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1. Which is the national flag of Canada?
A. B.
C. Q D.
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
snow
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 Toronto
C. D.
Calgary Ottawa
4. What is the national animal of Canada?
• B.
Beaver Grizzly bear
C. D.
Polar bear Penguin
5. How many “Great Lakes” are
there in Canada?
• 4
• 3
• 5
• 6
Lake
Superior
Lake
Huron
Lake
Erie
Lake
Ontario
Lake
Michigan
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Let’s start our trip to
Canada.
Learning aims
• Learn important words、
expressions and
sentences in reading.
• Practice different reading
skills.
• Develop our sense of
cooperative learning and
interest in making a trip.
Fast reading Task1
Canada
the cross-Canada train
Fast reading Task2
Read the text to match the main idea of the 3 parts.
Part 1
Para 1
Part 2
Para 2
Part 3
Para(s)3-5
what they really saw and felt
after boarding the train
brief introduction of their trip
their chat on their way to the
station
Challenge your memory
and mark their travel route
on the map
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Brief introduction about the trip
who _______ and her cousin _______
why to ________________
how _____to Vancouver,
and then take _________
where ________________
Para.1
Read Para.1 and finish the chart below.
Li Daiyu Liu Qian
Montreal, Canada
visit their cousins
fly
the train
Careful reading Task1
Careful reading Task2
Part2. Para.2 True or False
1. Vancouver is Canada’s coldest part.
F
2. People can cross Canada in less
than five days.
F
Part 3
Read Paras 3-5 and answer the following questions.
1 What mountains did they cross ealier that day?
2 Which city did they go after crossing the mountains?
3 What did the girls think about Canada after 2 days’
travel?
4 Where did they go after dinner?
5 Which lake did the train rush across that night and
what’s their next destination(目的地)?
1Earlier that day, …Rocky Mountains.
2 … Calgary…
3 After 2 days’ travel, … empty…
4 After dinner, …Thunder Bay…
5 That night … across Lake Superior
… Toronto
Vancouver
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Careful reading Task3
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3 4
Challenge yourselves
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• Distance from coast to coast: ____________
• Oceans on west and east coasts:
_________________________________
• Population of Canada:
______________________
• Fresh water: Canada has ________ of the
world’s total fresh water, and
much of it is in_____________.
Summary in class
Some basic facts about Canada
the Pacific Ocean
the Great Lakes
5500 kilometers
the Atlantic Ocean
slightly over thirty million
one-third
Homework
1. Do a summary by yourselves.
2. Get ready to retell the text.
3. Learn the new words and
expressions by heart.
True or False
They will take the train across Canada from
east to west.
难度系数:
False
Thunder Bay is a busy ____ city at
the top of the Great Lakes, from
where the ocean ships can reach
the center of Canada.
难度系数:
port
Fill the blank.
难度系数:
Vancouver is Canada’s__________ part and
people say it is the most__________ city in Canada,
surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the
harbor make Vancouver one of the most
________ cities to live in.
Say something about Vancouver.
warmest
beautiful
popular
Question
难度系数:
Say something about yourself
Where do you want to travel to? Why?
难度系数:
_______, Canada has one-third of the
world’s total fresh water, and much of it
is in ______________.
Fill the blanks
The Great Lakes
In fact