Book3 Unit5 Reading
”The True North”
人教版 必修三
Canada–
Reading
A Trip on “The True North”
Key points of this lesson:
1. 提高“七选五”解题能力及寻读能力
2. Talk about places that impress you in
Canada.
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Pre-reading:
some basic information about Canada
七选五的解题 Steps
1. Read items quickly and underline the key words.(阅
读选项,标记关键词)
2. Read the text quickly and get the main idea. (快速阅
读全文,取得大意)
3. Focus on the context of the missing sentences. (阅读
各个空白前后句,找关键词)
4. Match the key words of the item and those in the
context. (比较选项和上下文的关键词)
5. Read again to check. (重读原文,判断是否通顺、
合逻辑)
注意关键词 , 推断主题
阅读后文内容,猜测主题
七选五的解题技巧:
主题/细节
该段主题句
第一段的段尾
段首
与后文衔接
承上启下
锁定关键词,并推断
瞻前顾后
段中:上下文逻辑衔接
关注连接词,例如:并列、转折、因果关系
Do the following reading exercise and think about the
question. Why is the title called “The True
North”?
Exercise
A: they can win thousands of dollars in prizes.
B: Their friend, Danny Liu, was waiting at the airport
C: hundreds of thousands of people come to take part
in the game.
D: it has one-third of the world’s total fresh water, and
much of it is the Great Lakes
E: they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500kilometres
from coast to coast
F: The train left that night and arrived at dawn the next
morning.
G: The thought that they could cross the whole
continent was exciting.
注意信号词(______________) ,
推断主题
阅读后文内容,猜测主题
七选五的解题技巧:
主题/细节
该段主题句
第一段的段尾
段首
与后文衔接
承上启下
锁定信号词,并推断
瞻前顾后(________________)
段中:上下文逻辑衔接
关注连接词,例如:并列、转折、因果关系
1 G across; cross
2 B Their friend; he
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转折 but
并列或因果and
并列 In fact
Why is the title called “The True North”?
First, it’s because it is in the northern North America.
Second, they got aboard the train named “ the true north”.
Third, it is because it’s a line from Canada national anthem.
5,500 km
1. 找数据What’s the distance from east to west coast?
2.细节理解(找名词)
What are some of Canada’s greatest natural resources?
A.Mountains, lakes, forests, rivers and large cities.
B. Mountains, lakes, forests, soil and large cities.
C. Mountains, lakes, forests, and rivers.
D. Mountains, lakes, forests and large cities.
Scanning
3. 细节理解题(找原因)
Why does Canada have the most fresh water?
A. Because Canada is between Pacific Ocean and Atlantic
Ocean.
B. Because Canada’s population is slightly over 30 million.
C. Because the Great Lakes provides a great deal of fresh water.
D. All the above.
4.指示代词What does “the whole continent” refer to in “…
cross the whole continent was ” (the 4th line)?
A. Vancouver B. North America C. Canada D. Montreal
5. What does “it” refer to in “much of it is in the Great Lakes”
( Line 29)?
A. The world’s fresh water B. Canada’s fresh water
C. Other countries' D. Great Lakes
Place Information
Vancouver It is ____________ by mountains and
the Pacific Ocean and one of the most
________ cities to live in.
People can ___ in Rocky Mountains
and sail in the ________.
Wet climate makes the trees extremely
tall, some _________ over 90 meters.
The
Rocky
Mountains
The cousins and their friend managed to
____________ some mountain goats, a
grizzly bear and______________.
catch sight of
an eagle
surrounded
ski
harbour
measuring
popular
Careful reading: fill in the blanks
Thunder
Bay
It is a busy port city at the top of the
Great Lakes in an ______ area.
Ocean ships can sail up ____________.
urban
the Great Lakes
Calgary It is famous for ___________________.
