1. Unit 5 Canada— “The True North”

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

3. 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 nch French covering

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5. fresh water the five great lakes one third of the world’s supply of fresh water 苏必利尔湖 密歇根湖 休沦湖 安大略湖 伊利湖

6. Vancouver Calgary Thunder Bay Toronto go eastward,across the continent The route of the two girls traveling across Canada.

7. Fast Reading Q: What is the general idea of the passage? The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.

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

9. Vancouver Calgary Thunder Bay L. Superior Toronto Rocky Mountains. 1 2 3 4 in time orderWhat are the main places mentioned in the reading passage? (in time order) 5

10. Find out what these numbers refer to? second 5,500 a few hundred thirty one-third It is 5,500 km from coast to coast. Most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border The population of Canada is only slightly over thirty million Canada has one-third of the world’s fresh water SKIMMING second largest country in the world

11. （ mountain goats, grizzly bears, eagle ） after that crossed next stopped then arrived in Toronto Thunder Bay Lake Superior Later got to finally went towards Calgary the Rocky Mountain Vancouver at first started from （ warmest,most beautiful and popular ） (Calgary Stampede—cowboys compete in riding wild horses for high prizes) （ a busy port at the top of the Great Lakes ） Lake Superior

12. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian On a trip to Canada the first stop Vancouver the second… will see… it’s 5,500 the most…. it is surrounded the population that afternoon the Rocky Mountains what did they see? the next stop Calgary The Calgary Stampede two days later that night Toronto Thunder Bay it is a.. at the top.. one-third

13. Basic Facts about Canada Distance from east to west coast Oceans on east and west coasts Population Where most Canadians live Location of largest fresh water supply 5,500 km the Atlantic Ocean-east; the Pacific Ocean-west slightly over 30 million within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border the Great Lakes

14. Basic facts about Canada Key points about Vancouver Key points about Calgary Key points about Thunder Bay Canada’s warmest part, the most…. be surrounded by…. The population… be famous for… a busy port city at the top of….

15. 1.They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to travel across Canada. 2.They are crossing the North America. 3. People want to live in Vancouver because it is very beautiful. /They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in harbour./ It’s surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. 4. Cowboys compete in riding wild horses, and some of them can win thousands of dollars. 5. Ships can follow the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. 6. Canada has fresh water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.

16. 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. A girl came in, some books in hand.( 介词结 构） 4. Don’t sleep with the windows open. (with 结构）

17. Two girls went _____ a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal ____ the Atlantic coast. They decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada ____________ take the plane all the_____. They started their train travel from Vancouver, _______ is the warmest part of Canada. It’s ______ to be the most beautiful city in Canada, ___________by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the _______ have attracted more and more people, making it one of the most __________ cities in Canada. When they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to ________________ some mountain goats, a grizzly bean and an eagle. on rather than way which said surrounded harbour popular catch sight of

18. The next stop was Calgary, _________ for the Calgary Stampede, in _______ cowboys from all over the world, who have a ______ for riding wild horses, __________ to win the prizes. After two days’ travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is an _______ country, for it has a small _____________, and most of it live ________ a few hundred kilometers of the USA _______. Then they got to Thunder Bay, a busy _______ city, ________ they were surprised ____ the fact _______ oceans ships can sail up the Great Lakes. Canada has __________ of the world’s total ______________, and much of it is in the Great Lakes. famous which gift compete empty population within border port where at that one-third fresh water

20. Fill in the blanks Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from_____ to______. The 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 go _________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is __________ by mountains on the north and east. When the cousins _____ _____ in the seats, they looked out of the window. They saw mountains goats and even a _____ bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North American ______ ______ ______ ______ working with animals. Then they ______ _______ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ______ ______ the center of the country. west east eastward The True North second coast surrounded through down settled grizzly have a gift for went closeto

21. The Great Lakes are the largest fresh surface water system on Earth. 苏必利尔湖 休伦湖 密歇根湖 伊利湖 安大略湖

22. Arctic position Canada is in northern North America Pacific Vancouver Calgary Toronto Montreal Ottawa Atlantic

23. south America North America Africa Oceania Asia Europe Antarctic C. the largest country in the world the second largest country in the world reaches nearly a quarter of the way round the earth the distance from east to west is 5,500 kilometers and covers six of the world’s 24 time areas. 3rd 4th

24. Vancouver is surrounded ( 围绕） by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is the warmest and most beautiful city in Canada.

25. Calgary is famous for the Calgary Stampede ( 赛马会 ). Cowboys compete in riding wild horses for thousands of dollars.