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Unit 5 Canada --- “ The Truth North”

Unit 5 Canada --- “ The Truth North”

Arctic position Canada is in northern North

America

Pacific

Vancouver Calgary

Toronto

Montreal

Ottawa

Atlantic

1.Which is the national flag of Canada?

A. B.

C. Q D.

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2.Which is the national flower of Canada?

A. B.

cherry rose

C. Q D.

maple lily

3. What language(s) do Canadians speak?

A. English

B. English and German

C. English and French

D. English and Spanish

4. What is the capital of Canada?

A. B.

Vancouver TorontoC. Q D.

Calgary Ottawa

5. What is the national animal of Canada?

A. B.

Beaver Grizzly bear

C. D.

Polar bear Penguin

6. What is the leader of the country called?

A. President

B. Prime Minster

C. Governor

D. King 7.How many Great Lakes are there in

Canada?

A.4 B.3 C.5 D.6

Reading Reading

A Trip on “The True North”A Trip on “The True North”

whereHow

Who

Whatwhen

why

scanning reading scanning reading

What is “The True North”?

When we read a narration, what should we do ?

Six factors

How many cities are mentioned in the

passage? What are they?

•Who : •What : •Where: •When: •How•Why:

Make a trip to visit their cousins

To Canada

Not mentioned

by train

Li Daiyu and Liu Qian

they want to see Canada /

they want to travel across Canada.

The travelling route of the two girls The travelling route of the two girls

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Basic facts about canadaDistance from east to west coast:___________________

Oceans on east and west coasts:___________________

Population: ______________________________

Where most Canadians live:____________________

Location of largest fresh water supply:________________

Key point about Vancouver:_______________________

Key point about Calgary:_________________________

Key point about Thunder Bay:

_____________________________________________

5,500 kilometres

Atlantic on east and Pacific on west

slightly over 30 millionwithin a few hundred kilometres

of the USA borderthe Great Lakes

Cadana’s warmest part\most beautiful city

famous for the Calgary Stampede

an urban area,the busy port city at the top of the Great Lakes

Fill in the blank and retell the story

Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from _____ to _____ . Their 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

west east

The True North second

coast coasteastward

surrounded

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. Then they ______ _______ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy ____. It is close to the center of the country.

settled down

grizzly

have a gift forwent through

port

Homework

1.Surf the Internet to find more information

about Canada.

2. Read the text after class

3. Read and circle all the expressions in the passage .