广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 Unit 5 Reading学案 新人教版必修3
【学习目标】
1. 了解加拿大的概况：地理位置，主要城市，风土人情等；
2. 了解多元文化现象和多元文化国家的特点。
3. 学会阅读和使用地图
【方法指导】
1.通读课文，理解文章大意
2.再次细读课文，理解细节内容.
3. 找出难懂的句子，与同伴交流学习。
课前预习:
Step1. Reading preparation. 在课文中找出下列单词短语（A级）
1____________ n. 大臣;部长 2____________ n. 风景 景色
3____________ n. 大陆;洲 4____________ adv. 向东; adj. 向东的
5____________ vt.& vi.包围; 环绕 6____________ v. 测量；衡量 n. 计量单位；措施
7____________ adv.稍稍;轻微地 8____________ prep.在......之内; 不越出
9____________ n.海港 10____________ n. 城市的；市镇的
11____________ adj.市区的 12____________ vi. & n. 聊天；闲聊
13____________ n.边界;国界 vt & vi与...接壤
14____________ prep & adv.在船、飞机、火车或公共汽车上
15.____________ 与其；不愿 16._____________ 定居；平静下来；专心于
17.____________ 设法做 18._____________ 看见；瞥见
19.____________ 对……有天赋
Step 2: Quiz(知识小测):How much do you know about Canada?
1. What language(s) do Canadians speak?
A. English B. English and German
C. English and French D. English and Spanish
2. What is the capital of Canada?
A. Vancouver B. Toronto C. Calgary D. Ottawa
3. What is the national animal of Canada?
A. Beaver B. Grizzly bear C. Polar bear D. Penguin
4. What is the leader of the country called?
A. President B. Prime Minister C. Governor D. King
5. 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
6. Canadian symbol—— ________________
课堂探究案Exploring Case
Step 1: Fast reading
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Read the whole passage and answer the questions.
（方法导引：略读整篇文章并回答问题。）
1. What is the passage mainly about?
It is about _____ ______ of two _______; and it tells us some information about __________.
2. What is “The True North”?
“The True North ” is the ________ that run through _________ .
3. Find out what these numbers are about?
second: _________________________________________________________
5,500: __________________________________________________________
a few hundred: __________________________________________________
thirty million: ___________________________________________________
one-third: ______________________________________________________
Step 2: Careful reading
Read the whole passage carefully and try to do the following activities.
（方法导引：仔细阅读整篇文章并试着做下列活动。）
I. Choose the best answer:
1. Why are the two girls not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?
A. It is too long a trip for them.
B. They want to travel across Canada.
C. There is no direct flight to the Atlantic coast.
D. It is much cheaper to get there by train.
2. Which of the following cities is described as the most beautiful city in Canada?
A. Vancouver. B. Calgary. C. Toronto. D. Montreal.
3. Which of the following statements about Canada is NOT true?
A. Vancouver is the warmest part of Canada.
B. Canada is bigger than America and is the second biggest country in the world.
C. The cousins are able to cross Canada in less than five days.
D. Most Canadians live within 320 kilometres of the USA border.
4. Who will take part in the Calgary Stampede?
A. Cowboys from Stampede.
B. People from Canada.
C. Anyone who has a gift for riding.
D. Cowboys from all over the world.
5. Why did they begin to realize two days later that Canada is quite empty?
A. They found nobody on their way.
B. 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. Canada is surrounded by Oceans on three sides.
II. Read the text again and fill in the blanks.
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Canada in general
It is (1)________ kilometers from coast to coast, but only has a
population of (2)_________ more than 30 million. Most
Canadians live within the US (3)__________, so most parts of
it appear very ⑷___________.
It has ⑸____________ of the world’s total fresh water.
Vancouver
It is (6)________________ by mountains and the Pacific
Ocean.
People can (7)_________ in Rocky Mountains and sail in the (8)__________.
Wet climate makes the trees extremely tall, some (9)_________ over 90 metres.
The Rocky Mountains
The cousins and their friend managed to (10)____________ some mountain goats, a grizzly bear and an eagle.
Calgary
It is famous for the Calgary Stampede in which cowboys from all over the world compete for (11)______________.
Thunder Bay
It is a busy port city at the top of the Grate Lakes in an (12) _________ area.
Ocean ships can sail up (13)______________.
The Great Lakes
Thanks to the Great Lakes, Canada has more (14)___________ water than any other country in the world.
Step 3: Summary of the text:
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from ________ to ________. Their 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 mountain goats and even a _______ bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North America _______ ______ ______ _________ working with animals.
Step 4: Post reading
Draw the route(路线) of the two girls traveling across Canada. (on page33)
Step 5: Discussion
1. Which part of the reading passage interest you most?
2. If you go to Canada one day, who will you go with and where will you go? Why?
课后巩固：
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1. 请做下面一篇阅读理解：
Vancouver is located in the southwest corner of Canada in the province of British Columbia. Vancouver is the largest city in the province and the third largest in Canada. It covers an area of 113 sq km. It is surrounded by water on three sides and overlooked by the Coast Range. Its climate is one of the mildest in Canada. Temperatures average 3°C in January and 18°C in July. Vancouver's most rainfall occurs in winter.
Archaeological evidence shows that coastal Indians had settled the Vancouver area by 500 BC. British naval (海军的) captain George Vancouver explored the area in 1792. Vancouver was founded as a sawmill settlement called Granville in the 1870s. The city was united in 1886 and renamed after Captain Vancouver.
As the main western terminus of Canada's transcontinental highway and rail routes, Vancouver is the primary city of western Canada, as well as one of the nation's largest industrial centres.
The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest and most various port, trading more than $43 billion in goods with more than 90 trading economies annually. Port activities generate 69,200 jobs in total with $4 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) and $8.9 billion in economic output.
Vancouver is a major tourist place. In addition to the city's scenic location, visitors enjoy beautiful gardens and world-famous Stanley Park, one of more than 180 city parks, and a combination of natural forest and parklands near the city centre.
1. Which of the following description about Vancouver is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada. B. Vancouver is a city located on water.
C. Vancouver is not far from the Coast Range.
D. The largest industrial centre in Canada lies in Vancouver.
2. According to the passage, originally Vancouver is the name of ________.
A. a British man who explored the city B. a sawmill settlement called Granville
C. the leader who controlled the area D. a transcontinental highway
3. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. the Port of Vancouver, the largest one in Canada B. how Vancouver got its name
C. Vancouver’s history D. a brief introduction of the city of Vancouver
2. 基础写作：
Smith先生是一位加拿大籍教师，今天他给你们做了一个讲座，介绍了有关加拿大的情况。请你根据Smith先生的讲座，写一篇小短文（只用五句话）向全校同学介绍加拿大的有关情况。要点包括：
1. 加拿大约占世界四分之一陆地面积，是世界第二大国；
2. 人口稀少，全国人口约3200万，居民主要讲法语和英语；
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3. 气候区域差别很大；
4. 多湖泊，淡水资源丰富；
5. 丰富的森林资源，是世界最大纸张出口国。
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