Canada --- “The True North”

9.98million square km 2 5,500km 4,600km

Canada is in northern North America location The Atlantic Ocean The Pacific Ocean The Arctic Ocean America

Let’s have a quiz.

1.Which is the national flat of Canada? A. B. C. Q D. Quiz

2.Which is the national flower of Canada? A. B. cherry rose C. Q D. maple daffodil

3. What language(s) do Canadians speak? A. English B. English and German C. English and French D. English and Spanish

4. What is the capital of Canada? A. B. Vancouver Toronto C. Q D. Calgary Ottawa Quiz

5. What is the largest city of Canada? A. B. Vancouver Toronto C. Q D. Calgary Ottawa Quiz

6. What is the second largest city and the largest harbor in Canada? A. B. Vancouver Toronto C. D. Calgary Ottawa Quiz

7. What is the national animal of Canada? A. B. Beaver Grizzly bear C. D. Polar bear Penguin Quiz

8. What is the leader of the country called? A.President B.Prime Minister C.Governor D.King Quiz

9. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they? A.Lake Superior B.Lake Huron C.Lake Erie D.Lake Ontario E.Lake Michigan Quiz Lake Superior Lake Huron Lake Erie Lake Ontario Lake Michigan

Canada, which lies in the north of _____ America, is a ___________ country with Ottawa as its capital. The _____ is the national flower and the beaver is the national animal. Canada is ___________by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Arctic Ocean on the north. It is the _______ largest country in the world,__________ an area of 9.98 million square kilometers. The distance from east to west is over 5,500 kilometres. There are two official languages spoken in Canada, _______and _________. North second English multicultural maple surrounded French covering

Niagara Falls

St. Lawrence River

Old Montreal The second largest French-speaking city in the world, second to Paris

Toronto from the CN Tower.

CN Tower The highest building in the whole world

Vancouver ( 温哥华 ) the biggest harbor Thunder Bay ( 桑德贝 )

A Trip on “The True North” What is “ The True North ” ? “ The True North ” is the train that goes across Canada/the cross-Canada train ”

Before travelling About travelling Make some preparations, get some information about the place, decide how you get there etc. While in travelling Learn some knowledge, experience the local customs, see some animals and plants that can’t be seen in your country, etc. After travelling Rethink about the travelling, write travel diaries etc.

Unit 5 Canada— “The True North”

1.How did Li Daiyu and Liu Qian go to Canada and how did they go to east from west in Canada? 2.What is “The True North”? Fast-reading: By air; by train “The True North” is the train that goes across Canada

Ask and answer: 1.What is the continent they are crossing? 2.Why do many people want to live in Vancouver? 3.Why do the trees grow extremely tall on the coast north of Vancouver? 4.What happens at the Calgary Stampede? 5.Why would ships be able to reach the centre of Canada? 6.What are the two natural resources mentioned in the passage that Canada has?

Vancouver Calgary Thunder Bay L. Superior Toronto Rocky Mts

Collect the information Vancouver: Calgary: Rocky Mountains: Thunder Bay: the warmest part; the most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains on the north and east and Pacific Ocean on the west, Population is increasing rapidly (people from the rest part of Canada and Asia); on the coast north of Vancouver, the oldest and most beautiful forests still remain. cowboys, horse riding races Mountain goats, grizzly bear at the top end of the Great Lakes, a very busy port.

We were on a ___ across Canada. Instead of taking the aeroplane ___ the way, we would cross the continent of Canada in ______ after arriving Vancouver by air. Danny Lin waited ____ us at the airport and gave us a brief ___________ about Canada, the second ______ country in the world and Vancouver, the most beautiful city of the country, while taking us to _____the train, “The True North”. trip all train for introduction largest catch

Having settled _____ in the seats, we managed to ____________ the wild scenery, the mountain goals, and grizzly bears. We went by the city of Calgary and ______ in Thunder Bay, a city at the ____ of the Great Lakes, learning more about Canada of its population resources and so __. Our last stop is Toronto, one of the southernmost cities down catch sight of arrivedtop on

important sentences 同位语从句 1. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. 2. Some people have the idea that they could cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5500 kilometres from coast to coast. 3. The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.

难点及重点句型 1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and… 2. Skiing in the rocky mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities to live in. 3. It’s so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres.

独立主格结构：在句子中作状语，表示谓语 动词发生的时间，原因，条件或伴随情况 等，相当于一个状语从句或并列句。 1.We shall play the match tomorrow, weather permitting.( 现在分词） 2.The job finished, we went home.( 过去分词 ） 3.So many people to help him, he is sure to succeed. ( 不定式） 4.A girl came in, some books in hand.( 介词结 构）

5. He sat in the front row, his mouth half open. ( 形容词或副词） 6. There being nothing else to do, we went home. （ there being 加名词） 7. It being Christmas, the government offices were closed. (It being 加名词或代词） 8. Don’t sleep with the windows open. (with 结构）

4. Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. 5. That night as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto. 6. The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. (in / on/ to the) north of

一座拥有 1000 年历史的塔耸立在平湖南面。 A tower, which has a history of 1000 years, stands in the south of Pinghu. In the south of Pinghu stands a tower, which has a history of 1000 years. South of Pinghu stands a tower, which has a history of 1000 years.