必修三第五单元课文及翻译.doc

Unit 5加拿大——“真北方”A TRIP ON "THE TRUE NORTH11“真北方”之旅Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on theAtlantic coast.李黛予和她的表妹刘倩要去加拿大大西洋nrj海岸的蒙特利尔市看望她们的表兄妹们Rather than take the aeroplane all the她们不想一路乘飞机they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada.她们决定飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横 穿加拿大到达东海岸The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.要横穿整个大陆的想法很是令人兴奋Their Mendj Danny Lin^ was waiting at the airport.朋友林丹尼在机场等候她们。

He was going to take them and their baggage to catch "The True Nort技七 the cross-Canada train.他要带着她们和行李去火车站乘坐横越加 拿大的"真北方”号列车On the wag to the stationhe chatted about t代eir trip.在去火车站的路上，林丹尼聊起了她们的旅 程"Youre going to see some great scenery.〃你们沿途将会看到美丽壮阔的风景Going eastward^ you1!! pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests,一路东行，你们会经过一座座山脉，上千个 湖泊、森林，as well as wide r/Vers and large cities.还有宽阔的河流和许多大城市OSome people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five dags,有人想在不到五天的时间里穿越加拿大， but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast.但是他们忘了加拿大从东海岸到西海岸共 有5500公里。

Here in Vancouver youre in Canada^ w^rkwest part.这儿，温哥华，是加拿大最温暖的地方People sag it is Canadas most beautiful city,人们都说温哥华是加拿大最美丽的城市surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.被大山和太平洋环抱Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour在落基山可以滑雪，海港供你扬帆,make Vancouver one of Canada^ most popular cities to live in.这些使得温哥华成为加拿大最受欢迎的居 住城市之一Its population is increasing rapidly.这个城市的人口增长很快The coast north of Vancouver has so Me of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world.在温哥华北面的海岸上，保存着世界上最古 老、最美丽的森林。

It is so wet there that the trees are extremely talh some measuring over 90 met res.11那儿的湿度很大，所以树都长得特别高，一 些高达多米That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats.那天下午表妹俩才登上火车落了座OEarlier that dayj when they crossed the Rocky Mountains^ 火车先是穿越落基山脉，they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.她们设法看到了野山羊，甚至还看到了一只 大灰熊和一只鹰Tlaeir next stop was Calgary, which is famous for the Calgary Stampede. 她们的下一站就是卡尔加里，这个城市因 "大西部赛马会”而闻名Cowbogs from all over the world come to compete in the Stampede.来自世界各地的牛仔们来参加赛马会比赛。

Many of tlaei^ have a gift for riding wild horses他们中的许多人都有骑野马的才能,and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.他们能赢得几千美元的奖金After two days1 travelj the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty. 两天以后，她们开始意识到加拿大人烟稀 少At schoolj they had learned that most Canadians live witkin a few hundred kilometres of the USA border^她们在学校学过，大多数加拿大人在靠近美 国几百公里以内的边境地带，and Canada^ population is only slightly over thirty 叽加拿大的人口也只有三千万多一点儿but now they were amazed to see such an empty country.但是现在看到这么空旷的国家，她们还是很 惊讶。

They went through a w扇”-growing province and saw 阮ms that covered thousands of acres.火车穿过一个种植小麦的省份，她们看到了 面积有数千平方公里的牧场After dinner they were back in an urban area,晚饭后，她们又回到了城市 the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top of the Great Lakes.位于五大湖区顶端的繁忙的港口城市桑德 贝The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean strips can sail up the Great Lakes.巨大的海轮可以开到五大湖，让表妹俩感到 很吃惊Because of the Great Lakes, they leamedj她们知道，正是由于五大湖，Canada has more fresh w^ter than any other country in the world.加拿大的淡水比世界上任何其他的国家都 要多。

In factj it one-third of thewcHdE total fresh water,事实上，加拿大拥有全世界三分之一的淡水 量，and kviuch of it is in the Great Lakes.其中大部分都蓄在五大湖泊里That nig kt as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior,那天夜里她们睡着了，火车越过苏必利尔■ II湖,through the great forests and southard towards Toronto.穿过大森林，朝南向多伦多飞驰着。