1、返回目录 Canada“The True North”Unit 5 返回目录 CanadaOne of the Best Places to Live in the WorldIts no secret：Canadians and visitors to Canadaenjoyahighqualityoflifethatisrecognizedworldwide.The United Nations has consistently(连续地)ranked Canada as one of the top three places in theworld to live.单元话题链接返回目录 A
2、s the worlds second largest country,Canadaoffers great geographic variety in a climate not nearly ascold as you might think.Visitors can discover all kinds ofscenery herefrom Pacific coastal mountains to theCanadian prairies(大草原)National parks are locatedin every province and some have been recogniz
3、ed asUNESCO World Heritage Sites.返回目录 In a country with about oneseventh of the worldsfresh water supply,beaches and waterfronts are alwaysclose by.Parks and historic sites offer lots of outdooractivities such as tennis,golf,swimming,and skiing.Theyare very popular and can be enjoyed across Canada.返
4、回目录 Canada is an international leader in computer andinformation technologies.Canada was also one of thefirst nations to connect schools and libraries to theInternet.Media and entertainment are well developed inCanada.Its highly advanced broadcasting system serves,entertainsandeducatesthelisteningan
5、dviewingaudience.A wide range of cultural activities are availablein Canadian cities and towns,including museums,galleries(美术馆，画廊),live theatres,dance and music返回目录 Section Warming Up and Reading返回目录 目录Contents 课前教材预案课堂深度拓展课末随堂演练返回目录 课前教材预案课文理解Choose the best answer according to the text.1Why are th
6、e two girls not flying directly to theAtlantic coast?AIt isnt 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.答案 B返回目录 2Which of the following cities is described as themost beautiful city in Canada?AV
7、ancouver.BCalgary.CToronto.DMontreal.答案 A返回目录 3What is“The True North”according to the text?AThe northern part of Canada.BMountains in the north of Canada.CNorth America.DThe crossCanada train.答案 D返回目录 4What is the right order of the places Li Daiyuand Liu Qian visited？Toronto Calgary Vancouver Thun
8、derBayABCD答案 C返回目录 Analyze and translate the sentences.1Some people have the idea that you can crossCanada in less than five days,but they forget the factthat Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast.句式分析返回目录 自主翻译 _有人想在不到5天的时间里穿越加拿大，但是他们忘了加拿大从东海岸到西海岸共有5 500千米的事实。返回目录 2They went through a wheat
9、growing provinceand saw farms that covered thousands of acres.句式分析自主翻译 他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。返回目录 课文助读原 文A TRIP ON“THE TRUE NORTH”Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast.Rather thantake the aeroplane all the way,they de
10、cided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.返回目录 Their friend,Danny Lin,was waiting attheairport.He was going to take them and their baggage tocatch“The True North”，the crossCanada train.On thewa
11、y to the station,he chatted about their trip.“Youregoing to see some great scenery.Going eastward，youll pass mountains and thousands of lakes andforests,as well as wide rivers and large cities.Somepeople have the idea that you can cross Canada in lessthan five days,but they forget the fact that Cana
12、da is返回目录 HereinVancouver,youreinCanadaswarmestpart.People say it is Canadas most beautiful city,surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in theharbour make Vancouver one of Canadas mostpopular cities to live in.Its population is increasingrapidly.The c
