2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 5 Canada The True North Secti

CanadaThesecondlargestcountryinareaafterRussia,Canadahascoastlines①ontheAtlantic,ArcticandPacificOceans,givingitthelongestone.Inarea,CanadaisslightlylargerthantheUnitedStates,buthasonlyabout11percentasmanypeople.Itisagriculturallypoorwithfewpeoplebutrichinmineraldeposits②andforests.TheCanadianshield③stretches④fromtheArctictotheGreatLakesandLabrador,cuttingthecountryinhalfandcontributingtoadivisionbetweeneasternersandwesterners.TheCanadianshieldandwesternmountainsexperiencesubarctic(副极地的)climates,resultinginanearemptynorth.MostCanadianslivewithinafewhundredkilometresoftheUSAborder.Canadaisamulticultural⑤societydependentonimmigration⑥forgrowth.Some28percentareofBritishdescent,23percentclaimFrenchdescent,2percentareaboriginal(土著居民的)people—otherminorities⑦includeItalians,Germans,UkrainiansandChinese.Canada'spopulationishighlyurbanized⑧，withmostpeoplelivinginfourareas:southernOntario,Montrealregion,VancouvercityandsouthernVancouverIsland,andtheCalgary­Edmontoncorridor.[多积词汇]①coastlinen．海岸线；沿海地带②depositn.(地下自然形成的)沉积物，沉积层③shieldn.盾(牌)；屏障④stretchv.拉长；拽宽；撑大，(使)变松⑤multiculturaladj.多种文化的⑥immigrationn.移民⑦minorityn.少数；少数民族⑧urbanizedadj.城市化的[读文清障][原文呈现]ATRIPON“THETRUENORTH①”LiDaiyuandhercousinLiuQianwereonatripto②CanadatovisittheircousinsinMontrealontheAtlanticcoast③.①THETRUENORTH有两个含义：一是它的本义“真正的北方”，即加拿大是地球上最北端的国家之一；二是指横贯加拿大东西部的一列火车的名字。②beonatripto去某地旅行(表状态)goonatripto去某地旅行(表动作)③ontheAtlanticcoast在大西洋海岸上SectionⅠWarmingUp&Reading—Pre­reading[读文清障][原文呈现]Ratherthan④taketheaeroplanealltheway,theydecidedtoflytoVancouverandthentakethetrainfromwesttoeastacrossCanada.Thethought⑤thattheycouldcrossthewholecontinent⑥wasexciting.④ratherthan与其；不愿，连接两个并列成分；ratherthan位于句首时，其后跟不带to的不定式。⑤that引导同位语从句，说明thought的具体内容。⑥continent/'kɒntɪnənt/n.洲；大陆[读文清障][原文呈现]Theirfriend,DannyLin,waswaitingattheairport.Hewasgoingtotakethemandtheirbaggage⑦tocatch“TheTrueNorth”，thecross­Canadatrain.Onthewaytothestation,hechatted⑧abouttheirtrip.“You'regoingtoseesomegreatscenery⑨.⑦baggage/'bæɡɪdʒ/n.行李luggagen．行李“一件行李”用apieceofbaggage/luggage表示。⑧chat/tʃæt/vi.&n.聊天；闲聊chatwithsb.(＝haveachatwithsb.)与某人聊天⑨scenery/'siːnərɪ/n.景色；风景指一个地区总的自然风光，可能包括多个scene。[读文清障][原文呈现]⑩Goingeastward⑪，you'llpassmountainsandthousandsoflakesandforests,aswellaswideriversandlargecities.SomepeoplehavetheideathatyoucancrossCanadainlessthanfivedays,buttheyforgetthefactthatCanadais5,500kilometresfromcoasttocoast.⑩现在分词短语goingeastward作伴随或方式状语。⑪eastward/'iːstwəd/adv.向东adj.向东的；朝东的eastward也作eastwards，注意不能说gotoeastward。