课件25张PPT。Canadian maple leavesUnit 5 Canada----The True North?Maple Country Canada1. What language (s) do Canadians speak?
A. English
B. English and German
C. English and French
D. English and Spanish2. What is the capital of Canada?
A. B.
Vancouver Toronto
C. D.
Calgary Ottawa3. What is the national animal of Canada?
B.
Beaver Grizzly bear
C. D.
Polar bear Penguin4. What is the Canadian leader called?
President
Prime Minister
Governor
King5. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they?
Lake Superior
Lake Huron(休伦湖)
Lake Erie(伊利湖)
Lake Ontario
Lake MichiganSkim the passage and then answer the following two questions(2 minutes):
1) What is the passage mainly about?
It is about _____ of two girls; and it tells us some information about ______.
2) What is “The True North”?
The True North is a name of
_____________________.a tripCanada the cross-Canada trainSkimmingCharacters:
Places:
Route:Scan the passage and find out characters, places and their travelling route(2 minutes). Li Daiyu liu Qian and Danny LinVancouver; the Rocky Mountains; Calgary; a wheat-growing province; Thunder Bay; The Great Lakes; TorontoDraw a travelling route on the map on P33ScanningRocky Mountains5,500kmPacific OceanAtlantic OceanA TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”What kind of passage is it?A. a story
B. a piece of news
C. an advertisement
D. a travel journalRead the text quickly and quietly to fill in the blanks and match the main idea of the 3 parts (4 minutes)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 station123-5plane
train.Li Daiyu Liu QianMontreal, Canadavisit their cousinsPart 1
Read Para.1 and finish the chart below (1 minutes) 1. _____________ 2._________________population
___________Part 2
Para.2(2minutes)Canada
distance ____________
(from coast to coast)Going eastward, they’ll pass
1.______________
3.______________________Scenery
Vancouver the warmest partthe most beautiful city3. _______________
_______________increasing rapidly.
5._________________4. ______________
______________wet climate trees
___________extremely tall measuring 90 metersmountainswide rivers & large cities2. ____________5,500 kilometersbeautiful forestsoldest & mostone of Canada’s most popular citieslakes & forestsPart 3
Read Paras 3-5 and answer the following questions(3 minutes).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
VancouverTime route____ 1. They will take the train across Canada westward.
____ 2. You can cross Canada in less than five days.
____ 3. Vancouver is the coldest part in Canada.FFFTrue or False.____ 4. It is so wet in Vancouver that the trees are tall.
____ 5. Canada is a large country with a small population.
____ 6. The ocean ships cannot go to Thunder Bay.
____ 7. Toronto is to the south of Thunder Bay.(Look at the map on page 33)TTFT____8. Their trip across the whole
continent was exciting because of
some great scenery.
____9. Their cousins took them and their
baggage to catch “The True
North”.
____10. Canada has more fresh water
than any other country in the
world.TTF
1. Which of the following is described as the most beautiful city in Canada?
a. Vancouver b. Calgary
c. Toronto d. Montreal
2. What does the word “slightly” in the text mean?
A. A little B. a lot C. greatly D. lightlyGet more familiar with the text3. Two days later, why did they begin to realize that Canada is quite empty?Because there are______________________ people living on such a huge land and __________live within a few hundred kilometers of the USA border.only slightly over thirty millionmost of them Enhancing your understanding of several places mentioned in this reading passage.measuringsurroundedskiharborhave a gift forcatch sight of the Calgary Stampedethe Great LakesurbanDiscussion There are several places mentioned in this reading passage. Which one do you want to visit? (Vancouver; the Rocky Mountains; Calgary; a wheat-growing province; Thunder Bay; The Great Lakes; Toronto)
Share your reasons with your partners and with your classmates(talk to each other——three or four students form one group)Homework: Please try your best to find out the appositive clauses from the reading passage and then finish p.37, Exercise 2 and p.71, Exercise 1..1.The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.
2.Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometers from coast to coast.
3.The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.Thank you!!
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