1、Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Unit 5 Canada“The True North”加拿大洛基山学院(College of the Rockies)成立于 1975 年，位于加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省(BC)的东南部洛基山地区。洛基山学院有 3 000 多名加拿大学生和 300 多名国际学生，实行小班教学。那里的学习环境如何呢？下面我们来分享一位来自日本的留学生的经历吧！Unit 5 Canada“The True North”My Study in CanadaHi，everyone.My name is Tomomi Matsumoto.My two years
2、 at College of the Rockies were the first step of my life in Canada and the very foundation of my journey through the Canadian university education that leads up to today.Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Coming from Japan,my experiences at College of the Rockies were eyeopening in every way.I met so man
3、y inspiring and caring mentors(良 师 益 友)，advisors,and lifetime friends.Withthe colleges great support for international students,I had the opportunity to study university level science among local students with amazing professors who were full of passion(热情)for teaching in their subject fields.Althou
4、gh it wasnt always easy to keep up with Unit 5 Canada“The True North”the advanced studies while I was improving my English,the colleges support was tremendous(巨大的).After all,it was worth it because it equipped me with the passion,skillsand confidence that I needed to go after my dream of working in
5、the conservation field.Unit 5 Canada“The True North”After the completion of the College of the Rockies program,I continued my undergraduate study at the University of British Columbia.After graduation,I was accepted to a Masters program under the guidance of a leading researcher in the field of popu
6、lation and conservation genetics at the University of Alberta.Since then,I have been spending the past three years of my life doing research concerning genetics of wildlife disease,which has been more than an exceptional experience so far.Unit 5 Canada“The True North”With the Masters program coming
7、to an end,I looked back and found it hard to believe how far I was able to come.I was once a shy girl with broken English and today I am teaching and presenting my research work at scientific conferences！I am so grateful for the progress I have made at College of the Rockies.It truly broadened my ho
8、rizons and made me believe in my potential(潜力)Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Section Warming Up&ReadingComprehending栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”重点单词写作词汇1._ n.洲；大陆 2._ vi.&n.聊天；闲聊 3._ n.景色；风景 continentchatscenery栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”4._ v
9、i.&vt.测量；衡量；判定 n.计量制；计量单位；措施5._ prep.&adv.在(船、飞机、火车或公共汽 车)上；上(船、飞机、火车等)6._ prep.在之内 7._ n.边界；国界；边沿 vt.&vi.与接壤；接近 measureaboardwithinborder栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”拓展词汇8._ vt.包围；围绕surroundings n(复)周围的事物；环境surrounding adj.周围的；附近的9._ adj.轻微的；微小的slightly adv.稍稍；轻微地 surrou
10、ndslight栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”阅读词汇10.multicultural adj._ 11.polar adj._ 12.penguin n._13.minister n._ 14.eagle n._ 15.acre n._ 多种文化的极地的；近极地的企鹅大臣；部长鹰英亩栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”重点短语1._与其；不愿 2._设法做 3._有天赋 4._一直5._穿过；检查 6._定居；平静下来；专心于 7.
11、_看见；瞥见 rather thanmanage to dohave a gift forall the waygo throughsettle downcatch sight of栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”重点句型1.现在分词短语作状语：_(一路东行),youll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests.2.过去分词作后置定语：People say it is Canadas most beautiful city,_(被山包围)and the
12、Pacific Ocean.3.独立主格结构：It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,_(有一些经测量高达90 多米).Going eastwardsurrounded by mountainssome measuring over 90 metres栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Fast-reading Skim the text and do the following exercises.1What does the passage tel
13、l us?AThe scenery of Canada.BA trip of two girls and some information about Canada.CThe population of Canada.DSome cities of Canada.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”2Match the main idea of each paragraph.Para.1 AThe train rushed towards Toronto.Para.2 BLi Daiyu and her cousin
14、 were on a trip to Canada.Para.3 CCanadas border,population,agriculture and lakes.Para.4 DTalking something about Vancouverits position and scenery.Para.5 ECalgary is famous for the Calgary Stampede.答案：1.B 2.BDECA栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Careful-reading Read the text
15、carefully and then choose the best answer.1Why are the two girls not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?AIt is not a long trip for them.BThey want to travel across Canada.CThere is no direct flight to the Atlantic coast.DIt is much cheaper to get there by train.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5
