1、必修3Unit 5 Canada “The True North”注:另附 word 文档。点击此处链接Listen to the text.WHAT IS A CANADIAN?I am a Canadian and very _ of my country.However,people sometimes dont know what being Canadian really _.People who come to Canada are _ to be proud of their own culture and keep their own _.Except for the Nati
2、ve Indians,everybody else who lives here came from another country or their _did.Canada is a _ of many culturesListen again and fill in the blanks.proudmeansencouragedcustomsancestorsmixtureand races.It is _ we call a multicultural country.We have _ official languages,French and English.Even though
3、we encourage people to keep their own customs,we _ everyone to learn French or English in order to _ in Canada.If you live in the province of Quebec,you are expected to speak _.However,the Native Indians andtwoexpectFrenchwhatlivethe Inuit of Canada are still _ to keep their languages alive.You can
4、hear some of their languages in the names of _ and _ as well as cities.“Canada”means“village”.Toronto and Ottawa are also Native Indian names.There are _ and television programmes,_ and magazines in over _ differentlanguages across Canada,and theToronto citytryingriverslakesradio80newspapersgovernme
5、nt offers help to people in _ languages.Many of our _ cities have areas where people from the same culture live near each other there might be a _,a Little Italy,a Korea Town and so on.However,people whose _ have lived in Canada for a long time are usually all _ up.My own family is a mixture of Engl
6、ish,Native70bigChinatownfamiliesmixedIndian and French.My neighbours family is Chinese,German and _!When I say that I am proud to be a Canadian,maybe you can help me _what a Canadian is.AfricandecideA COMPARISON OF CHINA AND CANADALi Daiyu and Liu Qians Canadian friends asked them to tell them somet
7、hing about China.The two cousins decided to present a short report together,comparing Chinaand Canada.LD=Li DaiyuLQ=Liu QianListen to the text.LD:China is a very large country.Its about_ square kilometres in area,and _ kilometres from east to west.Its so big that its difficult to _.Perhaps its easie
8、r to compare it to _.LQ:China has many of the _ mountains in the world.Theyre in the _ of the country,as they are in Listen again and fill in the blanks.9,600,0005,000describeCanadahighestwest Canada,but China has more mountains where many great _ begin.LD:China has _ countries to the north,Mongolia
9、 and Russia,unlike Canada,which has no countries to its _,butonly the Arctic ice and snow.LQ:China has _ neighbouring countries.Its borders are over _ kilometres long.Canada,however,has only _ neighbour,the USA to the south.Both Canadians and Americans riverstwonorthfourteen20,000onespeak English,bu
10、t its _ so easy for Chinese to talk with their neighbours,even if they live close to the _.LD:Chinas Gobi Desert,in the _ of China,is very special.There is nothing _ in Canada.In winter and spring sometimes the cold _ blows dust southward from the Gobi Desert to the northern parts of China.Even the
11、Great Wall cannot keep out the _.bordernotnorthwestsimilarairdustLQ:Both China and Canada have _ rivers and many lakes as well as busy _ cities on the Pacific Ocean.China is famous for the _ longest river in the world,the _ River,and Canada has the famous Niagara _.LD:Canada,_,has nothing like China
12、s southern island of Hainan.While it is _ and _ inlongportthirdChangjiangFallsfreezingsnowinghoweverMohe in north China on the Chinese-Russian border,people nearly _kilometres south in Hainan can sit on the _ in the sunshine.LQ:There is _ to sit on the beach in winter in Canada!5,500beachnowhereList
13、en to the text.THREE GREAT CANADIANSListen again and fill in the blanks.A great jazz piano _ is a Canadian!One of the greatest Canadian _ is world-famous for his jazz music.Oscar Peterson is a piano player _ Montreal.He has made over _ recordings and CDs and has played with the _ jazz musicians in _
14、.Although he is quite _ now,he still goes on tour with his music group.playermusiciansfrom150greatestoldhistoryA brave _ researcher is a Canadian!Dr Nancy Olivieri,a _doctor from Toronto,has become famous for refusing to support a _ that she was working on.A big drug company paid her todo the resear
15、ch,_ when she found that the drug was dangerous to children,she made a public _.The drug company and the hospital _ she worked said medicalchildrensdrugbutreportwherethey would make her _ her job.She refused to _ her report,and is now a hero to _ medical scientists.The best _ player in the world is
16、a Canadian!Everyone who is interested in _ hockey has heard of the Canadian _ Wayne Gretsky,“the Great One”.People say he is the greatest hockey player _ ever lived and think highly of him losehonestchangehockeyicewhostarmostly for the _ that he is a real team player.He _ that working with his team to score goals was _important than being the star,but,in fact,he wasthe star player and _ a record number of goals.factbelievedmorescored