13、oast north of Vancouver has some of theoldest and most beautiful forests in the world.It is so wetthere that the trees are extremely tall,some measuring返回目录 注 解THE TRUE NORTH 有两层含义：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；二是指横贯加拿大东西部的一列火车的名字。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)on the Atlantic
14、coast 在大西洋海岸上返回目录 rather than与其；不愿，连接两个并列成分；rather than位于句首时，其后跟不带to的不定式。that引导同位语从句，说明thought的具体内容。continent n洲；大陆baggage n行李luggage n行李“一件行李”用a piece of baggage/luggage表示。chat vi.&n聊天；闲聊chat with sb(have a chat with sb)与某人聊天返回目录 scenery n景色；风景指一个地区总的自然风光，可能包括多个scene。现在分词短语going eastward作时间状语。eastw
15、ard adv.向东 adj.向东的；朝东的eastward 也 作 eastwards，注 意 不 能 说 gotoeastward。surround vt.包围；围绕be surrounded by被包围/围绕过去分词短语 surrounded by作定语，修饰返回目录 harbour n(harbor)海港 in the harbour在海港one of Canadas most popular cities to live in加拿大最受欢迎的居住城市之一，作宾语补足语。此处tolive in作定语，修饰cities。measure v测量；衡量；判定 n计量制；计量单位；措施It i
16、s sothat，some measuring是主从复合句，sothat意为“如此以至于”，引导结果返回目录 译 文“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，于是决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。可以横贯整个大陆的想法很是令人兴奋。返回目录 她们的朋友林丹尼正在机场等候她们。他将带着她们和她们的行李去乘坐横越加拿大的“真北方”号列车。在去火车站的路上，他聊起了她们的旅程。“你们将会看到一些壮丽的风景。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。有人想在不到5天的时间里穿越加拿
17、大，但是他们忘了加拿大从东海岸到西海岸共有5 500千米的事实。返回目录 这儿，温哥华，是加拿大最温暖的地方。人们说它(温哥华)是加拿大最美丽的城市，被大山和太平洋环绕。可以滑雪的落基山脉，可以扬帆的海港，这些使得温哥华成为加拿大最受欢迎的宜居城市之一。这个城市的人口增长很快。在温哥华北边的海岸上保存着一些世界上最古老、最美丽的森林。那儿湿度很大，所以树长得特别高，一些高达90多米。”返回目录 原 文That afternoon aboard the train，the cousins settled downin their seats.Earlier that day,when they
18、crossed the Rocky Mountains,they managed to catch sight of21 some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear22 and an eagle23.Their next stop was Calgary,which is famous for the Calgary Stampede24.Cowboys25from all over the world come to compete in the Stampede.Many of them have a gift for26 riding wild
19、 horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.返回目录 After two days travel,the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty.At school,they had learned that most Canadians live within27 a few hundred kilometres of the USA border28，and that Canadas population is only slightly29 over thirty mil
20、lion,but now they were amazed to see30 such an empty country.They went through31 a wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres32.返回目录 After dinner,they were back in an urban33 area,the busy port city of Thunder Bay34 at the top of the Great Lakes.The girls were surprised at
21、the fact that ocean ships can sail up35 the Great Lakes36.Because of the Great Lakes,they learned,Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world37.In fact,it has one-third of the worlds total fresh water,and much of it is in the Great Lakes.返回目录 That night as they slept38，the train
22、rushed across39 the top of Lake Superior,through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.返回目录 注 解aboard the train (介词短语)登上火车aboard prep.&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 sth 设法做成某事manage vt.努力；设法；经营；管理；控制try to do sth 努力做某事(不一定成功)返回目录 21 catch sight of 看见；瞥见22
23、grizzly bear 灰熊23 eagle n鹰24 stampede n(美国西部或加拿大)大西部赛马会25 cowboy n牛仔；牧童26 have a gift for 有天赋27 within prep.在之内，既可以指时间，也可以指空间。返回目录 28 border n边界；国界；边沿 vt.&vi 与接壤；接近on the border of 接近；临近29 slightly adv.稍稍；轻微地 slight adj.轻微的；微小的30 be amazed to see 惊讶地看到31 go through 在此处意为“穿过”，还作“经历；遭受；仔细检查；完成”讲。返回目录
24、32 acre n英亩33 urban adj.城市的；市镇的rural adj.农村的；田园的34 Thunder Bay 桑德湾35 sail up 沿向上游航行36 that 引导同位语从句，说明 fact 的具体内容。返回目录 37 Canada has morethan any other中比较级表达最高级含义。38 as they slept 是 as 引导的时间状语从句。39 across 表示在物体表面上穿过，强调横向跨过，从一端到另一端；through 则强调在一个有障碍的空间内部穿过。返回目录 译 文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
