Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”
Period 1 文本研读课
学习目标
1.Talk about Canada.
2.Learn the geography,population,main cities,natural beauty and natural resources of Canada.
3.Learn how to read a journal and use maps.
思考导引
1.Do you like to go sightseeing?
2.Which country do you like to visit?
3.What can you see in these countries?
课堂探究
Ⅰ.Skimming
(1)What is the main idea of the text?
(2)What does “The True North” refer to?
(3)Where are they heading?
Ⅱ.Scanning(Try to find out what these numbers refer to in the text.)
Second:
5,500 kilometres:
Thirty million:
One third:
Ⅲ.Intensive Reading
Task 1 Fill in the blanks.
Para.1
Something about the trip
Purpose
Ways of traveling
first by ,then by
Para.2:Discussion (Pair work)
Many people want to live in Vancouver.Find out all the reasons.
Para.3-Para.5:Answer the following questions.
1....they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.(translation)
2.A number of cowboys have a natural ability to ride wild horses and they can get a lot of money if they win the competition.(paraphrase)
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3.What does “empty” mean in Para.4?(compare its size and population)
Task 2 Detailed information—answer the following questions
1.Which continent are the cousins crossing?
2.Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?
3.What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
4.How are ocean ships able to reach the center of Canada?
5.What are some of Canada’s greatest natural resources?
Ⅳ.Post-reading
1.According to the key words, retell the passage.
Basic facts about Canada
2.Discussion
(1)Design a route for travelling.
(2)Which cities would you like to visit in China?
(3)What can you see in these cities?
Tips:
Beginning:If I have the chance to travel,I prefer to go to...,which impressed me most...is a... city.The reasons are as follows:
Body:Firstly,... Then,...Besides,...
Ending:So I’d like to choose...
课后作业
My trip to...
(Key words:all the way,go through,cross,go across,go eastward,settle down)
参考答案
课堂探究
Ⅰ.Skimming
(1)Two girls,Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian,took the train to travel across Canada.
(2)“The True North” refers to the cross-Canada train.
(3)Eastward,across the continent.
Ⅱ.Scanning
Second:The second largest country in the world.
5,500:It is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast.
Thirty million:The population of Canada is only slightly over thirty million.
One third:Canada has one third of the world’s total fresh water.
Ⅲ.Intensive reading
Task 1 Para.1
to visit their cousins in Montreal;plane;train
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Para.2
(1)It is Canada’s warmest place.
(2)It is Canada’s most beautiful city.
(3)People can ski in the mountains and sail in the harbor.
(4)The coast north of it has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world.
Para.3-Para.5
1.她们总算见到了野山羊,甚至还看到了一只大灰熊和一只鹰。
2.Many of them have a gift for riding horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.
3.Of large size but a small population.
Task 2
1.They are crossing the American continent.
2.Because they want to cross Canada by train from west to east and see the great scenery.
3.Cowboys from all over the world come to compete in the Calgary Stampede for thousands of dollars in prizes.
4.They can follow the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes.
5.Canada has fresh water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.
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