , 用在此处 ,
句意通顺。
5. It’s too bad you can’t go as far as
Ottawa…
as far as 有两种含义: 1) 直到……远,远到……; 2) ( 表示程度,范围 )
就……;据……;至于……。常用于 as
far as I know“ 据我所知”, as far as I
am concerned “ 就我而言”等结构中。
[ 考例 1] _____ I can see, there is only
one possible way to keep away from the
danger. (北京 2004 春 )
A. As long as B. As far as
C. Just as D. Even if
[ 点拨 ] as far as I can see, 据我所知。 as long as 只要,表示条件; just
as 就像……,表示方式; even if 即使,表示让步;皆不符合语境。
B
一些带有 as...as 结构的常见短语: as busy as a bee 像蜜蜂一样忙碌 as easy as ABC 像 ABC 一样容易 as deep as a well 像井一样深 as light as a feather 像羽毛一样轻 as soft as butter 像黄油一样软 as rich as a Jew 像犹太人一样富裕
6. The train left late that night and
arrived in Montreal at dawn the
next morning. 火车在那夜晚些时候起程 ,第二天黎明到达了蒙特利尔。
at, on, in 表示时间的用法区别 at 表示时间点 , 常用来表示时刻 , 如果一段时间按时间点对待也用 at 。
at 2:30, at dawn /noon /night
/dusk /sunrise /sunset
/breakfast /lunch dinner
/supper, at this /that time, at the
beginning of this century
at 也可以表示节假日 , 例如 : at
Easter, at Christmas
on 表示一天或某一天的一部分。 例如 :on Monday, on September
26, on Monday morning, on Friday
evening
in 表示少于一天或多于一天的时间段。
如 : in the morning /afternoon
/evening, in a week, in three
days, in May, in spring, in
2002, in my childhood
注 : morning, afternoon, evening,
night 这些名词如果有一个表示具体某一天的名词作定语时 ,介词不用 in 或 at, 而应该用 on 。
如 : on Thursday evening, on a
cold winter morning, on the
afternoon of April 8, on the
night of his return
7. As they sat in a buffet restaurant
looking over the broad St. Lawrence
River, a young man sat down with
them.
wide 和 broad 都是“广阔”的意思 ,
常可换用 , 但说 wide 时 , 着重于一边到另一边的距离 ,而说 broad 时着重于幅面的宽广 , 可修饰背、肩、胸 ,
心胸等的宽阔 , 还有“开朗”之意。
The river is 300 feet broad (wide).
这条河有三百多尺宽。 The door is wide open. 门大开。 We saw the broad ocean.
我们看到了广阔的海洋。His back (shoulder, chest) is broad.
他的背部 (肩膀、胸部 )很宽阔。
这两个词的常用搭配如下: wide eyes 睁大的眼睛 a wide mouth 一张大嘴 the wide world 广阔的世界 wide interests 广泛的兴趣 a man with broad bosom 胸围很阔的人
the broad ocean 无际的海洋 broad shoulders 宽宽的肩膀 the broad masses 广大群众 broad chest (back) 宽宽的胸膛 ( 背 )
broad in size 身材宽大 ,体积宽大
8. The girls told him they were on a
train trip across Canada and that
they had only one day in Montreal.
女孩子们告诉他,她们是在乘火车穿越加拿大的旅行中,在蒙特利尔只呆一天。
[分析 ]
①本句结构是 : 主语 (The girls) + 谓语(told) + 宾语 (him) + 第一个宾语从句(they were on a train trip across
Canada) + 第二个宾语从句 (they had
only one day in Montreal) 。②如果在一个复合句中有两个或两个以
上并列的宾语从句 , 第一个 that 可以省略 , 第二个及以后的 that不可以省略。
Reading Task on page 73Reading Task on page 73
fishing
dog sled
Morning snowstorm, about 8:00 am
Nunavut Snow Challenge in Iqaluit
Iqaluit is the capital city of the new
Canadian territory of Nunavut, on
Baffin Island. Nunavut has a
population of about 30,000, spread
out over almost 2 million square
kilometres. The area has a population
density of one person per 100 sq kms.
Iqaluit has a population of 6,200, yet
is the only city for thousands of miles
in any direction. There are no roads
in or out of Iqaluit. It is about 3.5
flying hours north of Ottawa, the
capital of Canada.
Inuit, meaning “the people”, are
the inhabitants north and west of the
Hudson Bay that in times past lived in
skin tents in the summer, and,
uniquely, snow houses in the winter.
Here traditional Inuit life from the
past is depicted in its various forms:
from fishing techniques to interior
dwellings to the fundamental bond
between Inuit and sled dog.
1. Why did the reporter arrive there?
He was writing a story for his
newspaper about Iqaluit. They
wanted to advertise it as a holiday
place.
Answer the questions.
2. What did the people use for
transportation?
Most people used snowmobiles, but
dog sleds were also used.
3. Why did it become dark early?
It became dark early because it
was far north of the earth.
Points in the
passage
What Beth
thought
Information in
passage
The
temperature
Cold, but
not too
cold
Very cold, -35
degree average
in winter
How to
travel
Holidays
How
people live
By dog sled By snowmobile
Too cold for holidays
Tourists like ice
fishing and
photographing
polar bears
In ice
housesIn warm houses
What the
Inuit do
Daylight
hours
Hunt animals
Light in
daytime
Have
businesses
Dark in
winter day,
light in
summer
night
Compare China with Canada.