25、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。他们中许多人都有骑野马的才能，他们能赢得几千美元的奖金。返回目录 两天的旅行以后，这两个女孩开始意识到加拿大人烟稀少。她们在学校就已经学过，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，加拿大的人口也只有三千万多一点儿。但是现在看到这么空旷的国家，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城市桑德湾。海轮可以航行到五大湖，让表姐妹俩感到吃惊。返回目录 她们知道，因为五大湖，
26、加拿大的淡水比世界上任何其他国家都要多。事实上，加拿大拥有全世界淡水总量的三分之一，其中大部分都在五大湖里。那天夜里当她们睡着时，火车越过苏必利尔湖北部，穿过大森林，朝南向多伦多飞驰。返回目录 课堂深度拓展词汇点击surround vt.包围；围绕surrounding adj.周围的；附近的surroundings n环境；周围的事物1 surroundwith用包围be surrounded by/with被包围/环绕The professor likes to surround himself with his students.那位教授喜欢和他的学生们在一起。返回目录【比较网站】sur
27、roundings/environmentsurroundings 多指具体的环境，包括周围的一切人、事物environment 多指自然环境或者对人产生影响的人文环境Animals in zoos are not living in their natural surroundings.动物园里的动物们不是生活在自然环境中的。An unhappy home environment can affect a child s behavior.不幸福的家庭环境会影响儿童的行为。返回目录 考点训练单句语法填空(1)_(surround)heavilybyourtroops,the enemy we
28、re like a fish in the pot.解析 句意：敌军被我军重重包围，成为瓮中之鳖。(2)The _(surround)villages havebeen absorbed into the growing city.解析 句意：周围的村庄并入了日益扩展的城市。Surrounded surrounding 返回目录(1)measure A by B 用B来衡量Abe measured by/in用来衡量/计算(2)take the measure of sbtake ones measure量某人的尺寸make sth to ones measure照某人的尺寸做某物take m
29、easures/steps/action to do sth采取措施做某事measure vi.&vt.测量；衡量；量度为；判定nU尺寸；计量制；计量单位；(判断的)标准；措施measurement nU测量；衡量；尺寸2 返回目录【提示】measure 作“措施”讲时，多用复数形式。It s generally believed that education shouldn t be measured only by examination results.人们普遍认为教育不应该仅仅用考试成绩来衡量。The government has taken measures to protect t
30、he environment.政府已采取措施保护环境。返回目录 考点训练单句语法填空(1)Mr Li asked the tailor to make some new clothes_ his measure.(2)The problem was _ large measure causedby his carelessness.to in 返回目录 go/get aboard(the ship/plane/train)上(船/飞机/火车等)All aboard！请大家上车(船/飞机/)!Welcome aboard！欢迎上车(船/飞机/)!aboard prep.&adv.在(船、火车、汽
31、车、飞机等)上；上(船、火车、汽车、飞机等)3 返回目录【比较网站】aboard/abroad/broad/board词 语 词 义示 例aboardprep.&adv.在(到)船(火车、飞机等)上。所谓“在(到)船(火车、飞机等)”就是“在(到)其板(board)上”go aboard上船(火车、飞机等)abroadadv.在(到)国外。所谓“在(到)国外”就是“在(到)广阔的(broad)环境中”go abroad去(到)国外at home and abroad在国内外返回目录 词 语 词 义示 例broadadj.广阔的a broad river一条宽阔的河流boardn.木板；董事会；
32、膳食(费用)v上船(火车、飞机等)；寄宿go on board上船(火车、飞机等)board the train/plane上火车/飞机返回目录 By the time I rushed to the train station,he has gone aboard.等我匆忙赶到火车站时，他已经上火车了。Lets go on board now to avoid the last minute rush.我们现在就上车吧，免得最后挤得要命。The pianist Lang Lang is famous both at home and abroad.钢琴家郎朗享誉国内外。返回目录 考点训练单句
33、语法填空/选用以上单词填空(1)All passengers _ board are expected tofasten the seat belts when the plane takes off or lands.解析 句意：飞机起飞或着陆时，飞机上的所有乘客都应系好安全带。on board 在飞机上，表示状态。(2)Ive decided to study _.Now Imwondering whether to _ the plane or go_ the ship.And Im still not sure whether it isa good idea towith a hos
34、t family.on abroad board aboard board 返回目录 rather than 与其；不愿；而不是4(1)would rather do A than do Bwould do A rather than do Bprefer to do A rather than do Bprefer doing A to doing B宁愿做 A 而不愿做 Bwould rather sbhad done sth与过去相反的情况did sth与现在或将来相反的情况(2)other than 不同于；除了以外or rather 更确切地说返回目录【提示】(1)rather th
35、an 连接的两个并列成分作主语时，谓语动词与 rather than 前面的主语在人称和数上保持一致；(2)rather than 连接两个并列不定式时，rather than 之后的不定式可省略 to。Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad,he sold them at half price.与其让蔬菜烂掉，他不如半价把它们卖掉。返回目录 In that case,there is nothing you can do other than wait.在那种情况下，你能做的唯有等待。The traffic was delayed for qui
