(共22张PPT)
Unit 5 Canada – “The True North”
Period 2 Reading Ⅱ
Imagine you are Li Daiyu or Liu Qian and describe the following pictures about Canada for us.
Homework check
Vancouver is the third biggest and the most beautiful city in Canada. It is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
People like to live there for its comfortable weather. They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in the harbour.
Vancouver is famous as the “Western Paradise” in Canada.
The Rocky Mountains are made up of an enormous chain of mountains.
When we crossed the Rocky Mountains, we managed to catch sight of some goats and a grizzly bear and an eagle.
The Great Lakes
Because of the lakes, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world.
It provides about one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water.
Do you know which two places we will go to today?
Today we are continuing to travel in Canada.
Pre-reading
Have you heard about Toronto and Montreal?
2. Look at the pictures on p. 38.
What would they expect to see in Toronto and Montreal?
Fast reading
Task 1: Skimming
How many parts can the text be divided into?
Part 1: Para. 1-4 Toronto
Part 2: Para. 5-6 Montreal
Reading
Task 2: Scanning
Fill in the blanks according to the order things happened.
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They saw beautiful maple trees and realized that fall had come.
They arrived in Toronto.
The train left.
They arrived in Montreal.
They spent time in lovely shops and visited artists in their workplaces.
The train was speeding down to
the east coast.
Time What happened
The next morning
around noon
late that night
at dawn the next morning
the afternoon
the night
Task 3: Ask and answer.
What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?
2. Why is there good Cantonese food in Toronto?
3. Which direction is the train going from Toronto?
4. What three things show that Montreal was a French city?
Careful reading
Suggested answer:
1. Sometimes the misty cloud that rises from Niagara Falls can be seen from the CN Tower.
2. There is good Cantonese food in Toronto because most of the Chinese people there came from South China, especially Hong Kong.
3. The train is going east (northeast ) from Toronto.
4. Good coffee, good bread and good music show that Montreal is a French city. Also the signs and ads are in French.
Task 4:
What did they see and do in the two separate cities?
1. went up the CN Tower
and looked across the lake
2. saw the misty cloud
3. saw the covered stadium
4. invited to have dinner at
the Pink Pearl
1. spent the afternoon in
lovely shops and
visiting artists in
their workplaces
2. looked over the broad
St Lawrence River
3. chatted with a student
In Toronto In Montreal
Task 5: Fill in the blanks.
Toronto is the _______________ and __________ city in Canada.There is the tall __________ and the famous _____________, which is beautiful with a _____ cloud that ______ from it.There is also a ________ stadium and three ___________ where you can get good Cantonese food.
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.
wealthiest
biggest
CN Tower
Niagara Falls
misty
rises
covered
Chinatowns
French
signs
ads
broad
Reading:
Iqaluit - the Frozen Town
(pp. 73-74)
Can you guess
where it is in Canada?
In the Northeastern Canada:
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Task 1: Scan to find information.
1. Who visited a town located in the
north of Canada?
2. When did she go there?
3. Where did she arrive?
4. How did she reach the town?
5. Why did she visit the town?
The reporter, Beth Allen.
In January.
In Iqaluit.
On Simon’s snowmobile.
She is writing a story for her newspaper about Iqaluit.
Task 2: Compare.
cold, but not too cold
very cold, -35 ℃
average in winter
by dogsled
by snowmobile
too cold for holidays
tourists like ice fishing and photographing polar bears
in ice houses
in warm houses
hunt animals
have business
light in daytime
dark in winter day; light in summer night
Points
in the passage What Beth thought Information
in the passage
The
temperature
How to travel
Holidays
How people live
What the Inuit do
Daylight hours
Which city do you think will become the most famous scenic spot in the next 20 years, Toronto, Montreal or Iqaluit? Give your reasons.
Discussion
Homework:
1. Read the two passages.
2. Write a short passage about your choice based on your discussion.