人教版高中英语必修3课件 Unit 5 The True North reading（22张PPT）

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---“The True North
Unit 5 Canada
人教版高中英语 必修3 单元5 第1课时

Group work
Do you like travelling?
(Work in group of 4)
lead-in




Do you know which country I want to visit next step?
Canada
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continent n. 大陆, 陆地; 大洲
each of the main land masses of the Earth.
(Europe, Asia, Africa, etc)

1. Canada is the second largest country in the world.
2. Canadians speak English and German.
3. The capital of Canada is Ottawa.
4. The national flag of Canada is the Maple Leaf Flag.
5. The national animal of Canada is grizzly bear.
6. The Canadian leader is called Prime Minister.
7. All of the Five Great Lakes are shared by Canada and the U.S.A.
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How much do you know about Canada? (T or F quiz)
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
grizzly bear
large fierce grey-brown bear of the North America
beaver
Four of the Great Lakes are shared by Canada and the U.S.A. (Only L. Michigan is totally in the U.S.A.)





lead-in
Surround v. 包围，围绕
Oceans are all round Canada.
Oceans surround Canada.
Canada is surrounded by oceans.
surrounded adj. 被 ... 环绕着的
surrounding ?
1) n. [pl. ] 周围的事物, 环境
social surroundings
school surroundings
2) adj. 包围着的; 周围的
the surrounding country

Pre-reading
Please turn to Page 34 of the text book, skim the title of the reading passage as well as the picture only and guess what the passage is about.
Q: What can you see in the picture?
“THE TRUE NORTH” is the train that goes across Canada/the cross-Canada train.
What is “THE TRUE NORTH”?
Forests and a train

In which direction did the train go?
The train went from west to east, that is to say, it went eastward.
Pre-reading
Please scan the whole passage with the questions below, and try to get the answers.
Q: How many cities are mentioned in the text?
What are they?
Five. They are Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay and Toronto.
from west to east; towards the east



eastward adj. ?(向)东方的; 朝东的 ; adv.朝东方地
-ward(s) = in a certain direction
eastward(s) forward(s)
upward(s) outward(s)
downward(s) backward(s)
Pre-reading

While-reading Paragraph 1
Please read the first pragraph and finish the chart below
Brief introduction about the trip
Who ________and her cousin _______
why to _________________
how first by ____ , then by ______
Where ___________________
Li Daiyu
Liu Qian
visit their cousins
air
train
Montreal, Canada

While-reading Paragraph 2

Q: 1. According to Danny Liu, what would they pass
during their trip?

2. Could people cross Canada in less than five days?
How did they have such an idea?

3. What made Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular
cities to live in? What is the influence of the fact?

4. Why were the trees by the coast north of Vancouver
Extremely tree? What is the length of some?
answer all the questions bellow.



While-reading Paragraph 2
Q1: According to Danny Liu, what would they
pass during their trip?
mountains
Lakes and forests
wide rivers
large cities
scenery n. 景色[致], 风光[景]
general natural features of an area, eg mountains, valleys, rivers, forests

Q2: Could people cross Canada in less than five
days? How did they have such an idea?
While-reading Paragraph 2

5,500km



From coast to coast






While-reading Paragraph 2
Q3: What made Vancouver one of Canada’s most
polular cities to live in? What is the influence of
the fact?
Skiing in the Rocky Mountains
sailing in the harbour
an area of water next to the land where the water is calm, so that ships are safe when they are inside it
It’s population is increasing rapidly.
harbur n. 港; 港口;港湾
Q4: Why were the trees by the coast north of Vancouver extremely tree? What is the length of some?
While-reading Paragraph 2
It is so wet that the trees are extremely tall.
Over 90 metres

● The Rocky Mountains:
They saw lots of wild animals such as mountain goat, ____________ and ________.

● Calgary
It is famous for the Calgary _________ in which cowboys from all over the world compete for ______. Many of them had great abilities to ride wild horses.
While-reading Paragraph 3
Please read aloud and fill in the blanks using the words you get.
a grizzly bear
an eagle
Stampede
prizes
catch sight of
have a gift for

lose sight of
come into sight
disappear from sight
within/in sight
out of sight
at first sight
at the sight of



Catch sight of v. 看见；瞥见
While-reading Paragraph 3
出现
从视野中消失
看不见
在视野外,看不见
在视野内,看得见
一看见
乍一看之下







sight n. ability to see; vision




have a gift /talent /genius for + n /v-ing
对…有天赋
eg: He has a gift for music.
He has a gift for painting/dancing.

gifted adj. =talented
有才华的,有天赋的 (可作定语,表语 )
eg: a gifted actor/musician
He is gifted in English.
gift n. 天赋，天分；天才
While-reading Paragraph 3
natural talent or ability

1. Canada's population is only slightly over thirty million.
The underlined word means _____.
A. a bit B. a lot C. greatly D. lightly

2. After dinner, they were back in an urban area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top end of the Great Lakes. What does the word “urban” mean?
A. relating to a town or city
B. relating to countryside or village
C. poor
D. rich
While-reading Paragraph 4-5
Please read the last two paragraphs and guess the meanings of the words.


west east
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train called “____ ____ ____” across Canada from _____ to _____. Canada is the ______ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from _____ to ____. As they go ________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is Canada's most beautiful city, _________ by mountains. When the cousins _____ ____ in their seats, they saw mountain goats and even a bear. Calgary is famous for the ____ _______. Cowboys will come and many of them ____ ___ ____ ____ riding wild horses. Then they went through a wheat-growing province and saw the Thunder Bay, which is a busy _______. They were surprised at the amount of the fresh water from the ____ ____. Their next stop was _______.
Summarizing
The True North
second
coast
coast
eastward
surrounded
settled down
Calgary Stampede
have a
gift for
port city
Great Lakes
Toronto
Post-reading


Consolidation
Group Discussion :
Please think about and discuss the following questions in pairs.

1. Which part of the reading passage interests
you most?

2. If someday you go to Canada, where will you
go? Why?
Home work
1. Learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.

2. Read the reading passage again and try to retell the passage.

3.Finish exercises 1, 2, 3 on Page 36.


Thank You！
人教版高中英语 必修3 单元5 第1课时