16、Canada“The True North”2Which of the following cities is described as the most beautiful city in Canada?AVancouver.BCalgary.CToronto.DMontreal.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”3What is“The True North”according to the text?AThe northern part of Canada.BMountains in the north of
17、 Canada.CNorth America.DThe crossCanada train.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”4What is the right order of the places Li Daiyu and Liu Qian visited?Toronto CalgaryVancouver Thunder BayABCD答案：14.BADC栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Study-reading Analyze
18、 the following difficult sentences in the passage.1Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days,but they forget the fact that Canada is 5，500 kilometres from coast to coast.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”本句是一个并列复合句。but 连接两个并列分句。两个分句各含有一个 that 引
19、导的同位语从句。翻译 有些人认为在不到 5 天的时间里就能穿越加拿大，但是他们忘记了这样一个事实：加拿大从东海岸到西海岸共有 5 500 千米。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”2At School,they had learned that most Canadians livewithin a few hundred kilometres of the USA border,and that Canadas population is only slightly over thirty million,but
20、now they were amazed to see such an empty country.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”本句是一个并列复合句。but 连接两个并列分句。第一个分句中，learned 后是 that 引导的两个宾语从句。翻译 在学校，她们学过大多数加拿大人居住在靠近美国几百千米以内的边境地带，并且加拿大的人口只有三千万多一点，但是现在看到一个这么空旷的国家，她们很惊讶。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”3Th
21、at night as they slept,the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior,through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.本句是一句复合句。as 引导的是时间状语从句。翻译 那天夜里她们睡着了，火车越过苏必利尔湖北部，穿过大森林，朝南向多伦多飞驰着。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”be on a trip to 去某地旅行(表状态)go on a trip to 去某地旅行(表动作
22、)on the.coast 在海岸上(指在陆地上)off the.coast 离海岸不远的地方coastal adj.沿海的，靠近海岸的coastline n海岸线rather than 与其；不愿栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”continent kntInntn.洲；大陆continental adj.大洲的，大陆的continental breakfast 欧陆式早餐(包括咖啡、黄油和果酱面包)baggagebId n行李(近似词为 luggage)“一件行李”用 a piece of baggage/lu
23、ggage 表示。chatttvi.&n聊天；闲聊scenerysinrIn.景色；风景(近义词：landscape,view,sight)栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”eastwardistwd adv.向东 adj.向东的；朝东的surroundsrandvt.包围；围绕harbourhbn.(harbor)海港(近义词：port)in the harbour 在海港extremelyIkstrimli adv.极其，非常measuremevi.&vt.测量；衡量；判定 n计量制；计量单位；措施栏目导引教材
24、助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”aboardbdprep.&adv.在(船、飞机、火车或公共汽车)上；上(船、飞机、火车等)settle down 定居；平静下来；专心于manage to do 设法做(强调做成的结果，相当于 succeed in doing)try to do 努力做(不一定成功)catch sight of 看见；瞥见eagleiln.鹰cowboykabIn.牛仔；牧童栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”compete in
25、 参加比赛(或竞赛)have a gift for 有天赋 borderbdn.边界；国界；边沿 vt.&vi.与接壤；接近slightlyslaItlIadv.稍稍；轻微地wheat-growing 为“n.v.-ing”构成的复合形容词。urbanbnadj.城市的；市镇的反义词：ruralrrl adj.农村的；田园的栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”sail up 沿向上游航行sail down 沿向下游航行sail along 沿航行across 表示在物体表面上穿过，强调横向跨过，从一端到另一端。thr
26、ough 强调在一个上下左右有障碍的空间里穿过。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”【核心素养链接】1The True North 有两个含义：第一是它的本义“真正的北方”，即加拿大是地球上最北端的国家之一；第二个含义是指横贯加拿大东西部的一列火车的名字。2落基山脉(the Rocky Mountains)包含的各条山脉从加拿大亚伯达省北部和不列颠哥伦比亚省向南延伸，经美国西南部至墨西哥边境，全长约 4 500 公里。这里有终年积雪的山峰、茂密的针叶森林、宽广的山谷、清澈的溪流、开阔的天空和丰富的矿藏资源。栏目导引教
27、材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”3大西部赛马会(the Calgary Stampede)每年七月上旬在卡尔加里举行，为期 10 天。主要内容是举行牛仔竞技表演，项目有骑牛、绳技、骑光背马等。此外还有各种演出、游行、燃放烟火等。大西部赛马会号称“地球上最盛大的表演”(The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth)。4五大湖(the Great Lakes)总面积达 24.5 万平方公里，有北美洲地中海之称。五大湖按大小分别为苏必利尔湖、休伦湖、密歇根湖、伊利湖和安大略湖。五大湖对周围地区气候有很大的
28、缓和作用，湖水在暖月吸收大量热气，然后在冷月释放到大气中去。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”A TRIP ON“THE TRUE NORTH”Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip toCanada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast.Rather than take the aeroplane all the way,they decided to fly to Vancouve
29、r and then take the train from west to east across Canada.The thought that they could cross the whole continentwas exciting.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”fly to.Canada 与 take.all the way 是 rather than 连接的两个并列成分。that they could cross the whole continent 是 that 引导的同位语从句，解释说明
30、 thought 的具体内容。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Their friend,Danny Lin,was waiting at the airport.He was going to take them and their baggage to catch“The True North”，the crossCanada train.On the way to the station,he chatted about their trip.“Youre going to see some great sc
