RockyMountains“THETRUENORTH”TorontoMontrealtofromFillintheblanksaccordingtotheorder

thingshappened.thenextmorningaroundnoonlatethatnighttheysawbeautifulmapletreesandrealizedthatfallhadcome.theyarrivedinToronto.thetrainleft.atdawnthenextmorningtheyspendtheafternoonthenighttheyarrivedinMhelovelyshopsandvisitingtheartistsintheirworkplacesbesidethewater.thetrainwasspeedingdowntotheEastCoast.1.Howmanycitiesdidtheyvisitinthetext?

2.Inwhatdirectiondidtheytakethetrain?Two.Toronto,Montreal.Theytookthetraintothenortheast.Answerthequestionsaboutthepassage.

3.Whattreedidtheyseeoutsidetheirwindows?Mapletrees.4.Whatseasonwasit?Itwasfall/autumn.5.HowdoweknowitisfallinCanada?

WeknowitisfallinCanadabecausethemapletreesareredandgoldandorange,andthereisfrostontheground.6.WhatcansometimesbeseenfromtheCNTowerinToronto?SometimesthemistycloudthatrisesfromNiagaraFallscanbeseenfromtheCNTower.ThewaterfromthelakegoesintotheNiagaraRiverandoverthefallsonitswaytothesea.7.Wheredoesthewaterfromthelakego?8.WhichdirectionisthetraingoingfromToronto?Thetrainisgoingeast(northeast)fromToronto.Goodcoffee,goodbreadandgoodmusicshowthatMontrealisaFrenchcity.AlsothesignsandadswereinFrench.9.WhatthreethingsshowusthatMontrealisaFrenchcity?Thenextmorningthered,goldandorange_______andmapletreesoutsidetheirwindowsandthefrostontheground__________thatfallhadarrivedinCanada.confirmedbushesPostReadingAfterarrivinginToronto,thebiggestand____________cityinCanada,aroundnoon,LiDaiyuandhercousinswentonatourofthecity.HavingclimbedupthetallCNTower,theylookedacrossthelake._____________,the_____cloudrisingfromthegreatNiagaraFalls,whichisonthesouthsideofthelake,couldbeseen.mistymostwealthyInthedistanceAstheywalkednorthfromtheharbourarea,LiDaiyuphonedLinFei,oneofhermother’sold___________fromatelephone_______TheymetLinFeiaroundduskindowntownChinatown,oneofthethreeinTorontoandtheychattedwitheachotheratarestaurant.boothschoolmatesThetrainleftlatethatnightandarrivedinMontrealatdawnthenextmorning.Ata_____restaurant,theywerelookingoverthe_____StLawrenceRiverwhentheymetayoungmancalledHenri,whotoldthemthatmostpeopleinthecityspokebothEnglishandFrench,butthecityhadFrenchcultureand_________.traditionsbuffetbroadThatnightasthetrainwasspeedingalongtheStLawrenceRivertowardtheGulfofStLawrenceanddowntothedistanteastcoast,thecousinsdreamedofFrenchrestaurantsandredmapleleaves.Languagepoints1.confirm 閱讀下列句子，注意confirm的意思。1)Haseveryoneconfirmed(that)they’recoming?2)Thewalkinthemountainsconfirmedhisfearofheights.3)Hewasconfirmedascaptainfortherestoftheseason.

[自我歸納]confirm意為___________(句1、句2)，后可接that從句；也可意為________________________(句3)。 [拓展]

confirmationn.

證實、確認書、證明書

confirmedadj.

確定的、已被證實的批準(職位、協議等)、確認證實、確定[即學即練]

從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以 填入空白處的最佳選項。1)—Youlookasifyouareinhigh spirits,John. —Youareright.WhatProfessor Zhangspokeatthemeeting____ mybeliefinmyjob. A.refused B.mistakened C.made D.confirmedD2)Thenewevidencehas______thefirstwitness’sstory. A.changed B.considered C.confirmed D.informedC2.TheywerenotleavingforMontrealuntillater,sotheywentonatourofthecity.她們要晚些時候才動身去蒙特利爾,因此就在多倫多市內游覽了一番。1)Theywerenotleavingfor...屬于過去進行時表示將來的動作。表示位置轉移的瞬間動詞。如:come,go,arrive,leave,start,return,stay,meet,get等可用進行時表示將來的動作;用現在進行時表示一般將來時;用過去進行時表示過去將來時。Thetrainisarrivingsoon.火車就要進站了。2)until/till直到……為止

until常與否定句連用,not…until直到……才

Hedidn’tfinishtheworkuntilyesterday.肯定形式表示的意思是“做某事直至某時”,動詞必須是延續性的。否定形式表達的意思是“直至某時才做某事”。動詞為延續性或非延續性都可以。肯定句：Isleptuntilmidnight.我一直睡到半夜時醒了。WaittillIcallyou.等著我叫你。否定句：Shedidn’tarriveuntil6o’clock.

她直到6點才到。Don’tgetoffthebusuntilithasstopped.公共汽車停穩后再下車。

否定句可用另外兩種句式表示。

a.notuntil…在句首,主句用倒裝。

Notuntiltheearlyyearsofthe19thcenturydidmanknowwhatheatis.直到19世紀初,人類才知道熱能是什么。b.用于強調句Itisnotuntil…that…ItwasnotuntilItoldhimthatheknewaboutit.直至我告訴他,他才知道這件事。3.Inthedistance,theycouldseethemistycloudthatrosefromthegreatNiagaraFalls,whichisonthesouthsideofthelake.