Same as ChinaDifferent from
China
large land six time areas
no places as lot
as south china
Weather is different
from area to area,
long and hard
winter
different people
speak different
languages
Canada has two
official languages,
smaller population
Many rivers and
lakes
World famous
rivers and lakes
Much coal, oil gas
and other natural
resources
Much fresh water,
a lot of forest
I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示,写出该单词的正确形式。
1. The red leaves of ______ (枫树 ) trees of
the Fragrant Hills are the most charming
autumn scenery in Beijing.
2. The grass is covered with ____ ( 霜 ) in the
early morning.
3. Most of the old buildings _________ ( 在市区 ) were torn down.
maple
frost
downtown
Exercises
4. The _____ ( 自助餐 ) is over there.
Please help yourself.
5. In many countries, young people still
keep up the _______ (传统 ) that
women get married in a long white
dress.
6. The diligent student gets up before
d____ every day.
buffet
tradition
awn
7. A bird in the hand is worth two in the
b___.
8. I recognized my primary s_________
Mary in the photo.
9. I’ll give him a call from the phone b____
on the corner.
10. The d_______ from my house to school
is 200 metres.
ush
choolmate
ooth
istance
1. He _________ (confirm) everything
you said.
2. Early to bed and early to rise makes a
man healthy, ______ (wealth), and
wise.
3. The old man lives alone in that
______ (distance) little village.
II. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。confirmed
wealthy
distant
4. In _____ (mist) weather, drivers
should drive very carefully.
5. Four weeks are often ____________
(approximate) regarded as one
month.
6. The river grows _______ (broad) and
broader as it nears the sea.
misty
approximately
broader
7. The whole village is against the
suggestion to build an airport
_______ (near).
8. The old lady was _______ (terrify) of
crossing such a busy street.
9. He was _______ (please) with their
warm welcome.
10. I was _________ (impress) by your
wonderful performance at the party.
nearby
terrified
pleased
impressed
III. 用适当的介词或副词填空。
1. Have you got any idea when we shall
leave ___ Rome?
2. This may occur in areas of high
rainfall or in coastal areas where
rivers flow ___ the ocean.
3. I usually walk along the path in the
countryside __________ dusk.
for
into
at / around
4. We set sail __ dawn and headed
straight for Shanghai.
5. Do you mind if we discuss a little
business ____ dinner?
6. My parents often chat ____ me after
supper.
7. Write these words __ small letters, not
capital letters.
at
over
with
in
8. Will you please go _______________
with me to do some shopping?
9. Can’t you look ____ your examination
exercises again?
10. We used to walk _____ the river
when we lived in this village.
downtown / along
over
along
HomeworkHomework
Read the two passages again and find
the main characters of Toronto,
Montreal and Iqaluit. What can you
see and do in the three different cities?
the largest country in the world
the second largest country in the world
size
has an area of 9,984,670 square kilometers ; the distance from east to west is5,500 kilometers
3rd4th
population
a population of 29 million.
Ottawa
capital
England
France
settlers from France
settlers from England
settlers
The first settlers arrived from England in 1497.
Settlers from France reached Canada in 1534.
the French-speakingprovince ----Quebec
languagesOfficial languages:English and French
the TV and radio ;French restaurants;teaching in schools isdone in French.
weather
different from area to area (as in china )
in the north winters long ;snow for six months
Ottawa:winter --- -10℃
Summer --- 21 ℃
west coast warmest
January : 3℃
July : 18 ℃
Maple trees
Toronto
maple trees
fresh water
the five great lakes
one third of the world’s fresh water
The Niagara fall
most of the electricity is produced by water
resources of Canada
fresh water coal oil natural gas
forests fish
forests
Much of the country is covered by forests;
Fill in the blanks according to t
he order things happened.
8. Which direction is the train going from
Toronto?
The train is going east ( northeast )
from Toronto.
根据课文内容,在下面短文的空白处填入适当的单词或短语。The next morning the red, gold and
orange _______ and maple trees outside
their windows and the frost on the
ground __________ that fall had arrived
in Canada.
confirmed
bushes
After arriving in Toronto, the biggest and
____________ city in Canada, around
noon, Li Daiyu and her cousins went on a
tour of the city. Having climbed up the tall
CN Tower, they looked across the lake.
_____________, the _____ cloud rising
from the great Niagara Falls, which is on
the south side of the lake, could be seen.
misty
most wealthy
In the distance
As they walked north from the harbour
area, Li Daiyu phoned Lin Fei, one of
her mother’s old ___________ from a
telephone _____ They met Lin Fei
around dusk in downtown Chinatown,
one of the three in Toronto and they
chatted with each other at a restaurant.
booth
schoolmates
The train left late that night and arrived
in Montreal at dawn the next morning.
At a _____ restaurant, they were looking
over the_____ St Lawrence River when
they met a young man called Henri, who
told them that most people in the city
spoke both English and French, but the
city had French culture and _________.traditions
buffet
broad
That night as the train was speeding
along the St Lawrence River toward the
Gulf of St Lawrence and down to the
distant east coast, the cousins dreamed
of French restaurants and red maple
leaves.