Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 5　Using language: Extensive reading)

2)fill in the following chart with correct information.the next morningaround noonlate that nightat dawn the next morningthey spent the afternoonthe nightsuggested answers:the next morningthey saw beautiful maple leaves and frost on the ground and realized that fall had come.around noonthey arrived in toronto.late that nightthe train left.at dawn the next morningthey arrived in montreal.they spent the afternoonin lovely shops and visiting artists in their workshops beside the water.the nightthe train was speeding down to the distant east coast.3. ask students to read the passage aloud to the tape and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage.collocations: from. . . to. . . , the next morning, on the ground, around noon, leave for, go on a tour, in the distance, on the south side of, on one’s way to, home of, a telephone booth, around dusk, over dinner, chat with sb. , come from, south china, go as far as, at dawn, be close to, spend. . . doing sth. , be on a train trip, dream oflet students read the above collocations aloud and copy them down in their exercise book after class as homework. try to keep them in mind.→step 4 important language points1. the next morning the bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold and orange, and there was frost on the ground, confirming that fall had arrived in canada.第二天早上, 在她們的車窗外到處是灌木叢和楓樹, 掛滿朱紅、赤金和橘黃色的葉子, 地面上覆蓋了一層薄霜, 表明秋天已經(jīng)來到了加拿大。句子中的confirming that fall had arrived in canada是現(xiàn)在分詞短語, 用作狀語, 表示結(jié)果。confirm vt. provide evidence for the truth or correctness of; establish the truth of證實(shí); 證明; 確認(rèn)ratify; make definite or establish more firmly批準(zhǔn); 肯定; 鞏固please confirm your telephone message by writing to me.請給我來封信, 確認(rèn)一下你在電話中傳達(dá)的消息。my employer will confirm that i was there on time.我的雇主將會(huì)證實(shí), 我是準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)的。the new minister will be confirmed in office by the queen.新的部長將由女王批準(zhǔn)任職。2. they were not leaving for montreal until later, so they went on a tour of the city.她們要晚些時(shí)候才動(dòng)身去蒙特利爾, 因此就在多倫多市內(nèi)游覽了一番。not. . . until. . . 表示“直到……才……”, 常與表示瞬間的動(dòng)詞連用。例如:we do not leave until this evening.我們直到今天晚上才離開。the noise in the street didn’t stop until midnight.街上的吵鬧聲直到深夜才停止。go on a tour: visit; go on a trip參觀; 游覽we went on a tour of the museum the other day.前幾天我們參觀了博物館。