英语必修三Unit 5 Canada课文翻译

英语必修三

Unit 5 Canada

课文翻译

作者：未知

来源：尚学苑

2014-09-20

A TRIP ON

Li

Daiyu

and

her

cousin

Liu

Qian

were

on

a

trip

to

Canada

to

visit

their

cousins

in

Montreal

on

the

Atlantic

coast.

Rather

than

take

the

aeroplane

all

the

way,

they

decided

to

fly

to

Vancouver

and

then

take

the

train

west

to

east

across

Canada.

The

thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.

Their friend, Danny Lin, was waiting at the airport. He was going to take them

and their baggage to catch

the station, he chatted about their trip.

Going

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, youre in Canadas warmest part. People say

it is Canadas most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Skiing

in

the

Rocky

Mountains

and

sailing

in

the

harbour

make

Vancouver

one

of

Canadas

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.

That

afternoon

aboard

the

train,

the

cousins

settled

down

in

their

seats.

Earlier

that

day,

when

they

crossed

the

Rocky

Mountains,

they

managed

to

catch

sight

of

some

mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. Their next stop was Calgary,

which is famous for the Calgary Stampede. Cowboys from all over the world come to

compete in the Stampede. Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can

win thousands of dollars in prizes.

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

At

school,

they

had

learned

that

most

Canadians

live

within

a

few

hundred

kilometres

of

the

USA

border,

and

Canadas

population

is

only

slightly

over

thirty

million,

but

now

they

were

amazed

to

see

such

an

empty

country.

They

went

through

a

wheat-growing

province

and

saw

farms

that

covered

thousands

of

acres.

After

dinner,

they

were

back

in an urban area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top of the Great Lakes.

The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.

Because

of

the

Great

Lakes,

they

learned,

Canada

has

more

fresh

water

than

any

other

country

in

the

world.

In

fact,

it

has

one-third

of

the

worlds

total

fresh

water,and

much of it is in the Great Lakes.

That night as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior,

through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.

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他们不

想一路乘飞机，

而决定先飞到温哥华，

再从西海 岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。

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个大陆的想法很是令 人兴奋。

朋友林丹妮，在机场等候她们。他 要带着她们和行李去火车站乘坐横穿加拿大的

真北

方

号列车。

在去火车站的路 上，

林丹妮聊起了她们的旅程，

你们沿 途将会看见美丽壮阔的

风景。

一路向东行，

你们会经过一座座山脉，

上千个湖泊，森林还有宽阔的河流和许多大城

市。有人想在不到五天的时间里穿越加拿大，他们忘记了加拿大从东海岸到西海岸有

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千米。这儿，温哥华，是加拿大最美丽的城市，被大山和太平洋环抱。落 基山脉可以滑雪，

海港供你们扬帆，

这些使得温哥华是加拿大最 受欢迎的居住城市之一。

这个城市的人口增长

很快。