;1.Doyouliketotakeatripviarail?Whyorwhynot?;;;;Beforestartingout,theyspentacoupleofdaysinVancouver,seeingthesights.Duringtheirfirstday,asistypicalofVancouver,itrained.Despitetheweather,theywereabletotakeaboatrideoutintothebay,andlatervisitanislandthathadwonderfulshopssellingcraftsandantiques.Thenextdaywasclearandmild,andtheywerepleasedtoseethebeautifulmountainslookingoutoverthecity.Later,theytookapleasanthikeinaforestjustashortdistanceaway.;While-reading;Post-reading;Discoursemarkersarealsoknownas“linkingwords”.Theyareusedtoshowrelationshipsbetweenideas.Relationshipscanrangefromaddingsomething(e.g.,also,besides,additionally),toshowingcontrast(e.g.,however,ontheotherhand),toexplainingareason(e.g.,because,since),ortoshowingaresult(e.g.,therefore,asaresult).Withoutthem,theconnectionsbetweensentencesandparagraphswouldbelessobvious.;discoursemarkers;Matcheachdiscoursemarkerwiththecorrectpurpose.;Moreexamplesofdiscoursemarkers:

Adding:also,besides,additionally,moreover

Contrast:however,ontheotherhand,while,bycontrast

Reason:since,as,because

Result:therefore,asaresult,consequently,accordingly（因此；于是）

Emphasis:indeed,aboveall

Orderofevents:first,second,next

Time:assoonas,meanwhile

Givingexamples:forexample,suchas

Comparing:similarly（类似地）,likewise(同样地)

Concluding:toconclude,insummary;1.Howdoyouunderstandthefollowingsentence?;Canada;;;;14.______(Look)atthebeautifulscenery,theybothagreedthatitwas15._______________(awesome)journeytheyhadevertaken.Inaddition,onehighlightoftheirtripwastoseemanydifferentcreatures,16.______(include)deer,mountaingoats,andevenagrizzlybear.FromJasper,theycaughtthetraintowardsToronto.Edmontonis17.______(freeze)coldinwinteranditishome18.___manyshoppingmalls.FromEdmon