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Unit 5 Canada---- “The True North”

广东省揭阳市揭阳学院附属中学 执教：陈虹

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Use the expressions you have learnt to describe the following pictures

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Learning Tasks of Unit 5

Canada --- “The True North”

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1. Location  

2. Population  

3. Area  

4. Official language(s)  

5. National flag  

6. National flower & animal  

7. Leader  

8. Capital  

9. Natural resources  

10. Imagination  

11. Impressions  

12. Cities

Name Information   

   

   

   

   

13. Great lakes  

14. Famous things  

15. Religion  

16. Culture  

17. People  

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Canada is in northern North America

position

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9.98million km2

5,500km

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Let’s have a quiz.

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1. Which is the national flat of Canada?

A. B.

C. Q D.

Quiz Warming-up--III----quiz (5m)

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2. Which is the national flower of Canada?

A. B.

cherry rose

C. Q D.

maple daffodil

Quiz

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3. What language(s) do Canadians speak?

A. English

B. English and German

C. English and French

D. English and Spanish

Quiz

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4. What is the capital of Canada?

A. B.

Vancouver TorontoC. Q D.

Calgary Ottawa

Quiz

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5. What is the national animal of Canada?

A. B.

Beaver Grizzly bear

C. D.

Polar bear Penguin

Quiz

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6. What is the leader of the country called?

A. President

B. Prime Minister

C. Queen

Quiz

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7. 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

refer to the map on page 33

Quiz

Lake

Superior

Lake

Huron

Lake

Erie

Lake

OntarioLake

Michigan

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Step three Pre-reading

1.Would you like to take a trip to Canada?

2.What three words would you use to describe Canada?

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Reading : Reading :

A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”

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“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.

Reading--I---- Skimming (2m)

What is “The True North”?

What is the passage mainly about? (Pay attention to the title and the topic sentence.)

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

How many cities are mentioned in the text? What are they?

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Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.

Vancouver

Calgary

Thunder Bay

Toronto

refer to the map on page 33

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Read the passage again quickly and then do the multiple choice on your paper.

Reading- ----Skipping (3m)Ⅱ

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1. Which of the following is described as the most beautiful city in Canada?

A. Vancouver

B. Calgary

C. Toronto

D. Montreal

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2. ... , the population of Canada is only slightly over thirty million.

What does the word “slightly” in this sentence mean?

A. a bit

B. a lot

C. greatly

D. lightly

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3. Why did they begin to realize two days later that Canada is quite empty?

A. Because they found nobody on their way.

B. Because 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. Because Canada is surrounded by Oceans on three sides.

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4. Which of the following statements is not true according to the text?

A. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian decided to cross Canada from west to east.

B. Canada is 5,500 kilometers long from north to south.

C. Vancouver is the warmest part of Canada.

D. The population of Vancouver is growing rapidly.

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Rewrite the sentences with correct information1. The girls went to Canada to see their re

latives in Montreal.2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to V

ancouver.3. You can cross Canada in less than five

days by bicycle.4. The girls looked out of the windows an

d saw Native Indians and cowboys.5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south

of Canada, near Toronto.

Reading-- ----detailed reading (3m)Ⅲ

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1. The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal.

2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver.

in the East of Canada / on the Atlantic coast of Canada

the train station to catch the cross-Canada train

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3. You can cross Canada in less than five days by bicycle.

4. The girls looked out of the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.

can’t

a grizzly bear, mountain goats and wild scenery

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5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada, near Toronto.at the top end of the Great Lakes, near the center of the country

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Paraphrase

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1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada in September.

=They didn’t want to be on an aero-plane all the way.They decided to go from China to Vancouver by plane and then cross Canada from west to east in September by train.

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2. They went through a wheat-growing province a

nd saw farms that were thousands of square kilo

metres in size.

=They went through a province. Its main

crop was wheat . The farms were as large

as thousands of square kilometers.

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3. There is more fresh water in Canada th

an in any other country in the world.

=Canada has the largest amount of fresh w

ater in the world.

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In groups take turns to ask and answer questions according to the text.

Make notes and be ready to present your conversation to the class.

In groups take turns to ask and answer questions according to the text.

Make notes and be ready to present your conversation to the class.

Practice (3m)

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Now imagine that Li Daiyu and Liu Qian want to know something about your hometown. How will you introduce Jieyang to them? Make a dialogue between you an

d them.

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Introduce JieYangIntroduce JieYang

1.Where is JieYang ?2.How many parts does JieYang consist of ? What are they ?3.What’s the weather like in JieYang ? What’s the average temperature ( 平均气温 ) in Feb. ? What about in Aug.?4.Does JieYang have a long history ?5.What’s the most famous form of art in JieYang?6.What’s the most famous fruit in JieYang?7.How many languages are spoken in JieYang?

1.Where is JieYang ?2.How many parts does JieYang consist of ? What are they ?3.What’s the weather like in JieYang ? What’s the average temperature ( 平均气温 ) in Feb. ? What about in Aug.?4.Does JieYang have a long history ?5.What’s the most famous form of art in JieYang?6.What’s the most famous fruit in JieYang?7.How many languages are spoken in JieYang?

Key words: Chaozhou Opera ( 潮剧 ) ; Gongfu Tea( 工夫茶 ) Chaoshan Dialect ( 潮汕方言 ) Kejia Dialect ( 客家方言 )

Key words: Chaozhou Opera ( 潮剧 ) ; Gongfu Tea( 工夫茶 ) Chaoshan Dialect ( 潮汕方言 ) Kejia Dialect ( 客家方言 )

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What can we learn from this text ?What can we learn from this text ?

1.Write down what you have learnt about Canada.1.Write down what you have learnt about Canada.

I enjoy learning about ____________ I’d like to know more about______________I enjoy learning about ____________ I’d like to know more about______________

2.From this text I also learnt :2.From this text I also learnt :

I found these words useful:_____________ I found these expressions useful:__________I found these words useful:_____________ I found these expressions useful:__________

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The whole class come to Self-assessment by yourselves. Self-assessment Sheet

Criteria 1) well understanding of the text( 标准 ) 2) well using of the information & good cooperation 3) correct and natural language

What do you think of your

work?

Excellent Good Average Poor Awful

Understanding          

Using          

Language          

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Homework:

1. Read the passage again and find out some useful words and expressions.

2. Find three appositive clauses from the reading passages.

3. Write a short passage to report what Li Daiyu and Liu Qian saw in Canada.

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Thank you !