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Unit5ReadingATRIPON“THETRUENORTH”Words:chat,scenery,surround,measure,within,border,slightExpressions:ratherthan,settledown,managetodo,catchsightof,haveagiftforSkimmingforgeneralideaReadingComprehensionISkimmingWhat’sthemainideaofthetext?A.Vancouver—abeautifulcityofCanada.B.AtriptoCanada.C.AtriptotheGreatLakes.D.Canada’srichresources.Scanningforspecificinformation“TheTrueNorth”，thecross-Canadatrain.Whatdoes“TheTrueNorth”refertointhetext?ReadingComprehensionIIScanning2.WhichofthefollowingisdescribedasthemostbeautifulcityinCanada?A.Vancouver.B.Calgary.C.Toronto.D.Montreal.1.WhichofthefollowingistherichestinCanada?A.Freshwater.B.Wildhorses.C.Wheat.D.Forests.ScanningReadingComprehensionIII3.LiDaiyuandLiuQianarenotflyingdirectlytotheAtlanticcoastinthat______.A.theywanttovisittheircousinsB.theywanttotravelacrossCanadaC.theyhavesomethingimportanttodoD.theycandrivetheirowncar1.Ratherthantaketheaeroplanealltheway,theydecidedtoflytoVancouverandthentakethetrainwesttoeastacrossCanada.她们不想一路乘飞机，她们决定九月先从中国飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。注意：ratherthan后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to,如上句。但ratherthan位于句首时，则只能接不带to的不定式。ratherthan表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。注意：ratherthan连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与ratherthan前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。YouratherthanIaregoingtogocamping.里Whatdidtheyseethere?Vancouversurroundvt.包围,围绕;圈住surroundingadj.周围的，附近的（常作定语）surroundingsn.环境besurroundedby/with被….包围、环绕surroundedbymountainsonthenorthandeastandthePacificOceanonthewestItissowettherethatthetreesareextremelytall,somemeasuringover90metres.独立主格结构做伴随状语独立主格结构•从都构成上看，它仅有逻辑主语和逻辑谓语，而从意思上看，它又像一个句子，多在句中其状语的作用。但不与主句发生句法上的联系，与主句之间不使用任何连接词。E.g.Moretreeshavingbeenplanted,thesoilwouldnothavebeenwashedaway.如果多种些树，土壤就不会被冲走。（条件状语）独立主格结构通常有下列形式：1.名词/代词+v-ing.Snowfalling,childrenareplayinginthestreet.下着雪，孩子们正在街上嬉戏着。（伴随状语）2.名词/代词+v-edThegreatfirelastedhalfamonth,everythingburntdown.大火持续了半个月，所有的东西都烧光了。（结果状语）3.名词/代词+todoManytreestobeplanted,ourcitywilllookevenmorebeautiful.种上许多树后，我们的城市看上去将会更美。（条件）4.名词/代词+形容词/副词Classover,somestudentswenttotheplayground.下课了，一些学生去了操场。（时间）5.名词/代词+名词Tomagoodboy,hisparentsfeelrelaxedleavinghimselfaloneathome.Tom是个乖孩子，所以他的父母很放心把他一人留在家。（原因）6.名词/代词+介词短语Thefarmerswerereturningfromthefields,hoesontheirshoulder.农民们扛着锄头回家了。（伴随）settledown1)坐下，躺下Hesettleddowninhischairtoreadthenewspaper.4.Thatafternoonaboardtrain,thecousinssettleddownintheirseats.那天下午，这对表姐妹在火车上落了座。2)过安定的生活Afteryearsoftravelling,hedecidedtosettledownhere.3)安下心来，专心致志于Thentheysettledthemselvesdowntowork.TheRockyMountainsmountaingoatsgrizzlybeareaglecowboyhorseridingracesCalgaryCowboyscometoCalgarytocompeteinridingwildhorses.averybusyportThunderBayWhereisThunderBay?AtthetopoftheGreatLakes