1、2014春季英语人教版新课标必修3U5阅读教案Unit 5 Canada-“The True North”教学重点1. Let students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources of Canada.2. Get students to learn different reading skills.教学难点1. Develop students reading ability.2. Enable student
2、s to learn about some basic information and talk about Canada.三维目标知识目标1. Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part.2. Let students learn the knowledge of Canada.能力目标1. Develop students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2. Let students learn how
3、 to read a traveling report and how to use a map.3. Enable students to learn about some basic information and talk about Canada.情感目标1. Stimulate students interest in learning about foreign countries.2. Develop students sense of cooperative learning.教学过程Step 1 Leading-in and warming upShow the studen
4、ts two pictures, and ask them who are they and where are they from?Mark Rowswell 大山Norman Bethune 白求恩T: Today we will learn something about Canada. To check how much do you know about Canada, now we will do a small quiz. Please do the quiz on your paper.1. What language (s) do Canadians speak ?A. En
5、glishB. English & GermanC. English & FrenchD. English & Spanish2. What is the capital of Canada? A. Vancouver B. Toronto C. Calgary D. Ottawa3.What is the national animal of Canada?A. Beaver B. Grizzly bear C. Polar bear D. Penguin4. What is the Canadian leader called?A. President B. Prime MinisterC
6、. Governor D. King5. How many Great Lakes are there in Canada?A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6 T: Through the quiz, I think you have known something about Canada, now lets follow two persons step to enjoy the Canadas beautiful scenery.-present the title Canada-“The True North” on the blackboard.II. Fast readingR
7、ead the whole passage quickly, and finish the following two activities on your paper.【学生活动1】快速阅读文章，将各部分大意与其段落配对。Part 1 para(s)_1_ The plan to cross the continent Part 2 para(s)_2_ What they really saw and felt after boarding the trainPart 3 para(s)_3-5_ A chat about the trip on their way to the stat
8、ionReading skill: If you want to find the main idea of each paragraph, you can read the first sentence of the each paragraph. If not, you can try to find the key words of each paragraph. They can also summary the main idea.【学生活动2】 How many cities are mentioned in the text? What are they? Five, Montr
9、eal, Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay, Toronto学生在地图上指出旅游路线Montreal is the second-largest city in Canada.Vancouver ranks third largest in Canada.The 2010 Winter Olympics were held there.Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and as one of the worlds most livable cities. Calgary is well-known as a
10、 destination for winter sports and ecotourism.III. Careful reading【学生活动1】读课文第1段，然后回答下列问题 (1) Which continent are the cousins crossing?North America (2) Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?They think taking the train across the continent is more exciting.【学生活动2】读课文第2段，选择最佳答案并完成下面的表
11、格。 (1) That so many people want to live in Vancouver is not because_.A. Vancouver is the most beautiful city in Canada. B. skiing in the Rocky Mountains makes Vancouver one of the most popular cities to live in. C. some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days.D. sailing
12、 in the harbor makes Vancouver one of the most popular cities to live in.（2）Fill in the form according to the second paragraph. climate:scenery: population:entertainment:【学生活动3】读课文第3-5段，然后完成下列任务。做笔记，找出有关沿途城市特点的重点词(1)Vancouver is Canadas _and _. It is also one of Canadas_ to live in. Vancouver has so
13、me of_ in the world.(2) Calgary is famous for_. Cowboys come to _ and many can win thousands of dollars. (3) The Thunder Bay is _ at_.【学生活动四】：Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks from the text. Canada is _ than the United States. It is the _largest country in the world. It is _ kilometers from
14、coast to coast in Canada. The population of Canada is only slightly over_. Canada has _ of the worlds fresh water, much of which is in the _. On the coast north of Vancouver some of the oldest and most beautiful _ in the world still remain. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely _. 【学生活动五】：
15、总结The main idea of the passage is to _A. introduce the girls travelling B. introduce Canada through the girls travellingIV. Post reading讨论与展示: Suppose, here is Canadas international airport and a tourist from abroad just gets off the plane. Now 3 guides separately from Vancouver, Calgary and Thunder
16、 Bay rush to surround him and every one of them wants to attract him. Which one can succeed?1. Refer to the information in the passage if you like.2. Pay attention to your role and its characteristics(特征).3. Use your body language if necessary.【学生活动】学生分组讨论，然后上台展示讨论结果。一人为游客，另外三人分别是来自三个城市的导游。V. Conclu
17、sionIn this class, we follow two girls steps to enjoy the Canadas beautiful scenery. And we also know its famous cities, population, climate, entertainment way, and so on. So we know if we want to write a passage about a trip, we can write down all of these aspects, maybe also we can write its locat
18、ion, transportation, local food and so on.VI.Homework:Write an essay about your trip.Blackboard designUnit 5 Canada-“The True North” climate:scenery: population:entertainment:同步作业阅读理解-C (2013江苏省苏州五中期初)America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soo
19、n if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a whilethen no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to u
20、nderstand, because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸) sometimes deeply into both families. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased
21、if we accept their hospitality(好客) easily.Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they dont show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice i
22、n our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not man
23、age the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find
24、 ourselves treated hospitably.For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!43. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Friends
25、hips between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.44. From the last two paragr
26、aphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be _.A. warmly welcomed at the airport B. offered a ride to his/her homeC. treated hospitably at his/her home D. treated to dinner in a restaurant45. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragr
27、aph 3 probably mean _. A. strict with time B. willing to spend timeC. careful with time D. serious with time46. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “_”. A. Americans and Chineses views of friendshipsB. Americans hospitalityC. Friendships between ChineseD. Friendships between Americans【参考答案】4346、DCBA