Cowboys_______________ riding
horses and win ___________________ in
prizes.
thousands of dollars
have a gift for
the Calgary Stampede
Overview of Thunder Bay
Appreciating sentences
and learning from the writer
• Rather than take the aeroplane all the way,
they decided to fly to Vancouver and then
take the train from west to east across
Canada.
• Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and
thousands of lakes and forests as well as wide
rivers and large cities.
• People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city,
surrounded by mountains and the Pacific
Ocean.
…
Rather than take
Going eastward
surrounded by
Discussion
Describe one or two places that impress you most
and explain why.
Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands
of lakes and forests as well as wide rivers and large
cities. →
Visiting…, I feel…
People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city,
surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
→
Vancouver is well _______(know) as an urban
centre _____________(surround) by nature,
making tourism its second-largest industry.
known
surrounded
Discussion
Imagine that you are the author and describe one
or two places that interest and impress you most
and explain why.
What impresses you? Why? How did it make you feel?
Vancouver
Rocky Mountain
Vancouver It ranks ...(最宜居城市) in the world.
Sailing in the harbor…
The Rocky
Mountains Enjoying…, I feel very …
Homework:
1.Write an article entitled What
Impresses Me Most During the Trip
Across Canada in about 100 words.
Be sure that your article includes about 3 paragraphs.
The first paragraph: introduce the topic.
The second paragraph: why the place impresses you
and how you feel.
A short conclusion.
2. Read the text again and underline
the important or difficult sentences.
本单元要求写一篇旅行报告,描述在加拿大旅途中
印象深刻的几件事。本题属于描述性写作
(descriptive writing),题目对文章结构提出了具体
的要求:首先应给出报告的标题,并简要说明报告
的内容,然后分段描述自己旅途中遇到的两三件事
,最后进行简要总结。写作时需要交代清楚所描述
事物的关键信息,例如:所在地(location以及给
自己带来的感受(how it made you feel)等。
• 审题要素 写作时应注意以下几点:
• 1. 确定文体:这是一篇应用文,应注意报告类文体
的语言和结构特点。
• 2. 主体时态:文章应以一般过去时为主。
• 3. 主体人称:讲述“自己”的经历,以第一人称为
主。
4. 内容要点:①报告的标题;②报告引语;③事件一;④
事件二;⑤总结。
5. 注意在描述事件的同时表达自己当时的感受,说明为什
么这是一件令你印象深刻的事情。
思路引导: 报告写作一般包括标题和正文两大部分。标题应
简要地说明报告所提及的事项, 例如本题中所要求的
“impressive things during the trip across Canada”。正
文可具体分为三部分:
一、引语。引语部分应当简明扼要地介绍所作报告的主
题。
二、主体。主体部分分项描述主要事项。本题中要讲述几
项令人印象深刻的旅途见闻。
三、结束语。报告应包括一个简短的结尾, 使得文章内
容完整。
此类报告的特点在于其信息性(informative), 通过本习
作可以练习使用描述性语言来提供信息、描述情景以及
表达自己的感受。
My cousin and I traveled across Canada by train from
west to east. We saw many things from the train on the
way across, and in the cities of Toronto and Montreal.
Some of the most important and interesting things that
we saw are included in this report.
We passed through the Rocky Mountains on the train,
and saw wild scenery, a grizzly bear and some mountain
goats. Canada is a wheat-growing area. The city of
Thunder Bay is a port in the center of Canada. Ocean
ships can come all the way to the top of the Great Lakes.
In Toronto, we went up the CN Tower and saw the mist
from Niagara Falls. We visited the covered stadium,
which is the home of the famous basketball team. We
saw Chinatown and had dinner at the Pink Pearl
restaurant. When we arrived in Montreal the next day,
we saw many signs and ads in French. Then we went to
Old Montreal and sat in a typical café beside the St
Lawrence River. We spent the afternoon in shops and
visiting the artists in their workplace. There is so much
things to see and do in Canada on one trip. We saw only
a few things, but we think we would like to go back for
another visit.