1、USING LANGUAGE,英语人教版必修三,“THE TRUE NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREAL,Reading,Please find out the time mentioned in this text and all the places they have been to or they have seen. Then fill in the following chart.,Fast reading,the next morning,late that night,at dawn the next morning,around noon,saw b
2、eautiful maple trees.,arrived in Toronto.,the train left.,arrived in Montreal.,they spend the afternoon,the night,in the lovely shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces beside the water.,the train was speeding down to the East Coast.,We know its fall in Canada because the maple trees are r
3、ed and gold and orange, and there was frost on the ground.,para1. How do we know it is fall in Canada?,Answer the questions.,Careful Reading,Para 2:1.What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?,Sometimes the misty cloud that rises from Niagara Falls can be seen from the CN tower.,The wa
4、ter from the lake goes into the Niagara river and over the falls on its way to the sea.,2. Where does the water from the lake go?,There is good Cantonese food in Toronto because most of the Chinese people there come from the south of China, especially Hong Kong.,Para4. Why is there good Cantonese fo
5、od in Toronto?,They went to Old Montreal because it is close to the water/ to see the lovely shops and the artists.,Para5. Why did the girls go to Old Montreal?,Good coffee, good bread and good music show that Montreal is a French city. Also the signs and ads were in French.,Para 6. What three thing
6、s show us that Montreal is a French city?,Everyone doesnt have an English-Chinese dictionary. None of them were late for school. All night long he lay awake, thinking of the problem. The boy sat at the back, making notes carefully.,1. mix v. “混合; 搀和; 结合” Dont mix business with pleasure. 不要把工作和娱乐搀和在一
7、起。 Ive mixed my French books and my English books. 我把我的法文书和英文书混在一起了。 These colours mix well. 这些颜色调和得不错。 mixture n. 混合; 混合物 mix . with . 把和混淆、弄混 mix up 搅匀; 拌和; 混淆; 使卷入,Language Points,2. confirm v. “证实; 证明; 确认”, 还可表示 “批准; 使坚定”。 如： His letter confirmed everything. 他的信证实了一切。 He looked around to confirm
8、 that he was alone. 他四处张望, 以确定周围没人。 The latest information confirms him in the belief that we will surely win. 这一最新消息使他坚信我们一定会胜利。 confirmation n. 确认; 证实,3. 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。 They were not leaving for.属
9、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, notuntil 直到才 He didnt 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
10、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 didnt arrive until 6 oclock. 她直到6点才到。 Dont 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
11、 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。 It was _ yesterday _ I was wrong.A. until; did I realize B. not until; did I realizeC. until; that I realized D. not until; that I realized,D,4. distance 名词, 意为“距离; 远方”。 如
12、: 自行车骑得好的人一天可以行驶一百 多英里。 A good cyclist can cover a distance of over a hundred miles a day . 距离六英里以外的东西很难看清。 At a distance of six miles you cant see much . 【固定短语】1) at a distance (稍)远处。 表示一定的距离, 近距离或用以说明具体 的距离, 其不定冠词可以省去 a有时可以 省去或改用 some 。,如: This picture looks better at a distance . 这幅画远看就好些。 2) in
13、a distance 在远处, 强调距离之远 e.g.They were expecting to see in a distance some signs of the enemy. 他们期望着发现远处敌人的迹象。 3) keep sb at a distance 与某人保持一定距离;不愿与某人亲近。 e.g. 他总是不愿与任何人亲近。 He always keeps anyone at a distance.,5. especially Hong Kong. especially表示“尤其, 格外,特别”, 意思相当 于“in particular ”或“particularly”。 多用
14、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。,Its always difficult being in a foreign country,_if you dont speak the language. A. extremely B. especially C. specially D. natural
15、ly 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。,B,6. Its too bad you cant go as far as Ottawaas 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。,_ I can see, there is on
16、ly 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 lig