31、enery.Going eastward，youll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests，as well as wide rivers and large cities.Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days,but they forget the fact 栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”that Canada is 5，500 kilom
32、etres from coast to coast.Here in Vancouver,youre in Canadas warmest part.People say it is Canadas most beautiful city,surroundedby mountains and the Pacific OceanSkiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbourB10 make Vancouver one of Canadas most popular cities to live in.Its population i
33、s increasing rapidly.The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world.It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall，some measuring over 90 metres.”栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Going eastward 在此为现在分词短语作条件状语。that you can cro
34、ss.days 是 that 引导的同位语从句，解释说明 idea 的具体内容。surrounded by.the Pacific Ocean 为过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰 city,surround 与 city 之间为逻辑上的动宾关系。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Skiing in the Rocky Mountains 和 sailing in the harbour 是 v.ing 短语并列作主语。one of Canadas most popular cities to live in 作宾语补足
35、语；其中 to live in 作后置定语，修饰 cities。It is.metres.是主从复合句，含有 so.that 引导的结果状语从句。some measuring.metres 为独立主格结构，补充说明extremely tall。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”That afternoon aboard the train,the cousins settleddown in their seats.Earlier that day，when they crossed the Rocky Mount
36、ains,they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.Their next stop was Calgary,which is famous for the Calgary Stampede.Cowboysfrom all over the world come to compete in the Stampede.Many of them have a gift forriding wild horses and can win thousands of dol
37、lars in prizes.which is famous for the Calgary Stampede 是 which 引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰 Calgary。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”After two days travel,the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty.At school,they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilomet
38、res of the USA border,and that Canadas population is only slightly over thirty million,but now they were amazed to see such an empty country.They went through a wheat growingprovince and saw farms that covered thousands of acres.After dinner,they were back in an urban area,the busy port city of Thun
39、der Bay at the top of the Great Lakes.The girls were 栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.Because of the Great Lakes，they learned，Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world.In fact,it has onet
40、hird of the worlds total fresh water,and much of it is in the Great Lakes.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”本句是由 but 连接的并列复合句，在第一个分句中含有两个由 that 引导的宾语从句。注意 that 引导多个宾语从句时，第一个宾语从句的引导词 that 可以省略，但第二个及后面的宾语从句的引导词 that 不能省略。the busy port city.the Great Lakes 是 an urban area 的同位语。th
41、at ocean ships can.the Great Lakes 是 that 引导的同位语从句，解释说明 fact 的具体内容。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”本句使用了“比较级than any other 可数名词单数”结构，该结构表达最高级含义。此处指 fresh water 的大部分，fresh water 为不可数名词，故用 much of it。That night as they slept,the train rushed acrossthe top of Lake Superior,thro
42、ugh the great forests and southward towards Toronto.栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”“真北方”之旅李黛予和她的表妹刘倩要去加拿大大西洋海岸的蒙特利尔市看望她们的表兄妹。她们不想一路乘飞机，而决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。她们要横贯整个大陆的想法很是令人兴奋的。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”她们的朋友林丹尼正在机场等候她们。他要带着她们和她们的行李去乘坐横
43、越加拿大的“真北方”号列车。在去火车站的路上，他聊起了她们的旅程。“你们将会看到一些美丽的风景。一路向东行，你们会经过一座座山脉、上千个湖泊、森林，还有宽阔的河流和许多大城市。有些人认为在不到 5 天的时间里就能穿越加拿大，但是他们忘记了这样一个事实：加拿大从东海岸到西海岸共有 5 500 千米。这儿，温哥华，是加拿大最温暖的地方。据说，它(温哥华)是加拿大最栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”美丽的城市，被群山和太平洋环绕着。落基山脉可以滑雪，海港供你扬帆，这些使得温哥华成为加拿大最受欢迎的居住城市之一。这个城市的
44、人口增长很快。在温哥华北部的海岸有一些世界上最古老、最美丽的森林。那儿的湿度很大，所以树长得特别高，有一些经测量高达 90 多米。”栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”那天下午表姐妹俩登上火车落了座。那天早些时候，当她们穿越落基山脉时，她们总算看到了一些野山羊，甚至还看到了一只灰熊和一只鹰。她们的下一站是卡尔加里，这个城市因“大西部赛马会”而闻名。来自世界各地的牛仔们来参加赛马会比赛。他们中许多人都有骑野马的天赋，他们能赢得几千美元的奖金。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Cana
45、da“The True North”两天的旅行以后，表姐妹俩开始意识到加拿大的确人烟稀少。在学校，她们学过大多数加拿大人居住在靠近美国几百千米以内的边境地带，并且加拿大的人口只有三千万多一点儿。但是现在看到一个这么空旷的国家，她们很惊讶。她们穿过一个种植小麦的省份，看到了面积有数千英亩的农场。晚饭后，她们又回到城市，位于五大湖区最北端的繁忙的港口桑德湾。海轮可以开到五大湖，这让两个女孩感到吃惊。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”她们了解到，因为这五大湖，加拿大的淡水比世界上任何一个国家都要多。事实上，加拿大拥有全世界三分之一的淡水，其中大部分都蓄积在五大湖里。那天夜里她们睡着了，火车越过苏必利尔湖北部，穿过大森林，朝南向多伦多飞驰着。栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”栏目导引教材助读解疑清障知能演练轻松闯关自学导引语篇理解Unit 5 Canada“The True North”按ESC键退出全屏播放本部分内容讲解结束