2015-2016学年高中英语 Unit 5 Canada The True North Reading 同步学案(含答案）

Unit 5 Canada The True North Reading Tasks Word
Pre-reading activities
Task I. Do you like travelling What can you gain by travelling
Task II. What kind of transportation do you choose and why
Task III. Say something about Canada.
While-reading activities
Task I. Read the text and fill in the blanks in the chart. Try to understand what they saw when they were travelling across the continent from west to east.
Task II. Read the text and fill in the blanks. There are two more options.
the Rocky Mountains, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, the Great Lakes, Montreal, Lake Superior, “The True North”
1. Li Daiyu went to Canada to visit her cousins living in ________.
2. There trip in Canada started from ________.
3. The train they took to cross Canada is called ________.
4. In Vancouver, you can go skiing in ________.
5. Possibly you can win a lot of money by riding wild horses in ________.
6. In Canada, most of the fresh water is in ________.
Task III. Read the text and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Li Daiyu, her cousin and Danny Lin chose to take the train to cross Canada from west to east.
2. They could see more great scenery if they travelled by plane.
3. The distance from west to east in Canada is 5, 500 km.
4. In Vancouver the population is growing slowly because many people are moving away.
5. It is common for people to see some wild animals in the Rocky Mountains.
6. The girls were surprised to see that Canada is so empty.
7. It is impossible for ocean ships to sail up the Great Lakes.
8. In the world, Canada is the country that has the most fresh water.
Task IV. Write a summary of the text.
Post-reading activities
Task I. Make a dialogue between Li Daiyu and Liu Qian talking about what they saw on their way from Vancouver to Calgary.
Task II. Rewrite the text from the first person point of view, describing what you experience in Canada.
Task III. Discussion. What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by train to a distant place
参考答案
Pre-reading activities
Task I. 略
Task II．略
Task III．略
While-reading activities
Task I. 1. mountains 2. trees 3. goats 4. eagle 5. Cowboys 6. Thunder Bay
7. ships 8. Toronto
Task II. 1. Montreal 2. Vancouver 3. “The True North” 4. the Rocky Mountains 5. Calgary
6. the Great Lakes
Task III. 1-5 TFTFT 6-8 TFT
Task IV.
Rather than take a plane to visit their cousins in Montreal, Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian decided to fly to Vancouver first and then take “The True North” train right across the whole of Canada. Their friend Danny Lin met them at the airport and took them to the station. As the train traveled eastward over the Rocky Mountains, they saw mountain goats, a grizzly bear and an eagle. After two days, they realized how empty Canada was as its population is only a little over 30 million and most live only a few hundred kilometers from the US boarder. Later they saw ocean ships sailing up the Great lakes and learned that because of the lakes a third of the world’s fresh water is in Canada. While they slept the train rushed through great forests towards Toronto. (By Ray Cama)
Post-reading activities
Task I. 略
Task II．略
Task III．略