英语必修三Unit5Canada课文翻译ATRIPON"THETRUENORTH"LiDaiyuandhercousinLiuQianwereonatriptoCanadatovisittheircousinsinMontrealontheAtlanticcoast.Ratherthantaketheaeroplanealltheway,theydecidedtoflytoVancouverandthentakethetrainwesttoeastacrossCanada.Thethoughtthattheycouldcrossthewholecontinentwasexciting.Theirfriend,DannyLin,waswaitingattheairport.Hewasgoingtotakethemandtheirbaggagetocatch"TheTrueNorth",thecross-Canadatrain.Onthewaytothestation,hechattedabouttheirtrip."Youregoingtoseesomegreatscenery.Goingeastward,you’llpassmountainsandthousandsoflakesandforests,aswellaswideriversandlargecities.SomepeoplehavetheideathatyoucancrossCanadainlessthanfivedays,buttheyforgetthefactthatCanadais5,500kilometresfromcoasttocoast.HereinVancouver,youreinCanadaswarmestpart.PeoplesayitisCanadasmostbeautifulcity,surroundedbymountainsandthePacificOcean.SkiingintheRockyMountainsandsailingintheharbourmakeVancouveroneofCanadasmostpopularcitiestolivein.Itspopulationisincreasingrapidly.ThecoastnorthofVancouverhassomeoftheoldestandmostbeautifulforestsintheworld.Itissowettherethatthetreesareextremelytall,somemeasuringover90metres."Thatafternoonaboardthetrain,thecousinssettleddownintheirseats.Earlierthatday,whentheycrossedtheRockyMountains,theymanagedtocatchsightofsomemountaingoatsandevenagrizzlybearandaneagle.TheirnextstopwasCalgary,whichisfamousfortheCalgaryStampede.CowboysfromallovertheworldcometocompeteintheStampede.Manyofthemhaveagiftforridingwildhorsesandcanwinthousandsofdollarsinprizes.Aftertwodaystravel,thegirlsbegantorealizethatCanadaisquiteempty.Atschool,theyhadlearnedthatmostCanadianslivewithinafewhundredkilometresoftheUSAborder,andCanadaspopulationisonlyslightlyoverthirtymillion,butnowtheywereamazedtoseesuchanemptycountry.Theywentthroughawheat-growingprovinceandsawfarmsthatcoveredthousandsofacres.Afterdinner,theywerebackinanurbanarea,thebusyportcityofThunderBayatthetopoftheGreatLakes.ThegirlsweresurprisedatthefactthatoceanshipscansailuptheGreatLakes.BecauseoftheGreatLakes,theylearned,Canadahasmorefreshwaterthananyothercountryintheworld.Infact,ithasone-thirdoftheworldstotalfreshwater,andmuchofitisintheGreatLakes.Thatnightastheyslept,thetrainrushedacrossthetopofLakeSuperior,throughthegreatforestsandsouthwardtowardsToronto."真北方"之旅李黛玉和她的表妹刘倩要去加拿大大西洋海岸的蒙特利尔市看望他们的表兄妹。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。要横穿整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5500千米。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。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。那儿的湿度很大，所以树都长得特别高，一些高达90多米。那天下午表姐妹俩才登上火车落了座。那天早些时候，当他们穿越落基山脉时，他们设法看见了野山羊，甚至还看见了一只大灰熊和一只鹰。她们的下一站是卡尔加里，这个城市因"大西部赛马会"而闻名。来自世界各地的牛仔们来参加赛马会比赛。他们在许多人都有骑野马的才能，他们能赢得几千美元的奖金。两天后，他们开始意识到加拿大人...
