必修三Unit5Canada—“TheTrueNorth”Period1Warmingupandreading

1、Unit 5 Can ada The True North 单元要览 类别 课程标准要求掌握的项目 话题 Geography: multicultural society; Can ada 词汇 quiz n.测验；问答比赛 mixture n.混合（物）；混 合状态 Can adia n n.加拿大人adj.加拿大的； 加拿大人的 aboard prep. 丞相 catch sight of 看见;瞥见 rather than 与其;不愿 have a gift for 对有天赋 settle down 疋居;平静下来;专心 于 in the distanee 在远处 man age to

2、do 设法做 at dawn在黎明的时候 重要句型 1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Van couver and the n take the train west to east across Can ada. (rather tha n.) 2. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was excit ing. (noun clause as the appositive) 3. Going eastward,

3、you ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests as well as wide rivers and large cities. (prese nt participle used as adverbial) 4. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada s most popular cities to livm ake(+O+O. C.) 5. It is so wet there that th

4、e trees are extremely tall, some measuri ng over 90 metres. ( “ pronoun+doing ” used as adverbial) 6. Because of the Great Lakes, they learned. Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. (more. . . tha n any other.) 功能 Directio n all; train; for; introduction; biggest; catch; d

5、own; at; arrived; top; on t Step 5 Homework 1. Lear n the useful new words and expressi ons in this part by heart. 2. Read the readi ng passage aga in and try to retell the passage. 设计方案(二) t Step 1 Leadi ng in the topic Play the videos of the beautiful Can adia n sce nery. Enjoy them with stude nts

6、. t Step 2 Warmi ng up Ask stude nts to turn to Page 33. Let them work in pairs and an swer this quiz to see how much they know about Can ada. t Step 3 Prereadi ng Show stude nts a map of Can ada and let them discuss the follow ing questi ons in pairs: 1) lf you take a trip to Can ada, what do you t

7、hink you might see there? 2) What three words would you use to describe Can ada? t Step 4 Readi ng 1. Give students 3 minutes and let them skim the passage to get the general idea of the passage. 2. Give students 6 minutes to read the passage carefully and then do the f ollowing: 1) A nswer the foll

8、ow ing questi ons. (1) Which continent are t he cousins crossing? (2) Why were they not flying directly to the Atla ntic coast? (3) Why is the populati on of Van couver grow ing so rapidly? (4) What happe ns at the Calgary Stampede? (5) How are ocea n ships able to reach the cen ter of Can ada? (6)

9、What are some of Canada s greatest natural resources? 2) Complete the form below: Route What the cous ins saw and heard. Vancouver It s Canada 1 s city, surrounded by mountains and the2. The coast north of Van couver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. 3 They man aged to

10、catch sight of some mountain goats and even4 and an eagle. Calgary 5 from all over the world to come to6 in the Stampede. Thun der Bay The city is at 7 the Great Lake. It is a very busy 8. (Keys: 1. most beautiful 2. Pacific Ocean 3. Rocky Mountains 4. a grizzly bear5. Cowboys 6. compete 7. the top

11、of 8. port) 3. Give stude nts 4 minu tes to read the passage a third time. En courage them to try to deal with the Ian guage poi nts in the con text. Give them some expla nati ons where n ecessary. 4. Liste ning and read ing aloud Play the tape of the text for stude nts and let them pay atte nti on

12、to the pronun ciati on of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. Then ask them to read the text aloud to the tape. t Step 5 Discussi on Let stude nts think about and discuss the follow ing questi ons in pairs. 1. Which part of the readi ng passage in terests you most? 2. If someday you g

13、o to Can ada, where will you go? Why? t Step 6 Clos ing dow n by retell ing the passage 1. Have stude nts get prepared in 3 minu tes or so and the n ask them to retell the passage. 2. Ask as many stude nts as possible to have a try in front of the class. t Step 7 Homework 1. Go over the text and try

14、 to learn all the useful words and expressions in this part by heart. 2. Fi nish the exercises in Comprehe nding on Page 35. A TRIP ON “ THE TRUE NORTH Type of writ ing This is a piece of n arrative writ ing. Main idea of the passage Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went on a trip to Canada, visitin

15、g their cousins and enjoying the beautiful scenery across the whole con ti nent of Can ada from west to east. Main idea of Paragraph 1 Li Daiyu and her cous in Liu Qian were on a trip to Can ada. Main idea of Paragraph 2 Having arrived in Vancouver, the most beautiful city in Canada, they were to be

16、 take n to catch“ The True North-Canad ah trai n. Main idea of Paragraph 3 Settling down in their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the Rocky Mountains to Calgary. Main idea of Paragraph 4 While arrivi ng at Thun der Bay, they lear n more about Can ada, its populati on

17、, resources, etc. Main idea of Paragraph 5 The train rushed towards Toro nto while they were sleep ing. 板书设计 Un it 5Can ada The True North Warming up and read ing 活动与探究 cross Surf the Internet to find the following information about Canada. Then make a pocket in formati on card, on which writes the

18、in formati on and try to keep it in mind. Full country n ame: Total area: Populati on: Capital city: People: Lan guages: Religio n: Government: Sample card: Full country n ame: Can ada 2 Total area: about 9 984 670 km Population: about 31 485 000 (October, 2002) Capital city: Ottawa People: British descent, French descent, Italian descent, aboriginal