Unit5
Canada—“The True North”
《My heart will go on》
Celine Dion
(席琳·迪昂 )
Nationality
Canada
Let’s have a quiz.
How much do you know about Canada?
1. Which is the national flag of Canada?
A.
C.
B.
D.
2. What language(s) do Canadians speak?
A. English.
B. English and German.
C. English and French.
D. English and Spanish.
3. What is the capital of Canada?
A.
B.
Vancouver.
C.
Toronto.
D.
Calgary.
Ottawa.
4. What is the national animal of Canada?
A.
B.
Beaver.
C.
Grizzly bear.
D.
Polar bear.
Penguin.
5. What is the Canadian leader called?
A. President
B. Prime Minister
C. Governor
D. King
6. Canada is the ______ largest country
in the world.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
9.98million km2
5,500km
Ottawa
6. Canada is the ______ largest country
in the world.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
_______
Russia is the largest country;
_______
China is the third largest.
7. Which continent is Canada in?
A. North Africa.
B. South Africa.
C. North America. D. South America.
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Oceania
Arctic
8. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada?
What are they?
A. Lake Superior (苏必利尔湖）
B. Lake Huron(休伦湖 )
C. Lake Erie(伊利湖 )
D. Lake Ontario(安大略湖 )
E. Lake Michigan
Canada
(密歇根湖 )
U.S.A
Lake Ontario
(安大略湖 )
Lake Superior
(苏必利尔湖）
Lake Huron
(休伦湖 )
Lake Erie
(伊利湖 )
What words would you use
to describe Canada?
Reading
A Trip on “The True North”
I am
Liu
Qian
I. Listening & Skimming
Read the passage fast to find out:
1.What is “The True North”
2. The main places mentioned in the text,
and try to draw their travelling route(路
线）.
What is “The True North”?
“The True North” is the train that goes
across Canada / the cross-Canada
train.
The main places mentioned in the text.
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Can you draw their travelling route
Calgary on the map?
Thunder Bay
Lake Superior
Toronto
Can you draw the travalling route of
Rocky Mts. the two girls?
Vancouver
Thunder Bay
Calgary
L. Superior
Toronto
II. Detailed reading
1.Why is the population of Vancouver
What have they seen and learned
increasing rapidly?
there?
2.What have they seen in the Rocky
Mountains?
3. What is Calgary famous for?
4.Where is Thunder Bay?
have they known about it?
What
1. Why is the population of
Vancouver increasing rapidly?
Climate
the warmest part of Canada
Surroundings mountains;
the Pacific Ocean on the west;
(周围环境)
Old and beautiful forests
Sports
ski in the Rocky Mountains
sail in the harbour (海港）
the most beautiful city in Canada
2. What have they seen in the Rocky Mountains?
mountain goats
grizzly bear
an eagle
3. What is Calgary famous for?
*the
Calgary Stampede
Stampede is a big event in
cowboys
Calgary, in which _________
from all over the world who
gift for (有..的天分)
have a _____
horses
riding wild _________
compete with each other to
win thousands of dollars
_________________________.
4. Where is Thunder Bay?
What have they known about it?
* at the top end of the Great Lakes
* a very busy port city
Toronto
III. Comprehending
1. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian are not flying
directly to the Atlantic coast in that ____.
A. they want to visit their cousins
B. they want to travel across Canada
C. they have something important to do
D. they can drive their own car
2. Canada’s greatest natural resources are __.
A. water & coal
B. wood & coal
C. coal & oil
D. water & wood
3. Why did they begin to realize two days later
that Canada is quite empty?
A. Because they found nobody on their way.
B. Because there are only thirty million people
living on such a huge land and most of them
live within the areas of the USA border.
C. There are too many lakes in Canada.
D. Because Canada is surrounded by Oceans on
three sides.
Task 1:
Now after reading the text, what words
would you use to describe Canada?
developed
attractive
fashionable
beautiful
modern
powerful
Task Two: group discussion
If you are a Canadian guide,
how will you introduce your
country and which cities will
you introduce to your visitors?
Try to list several reasons. You
may use the information from
the text.
developed
beautiful
modern
attractive
fashionable
powerful
Cities like these: Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay…
Patterns:
1. Welcome! Canada is a ……country.
2. I’d like to introduce Vancouver to you,
because it is…… ; it has……
Canada Palace in Vancouver加拿大大厦
CN Tower in Toronto－
Canada’s National Tower多伦多电视塔
The Empress Hotel in Victoria
维多利亚皇后饭店
Parliament House in Ottawa议会大厦
The Rocky Mountains
Banff National Park班夫国家公园
the Niagara Falls
the covered stadium
(home of several famous football teams)
The Botanic Gardens in Montreal
A Chinatown in Toronto
Montreal is the cultural
capital of Quebec and the main
entry point to the province. it
has a large number of attractive
and fashionably dressed people.
Montreal, Canada's Number 1
container port and the second
largest city , is also a
important business centre in
the North Atlantic .
Summary
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the _____
train in
east . Their
Canada from _____
west to _____
cousins’ friend, Danny Lin, took them to
The _____
True
the train station to catch “____
North Canada is the _______
______”.
second biggest
country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers
coast to _______.
coast
from ______
As they went
eastward they saw beautiful scenery as
________,
surrounded by
well as cities. Vancouver is ___________
mountains on the north and east. When
the cousins ______
settled _____
down in the seats, they
looked out of the window. They saw
grizzly bear.
mountain goats and even a _______
Calgary is famous for its competition.
Many of the cowboys all over North
have_a___
gift ___working
for
America ____
with
animals. Then they ______
went ________
through a
wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a
busy port. It is ______
close ___
to the center of
the country.
Useful expressions
（P33）the second largest country 第二大国家
P34 (para.1)
• be on a trip to/take a trip to去…旅行
• rather than do sth.与其，不愿做某事
• all the way 一路上
(para.2)
• on the way to 在去…的路上
• go eastward 向东走
• in less than five days 在不到五天的时间里
• be surrounded by 被...包围
• increase rapidly 迅速增长
(Para.3)Settle down 定居；安顿；安静下来
• Manage to do (succeed in doing) 设法做成（某事）
• Catch sight of 看见；瞥见
• From all over the world 来自世界各地
• Have a gift for 在…方面有天赋
• Win thousands of dollars in prizes 赢得几千美元
的奖金
(Para4)Slightly over thirty million 三千万多一点儿
• In an urban area 在城市地区
• At the top of 在…的顶端
• Be surprised at the fact that (同位语从句）
对…的事实感到惊讶
• One-third / One third of …的三分之一