在旅游与其 … 不如 , 不愿 ; 不要向东走闲聊（某事）

Set Phrases 在旅游与其…不如,不愿;不要向东走闲聊（某事）越洋的，横跨大陆的成千上万的安稳坐下，安居，专心于设法做成看见，瞥见在…..方面有天分城区在远处 (be) on (a) trip rather… than… go eastward chat about from coast to coast thousands of settle down manage to do catch sight of … have a gift for… urban area in the distance

Language points for Reading I • Canada is a multicultural country like China. 加拿大像中国一样是一个多元化国家。 multi-是一个前缀，意为“多” 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. 李黛予和她的表妹刘倩去加拿大大西洋海岸看望她们的表兄妹们。 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

a trip to the seaside a honeymoon trip to Paris 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. 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

Rather than cause trouble 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 __________________ __________________________. 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. 它是世界第二大国家,当你一路向东行时,除了城市你还会看到山脉,会经过上千个湖泊,森林,大河等以及城市. 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 __________ backward(s) forward(s) outward(s) southward(s) northward(s) westward(s)

They sailed eastward 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 ______________ ___________________. 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. 许多人都认为温哥华是加拿大最美丽的城市，因为它的北面和东面都被大山包围。 surround vt. 包围，环绕，围绕 surround sb/sth with sb/sth sth/sb be sourrounded by/with sth

The fence surrounds the school 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。 ______________________________ ______. 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.温哥华以北的海岸依然生长着世界上最古老，最美丽的森林。 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. 那天下午表姐妹俩才在火车上落了座。 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. 他们中许多人都有与兽共舞的才能，他们能赢得几千美元的奖金。 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.

Language points for Reading II 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 ___________. leave this evening stop midnight

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

As far as/ far; as well as/ well; at dawn/ dawn; in the distance/ distance; catch one’s eye / catch sight of; have a gift/ have a gift for; manage/ manage to do; settle/ settle down; rather than/ rather 1._______, we got our fishing poles and headed out to the lake. _____ is the best time to catch fish! 2. It’s not ___ at all to Atlanta!_______ I can tell, it will take us only about half an hour to drive there. At dawn Dawn As far as far

As far as/ far; as well as/ well; at dawn/ dawn; in the distance/ distance; catch one’s eye / catch sight of; have a gift/ have a gift for; manage/ manage to do; settle/ settle down; rather than/ rather 3. The two tall trees____________ made Jack realize that he was going in circles, although he felt like he had come a great_______. 4. He can’t speak any foreign languages very____, but his business always takes him to France and Spain ________ Germany! in the distance distance well as well as

As far as/ far; as well as/ well; at dawn/ dawn; in the distance/ distance; catch one’s eye / catch sight of; have a gift/ have a gift for; manage/ manage to do; settle/ settle down; rather than/ rather 5. A: Darren may not be the best reporter, but he ________ people under him very well. B: Yes, I agree! At first I doubted his ability, but in the end he____________ the job well. 6.A: What’s this? I _________ on my desk! Hmm… it looks like a CD! B: Let’s look! ... You’re right! My, you really ____________ guessing. manages managed to do have a gift have a gift for

As far as/ far; as well as/ well; at dawn/ dawn; in the distance/ distance; catch one’s eye / catch sight of; have a gift/ have a gift for; manage/ manage to do; settle/ settle down; rather than/ rather settled 7.A: I’m glad we’ve finally _____ our holiday plans! B: So am I. Now I can finally _________ and relax! settle down 8. A: That’s so disappointing! As soon as those birds_____________ us, they flew away! B: Well, the zoo has lots of other animals! The monkey mountain _____________. Let’s go there! caught sight of caught my eye

As far as/ far; as well as/ well; at dawn/ dawn; in the distance/ distance; catch one’s eye / catch sight of; have a gift/ have a gift for; manage/ manage to do; settle/ settle down; rather than/ rather 9. A: Would you _____ visit Inner Mongolia or Tibet this summer? B: Oh,I think I’d like to just stay at home and rest __________ go anywhere! rather rather than

在旅游 与其 … 不如 , 不愿 ; 不要 向东走 闲聊（某事）