A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH①”

Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to② Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast③. Rather than④ take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada. The thought ⑤that they could ⑤that they could cross the whole continent⑥ was exciting. ②be on a trip to去某地旅行(表状态) go on a trip to去某地旅行(表动作) ③on the Atlantic coast在大西洋海岸上

④rather than与其；不愿 连接两个并列成分；rather than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/'k?ntIn?nt/n.洲；大陆

Their friend, Danny Lin, was waiting at the airport. He was going to take them and their baggage⑦ to catch “The True North”， the cross-Canada train. On the way to the station, he chatted⑧ about their trip. “You're going to see some great scenery⑨. ⑩Going eastward?， you'll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast. Here in Vancouver, you're in Canada's warmest part. People say it is Canada's most beautiful city,surrounded

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by mountains and the Pacific Ocean?. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the

harbour? make Vancouver one of Canada's most popular cities to live in?. Its population is increasing rapidly. The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring? over 90 metres.?”

⑦baggage/'b?ɡId?/n.行李 luggage n．行李

“一件行李”用a piece of baggage/luggage表示。 ⑧chat/t??t/vi.&n.聊天；闲聊

chat with sb.(＝have a chat with sb.)与某人聊天 ⑨scenery/'si?n?rI/n.景色；风景

指一个地区总的自然风光，可能包括多个scene。 ⑩现在分词短语going eastward作时间状语。 ?eastward/'i?stw?d/adv.向东 adj.向东的；朝东的 eastward也作eastwards，注意不能说go to eastward。 ?surround/s?'ra?nd/vt.包围；围绕 be surrounded by被……包围/围绕

?过去分词短语surrounded by ...作定语，修饰city，相当于一个非限制性定语从句。 ?harbour/'hɑ?b?/n.(＝harbor)海港 in the harbour在海港

?one of Canada's most popular cities to live in加拿大最受欢迎的居住城市之一，作宾语补足语。此处to live in作定语，修饰cities。

?measure/'me??/v.测量；衡量；判定n.计量制；计量单位；措施

?It is so ... that ..., some measuring ...是主从复合句，so ... that“如此……以至于”，引导结果状语从句；some measuring ...是独立主格结构，补充说明extremely tall。 That afternoon aboard the train?， the cousins settled down? in their seats. Earlier

21 that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to?catch sight of○22 and an eagle○23. Their next stop was some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear○

24. Cowboys○25 from all over the Calgary, which is famous for the Calgary Stampede○

26 riding wild world come to compete in the Stampede. Many of them have a gift for○

horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes. ?aboard the train(介词短语)登上火车

aboard/?'b??d/prep.&adv.在(船、飞机、火车或公共汽车)上；上(船、飞机、火车等) ?settle down定居；平静下来；专心于 ?manage to do设法做

manage vt.努力；设法；经营；管理；控制 try to do努力做(不一定成功)

21catch sight of看见；瞥见 ○22grizzly bear灰熊 ○

23eagle/'i?ɡl/n.鹰 ○

24stampede/st?m'pi?d/n.大西部赛马会 ○

25cowboy/'ka?b?I/n.牛仔；牧童 ○

26have a gift for有……天赋 ○

After two days' travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty. At school,

27 a few hundred kilometres of the USA they had learned that most Canadians live within○

28， and that Canada's population is only slightly○29 over thirty million, but now border○

30 such an empty country. They went through○31 a they were amazed to see○

32. After dinner, wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres○33 area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay○34 at the top of they were back in an urban○

35 the the Great Lakes. The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up○36. Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than Great Lakes○37. In fact, it has one-any other country in the world○third of the world's total fresh water,

and much of it is in the Great Lakes.

38， the train rushed across○39 the top of Lake Superior, That night as they slept○through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.

27within/wI'eIn/prep.在……之内 ○

既可以指时间，也可以指空间。

on the border of接近；

28border/'b??d?/n.边界；国界；边沿vt.&vi与……接壤；接近 ○

临近

29slightly/'slaItlI/adv.稍稍；轻微地 ○

30be amazed to see惊讶地看到 ○

31go through在此处意为“穿过”，还作“经历；遭受；仔细检查；完成”讲。 ○

32acre/'eIk?/n.英亩 ○

33urban/'??b?n/adj.城市的；市镇的 ○

反义词：rural adj.农村的；田园的

34Thunder/'θ?nd?/Bay桑德湾 ○

35sail up沿……向上游航行 ○

36that引导同位语从句，说明fact的具体内容。 ○

37Canada has more ... than any other ...中比较级表达最高级含义。 ○

38as they slept是as引导的时间状语从句。 ○

39across表示在物体表面上穿过，强调横向跨过，从一端到另一端。through则强调在○