课件21张PPT。..., confirming that fall had arrived in Canada.
……表明秋天已经来到加拿大。
confirm是动词，意为：
①(尤指提供证据来)证实, 证明, 确认
如：
Research has confirmed that the risk is higher for women.②使感觉更强烈, 使确信
如:
The smell of cigarette smoke confirmed what he had suspected: there had been a party in his absence.
③批准(职位、协议等)
常用于be confirmed as结构
如: He was confirmed as captain for the
rest of the season.【拓展】
confirmation n. 证实, 确认书; 证明书
如: There has still been no official
confirmation of the report.
We will send you written confirmation
of our offer shortly.
confirmed adj. 确定的; 已被证实的
如: We have a confirmed report that it is
now snowing at the top of Mount Tai.【即学即练】?
根据括号内的汉语提示补全下列句子。
1) Please ______________________________
(证实你在电话中传达的消息) by writing
to me.
2) My wife will _________________________
________ (证实我是准时到达的).
3) The walk in the mountains _____________
_____________________ (使他更确信自己
有恐高症).confirm your telephone messageconfirm that I was there his fear of heightson timeconfirmed2. In the distance, they could see the misty cloud that rose from the great Niagara Falls, which is on the south side of the lake.
远处，她们可以看到湖的南边尼亚加拉大瀑布上方升腾着的雾霭。
in the distance 在远方, 在远处 【即学即练】翻译句子。
远处可以看到一幢小房子。 A small house can be seen in the distance.3. The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal at dawn the next morning.
火车在那夜晚些时候起程了，第二天黎明到达了蒙特利尔。
dawn作名词时, 意为: ①黎明, 破晓 ②开端
如:
As I walked home the dawn was just breaking over the city.
The war ended and the people of the country looked forward to the dawn of happier days.dawn作动词时, 意为: ①(天)亮起来 ②开始
如: Day will dawn at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow.
The space age dawned in the twentieth
century.
【拓展】
at dawn 在黎明，天亮
from dawn till dusk (= from morning till
night ) 从早到晚
dawn on / upon sb. 某人逐渐明白。如：
It finally dawned on me that he had been
lying. 【即学即练】 翻译句子。
1) 他们每天天一亮就开始干活。
They start work at dawn every day.
2) 天亮时, 我们可以看到风暴造成的灾害。
When day dawned, we could see the damage
the storm had caused.
3) The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明之前天最暗。
4) The truth began to dawn on him.
他开始明白真相了。
4. As they sat in a buffet restaurant looking over the broad St. Lawrence River, a young man sat down with them.
当她们坐在一家自助餐厅里眺望广阔的圣劳伦斯河时，一个年轻人坐在了她们的身边。辨析widebroad着重于幅面的宽广, 可修饰背、肩、胸, 心胸等的宽阔, 还有“开朗”之意。着重于一边到另一边的距离如: The river is 300 feet broad/wide.
The door is wide open. 如: We saw the broad ocean.
His back (shoulder, chest) is broad.【常用搭配】
wide eyes 大眼睛; 睁大的眼睛
a wide mouth 一张大嘴
the wide world 广阔的世界
wide interests 广泛的兴趣
the broad ocean 无际的海洋
broad shoulders 宽宽的肩膀
the broad masses 广大群众
broad chest (back) 宽宽的胸膛(背)
broad in size 身材宽大, 体积宽大5. I’m a student at the university nearby.
我是这里的大学生。
nearby作形容词时, 意为“附近的, 邻近的 ”,
通常位于名词前面。
如: I found a note on a nearby table.
We stopped at some nearby shops to
buy some food.
nearby作副词时, 意为“在附近, 不远” 。
如: ?My father lives right nearby.
I noticed a policeman standing nearby.
【即学即练】翻译下列句子。
1) 她来自附近的一个村庄。
She came from a nearby village.
2) 他们反对在附近建机场的计划。
They are against the plan to build an airport
nearby.
3) 吉姆从附近的商店里买了一些水果。
Jim bought some fruit from a nearby shop.6. Most of us speak both English and French, but the city has French culture and traditions.
我们大多数人既说英语也说法语, 但是这座城市具有法国文化和传统。 同根词traditiontraditionallyn.传统,传统的信仰(或风俗)traditionaladj.?①传统的, 习俗的, 惯例的; ②因袭的, 守旧的adv.?传统地如: We decided to break with tradition this year and go away for Christmas.
It’s traditional in?America?to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
She’s very traditional in her ideas and opinions.
The festival is traditionally held in May.7. The girls told him they were on a train trip across Canada and that they had only one day in Montreal.
姑娘们告诉他，她们是坐火车来旅游的，要横穿加拿大，在蒙特利尔只待一天。 【分析】
① 本句结构是: 主语(The girls) + 谓语(told) +宾语(him) + 第一个宾语从句(they were on a train trip across Canada) + 第二个宾语从句(they had only one day in Montreal)。② 如果在一个复合句中有两个或两个以上并列的宾语从句, 第一个that可以省略, 第二个及以后的that不可以省略。I. 选用方框内合适的单词并用其正确形式填空(每个单词限用一次)。confirm, dawn, nearby, tradition 1. They had to leave at ________ to get the plane.
2. We must ________ whether it is true or
not.dawnconfirm 3. I noticed a policeman standing ________ and turned to him for help.
