Unit 5 Canada—”The True North”
Maple Country
-- Canada
How much do you
know about Canada?
Now let’s have a quiz and see
how much you know about
Canada.
Quiz
B.
1. Which is the national flag of Canada?
A.
C. 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 (温哥华) Toronto (多伦多)
C. D.
Calgary (卡尔加里) Ottawa
(渥太华)
the biggest citythe warmest
and most
beautiful city
the industrial
center
4. What is the national animal of Canada?
l B.
Beaver (海狸) Grizzly bear (灰熊)
C. D.
Polar bear (北极熊) Penguin(企鹅)
5. What is the leader of the country called?
l President (总统)
l Prime Minister (总理；首相)
l Queen (女王)
D. Chairman (主席)
加拿大总理--斯蒂芬·哈珀
(Stephen Harper)
6. How many Great Lakes are there in
Canada?
A. 4.
B. 3.
C. 5.
D. 6.
How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada?
the five great lakes
苏必利尔湖
休伦湖 安大略湖
伊利湖
密歇根湖
7. Canada is the ______ largest country
in the world.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
8. How large is it?
A. 9.98 million km²
B. 9.60 million km²
C. 9.96 million km²
D. 9.98 million km
9.How many provinces are there in Canada？
A. 13 B. 10
C. 14 D. 23
7. Where is Canada located?
Arctic
position Canada is in northern North America
Pacific
Atlantic
太平洋
大西洋
北极
In Canada, people from many cultures
live together. Canada is a ____________
country.
multicultural
A TRIP
ON “ THE TRUE NORTH”
Pre-reading
Predict:
What does “The True North”
refer to in the text?
It is a name for________________the cross-Canada train
1. It is the name of a train.
2. Canada is located in the northern North
America.
3. It is named after a line from the
Canadian National Anthem.
“The True North”
Skimming
Read the text quickly and quietly to fill in the blanks
and match the main idea of the 3 parts
Part 1
para(s)___
Part 2
para(s)___
Part 3
para(s)___
What they really saw and
felt after boarding the train
brief introduction of their
trip
Their chat on their way to
the station
1
2
3-5
brief introduction about the trip
who _____ and her cousin ______
why
where
(destination)
how
(transportation)
first by______ ,
then by______
Li Daiyu Liu Qian
to __________________visit their cousins
Scanning
Part 1
Read the 1st para. and finish the chart below.
Montreal, Canada
plane
train
para2:Their chat on their way to the
station
What can they see during the journey?
mountains
lakes
forests
wide rivers
large cities
Its population is increasing rapidly
Para. 2 (Vancouver)
Vancouver
Location
地理位置
Climate气候
Entertain
ment(娱乐)
Scenery
景色
surrounded by mountains and
the Pacific Ocean
warm and wet
skiing and sailing
the oldest and most beautiful
forests
the Rocky Mountains
They managed to catch sight of _______
___________________________________
________________.
some mountain goats and even a grizzly
bear and an eagle
Para 3 They crossed______________________
Calgary 卡尔加里
Para 3 The next stop--Calgary
Para. 3 (Calgary)
What is Calgary famous for?
卡尔加里牛仔节(Calgary Stampede)，是卡尔加里最著名的
节日，拥有“世界上最精彩的户外表演”的美誉，是真正的西
部盛情与狂欢。牛仔节在每年七月的第一个星期五举行，在长
达十天的节庆期间，不仅来自世界各地的顶级职业牛仔齐聚一
堂，参加50万加币大奖的竞技大赛。最特别的是，这段期间卡
尔加里市内所有的商店、旅馆、餐厅、街道全都布置成西部风
格，更推出各种与牛仔相关的商品、乡村音乐、餐饮，全体市
民也都戴起白色仔帽、穿上牛仔裤和时髦的马靴，一起欢度牛
仔节，每天早上九点到十一点，在各主要购物商场等数十个定
点，还免费提供上万份现做的煎饼早餐，邀请所有认识与不认
识的人一起享用。 卡尔加里牛仔节的表演节目在为期十天的
牛仔节嘉年华期间，有一百二十万人前来参观，身临其境可尽
情享受异域原野粗犷豪放的牛仔风情。节目包括职业牛仔竞技
表演,蜚声世界的马车大赛、以及令人叹为观止的晚间大看台
表演等等。
号称北美最大的卡尔加里牛仔节起源于上世纪初，
始于一个牛仔的梦想。在1912年时，一个经常旅行
美国各地从事西部牛仔表演、名叫Guy Weadick的
牛仔，一心梦想要举办一个牛仔竞技活动，发扬西
部拓荒时期的精神与西部牛仔文化，在他努力的奔
走之下，他的构想获得了当时担任牛仔竞技组织的
四大巨头资助，筹措了十万美元，于1912年9月首
次在卡尔加里创立了牛仔竞技活动，并且一举成功，
得到全卡尔加里市民的支持。自那以后，每年7月，
平时安静的卡尔加里便会陷入狂欢。牛仔节也越办
越大，活动项目与奖金也不断的增加，吸引世界各
地的好手前来角逐。
Stampede （美国西部或加拿大)
大西部赛马会
The _________
have a gift for
riding wild
horses and
they can win
thousands of
dollars in ______.
