1、Unit 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND导读话题妙切入 返首页2 Take advantage of the young，a trip to say go.趁年轻，来一场说走就走的旅行。Travel to youth is a part of education；it is part of the experience of the elderly.旅行对青年，是教育的一部分；对于老年人是部分经验。返首页3 Travel makes people free，but you can have your own world when you travel.旅行使人自由，只
2、不过因为旅行时候的你可以拥有自己的世界。Dont forget to allow yourself to do，dont forget to allow yourself to go，no matter how hard it is，how far.别忘了答应自己要做的事情，别忘了答应自己要去的地方，无论有多难，有多远。返首页4 Life is like a trip，do not have to care about the destination，only care about the scenery along the way and the mood to see the scener
3、y，let the mind to travel.人生就像一场旅行，不必在乎目的地，在乎的是沿途的风景以及看风景的心情，让心灵去旅行。返首页5 Travelling is kind of like being in love.Except instead of being intimate with another person，you become intimate with a place.Those moments of pleasure when the sun hits your face and you look out onto a foreign countryside，or
4、arrive at a new train depot(仓库)in a bustle of taxis and hawkersthose are the moments you，or at least I，remember，and live for，again and again.返首页6 Even when youre travelling with others，it can be isolating when no one speaks your language.Too often，you will have to make do thinking thoughts in your h
5、ead，which is what many great thinkers，philosophers and artists have long known and practiced.返首页7 Canada is one of the few nations in the world to have two official languages：English and French.There are 10 provinces in the country but only one of theseQuebec is known as“French Canada”This is becaus
6、e it was founded by French explorers while British adventurers discovered the rest.返首页8 Canada left the British empire(帝国)in 1867 to become an independent country and English and French have been recognized as the official languages ever since.Most people speak English as their first language and th
7、e two national television networks broadcast in English throughout the country.Apart from in Quebec and a few places on the east coast，French television is very rare.返首页9 The same goes for traffic signs and menus，for example，outside of Quebec，there are only a few places where youll see traffic signs
8、 in French.In restaurants，its almost impossible to find French on the menu unless you are in the heartland of French Canada.However，all products sold in Canada must，by law，have labels(标签)and instructions in both languages.返首页10 In Canadas Englishspeaking provinces，official bilingualism(双语)means that
9、 students can choose to complete a special French language course.Under this program，they are taught most of their subjects in French.If a student begins the course in kindergarten(幼儿园)or Grade One，it is likely that all their lessons will be in French.However，if they start at junior high school，25 p
10、ercent of the teaching will continue to be in English.返首页11 探索发现1Find out the main idea of the passage and then think of a proper title for it.2Find out where we can watch French television programmes.3Find out something about a special French language course.The passage is mainly about Canada has two official languages：English and French.Its proper title is“One Canada，two languages”Most of the subjects are taught in French.In Quebec and a few places on the east coast.Thank you for watching!
