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Unit 5 Canada—”The True North”

Maple Country

-- Canada

How much do you

know about Canada?

Canada is the second largest

country in the world.

9984670平方公里，居世界第二位，其中陆地面积 9093507平方公里，淡水覆盖面积 891163平方公里。

Leading in and Warming Up

1. What language (s) do Canadians

speak?

A. English

B. English and German

C. English and French

D. English and Spanish

A quiz

2. What is the capital of Canada?

A. B.

Vancouver Toronto

C. D.

Calgary Ottawa

3. What is the national animal of Canada?

A. B.

Beaver Grizzly bear

C. D.

Polar bear Penguin

4. What is the Canadian leader 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

Lake

Superior

Lake

Huron

Lake

Erie

Lake

OntarioLake

Michigan

6. Which is the national flag of Canada?

A. B.

C. Q D.

Skim the passage to fill in the blanks

1) What is the passage mainly about?

It is about _____ of two girls; and it

tells us some information about ______.

2) What is “The True North”?

The True North is a name of

_____________________.

a trip

Canada

the cross-Canada train

Skimming

Read the text quickly and quietly to fill in the blanks and match the main idea of the 3 parts

Part 1

Para(s)___

Part 2

Para(s)___

Part 3

Para(s)____

What they really saw and

felt after boarding the train

brief introduction of their

trip

Their chat on their way to

the station

1

2

3-5

Characters:

Places:

Route:

Scan the passage and find out characters, places and their travelling route.

Li Daiyu liu Qian and Danny Lin

Vancouver; the Rocky Mountains;

Calgary; a wheat-growing province;

Thunder Bay; The Great Lakes; Toronto

Draw a travelling route on the map on

P33

Scanning

plane

train.

Brief introduction about the trip

who _______ and her cousin ______

why to _________________

how first by______ ,

then by______

where

Li Daiyu Liu Qian

Montreal, Canada

visit their cousins

Part 1

Read Para.1 and finish the chart below

Careful reading

1. _____________ 2._________________

population

___________

Part 2

Para.2

Canada

distance ____________

(from coast to coast)Going eastward, you’ll pass

1.______________

3.______________________

_______

Vancouver

the warmest partthe most beautiful city

3. _______________ _______________

increasing rapidly.

5._________________

4. ______________

______________

wet climate

trees

___________

extremely tall measuring 90 metres

mountains

wide rivers & large cities

2. ____________scenery

5,500 kilometres

beautiful forests

oldest & most

one of Canada’s most popular cities

lakes & forests

Part 3

Read Paras 3-5 and answer the following questions.

1 What mountains did they cross ealier that day?

2 Which city did they go after crossing the mountains?

3 What did the girls think about Canada after 2 days’ travel?

4 Where did they go after dinner?

5 Which lake did the train rush across that night, and what’s their next destination(目的地 )?

1Earlier that day, …Rocky Mountains.

2 … Calgary…

3 After 2 days’ travel, … empty…

4 After dinner, …Thunder Bay…

5 That night … across Lake Superior

… Toronto

Vancouver

Tim

e

route

____ 1. They will take the train across

Canada westward.

____ 2. You can cross Canada in less

than five days.

____ 3. Vancouver is the coldest part in

Canada.

F

F

F

True or False.

____ 4. It is so wet in Vancouver that the

trees are tall.

____ 5. Canada is a large country with a

small population.

____ 6. The ocean ships cannot go to

Thunder Bay.

____ 7. Toronto is to the south of

Thunder Bay.

T

T

F

T

____8. Their trip across the whole

continent was exciting because of

some great scenery.

____9. Their cousins took them and their

baggage to catch “The True

North”.

____10. Canada has more fresh water

than any other country in the

world.

T

T

F

Answer questions according to the passage.

1. Which continent are the cousins

crossing?

They are crossing North American.

2. Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?

They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada./ They want to see Canada./ They want to travel across Canada.

3. What is “The True North”? “The True North” is the train that runs

through Canada.

4. Why is the population of Vancouver

growing so rapidly?

The population of Vancouver is

growing so rapidly because it is

beautiful.

5. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?

At the Calgary Stampede cowboys

compete in riding wild horses for

thousands of dollars.

6. How are ocean ships able to reach the

centre of Canada?

Ships are able to reach the centre of

Canada because they can follow the St

Lawrence River and the Great Lakes.

7. What are some of Canada’s greatest

natural resources?

Canada has water from its lakes and

rivers and wood from its forests.

8. Which of the following is described

as the most beautiful city in Canada?

a. Vancouver b. Calgary

c. Toronto d. Montreal

9. What does the word “slightly” in the

text mean?

A. bit B. a lot C. greatly D. lightly

10. Why did they begin to realize two

days later that Canada is quite

empty?

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.

Summary Distance from east to coast

Population

Where most Canadians live

Location of large fresh water supply

Key points about

Vancouver

Calgary

Thunder Bay

Basic facts about Canada

Rock

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Mounta

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s 5,500km

Pacifi

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cean

Atla

ntic

Ocean

Homework

1. Retell the passage in your own words.2.Underline what you don’t understand in

the text.

3.Write a short passage to report what Li

Daiyu and Liu Qian saw in Canada.