人教版（新课程标准）必修三 Unit 5 Canada—“The True North” Warming-up & Pre-reading 课件（35张PPT）

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James Cameron
Unit 5
Canada
— “The True North”
Warming Up and Reading
2018.4
How much do you know about Canada
Rules:
You will be provided with 10 "T" or "F" questions. If you think it's true, please make a circle. If you think it's wrong, show me "×".
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1. Canada is the third largest
country in the world.
1. Russia
2. Canada
3. China
4. America
5. Brazil
×
second
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3. Canada is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
Playtime!
2. Canada lies in South America.
×
North
3. Canada is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
Playtime!
2. Canada lies in South America.
×
North
Arctic Ocean
4. Its national animal is polar bear.
An hard-working, semi-aquatic mammal with excellent engineering skills.
×
beaver
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5. The Head of the Canadian Government is called Prime minister.
Stephen Harper
6. Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth.
Queen Elizabeth II
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7. Canadians speak English and German.
French
×
Playtime!
Quebec
8. Basketball is invented by Canadians.
9. The national flower of Canada is maple.
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10. The capital of Canada is Toronto.
×
Ottawa
Toronto is the most wealthy and biggest city in Canada, as well as a global centre for finance, business, arts and culture.
Ottawa is a political and technological centre of Canada. It has a high standard of living and low unemployment.
Playtime!
Reading time!
A Trip on "The True North"
Pay attention to the title of the reading passage, A Trip On “The True North”, why does the author use on rather than to
Fast reading
The text is a _____.
A. legend B. story
C. biography D. travel note
2. The whole text is organized in order of ______.
A. time B. logic C. importance
3. What is “The True North”
It is a train that goes across Canada.
Reading time!
Task 1
Task 2-Try to find out what these numbers refer to in the text.
5500:
Thirty million:
One third:
It is 5500 kilometers from the east
to the west of the country.
The population of Canada is
slightly over thirty million.
Canada has one third of the world’s fresh water.
Reading time!
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
wheat-growing province
Calgary
Thunder Bay
Toronto
China
Lake Superior
Montreal
Task 3- The route of the Trip
M
A
P
L
E
To describe the Country of Maple Leaves, we can use some adjectives whose first letters are hidden in the word Maple. What are these adjectives
Brainstorming
Multicultural
Amazing
Peaceful
Livable
Empty
What are these adjectives
Starting point Information
Vancouver ＊It is surrounded by mountains and________________.
＊People can ____ in Rocky Mountains and sail in the ________ .
＊___________ makes the trees extremely tall, some __________ over 90 metres.
measuring
ski
harbour
Read the text again and fill in the blanks.
Detailed Reading
Reading time!
the Pacific Ocean
Wet climate
Here in Vancouver, we are in Canada's _____ (warm) part, ______ a lot of visitors think is Canada's most beautiful city, _________ (surround) by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. _____(it) population is increasing rapidly because of the fact ____ Vancouver is one of Canada's ______ popular cities to live in. What's more, the coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is ______ wet that the trees are extremely tall.
warmest
surrounded
which
Its
that
most
so
Fill in the blanks
Multicultural Vancouver
Place Information
The Rocky Mountains ＊The cousins managed to ____________some mountain goats, __________and_______.
Stop 2 Information
Calgary ＊It is famous for ____________
__________.
＊Many cowboys who come to __________ the Stampede _____ __________ riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars _______.
have
a gift for
catch sight of
the Calgary
Stampede
a grizzly bear
an eagle
in prizes
compete in
Amazing Rocky Mountains
When _______ (cross) the Rocky Mountains, we manage to catch sight _____ some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. In addition, _______(ski) in the Rocky Mountains is an amazing experience.
crossing
of
skiing
Fill in the blanks
Livable Calgary
Calgary is famous for its Stampede. Cowboys _________are from all over the world come to compete in the the Stampede. Many of them have a gift ____ riding wild horses and win thousands of dollars in prizes.
who/that
for
Place Information
A wheat-growing Province ＊Farms cover thousands of ______ .
Stop 3 Information
Thunder Bay ＊It is a busy_____city at the top of ____________ in an ______ area.
＊____________ can sail up the Great Lakes.
acres
urban
port
the Grate Lakes
Ocean ships
Reading time!
After dinner, we are back in an urban area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top of the Great Lakes, because of which Canada has ____ (much) fresh water than any other country.
more
As a matter of fact, Canada has one-third of the world's total fresh water, and much of it is in the Great Lakes. Besides, the fact is ____ ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes, which surprises us.
that
Peaceful Great Lakes
At school, we learn that Canada's population is only _______ (slight) over thirty million, but now we are _______ (amaze) to see such an empty country. Going through a wheat-growing province, we see farms that covered thousands
of acres.
slightly
amazed
Canada --- an Empty country
Free Talk!
Look at the map of China on Page 69. If you have a chance to have a travel across our country with your group members, design your own route and tell us what you want to see during the trip.
Choose 3-4 cities
＊We want to cross our country from east to west/ from southwest to northeast...
＊We'll start from...
＊The starting point of our trip is ...
＊(Tai Wan, we can enjoy the local snacks and the scenery of Ali Mountain)...
＊Then we will fly to/ take train to...
＊we will go to **by ship/bus...
＊...Finally we'll arrive at...
＊** is our distination/ last stop
Example
Free Talk!
Free Talk!
The landscape belongs to the man who look at it.
—Emerson, American thinker
Homework !
1. Write down the route of your group's trip.
2. Find out the useful expressions in the passage.
3. Finish Consolidation for Period 1.
Thank you!
The Great Lakes（五大湖）
苏毕利尔湖
休伦湖
安大略湖
密歇根湖
伊利湖
The five largest freshwater lakes (淡水湖) in the world; lake Michigan is in America, the other four are in Canada.
[‘mi iɡ n]
[hj r n]
[ n’t ri u]
[‘i ri]
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario