Unit 5 Canada–“The True North”
Canada
Lead-in
What’s your first impression of this country?
beautiful, modern, attractive, pleasant…
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.

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

Beaver Grizzly bear
C. D.

Polar bear Penguin
A TRIP
ON “ THE TRUE NORTH”
continent
baggage
chat
scenery
eastward

westward

upward

surround
harbour
n. 洲；大陆
n. 行李
vi. & n. 聊天；闲聊
n. 景色；风景
adv. 向东
adj. 向东的；朝东的
adv. 向西
adj. 向西的； 朝西的
adv. 向上地；上升地
adj. 上升的；向上的
vt. & vi. 包围；围绕
n. 海港
measure

aboard

eagle
within
border

slight
slightly
acre
urban
vi. & vt. 测量；衡量；判定
n. 计量制；措施
prep. & adv. 在船、飞机、
火车或公共汽车上
n. 鹰
prep. 在……之内
n. 边界；国界；边沿
vt. & vi. 与……接壤；接近
adj. 轻微的；微小的
adv. 稍稍；轻微地
n. 英亩
adj. 城市的；市镇的
rather than
settle down

manage to do
catch sight of
have a gift for
与其；不愿
定居；平静下来；
专心于
设法做
看见；瞥见
对……有天赋
A Trip On “The True North”
What does “The True North”
refer to in the text?
“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.
Read to find
Task 1:
What does “The True North”
refer to in the text?
Task 2:Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Calgary
Thunder Bay
Lake Superior
Toronto
the route of the two girls.
Vancouver
the Rocky Mountains
Calgary
A wheat-growing province
Thunder Bay
the beach of the Great Lakes
Para. 1
Which continent are the cousins crossing?
Why are the cousins not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?
They are crossing North America.
Because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada.
Because they want to see Canada.
Because they want to travel across Canada.
1.Canada’s _____________ part.

2.Canada’s______________city,
surrounded by_______________

3.one of Canada’s ___________cities to live in.

4.Some of the ________________________
in the world.
most beautiful
warmest
mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
most popular
oldest and most beautiful forests
Its population is increasing rapidly
Para. 2 (Vancouver)
the Rocky Mountains
They managed to catch sight of _______
___________________________________
______________.
some mountain goats and even a grizzly
bear and an eagle
Para 3
They crossed______________________
Calgary 卡尔加里
Para. 3 the next stop-- Calgary
What is Calgary famous for?
Para. 3 (Calgary)
The _________
have a gift for
riding wild
horses and
they can win
thousands of
dollars in ______.
cowboys
prizes
What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
Thunder Bay ______________city.
is a busy port
How are ocean ships able to reach the center of Canada??
Para. 4 (Thunder Bay)
They can follow the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to get there.
.
Canada has _______________the world’s total fresh water,
and much of it is in the Great Lakes.
one-third of
My experience in Canada
Group work. 5 members for each group. One is Danny Lin in Canada, the others are Li Daiyu in Vancouver，in Rocky Mountains, in Calgary, in Thunder Bay &the Great Lakes.
Read to report
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2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
⑴ Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands
of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities.
⑶ Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the
harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most
Popular cities to live in.
⑷It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,
some measuring over 90 metres.
⑵ People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded
by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
一路向东行，你会经过一座座山脉，上千个湖泊、森林，还有宽阔的河流和许多大城市。
人们说温哥华是加拿大最美丽的城市，被大山
和太平洋环抱。
⑴ Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands
of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities.
⑵ People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded
by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
落基山可以滑雪，海港供你扬帆，这些使得温哥华成为加拿大最受欢迎的居住城市之一。
那儿的湿度很大，所以树都长得特别高，一些
高达90多米。
⑶ Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the
harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most
Popular cities to live in.
⑷It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,
some measuring over 90 metres.
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