Unit4UsingLanguageWriteaboutarailjourneyacrossCanada

thePrairieSeeingthetruenorthviarail:VancouverandtheheartofCanada

Seeingthetruenorthviarail:TorontoandMontrealWhatwillthepassageprobablytalkabout?Itwillprobablytalkaboutthenextlegoftheirtrip.onepartofajourneyorrace

ReadingandUnderstanding

DividethepassageintothreepartsParagraphs1~4:TheirexperienceinTorontoParagraphs5~9:TheirexperienceinMontrealParagraph10:TheirtimespentonthetraintowardsHalifaxTorontoMontreal蒙特利爾CNTower加拿大國家電視塔;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NiagaraFalls[na???g?r?

f??lz]NiagaraRiver尼亞加拉瀑布大多倫多地區是加拿大人口密度最高的都會區，是北美第五大都會區，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，大多地區還包括皮約、杜夏等四個地級市（RegionalMunicipalities）。

Para1AfterLiDaiyuandhercousinarrivedinToronto,thelargestandwealthiestcityinCanada,theyonly

hadafewhourstokill打發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

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

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

here.Ishouldphoneherandseeifshe’savailable有空fordinner.”女孩們看到了數以百計的玻璃和鋼筋建造的摩天大樓，老式汽車駛過。從港口區往北走，李黛玉說:“林菲，我母親的老同學，住在這里。我應該給她打個電話，看看她是否有空共進晚餐。”Para3TheymetLinFeiarounddusk黃昏overdinner吃飯atarestaurantindowntown市中心Chinatown.Thecousins

chattedwithLinFei,whohadmovedtoCanadamanyyearsearlier多年前.大約黃昏時分，他們在市中心唐人街的一家餐館吃飯時遇到了林菲。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，所以你可以猜到加拿大有很多中國人!中國人來這里已經有一百多年的歷史了。因此，我們可以在這里吃到中國各地的美食?！盬hatdidthegirlsseeordoinToronto?thelargestandwealthiestcityinCanada;wentuptheCNTower;sawmistycloudsrisingfromtheNiagaraFalls;

skyscrapersofglassandsteel;

old-fashionedcars;metLinFeiinChinatownCanyoufindwhathasbeenmentionedaboutToronto?French法國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.火車當晚很晚才出發，第二天一大早就到達了蒙特利爾。在車站，與多倫多不同的是，他們聽到人們用法語交談。他們驚訝地發現，所有的標志和廣告都是法語，許多人說英語帶著口音。Para6“Wedon'tleaveuntilthisevening,”saidLiuOian.“Let'sgodowntown市中心.Old

Montrealisclosetothewater."劉倩說:“我們今晚才走。”“我們去市中心吧。老蒙特利爾離水很近。”Para7TheyspenttheafternooninlovelyshopsandvisitingartistsintheirworkplacesalongStPaulStreet.Astheysatinarestaurantalongside河畔the

broadStLawrenceRiver,ayoungmansatdownwiththem.他們在可愛的商店里消磨了一個下午，并拜訪了他們的藝術家圣保羅街上的工作場所。當他們坐在寬闊的圣勞倫斯河畔的一家餐館里時，一個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。我是個攝影師，”他說，“我想知道你是哪里人?！盤ara9ThegirlstoldhimtheywerefromChinaandwereonatraintripacrossCanada.Whentheytoldhim

theyhadonlyonedayinMontreal,hesaid,“That’stoobad.Youowe

ittoyourselvestostaylonger.

Overall總的來說,Montrealisacitywithwonderfulsightsandsounds聲色俱佳.MostofusspeakbothEnglishand

French,andthecityhasunique獨特的Quebeccultureandtraditions.Therearefantasticrestaurantsand

clubsaround,too.Here,welovegoodcoffee,toast

吐司,andcheese.Andgoodmusic,ofcourse!”女孩們告訴他，她們來自中國，正在乘火車穿越加拿大。當他們告訴他他們只在蒙特利爾呆一天時，他說:“那太糟糕了。你們應該多待一會兒。總的來說，蒙特利爾是一個聲色俱佳的城市。我們大多數人都說英語和法語，這座城市有獨特的魁北克文化和傳統。附近也有很棒的餐廳和俱樂部。在這里，我們喜歡好的咖啡、吐司和奶酪。當然還有好聽的音樂!”WhatdidthegirlsseeordoinMontreal?signsandadsinFrench;peoplespeakEnglishwithanaccent;visitedlovelyshops;visitedartistsintheirworkplacesalongStPaulStreet;metJeanPhilippeinarestaurantalongsidetheStLawrenceRiver;uniqueQuebeccultureandtraditionsCanyoufindwhathasbeenmentionedaboutMontreal?Para10ThatnightthetrainwasspeedingalongtheStLawrenceRivertowardstheGulfofStLawrenceanddowntothedistanteast

coasttowardstheprovinceofNovaScotiaanditslargestcity,

Halifax.Thecousinsdreamthappilyofthebeautifulcobblestone鵝卵石

streets,oldbrick磚buildings,andtheredmapleleavesofMontreal.那天晚上，火車沿著圣勞倫斯河高速行駛，駛向圣勞倫斯灣，然后駛向遙遠的東海岸，駛向新斯科舍省和該省最大的城市哈利法克斯。表兄弟倆愉快地夢見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,____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________