36、te a while,or rather for a whole quarter of an hour.交通阻塞了好一阵子，更确切地说，有整整一刻钟的时间。返回目录 考点训练单句语法填空(1)Hewasbusywritingaletterratherthan_(read)a newspaper.(2)They said it was the director,rather than theclerks,that _(be)responsible for the incident.解析 句意：他们说，不是职员而是主管要为这次事件负责。rather than连接平行主语，谓语承前一致。readin
37、g was 返回目录 写作提能一句多译/高考小作文(3)周末，我宁愿待在家里看书而不愿去购物。I_ onweekends.(would rather)I_ onweekends.(would)Iwould rather stay at home reading than go shopping would stay at home reading rather than go shopping prefer to stay at home reading rather than go shopping/prefer staying at home reading to going shoppi
38、ng 返回目录(4)我们应该自觉严格遵守交通规则，在红灯时停下而不是抱怨交通拥堵。We should strictly and voluntarily follow trafficrules,stoppingattheredlight_ _.ratherthancomplainingabouttraffic jams 返回目录(1)settle down to(doing)sth开始着手/认真(做)某事settle in/into适应(新的家、工作、环境等)；(使)迁入(新居)settle on/upon sth决定/同意某事(2)settlement n解决；定居；协议settler n定居
39、者；移民者settle down 定居；平静下来；专心于(后接介词to)5 返回目录 After this panda settled down in the mountain,she settled herself down.Look!She is settling down to eating bamboo leaves.这只大熊猫定居在这座山里之后，她终于让自己平静下来了。看！她正在专心地吃竹叶。返回目录 考点训练单句语法填空(1)We had settled _ the date for returnby the time we arrived in Beijing.(2)“Why s
40、hould I have to settle _ to a life ofmaking noodles like my father？”asked Lin.on/upon down 返回目录 manage sb设法对付某人manage sth经营/管理manage it能做到manage to do(succeed in doing)设法做到6 Though we left home very late,we managed to catch the last bus.尽管我们出门很晚，但我们设法赶上了末班公交车。返回目录【比较网站】manage to do/try to domanage t
41、o do 强调结果，表示设法做成某事try to do强调动作，表示试图做某事，但不知道能否做成He tried to do it time and time again,and at last he managed to get a pass.经过了多次努力，最后他拿到了通行证。返回目录 考点训练单句语法填空(1)Hetoldusthathemanaged_(escape)from the warehouse,but withouthis three sons.解析 句意：他告诉我们他成功从这个仓库逃了出来，但是他的三个儿子没能幸免于难。表示“设法做成”，manage 后只跟to do，不跟
42、doing。to escape 返回目录 写作提能一句多译(2)他成功劝说他的弟弟戒了烟。He_hisyoungerbrother to give up smoking.(succeed)He _ his younger brotherto give up smoking.(manage)succeeded in persuading managed to persuade 返回目录 at first sight初看时；乍看起来at the sight of一看见就lose sight of 看不见；忽略lose ones sight失明out of sight 看不见catch sight
43、of 看见；瞥见7 返回目录 考点训练用sight相关短语的适当形式填空(1)Never _ the fact that you havegreat artistic talent and never lose heart.(2)There was a hole in the door,through which I_ Mr Brown sitting in the chair.(3)The baby cried_ his motherand reached out his hands for a hug.(4)As the train went far away,my hometown wa
44、s.lose sight of caught sight of at the sight of out of sight 返回目录(1)have a gift/talent for有天赋(2)gifted adj.有天分的，有天赋的be gifted/talented at/in(doing)sth在(做)方面有天赋have a gift for 有天赋8 返回目录 The little girl has a gift/talent for music and promises to be a musician.那个小女孩有音乐天赋，有望成为一名音乐家。Jordan is gifted/tal
45、ented at/in playing basketball,which makes him world-famous.乔丹有打篮球的天赋，这使得他闻名世界。返回目录 考点训练单句语法填空(1)As time passed by,I found he was interested inhearingthespecialsoundofthepianoandwas_(gift)in playing the piano.解析 句意：随着时间的流逝，我发现他很喜欢聆听钢琴声，而且在弹奏钢琴方面也很有天赋。gifted 是形容词，此处作表语。gifted 返回目录(2)Having a gift _ p
46、ainting,she turns everycorner paintable into a remarkable work of her.解析 句意：她的绘画天赋让她把家中每个能作画的角落都变成了她巧妙的作品。for 返回目录 独立主格结构句型解读1 句型公式It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,some measuring over 90 metres.(教材 P34)那儿湿度很大，所以树都长得特别高，有一些高达 90 多米。返回目录 点拨：some measuring over 90 metres 为独立主格结构，此处相
47、当于 which 引导的非限制性定语从句。独立主格结构主要表示谓语动作发生的时间、原因、条件或伴随情况等，相当于一个状语从句或并列句。独立主格结构主要有以下几种形式：(1)名词/代词现在分词(表示主动或进行)We shall play the match tomorrow,weather permitting.(weather permittingif weather permits)如果明天天气好，我们就进行比赛。返回目录(2)名词/代词过去分词(表示被动或完成)The job finished,we went home.(The job finishedAfter the job was
