transport? You can find your answers in paragraph 3.
2 Why did the travelers call their ninety mile-drive through the Salt Lake Desert the “long drive”?
We had to travel long without water or grass for the animals to eat. It was hard.
3 What can you learn from this reading passage? What impresses you most?
1)After suffering from many difficulties, we can live a better life. Facing the hardship, never give up,
etc.
2)The courage of the people impresses me most.
Period 4 Language Points
Teaching aims:
1. Grasp some important phrases in the text.
2. Learn some language points.
Step 1 Revision
1.What can we learn from this text?
When we come across problems, we shouldn’t try to escape. Instead , we should learn to face
reality and solve the problems. As long as we overcome the difficulties and never give up, we will
achieve our goals and succeed. More over, we all have dreams in our heart. As long as we insist and
keep making great efforts, I believe we will make our dreams come true one day.
2.Consolidation
In the ______ of 1845, after his father read a book about _________, he decided to _____ there. His
family and many other families ________ for their journey by the middle of October. After traveling
through _________, they had to spend __________ in Kansas. Until ____________ , they wouldn’t
leave. They traveled by day. On November4, 1846, they entered __________ and soon lost their way
. Due to lack of ______________, the oxen had no strength to pull the wagons and were burnt.
People had no choice but to cover another 500 miles ________. At last, they _________ all the
difficulties and got to the west on the morning of _____________. They started their new life there.
Keys: spring, California, move, 4 states, the winter, April 12, 1846, the desert, water and grass, on
foot, overcame, Christmas Day
Step 2 Language study
1. beyond [ ] 介词 prep.
1).在（到）…较远的一边
What lies beyond the mountains? 山的那一边有什么？
2).晚于；超过
This work is beyond my grasp. 这件工作非我力所能及。
Don\’t stay there beyond midnight. 不要过了午夜还留在那儿。
3).为…所不能及；多于；超出
Understanding this article is beyond my capacity（能力）. 我看不懂这篇文章。
It\’s quite beyond me why she married such a heavy smoker.
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