Unit 5 Canada— “The True North”

Canada is in northern North America

location

The Atlantic OceanThe Pacific Ocean

The Arctic Ocean

America

Canada, which Canada, which lieslies in the north of ____ in the north of _____ America , is a _ America , is a ______________________ country with Ot country with Ottawa as its capital . The tawa as its capital . The __________ is the national is the national flower and the flower and the beaverbeaver is the national animal. is the national animal. Canada is ___________by the Atlantic Ocea Canada is ___________by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , the Pacific Ocean on the west n on the east , the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Arctic Ocean on the north. It is the and the Arctic Ocean on the north. It is the ________ ______ largest country in the world,_______largest country in the world,__________ an area of 9.98 million square kilometers.___ an area of 9.98 million square kilometers. The distance from east to west is over 5,500 The distance from east to west is over 5,500 kilometres. There are two kilometres. There are two official languagesofficial languages spoken in Canada, _______and _________ . spoken in Canada, _______and _________ .

North

second

English

multicultural

maple

surrounded

Frenchnch

covering

position

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

Vancouver Calgary

Thunder Bay

Toronto

go eastward,across the continent

The route of the two girls traveling across Canada.

Fast ReadingQ: What is the general idea of the passage?

The passage is about a The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it trip of two girls, and it tells us some tells us some information about information about Canada.Canada.

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”?

Vancouver

Calgary

Thunder Bay

L. Superior

Toronto

Rocky Mountains.

1

23 4

•What are the main places mentioned in the reading passage? (in time orderin time order)

5

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

SKIMMINGSKIMMING

second largest country in the world

（ mountain goats, grizzly bears, eagle ）

after thatcrossednext stoppedthenarrived in

Toronto

落

基

山

Thunder Bay

Lake SuperiorLater got to

finallywent 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

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 TorontoThunder Bay

it is a .. at the top.. one-third

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

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….

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.

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）

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.

onon

rather thanway

whichsaid

surrounded

harbourpopular

catch sight of

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.

famouswhich

gift compete

emptypopulation

withinborder

port where atthat

one-thirdfresh water

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.

westeast

eastward

The True Northsecond

coastcoastsurrounded

through

downsettled

grizzly

have a gift for went

close to

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

Arctic position Canada is in northern North

America

Pacific

Vancouver Calgary

Toronto

Montreal

Ottawa

Atlantic

south America

North America

Africa

Oceania

Asia

Europe

Antarctic C.

the largest country in the worldthe second largest country in the world

reaches nearly a quarter of the way round the earththe distance from east to west is5,500 kilometers and covers six ofthe world’s 24 time areas.

3rd4th

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

Calgary is famous for the Calgary Stampede( 赛马会 ).

Cowboys compete in riding wild horses for thousands of dollars.