17、ht 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,7. 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。如: at 2:30, at dawn /noon /night /dusk /sunrise / sunset /bre
18、akfast / lunch dinner /supper, at this /that time, at the beginning of this century,at也可以表示节假日, 如: at Easter, at Christmas. on表示一天或某一天的一部分。 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,
19、 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.,8. broad 形容词, 意为“宽阔的; 广泛的” 如: broad shoulders broad opinions a broad gen
20、eral idea It is as broad as it is long whether we agree or disagree, because the work has already been on its way. 我们赞成与否是完全一样的, 因为这项工作已经在进行了。,宽肩膀,概括的意见,概括性的认识,【辨析】 broad, wide的用法区别 1) 在描述河流、山野、峡谷、街道等与地形 有关的事物时, 两个词均可用。 如: 我们住在一条非常宽阔的大街上。 we live in a very wide street . Across the broad valley of Da
21、nube, the mountains rise blue and mysterious in the distance. 从远处看去, 宽阔的多瑙河河谷的 那一面, 山峦起伏, 一片蔚蓝, 神秘莫测。,2) 表示一种丈量或多结果, 指某物有多宽时,两者均可用。Its 12 feet broad. 它有12英尺宽。The road is 12 feet wide. 这条道路宽12英尺。 【注意】 但在谈及人体的某些部位时， 其单配较为固定。但一般只能说： The man has broad shoulders . 那个人有宽阔的肩膀。,The man is broad shouldered.
22、那个人肩膀很宽。 She started at him with wide eyes.她睁大眼睛注视着他。 与某些名词搭配时也较为固定, 如: wide interest (广泛的兴趣), the wide world (广阔的世界), broad daylight (大白天) , broad agreement ( 概括性协议) , broad humor (粗俗的幽默) 等。 open your mouth wide. 张大你的嘴巴。,wide 可作为副词修饰某些形容词或副词,或是构成新的形容词。如：,wide apart 离得很远 wide awake 清醒; 机警wide open 大
23、开着 wide-awake 清醒的; 机警的wideeyed 大眼睛的 wideangle 广角的,A: Hi, Li Daiyu and Liu Qian! Welcome back from your trip! How was it? B: Oh, it was GREAT! We took the trip from the west coast of Canada all the way to the east coast. It was one of the best experiences of my life!,Speaking and writing,C: Really? W
24、hat was your favourite thing about the trip? B: Thats a hard question to answer! There were so many things. One thing that impressed me the most was the Rocky Mountains in the west of Canada.,A: Why were you so impressed by the Rocky Mountains? B: They were amazing - so tall and clean and covered wi
25、th pure white snow at the tops. I felt very small compared to the great mountain heights.,C: How about you, Liu Qian? Did you have a favourite experience in Canada? D: Yes! I loved the city of Montreal. Its culture was so different from the rest of what we saw in Canada. A: What was so different abo
26、ut it?,D: Everything was in French! The signs, the advertisements everything! I couldnt read any of it! C: How was the food? I hear that French culture is famous for its food! D: The food was pretty good I didnt pay attention to it very much, except the bread. The bread was really, really good!,Li D
27、aiyus report,What we saw in CanadaMy cousin and I traveled across Canada by train from west to east. We saw many things from the train on the way across,Writing,and in the cities of Toronto and Montreal. Some of the most important and interesting things that we saw are included in this report.We pas
28、sed through the Rocky Mountains on the train, and saw wild scenery, a grizzly bear and some mountain goats.,Canada is a wheat-growing area. The city of Thunder Bay is a port in the center of Canada. Ocean ships can come all the way to the top of the Great Lakes.In Toronto, we went up the CN Tower an
29、d saw the mist from,Niagara Falls. We visited the covered stadium, which is the home of the famous basketball team. We saw Chinatown and had dinner at the Pink Pearl restaurant.When we arrived in Montreal the next day, we saw many signs and ads in French. Then we went to Old,Montreal and sat in a ty
30、pical caf beside the St Lawrence River. We spent the afternoon in shops and visiting the artists in their workplace.There is so much things to see and do in Canada on one trip. We saw only a few things, but we think we would like to go back for another visit.,Homework,Read the passages again and find the main characters of Toronto, Montreal. What can you see and do in the two different cities？ 2. Finish summing up on P40 after class.,