4. There’s a(n) _________ in our office that when it’s somebody’s birthday, they bring in a cake for us all to share.traditionnearbyconfirm, dawn, nearby, tradition II. 根据括号内的提示翻译下面句子。
1. 我们要在日落之前离开去那个镇子。(leave for)
We’re going to leave for the town before the
sun goes down.
2. 她总是梦想成为一名演员。 (dream of )
She always dreams of becoming an actress.
3. 在沿着海滩散步时，他看到了远处的另一个
男子。 (in the distance)
When he walked along the beach, he saw
another man in the distance.课件36张PPT。Unit 5Unit 5
Canada — "The True North" To listen to the passage about information
about the cultural and racial composition of
Canada
To read the passage about the visitors on a
visit to Toronto and Montreal
To learn to use the words and expressionsBefore you listen, read the incomplete sentences in Exercise 2 on page 37 and guess what the topic of the listening text is. What do you suppose Canada encourages people to hold on to?
Why do you suppose Indians are mentioned in theses questions?
Do you think Canada has radio and TV programmes in different languages? Why do you think so?
The words “mixture” and “mixed” have the meaning of combining different things together. What do you think is combined together in Canada? Listen to the tape and complete these sentences with the correct information. 1. Canada encourages people to keep ____________________.
2. Canada is a mixture of ______________ ___________.
3. If you live in the province of Quebec, _____________________________.their own customsyou are expected to speak Frenchmany culturesand races4. Native Indians and the Inuit are trying to _______________________.keep their languages alive6. You may find areas where __________________________ live near each other.
7. The families ______________________
______________ are usually all mixed
up.people from the same culture for a long timewho have lived in Canada5. More than ___ languages are used in radio and TV programmes.80 I am a Canadian and very ______ of my country. However, people sometimes don’t know what being Canadian really ______. People who come to Canada are _________ to be proud of their own culture and keep their own _______. Except for the Native Indians, everybody else who lives here came from another country or their _________ did. Canada is a _______ of many culturesListen again and fill in the blanks.proudmeansencouragedcustomsancestorsmixtureand races. It is _____ we call a multicultural country.
We have ______ official languages, French and English. Even though we encourage people to keep their own customs, we ______ everyone to learn French or English in order to ______ in Canada. If you live in the province of Quebec, you are expected to speak _______. However, the Native Indians and the Inuit of Canada twoexpectFrenchwhatliveare still ______ to keep their languages alive. You can hear some of their languages in the names of ______ and _______ as well as cities. “Canada” means “village”. Toronto and Ottawa are also Native Indian names. There are ________ and television programmes, ___________ and magazines in over _______ different languages across Canada, and the Toronto city governmenttryingriverslakesradio80newspapersoffers help to people in _______ languages.
Many of our _______ cities have areas where people from the same culture live near each other—there might be a __________, a Little Italy, a Korea Town and so on. However, people whose _______ have lived in Canada for a long time are usually all ________ up. My own family is a mixture of English, Native Indian and 70bigChinatownfamiliesmixedFrench. My neighbour’s family is Chinese, German and _______!
When I say that I am proud to be a Canadian, maybe you can help me ______
what a Canadian is.AfricandecideIn pairs take turns to ask and answer the following questions. Make notes and be ready to present your conversation to the class.1. What is Canadian?
2. Why do people say that Canada is
a multicultural country?"The true north" from Toronto to Montrealthe second largest country in the worldsize has an area of 9,984,670 square kilometers; the distance from east to west is 5,500 kilometers.populationa population of 36.28 millionsettlersThe first settlers from
England arrived in 1497.Settlers from France reached Canada in 1534.weatherdifferent from area to area (as in china )in the northwinters long；
snow for six monthsOttawa:winter --- -10℃Summer --- 21 ℃west coast
warmestJanuary : 3℃July : 18 ℃Maple treesMost of the electricity is produced by water.The Niagara fallMost of the country is covered by forests. forestsFill in the blanks according to the order things happened.They saw beautiful maple trees and realized that fall had come.They arrived in Toronto.The train left.They arrived in Montreal.in the lovely shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces beside the water.The train was speeding down to the East Coast.Read the passage carefully and finish the tasks.Para. 1How can we know that fall had arrived in Canada?The bushes and maple trees were red, gold and orange.
There was frost on the ground.1. __________________
2. _______________ rising from the
________________
3. ________________, homes of famous
basketball teams.Para. 2-3In Toronto, they saw many famous places, including:the CN towerthe misty cloudthe Niagara Fallscovered stadium1. Why is there good Cantonese food in
Toronto?
2. Why can’t they go as far as Ottawa? Because most of the Chinese people there came from South China, especially Hong Kong. Para. 4 It’s approximately four hundred kilometeres northeast of Toronto, so it would take too long. Find at least three sentences that show
Montreal is a French city.People everywhere speak French.
There were signs and ads in French.
The city has French culture and traditions. Para. 5-6 Toronto is _________ and ________ city in Canada. There is the tall __________ and the famous ____________, which is beautiful with a ________ cloud that ________ form it. There is also a _________ stadium and there __________ where you can get good Cantonese food.biggestwealthiestCN towerNiagara FallsmistyrisescoveredChinatowns Montreal has kept its French culture. People speak both _________ and English. There are ________ and _________ in French. It’s nice to sit in a café looking over the _________ St. Lawrence River.signsFrenchadsbroadUse the information in both reading passages of this unit to draw the girls’ route across Canada on the map on page 33.
