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Unit 5 Canada— “The True North”
Canada is in northern North America
location
The Atlantic OceanThe Pacific Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
America
Canada, which Canada, which lieslies in the north of ____ in the north of _____ America , is a _ America , is a ______________________ country with Ot country with Ottawa as its capital . The tawa as its capital . The __________ is the national is the national flower and the flower and the beaverbeaver is the national animal. is the national animal. Canada is ___________by the Atlantic Ocea Canada is ___________by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , the Pacific Ocean on the west n on the east , the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Arctic Ocean on the north. It is the and the Arctic Ocean on the north. It is the ________ ______ largest country in the world,_______largest country in the world,__________ an area of 9.98 million square kilometers.___ an area of 9.98 million square kilometers. The distance from east to west is over 5,500 The distance from east to west is over 5,500 kilometres. There are two kilometres. There are two official languagesofficial languages spoken in Canada, _______and _________ . spoken in Canada, _______and _________ .
North
second
English
multicultural
maple
surrounded
Frenchnch
covering
position
fresh water
the five great lakes
one third of the world’s supply of fresh water
苏必利尔湖
密歇根湖
休沦湖 安大略湖
伊利湖
Vancouver Calgary
Thunder Bay
Toronto
go eastward,across the continent
The route of the two girls traveling across Canada.
Fast ReadingQ: What is the general idea of the passage?
The passage is about a The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it trip of two girls, and it tells us some tells us some information about information about Canada.Canada.
A Trip on “The True North”
“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada/the cross-Canada train”
What is “The True North”?
Vancouver
Calgary
Thunder Bay
L. Superior
Toronto
Rocky Mountains.
1
23 4
•What are the main places mentioned in the reading passage? (in time orderin time order)
5
Find out what these numbers refer to? second
5,500
a few hundred
thirty
one-third
It is 5,500 km from coast to coast.
Most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border
The population of Canada is only slightly over thirty million
Canada has one-third of the world’s fresh water
SKIMMINGSKIMMING
second largest country in the world
( mountain goats, grizzly bears, eagle )
after thatcrossednext stoppedthenarrived in
Toronto
落
基
山
Thunder Bay
Lake SuperiorLater got to
finallywent towards
Calgary
the Rocky Mountain
Vancouver at first started from ( warmest,most beautiful and popular )
(Calgary Stampede—cowboys compete in riding wild horses for high prizes)
( a busy port at the top of the Great Lakes )
Lake Superior
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian
On a trip to Canada
the first stop
Vancouver
the second… will see… it’s 5,500
the most…. it is surrounded the population
that afternoon the Rocky Mountains
what did they see?
the
next
stop
Calgary
The Calgary Stampede
two
days
later
that night TorontoThunder Bay
it is a .. at the top.. one-third
Basic Facts about Canada
Distance from east to west coast
Oceans on east and west coasts
Population
Where most Canadians live
Location of largest fresh water supply
5,500 km
the Atlantic Ocean-east; the Pacific Ocean-west
slightly over 30 million
within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border
the Great Lakes
Basic facts about Canada
Key points about Vancouver
Key points about Calgary
Key points about Thunder Bay
Canada’s warmest part, the most…. be surrounded by…. The population…
be famous for…
a busy port city at the top of….
1. They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to travel across Canada.
2. They are crossing the North America.
3. People want to live in Vancouver because it is very beautiful. /They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in harbour./ It’s surrounded
by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.4. Cowboys compete in riding wild horses, and some of them can win thousands of dollars.5. Ships can follow the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes.6. Canada has fresh water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.
独立主格结构:在句子中作状语,表示谓语动词发生的时间,原因,条件或伴随情况等,相当于一个状语从句或并列句。
1. We shall play the match tomorrow, weather permitting.( 现在分词)
2. The job finished, we went home.( 过去分词)
3. A girl came in, some books in hand.( 介词结构)
4. Don’t sleep with the windows open. (with 结构)
Two girls went _____ a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal ____ the Atlantic coast. They decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada ____________ take the plane all the_____. They started their train travel from Vancouver, _______ is the warmest part of Canada. It’s ______ to be the most beautiful city in Canada, ___________by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the _______ have attracted more and more people, making it one of the most __________ cities in Canada. When they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to ________________ some mountain goats, a grizzly bean and an eagle.
onon
rather thanway
whichsaid
surrounded
harbourpopular
catch sight of
The next stop was Calgary, _________ for the Calgary Stampede, in _______ cowboys from all over the world, who have a ______ for riding wild horses, __________ to win the prizes. After two days’ travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is an _______ country, for it has a small _____________, and most of it live ________ a few hundred kilometers of the USA _______. Then they got to Thunder Bay, a busy _______ city, ________ they were surprised ____ the fact _______ oceans ships can sail up the Great Lakes. Canada has __________ of the world’s total ______________, and much of it is in the Great Lakes.
famouswhich
gift compete
emptypopulation
withinborder
port where atthat
one-thirdfresh water
Fill in the blanks Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from_____ to______. The cousins’ 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 scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is __________ by mountains on the north and east. When the cousins _____ _____ in the seats, they looked out of the window. They saw mountains goats and even a _____ bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North American ______ ______ ______ ______ working with animals. Then they ______ _______ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ______ ______ the center of the country.
westeast
eastward
The True Northsecond
coastcoastsurrounded
through
downsettled
grizzly
have a gift for went
close to
The Great Lakes are the largest fresh surface water system on Earth.
苏必利尔湖 休伦湖
密歇根湖 伊利湖
安大略湖
Arctic position Canada is in northern North
America
Pacific
Vancouver Calgary
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Atlantic
south America
North America
Africa
Oceania
Asia
Europe
Antarctic C.
the largest country in the worldthe second largest country in the world
reaches nearly a quarter of the way round the earththe distance from east to west is5,500 kilometers and covers six ofthe world’s 24 time areas.
3rd4th
Vancouver is surrounded ( 围绕) by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is the warmest and most beautiful city in Canada.
Calgary is famous for the Calgary Stampede( 赛马会 ).
Cowboys compete in riding wild horses for thousands of dollars.
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