[考點]

distance距離、遠方inthedistance在遠方、在遠處[考例]ThefacesoffourfamousAmericanpresidentsonMountRushmorecanbeseenfroma_________of60miles.A.length B.distanceC.wayD.space[點撥]

選B。題意:Rushmore山上四位美國著名總統的頭像從相距60英里的地方就能看到。“adistanceof+數字”表示“……的距離”。B4.

…becausemostoftheChinesepeopleherecomefromSouthChina,especiallyHongKong.

especially表示“尤其,格外,特別”,意思相當于“inparticular”或“particularly”。多用在介詞短語或連詞前面。specially表示“為了一個特別的目的,專門地,特別地”,意思相當于“foraspecialreasonorpurpose”。Icamespeciallytoseeyou.我特地來看你。Theweatherhasbeenespeciallycold.最近天氣特別冷。It’salwaysdifficultbeinginaforeigncountry,_____ifyoudon’tspeakthelanguage.

A.extremely

B.especially

C.specially

D.naturally

Bextremely表示程度“極其、非常”,specially表示“特地、專門”,而naturally表示“自然地”,均與句意不符。especially表示“尤其、特別、格外”,強調突出性,用在此處,句意通順。及時練5.It’stoobadyoucan’tgoasfarasOttawa…asfaras有兩種含義：直到……遠，遠到……；2)(表示程度，范圍)就……；據……；至于……。常用于asfarasIknow“據我所知”，asfarasIamconcerned“就我而言”等結構中。____Icansee,thereisonlyonepossiblewaytokeepawayfromthedanger.A.Aslongas B.AsfarasC.Justas D.Evenif[點撥]asfarasIcansee據我所知。aslongas只要，表示條件；justas就像……，表示方式；evenif即使，表示讓步；皆不符合語境。B及時練一些帶有as...as結構的常見短語：asbusyasabee像蜜蜂一樣忙碌aseasyasABC像ABC一樣容易asdeepasawell像井一樣深aslightasafeather像羽毛一樣輕assoftasbutter像黃油一樣軟asrichasaJew像猶太人一樣富裕6.ThetrainleftlatethatnightandarrivedinMontrealatdawnthenextmorning.火車在那夜晚些時候起程,第二天黎明到達了蒙特利爾。at,on,in表示時間的用法區別at表示時間點,常用來表示時刻,如果一段時間按時間點對待也用at。at2:30,atdawn/noon/night/dusk/sunrise/sunset/breakfast/lunchdinner/supper,atthis/thattime,atthebeginningofthiscenturyat也可以表示節假日。例如:atEaster,atChristmason表示一天或某一天的一部分。例如:onMonday,onSeptember26,onMondaymorning,onFridayeveningin表示少于一天或多于一天的時間段。如:inthemorning/afternoon/evening,inaweek,inthreedays,inMay,inspring,in2002,inmychildhood注:morning,afternoon,evening,night這些名詞如果有一個表示具體某一天的名詞作定語時,介詞不用in或at,而應該用on。如:onThursdayevening,onacoldwintermorning,ontheafternoonofApril8,onthenightofhisreturn7.AstheysatinabuffetrestaurantlookingoverthebroadSt.LawrenceRiver,ayoungmansatdownwiththem.

wide和broad都是“廣闊”的意思,常可換用,但說wide時,著重于一邊到另一邊的距離,而說broad時著重于幅面的寬廣,可修飾背、肩、胸,心胸等的寬闊,還有“開朗”之意。Theriveris300feetbroad(wide).這條河有三百多尺寬。Thedooriswideopen.門大開。Wesawthebroadocean.我們看到了廣闊的海洋。Hisback(shoulder,chest)isbroad.他的背部(肩膀、胸部)很寬闊。這兩個詞的常用搭配如下：

wideeyes睜大的眼睛awidemouth一張大嘴thewideworld廣闊的世界wideinterests廣泛的興趣amanwithbroadbosom胸圍很闊的人thebroadocean無際的海洋broadshoulders寬寬的肩膀thebroadmasses廣大群眾broadchest(back)寬寬的胸膛(背)broadinsize身材寬大,體積寬大8.ThegirlstoldhimtheywereonatraintripacrossCanadaandthattheyhadonlyonedayinMontreal.女孩子們告訴他，她們是在乘火車穿越加拿大的旅行中，在蒙特利爾只呆一天。[分析]①本句結構是:主語(Thegirls)+謂語(told)+賓語(him)+第一個賓語從句(theywereonatraintripacrossCanada)+第二個賓語從句(theyhadonlyonedayinMontreal)。②如果在一個復合句中有兩個或兩個以上并列的賓語從句,第一個that可以省略,第二個及以后的that不可以省略。I.根據下列各句句意及所給單詞的首字母或漢語提示，寫出該單詞的正確形式。1.Theredleavesof______(楓樹)treesoftheFragrantHillsarethemostcharmingautumnsceneryinBeijing.2.Thegrassiscoveredwith____(霜)intheearlymorning.3.Mostoftheoldbuildings_________(在市區)weretorndown.maplefrostdowntown課堂練習4.The_____(自助餐)isoverthere.Pleasehelpyourself.5.Inmanycountries,youngpeoplestillkeepupthe_______(傳統)thatwomengetmarriedinalongwhitedress.6.Thediligentstudentgetsupbefored____everyday.buffettraditionawn7.Abirdinthehandisworthtwointheb____.8.Irecognizedmyprimarys_________Maryinthephoto.9.I’llgivehimacallfro