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Unit 5 Canada- “The True North”
Warming up
1. Canada is the ______ largest country
in the world.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
Who knows Canada best
2. What is the capital of Canada?
A.
B.
Vancouver
Toronto
C.
Calgary
D.
Ottawa
3. What language(s) do Canadians speak?
English
English and German
English and French
English and Spanish
/?bi:v?/海狸
/?grizli/灰熊
4. What is the national animal of Canada?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Beaver
Grizzly bear
Polar bear
Penguin
5. What is the Canadian leader called?
President
Prime Minister
Governor
King
6. Which lake is not in Canada?
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
[sj?:pri?ri?]苏比利尔湖
[hj?r?n]休伦湖
[‘i?ri]伊利湖
[?n’t??ri?u]安大略湖
[‘mi?iɡ?n]密歇根湖
Lake
Superior
Lake
Huron
Lake
Erie
Lake
Ontario
Lake
Michigan
7. Which is the national flag of Canada?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Canada→the country of maple leaves (枫叶)
A Trip on “The True North”
Pre-reading
2. What does “the True North” refer to?
“The True North” is the cross-Canada train.
1.Which means of transport did the characters choose to take their trip to Canada?
First by plane and then by train.
Fast-reading
Read the passage quickly and quietly
and find out the main idea
What is the main idea of the passage?
Who? What? Where?
It is about a trip of two girls; and it tells us some information about Canada.
Fast-reading
Read the passage quickly and match the main idea of the 3 parts
Para(s)___
1
2
3-5
A brief introduction to their
trip
Their chat on their way to the
station
What they saw and felt after boarding the train
Part 1
Part 2
Para(s)___
Para(s)___
Part 3
Detailed-reading
Part 1
Read Para.1 and finish the chart below
Brief introduction to the trip
who _______ and her cousin ______
why to _________________
where
how first by ______
then by ______
Li Daiyu
Liu Qian
visit their cousins
plane
train
_________ on the Atlantic Ocean
Montreal
Detailed-reading
Part 2
Read Para.2 and finish the structure map
Canada
distance ____________
(from coast to coast)
Going eastward, you’ll pass
1.______________
2. ______________
3. _______________________
_______
Vancouver
1. _______________ 2._________________
3. _______________
_______________
4. ______________
5._________________
population
_________
trees
5,500kilometers
scenery
mountains
lakes and forests
wide rivers and large cities
the warmest part
the most beautiful city
one of Canada’s
most popular cities
increasing
rapidly
_______________
the oldest and most
beautiful forests
wet climate
_________
measuring
over 90
meters
Detailed-reading
Part 3
Read Para.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)?
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
Vancouver
Time
route
Vancouver
Calgary
Thunder Bay
Toronto
Montreal
Draw the traveling route
Where were they heading?
Go eastward across the continent
Detailed-reading
The Rocky Mountains
Detailed-reading
Calgary
Detailed-reading
Thunder Bay
Post-reading
Summary
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from _____to ______. Their friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “______ ______ _______”. Canada is the ______ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from _____ to _____. As they go _______, they saw beautiful ______ as well as cities. Vancouver is __________ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
west
east
The
True
North
second
coast
coast
eastward
scenery
surrounded
Post-reading
Summary
When the cousins ______ ______ in the seats, they looked out of the window. They _______ ___ ______ _____ ___ mountain goats and even a grizzly bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from over the world _____ __ ____ ___ working with animals. Then they ______ _______ a wheat –growing province. After dinner, they were back in an ______ area, the busy port at the top of the Great Lakes. That night, the train rushed towards Toronto.
settled
down
managed
to
catch
sight
of
have
a
gift
for
went
through
urban
Post-reading
Discussion
If you have a chance to travel, where will you go? Why?
Homework
Write a short passage about one of your trips (about 100 words)
Thank you