Unit 5 Canada–“The True North”
How much do you know about Canada?
Dr Bethune
Dashan
Maple leaves
the Niagara falls
A TRIP
ON “ THE TRUE NORTH”
challenge yourself
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Quiz
１What is the Canadian leader called?
President
Prime Minister
Governor
King
２How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they?
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake
Superior
Lake
Huron
Lake
Erie
Lake
Ontario
Lake
Michigan
３What is the capital of Canada?
A. B.
Vancouver Toronto
C. Q D.
Calgary Ottawa
４Which is the national flag of Canada?
A. B.

C. Q D.
５What is the national animal of Canada?
B.

Beaver Grizzly bear
C. D.

Polar bear Penguin
Reading task 1
1.Scan the text and finish the following
exercises:
The text is organized in the order of _____.
A. logic B. time C. events
2. Their destination (目的地) ：＿＿＿＿
　The cities they crossed:
⑴ __________ ⑵ __________
⑶ ___________
3. What is “The True North”?
Montreal
Vancouver
Calgary
Thunder Bay
The cross-Canada train.
Skiing in the
Rocky Mountain
Calgary Stampede
the route
Match the main idea with each para.
Para.1.
Para.2.

Para.3.

Para.4.

Para.5.
A. The train rushed towards Toronto.
B. Li Daiyu and her cousin were on a trip to Canada.
C. Canada’s border, population, agriculture and lakes.
D. Talking something about Vancouver
---its position, scenery, population etc.
E. Calgary , famous for the Calgary Stampede
Read Para1 and answer the questions:
1.Which continent are the cousins crossing?
2.Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic Ocean?
They are crossing North America.
Because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada.
3. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.(translate)
他们不愿一路乘飞机，而决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达从海岸。

1. _____________ 2._________________
population

___________
Part 2
Para.2
Canada
distance ____________
(from coast to coast)
Going eastward, you’ll pass
1.______________

3.______________________
scenery
Vancouver
the warmest part
the most beautiful city
3. _______________
_______________
is increasing rapidly.
5.climate_________
4. ______________
______________
wet
trees
___________
extremely tall
mountains
wide rivers & large cities
2. ____________
5,500 kilometres
beautiful forests
oldest & most
one of Canada’s most popular cities
lakes & forests
3.Why is the population of Vancouver growing
so rapidly?
4.People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city,
surround by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
(改错)
On arrival, the superstar found himself ______by the enthusiastic fans.
A. to be surrounded B. surrounded
C. to surround D. having surrounded
The population of Vancouver is growing so rapidly because it is the warmest and most beautiful city in Canada.
surrounded
B
Part 3
Read paras 3-5 and answer the following questions
1 What mountains did they cross earlier 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)?
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
Time
route
2.How are ocean ships able to reach the center
of Canada?
3.What are some of Canada’s greatest natural resources?
Canada has fresh water from its rivers and lakes and wood from its forests.
They can follow the St Lawrence River and
the Great Lakers
1.What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
Cowboys compete in riding wild horses for
thousands of dollars in prizes.
What the cousins saw and heard (Para.2-4)
most beautiful
Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
a grizzly bear
Cowboys
port
the top of
compete
goats
mountains
forests
famous for__________ ,
Stampede
Fill in the blanks.
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from ___ to ___ . Their cousins’ friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to ca-tch “____ ____ _____”. Canada is the ______ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilome-ters from ______ to ______. As they go ______, they saw beautiful _______as well as cities. Vancouver is __________ by mountains on the north and east. The trees there are extremely tall, some _______ over 90 metres.
west east
The True North
second
coast
coast
eastward
surrounded
scenery
measuring
When the cousins _____ ____ in the seats, they looked out of the window. They managed to ____ ____ ___mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an _____. 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 ____ at the top of the Great Lakes, for which Canada has more ______ water than any other country in the world.
settled down
eagle
have a gift for
port
went through
catch sight of
fresh
Skiing in the
Rocky Mountain
Calgary Stampede
the route
Canada is _____ than the United States.
It is the ______largest country in the
world. It is _____ kilometers from coast
to coast in Canada. The population of
Canada is only slightly Over _________ .
Canada has _________ of the world’s
fresh water, much of which is in the ___________.On the coast north of
Vancouver, some of the oldest and most
beautiful______ in the world still remain.
It is so wet there that the trees are
extremely ______.
bigger
second
5500
thirty million

one-third
Great Lakes
forests
tall
Details:
1.Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.
across, through, towards几个介词的理解
那天夜里她们睡着了，火车越过苏必利尔湖北部，
穿过大森林，朝南向多伦多飞驰着。
rather than…
她们不想一路乘飞机，她们决定飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。
2.That night as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.
Ⅳ.Detailed reading
Rocky Mountains
5,500km
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Summary
Canadian National Anthem(国歌)
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Homework:
1. The homework you must do:
Write an introduction to Canada.
Use what we have learned in the
text.
2. The homework you may choose:
do some research into some of
the famous cities in Canada,
such as Toronto and Montreal.
BYE-BYE
The Rocky Mountains