cowboys
prizes
Why did they begin to realize that
Canada is quite empty?
Para. 4 charateristics(特点):____________empty
Because there are only slightly over
thirty million people living on such a
huge land and most of them live
within the areas of the USA border.
A wheat-growing provincefarms: covers thousands of acres(亩).
Para. 4 ____________Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a ________ city.
Where is Thunder Bay?
It is at the top of the _______________.
Canada has ______________ the world’s total fresh
water; and much of it is in ______________.
busy port
Great Lakes
one third of
the Great Lakes
Para 5 :the last stop: Toronto
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)?
1 Earlier 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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• The text is organized in the
order of _______.
• logic B. time C. events
2. Their destination (目的地) ：＿＿＿＿
The cities they crossed:
⑴ __________ ⑵ __________
⑶ _____________
3. What is “The True North”?
Montreal
Vancouver Calgary
Thunder Bay
The cross-Canada train.
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_________ : mountains, lakes forests, wide
rivers , large cities
Size : 5,500 km from _______ to ________
Population: _________ over thirty million, most
Canadians live _______ a few hundred km of the
USA border
Agriculture: wheat farms covered thousands of
_________
Natural resources (资源): has the most _______
water
Scenery
coastcoast
slightly
within
acres
fresh
General impression of Canada
After-reading
What three words
would you use to
describe Canada?
big beautiful
empty multicultural
1.Find out what these numbers refer to?
5,500
thirty
one-third
Canada is 5,500 km from coast to coast.
The population of Canada is only
slightly over thirty million
Canada has one-third of the world’sfresh water
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加拿大从东海岸到西海岸共有5500公里。
加拿大的人口也只有三千万多一点儿。
加拿大拥有全世界三分之一的淡水量。5,500km
Summary
Today we have learned:
• Something about Li Daiyu and
Liu Qian’s _______ across Canada;
2. how to ___________ a place,
e.g. its population, location,
attractions etc.
3. how to make a ______ for a trip
to Canada
introduce
trip
plan
_______________ Vancouver has some of the
oldest and most beautiful forests in the world.
温哥华以北的海岸依然生长着世界上最古老，最
美丽的森林。
①要表示A在B的东部，且A在B的范围内时：
A is in the east of B
中国在亚洲东部。
China is in the east of Asia.
Russia is in the east of Europe.
The coast north of
②如果A在B的东方，即：A在B的范围之外，且相隔有一定的
距离。
A lies to the east of B (口语中to the 可省）
日本位于中国东方。
Japan lies (to the ) east of China.
③A在B的东边（侧），即A与B相邻接
A is on the east of B
Shandong is ______________ Jiangsu.
山东在江苏北边。
广东在湖南南边。
Guangdong is on the south of Hunan.
on the north of
★ Finish the exercises about the
position of places in and out of Canada
① China is ___ the west of Canada.
② The US is ____ the south of Canada.
③ Vancouver is __________ of Canada.
• in the east B. on the west
C. in the west D. to the east
④ The park is 15 km north of Beijing.
(translate it into Chinese) (北京城区)
to
on
Homework
Find out language points and noun clauses
in the reading passage. Discuss and
analyse them.
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