48、finished)工作结束后，我们就回家了。(3)名词/代词不定式(表示将要发生的动作)So many people to help him,he is sure to succeed.(So many people to help himBecause so many people are going to help him)有如此多的人来帮助他，他一定会成功的。返回目录(4)名词/代词形容词/副词/介词短语(常用来说明名词或代词的性质、特征或所处的状态)The floor wet and slippery,we had to stay outside.(The floor wet and
49、slipperyAs the floor was wet and slippery)由于地板又湿又滑，我们只得待在外面。返回目录 A girl came in,some books in her hand.(some books in her handand she had some books in her hand)一个女孩进来了，手里拿着一些书。The meeting over,they all went home.(The meeting overAfter the meeting was over)会议结束后，他们都回家了。返回目录 考点训练单句语法填空(1)More time _(
50、give),we should have doneit much better.(2)The condition _(be)favourable,he maysucceed.given being 返回目录 2 比较级than any other比其他任何一个都句型公式Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world.(教材 P34)加拿大的淡水比世界上任何其他国家都要多。返回目录 点拨：“比较级than any other”意为“比其他任何一个都”，此句型形式上是比较级，却表示最高级意义。any other 后面跟
51、单数名词，表示“任何别的”，主语在范围内。如果主语不在这一范围内，那么要去掉 other，只要 any 即可。同一范围内进行比较的常见句式有：比较级thanany other单数名词比较级thanall other复数名词比较级thananyone else比较级thanany of the other复数名词返回目录 She is more careful than any other student.她比任何别的学生都细心。I am trying to say that you mean more to me than anyone else in the world.我想告诉你在这个世界
52、上我最在意你。返回目录 考点训练单句语法填空(1)The EU is in many respects more similar toBelgiumthantoanyofitslargemember_(state)解析 句意：比起一些较大的成员国，欧盟与比利时在许多方面更为相似。(2)Hong Kong is _(crowded)thanany city in South America.解析 香港不在南美，和南美的城市不在同一范states more crowded 返回目录 课末随堂演练词形转换1It was Cao Chong who thought of a _of _ the wei
53、ght of the elephant.(measure)2 The_fromtheEurope_ in America and _ down tostarting a new life.(settle)3 Watch out for your belongings.There aremeasure measuring settlers settled settled boarding 返回目录 4 ItsreportedthatJanuaryssaleswere_(slight)better than average.5 Asafamousmoviestar,helovesbeing_ by
54、 so many fans coming to visit himfrom the _ cities.And he also likesbeautiful _with green trees andflowers.(surround)slightly surrounded surrounding surroundings 返回目录 选词填空rather than;have a chat with;settle down;have agift for;on the way to;to ones measure1_ the supermarket,I met withtwo men,who had
55、 a violent quarrel.2 Theysoonmademeanewsuit_.3Mr Smith had stayed in many parts of theworld,and he finallyin Canada in theOn the way to to my measure settled down 返回目录 4_ squeezing(榨)your own orange,have you tried buying packs of orange juice?5Lucy _ music and dreams ofbecoming a famous pop singer.6
56、It is good for you to _ yourfriends sometimes.Rather than has a gift for have a chat with 返回目录 课文语法填空Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were 1._ a trip toCanada.Their friend,Danny Lin,took them to catch“The True North”and the three 2._(chat)about their trip.He told them one cannot cross Canadain less than fiveda
57、ys 3._ Canada is 5,500kilometres from coast to coast.Going 4._(east),they would see beautiful scenery as well as cities.Vancouver is 5._(surround)by mountainson chatted because eastward surrounded 返回目录 And its population is increasing 6._(rapid).Aboard the train,the cousins settled 7._ in theseats.W
58、hen they crossed the Rocky Mountains,theymanaged to catch sight 8._ some mountain goatsand even a grizzly bear and an eagle.Calgary is famousfor the Calgary Stampede and 9._(attract)manycowboys who have 10._ gift for riding wild horses.Then they went through a wheatgrowing province andThunder Bay As they slept,the train rushedrapidly down of attracts a
