江西省上犹中学

Unit5Canada---“TheTrueNorth”（MapleCountry---Canada）江西省上犹中学田春梅HowmuchdoyouknowaboutCanada?Step1Lead-in•海洋名称：•theArcticOcean,thePacificOcean,theAtlanticOcean,HudsonBay•地名：•Ottawa,Toronto,Montreal,Calgary,ThunderBay,RockyMountainsVancouver,•五大湖：•LakeMichigan,LakeSuperior,LakeHuron,LakeErie,LakeOntarioLocation:inNorthAmericaCapitalcity:OttawaMaincities:VancouverMontrealTorontoCalgaryQuebecTotalarea:9,984,670k㎡9.98millionkm25,500kmToronto-thebiggestcityVancouverwarmestpart;mostbeautifulcity;surroundedbymountainsandocean;skiinthemountainsandsailintheharbour.NiagaraFallsthenationalflagofCanadathenationalanthemofCanadaInformationaboutCanadaFullcountrynameLocationTotalareaPopulationCapitalcityTheleaderofthecountryLanguagesNationalanimalsCanadaInNorthAmerica,theAtlanticOceanontheeast,thePacificOceanonthewest9,984,670k㎡32,270,500OttawaPrimeMinisterEnglish＆Frenchbeaver1.WhichisthenationalflatofCanada?A.B.C.QD.Step2AQuiz2.WhichisthenationalflowerofCanada?A.B.cherryroseC.QD.mapledaffodil3.Whatlanguage(s)doCanadiansspeak?A.EnglishB.EnglishandGermanC.EnglishandFrenchD.EnglishandSpanish4.WhatistheCanadianleadercalled?A.PresidentB.PrimeMinisterC.GovernorD.King5.WhatisthecapitalofCanada?A.B.VancouverTorontoC.QD.CalgaryOttawa6.WhatisthenationalanimalofCanada?A.B.BeaverGrizzlybearC.D.PolarbearPenguin7.Howmany“GreatLakes”arethereinCanadaandwhatarethey?A.LakeSuperiorB.LakeHuronC.LakeErieD.LakeOntarioE.LakeMichiganrefertothemaponpage33LakeSuperiorLakeHuronLakeErieLakeOntarioLakeMichiganStep3Discussthesequestionsinpairs1.Doyouliketravelling?Haveyoueverbeenabroad?2.IfyoutakeatriptoCanada,whatdoyouthinkyoumightseethere?3.WhatthreewordswouldyouusetodescribeCanada?(large,big,cold,beautiful,wet,wide,multicultural,lake,maple…)Step4ReadingATRIPON“THETRUENORTH”“TheTrueNorth”isthetrainthatgoesacrossCanada/thecross-Canadatrain.TaskI----SkimmingWhatis“TheTrueNorth”?Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?Thepassageisaboutatripoftwogirls,andittellsussomeinformationaboutCanada.TheTrueNorth---thecross-CanadatrainTask2Readthepassagecarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions:1.Whichcontinentarethecousinscrossing?2.WhyaretheynotdirectlytotheAtlanticOcean?3.DoyouknowwhereVancouveris?4.WhyisthepopulationofVancouvergrowingsorapidly?5.WhathappensattheCalgaryStampede?6.HowareoceanshipsabletoreachthecenterofCanada?7.WhataresomeofCanada’sgreatestnaturalresources?8.Wheredidtheygoandwhatdidtheysee?1.Whichcontinentarethecousinscrossing?2.WhyaretheyflyingnotdirectlytotheAtlanticOcean?3.WhyisthepopulationofVancouvergrowingsorapidly?TheyarecrossingNorthAmerica.TheyarenotflyingdirectlytotheAtlanticcoastbecausetheywanttotakethetrainfromwesttoeastacrossCanada.ThepopulationofVancouverisgrowingsorapidlybecauseitisbeautiful.4.WhathappensattheCalgaryStampede?Cowboyscompeteinridingwildhorsesforthousandsofdollarsinprizes.5.DoyouknowwhereVancouveris?Itis/liesinthesoutheasternpartofCanada,onthecoastofthePacificOcean.6.HowareoceanshipsabletoreachthecenterofCanada?7.WhataresomeofCanada’sgreatestnaturalresources?BecausetheycanfollowtheStLawrenceRiverandtheGreatLakes.Canadahaswaterfromitsriversandlakesandwoodfromitsforests.8.Wheredidtheygoandwhatdidtheysee?Scenery:beautifulmountains,lakesandforests,wideriversandlargecities…Places:VancouverRockyMountainsCalgaryWheat-growingprovinceThunderBaytheGreatLakesReadthepassageagainquicklyandthendothemultiplechoice.Task3----Skipping1.WhichofthefollowingisdescribedasthemostbeautifulcityinCanada?A.VancouverB.CalgaryC.TorontoD.Montreal2....,thepopulationofCanadaisonlyslightlyoverthirtymillion.Whatdoestheword“slightly”inthissentencemean?A.AbitB.alotC.greatlyD.lightly3.WhydidtheybegintorealizetwodayslaterthatCanadaisquiteempty?A.Becausetheyfoundnobodyontheirway.B.BecausethereareonlythirtymillionpeoplelivingonsuchahugelandandmostofthemlivewithintheareasoftheUSAborder.C.TherearetoomanylakesinCanada.D.BecauseCanadaissurroundedbyOceansonthreesides.4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrueaccordingtothetext?A.LiDaiyuandLiuQiandecidedtocrossCanadafromwesttoeast.B.Canadais5,500kilometerslongfromnorthtosouth.C.VancouveristhewarmestpartofCanada.D.ThepopulationofVancouverisgrowingrapidly.Step5SummingupFillintheblanks•LiDaiyuandLiuQiantookthetraininCanadafrom____to____.Theircousins’friend,DannyLin,tookthemtothetrainstationtocatch“_____________”.Canadaisthe______biggestcountryintheworld.Itis5,500Kmfrom_____to_____.Astheygo________,theysawbeautifulsceneryaswellascities.Vancouveris__________bymountainsonthenorthandeast.Whenthecousins__________intheseats,theylookedoutofthewindow.Theysawmountaingoatsandevena_____bear.Calgaryisfamousforitscompetition.ManyofthecowboysfromalloverNorthAmerica____________workingwithanimals.Thenthey___________awheat-growingprovince.ThunderBayisabusyport.Itis_______thecenterofthecountry.westeastTheTrueNorthsecondcoastcoasteastwardsurroundedclosetothroughwenthaveagiftforgrizzlysettleddownStep6Drawthetravelingrouteofthetwogirls.fromChinatoCanadaStep7Homework1.Readthepassageagainandfindoutsomeusefulwordsandexpressions.2.Findthreeappositiveclausesf