高一下学期英语人教必修3Unit5—Warming—up—and—Reading课件

Unit 5 Canada ------The True North How much do you know about Canada? 9.98million km2 5,500km Canada occupies an area of 9, 978, 4670 square kilometers. It is a bit bigger than China. The United States is its neighbor. 呈横长方形，长与宽之比为２∶ １。旗面中间为白色正方 形，内有一片１１个角的红色枫树叶；两侧为两个相等的红 色竖长方形。白色正方形代表加拿大辽阔的国土，加拿大很 大面积的国土全年积雪期在１００天以上，故用白色表示； 两个红色竖长方形分别代表太平洋和大西洋，因加拿大西濒 太平洋、东临大西洋；红枫叶代表全体加拿大人民，加拿大 素有“枫叶之国”的美誉，枫树是该国的国树，枫叶是加拿 大民族的象征。 the national flag of Canada the national anthem of Canada 图案中间为盾形，盾面下部为一枝三片枫 叶；上部的四组图案分别为：三头金色的 狮子，一头直立的红狮，一把竖琴和三朵 百合花，分别象征加拿大在历史上与英格 兰、苏格兰、爱尔兰和法国之间的联系。 盾徽之上有一头狮子举着一片红枫叶，既 是加拿大民族的象征，也表示对第一次世 界大战期间加拿大的牺牲者的悼念。狮子 之上为一顶金色的王冠，象征英女王是加 拿大的国家元首。盾形左侧的狮子举着一 面联合王国的国旗，右侧的独角兽举着一 面原法国的百合花旗。底端的绶带上用拉 丁文写着“从海洋到海洋”，表示加拿大 的地理位置——西濒太平洋，东临大西洋。 the French-speaking province ----Quebec Official languages: English and French the TV and radio in French ; French restaurants ; teaching in schools be done in French. fresh water the five great lakes one third of the world’s supply of fresh water most of the electricity is produced by water the Niagara fall The Basic Facts about Canada: Position: Capital City: The leader of the country: Size: Population: Official Languages: Resources: Main cities: History: Canada is in northern North America Ottawa Prime Minister 9,984,670 square kilometers a population of over 30 million The first settlers arrived from England in 1497. Settlers from France reached Canada in 1534. English and French be rich in forests, coal, oil and water Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto Task One: Read the reading passage while listening, and then finish the following questions. Answer the following questions. Q1. What is the passage mainly about? Q2. Why is the title given as Canada--- “The True North”? Q3. How many cities are mentioned in the text? What are they? The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some more information about Canada. Because the two girls took a trip across Canada by taking the cross-Canada train called “The True North” Four. They are Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay, and Toronto. Task Two: Read carefully and answer the questions. 1. Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast? 2. What is the continent they are crossing? 3. What is “The True North”? 4. Why do many people want to live in Vancouver? 5. Name two natural resources that Canada has according to the text. Because they want to take the train from West to East across Canada/ they want to see Canada / they want to travel across Canada. They are crossing North America. Because it is beautiful. People can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in the harbour. “The True North” is the cross-Canada train. “The True North” is its name. water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests. 1. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousin in Montreal on the Atlantic Ocean. trip n. (usually short) journey, esp. for pleasure.旅行 （尤指娱乐性的） 与trip搭配的主要动词和介词： be（go）on/ make / take a trip to … a trip to the seaside 海滨之行 a honeymoon trip to Paris 前往巴黎的蜜月之旅 e.g. My father will make a trip to New York next week. 2. Rather than take the airplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada. rather than: prep. in preference to sb./ sth. ; instead of 不愿，与其 e.g. The color seems blue rather than green. He was busy writing a letter rather than reading the newspaper. 3. Many people think it is the most beautiful city in Canada, as it is surrounded by mountains on the north and east in the Pacific Ocean. surround v. 包围，环绕 surrounding adj. 周围的 surroundings n. 环境 be surrounded by… 被…包围 e.g.: The fence surrounds the school. The house is surrounded by high walls. 4. That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats. settle down : 安稳的坐下，定居下来，适应 e.g.: His father settled down in the armchair with the newspaper. Have you settled down in your new job yet? 5. Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes. have a gift for … 在某方面有天赋 have a talent for … 在某方面有天分 e.g.: He has a gift for learning language. Mother always has a gift for making guest feel at home. Practice: 1. Fill the blanks below. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from ______ to ______. Their cousin’s friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “______ _______ ________ “. Canada is the _________ largest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from _______ to _______. As they go ___________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is ___________ by mountains on the north and east. When the cousins _________ _______ in their seats, they looked out of the windows. They saw mountain _______ and even a ________ bear. Calgary is famous for its ___________. Many of the _________ from all over the world ______ _____ _____ _____ riding wild horses. Then they ______ __________ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy _______ at the top of ________ _______ ________. west east The True North second coastcoast eastward surrounded settled goats grizzly Stampede cowboys have a gift for went through port the Great Lakes down Vancouver Calgary Thunder Bay Toronto go eastward,across the continent 2. Find out the traveling route of the two girls. V an co u ver R o cky m o u n tain Calgary Thunder Bay Toronto Lake Superior The Atlantic coast *Homework: 1. Read the text carefully again and finish Ex2 on P35. 2. Do Ex1, Ex2, and Ex3 on P 36 欢迎多提宝贵意见 其余程序请按ESC键 退出! 谢谢 ！