1、Unit 5 Canada“The True North”Warming Up&Reading(I)12ABCDEFWhere is Canada?3Location:U S ACanadain the North America lies on the north of USA45,500kmArea:Population:About 9.98 million KAbout 31.6 million5fresh watercoaloilnatural gas forests fishResources6How much do you know about Canada?Lets have a
2、 quiz.7B.1.Which is the national flag of Canada?A.C.D.82.What language(s)do Canadians speak?A.English.B.English and German.C.English and French.D.English and Spanish.93.What is the capital of Canada?A.B.Vancouver.Toronto.C.D.Calgary.Ottawa.104.What is the national animal of Canada?A.B.Beaver.Grizzly
3、 bear.C.D.Polar bear.Penguin.11 A Trip on“The True North”Reading12Fast reading1.What is“The True North”?“The True North”is the train that goes across Canada/the cross-Canada train.132.Find out what these numbers refer to?second5,500320thirtyone-third It is 5,500 km from coast to coast.Most Canadians
4、 live within 320 km of the USA borderThe population of Canada is only slightly over thirty millionCanada has one-third of the worlds fresh waterSecond largest country in the world14 Vancouver Rocky Mountains Calgary Thunder BayTorontorefer to the map on page 333.Draw the route of the two girls trave
5、ling across Canada.1516TimeCity mentionedSomething specialon the way to the station;that morningafternoontwo days later;after dinnerthat night-VancouverCalgaryThunder BayTorontoThe warmest part of Canada,the most beautiful cityCalgary Stampede.It is a very busy port.Careful reading171.The girls went
6、 to Canada to see their relatives in Toronto.2.Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver.Montreal on the Atlantic coast of Canadathe train station to catch the cross-Canada trainDetailed readingGet Ss to read the passage again and correct the following sentences.183.You can cross Canada in less
7、 than five days by bicycle.4.The girls looked out the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.5.Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada,near Toronto.cant a grizzly bear,mountain goats and wild sceneryat the top end of the Great Lakes,near the center of the country19【达标训练】1.Which of the
8、following is described as the most beautiful city in Canada?A.Vancouver B.CalgaryC.Toronto D.Montreal202.What does the word“slightly”in the text mean?A.a bit B.a lot C.greatly D.lightly213.Why did they begin to realize two days later that Canada is quite empty?A.Because they found nobody on their wa
9、y.B.Because there are only thirty million people living on such a huge land and most of them live within the areas of the USA border.C.There are too many lakes in Canada.D.Because Canada is surrounded by oceans on three sides.224.Which of the following statements is true according to the text?A.Li D
10、aiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to see their cousins in Montreal.B.Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada near Toronto.C.The girls looked out of the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.D.Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to see their relatives on the Atlantic coast.23Li Daiyu a
11、nd Liu Qian took the train in Canada from _ to _.Their 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 went _,they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities.Vancouver is _ by mountains on th
12、e northwest eastThe True NorthsecondcoastcoasteastwardsurroundedRetell (5m)Fill in the blank and retell the story24and east.When the cousins _ _ in the seats,they looked out of the window.They saw mountain goats and even a _ bear.Calgary is famous for its competition.Many of the cowboys from all ove
13、r North America _ _ _ _ working with animals.Then they _ _ a wheat-growing province.Thunder Bay is a busy port.It is _ _ the center of the country.settled downgrizzlyhave a gift forwent throughclose to25Homework1.Preview the language points in the reading 2.Do Ex.1&2&3 on page 3626Time is money.时间就是金钱。27