[读文清障][原文呈现]HereinVancouver,you'reinCanada'swarmestpart.PeoplesayitisCanada'smostbeautifulcity,surrounded⑫bymountainsandthePacificOcean⑬.⑫surround/sə'raʊnd/vt.包围；围绕besurroundedby被……包围/围绕⑬过去分词短语surroundedby...作定语，修饰city，相当于一个非限制性定语从句。[读文清障][原文呈现]SkiingintheRockyMountainsandsailingintheharbour⑭makeVancouveroneofCanada'smostpopularcitiestolivein⑮.Itspopulationisincreasingrapidly.⑭harbour/'hɑːbə/n.(＝harbor)海港intheharbour在海港⑮oneofCanada'smostpopularcitiestolivein加拿大最受欢迎的居住城市之一，作宾语补足语。此处tolivein作定语，修饰cities。[读文清障][原文呈现]⑯measure/'meʒə/v.测量；衡量；判定n.计量制；计量单位；措施⑰Itisso...that...,somemeasuring...是主从复合句，so...that“如此……以至于”，引导结果状语从句；somemeasuring...是独立主格结构，补充说明extremelytall。ThecoastnorthofVancouverhassomeoftheoldestandmostbeautifulforestsintheworld.Itissowettherethatthetreesareextremelytall,somemeasuring⑯over90metres.⑰”“真北方”之旅[第1～2段译文]李黛予和她的表妹刘倩要去加拿大大西洋海岸的蒙特利尔市看望她们的表兄妹。她们不想一路乘飞机，而决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。要横贯整个大陆的想法很是令人兴奋。她们的朋友林丹尼正在机场等候她们。他要带着她们和她们的行李去乘坐横越加拿大的“真北方”号列车。在去火车站的路上，他聊起了她们的旅程。“你们将会看到一些美丽壮阔的风景。一路向东行，你们会经过一座座山脉，上千个湖泊、森林，还有宽阔的河流和许多大城市。有人想在不到5天的时间里穿越加拿大，但是他们忘了加拿大从东海岸到西海岸共有5500千米的事实。这儿，温哥华，是加拿大最温暖的地方。人们说它(温哥华)是加拿大最美丽的城市，被大山和太平洋环绕。在落基山脉可以滑雪，海港供你们扬帆，这些使得温哥华成为加拿大最受欢迎的居住城市之一。这个城市的人口增长很快。在温哥华北面的海岸上保存着一些世界上最古老、最美丽的森林。那儿湿度很大，所以树长得特别高，一些经测量高达90多米。”[读文清障][原文呈现]Thatafternoonaboardthetrain⑱，thecousinssettleddown⑲intheirseats.Earlierthatday,whentheycrossedtheRockyMountains,theymanagedto⑳⑱aboardthetrain(介词短语)登上火车aboard/ə'bɔːd/prep.&adv.在(船、飞机、火车或公共汽车)上；上(船、飞机、火车等)⑲settledown定居；平静下来；专心于⑳managetodo设法做managevt.努力；设法；经营；管理；控制trytodo努力做(不一定成功)[读文清障][原文呈现]catchsightof○21somemountaingoatsandevenagrizzlybear○22andaneagle○23.TheirnextstopwasCalgary,whichisfamousfortheCalgaryStampede○24.Cowboys○25fromallovertheworldcometocompeteintheStampede.Manyofthemhaveagiftfor○26ridingwildhorsesandcanwinthousandsofdollarsinprizes.○21catchsightof看见；瞥○22grizzlybear灰熊○23eagle/'iːɡl/n.鹰○24stampede/stæm'piːd/n.大西部赛马会○25cowboy/'kaʊbɔɪ/n.牛仔；牧童○26haveagiftfor有……天赋[读文清障][原文呈现]Aftertwodays'travel,thegirlsbegantorealizethatCanadaisquiteempty.Atschool,theyhadlearnedthatmostCanadianslivewithin○27afewhundredkilometresoftheUSAborder○28，andthatCanada'spopulationisonlyslightly○29overthirtymillion,○27within/wɪ'ðɪn/prep.在……之内既可以指时间，也可以指空间。○28border/'bɔːdə/n.边界；国界；边沿vt.&vi与……接壤；接近ontheborderof接近；临近○29slightly/'slaɪtlɪ/adv.稍稍；轻微地[读文清障][原文呈现]butnowtheywereamazedtosee○30suchanemptycountry.Theywentthrough○31awheat­growingprovinceandsawfarmsthatcoveredthousandsofacres○32.Afterdinner,theywerebackinanurban○33area,thebusyportcityofThunderBay○34atthetopoftheGr