高中英语必修三Unit5ReadingCanada—TheTrueNorth

1、Unit5 Canada“The True North” Warming up and Reading How much do you know about Canada?1. What language (s) do Canadians speak? A. English B. English and German C. English and French D. English and Spanish2. What is the capital of Canada?A. B. Vancouver TorontoC. D. Calgary Ottawa3. What is the natio

2、nal animal of Canada?A. B. Beaver Grizzly bearC. D. Polar bear Penguin4. What is the Canadian leader called?A. PresidentB. Prime MinisterC. GovernorD. King5. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they?A. Lake SuperiorB. Lake HuronC. Lake ErieD. Lake OntarioE. Lake MichiganLakeSuper

3、iorLakeHuronLakeErieLakeOntarioLakeMichigan6. Which is the national flag of Canada?A. B. C. Q D.Can you tell some famous cities?Learning goals1. To learn some useful words and expressions in this part. 2. To develop students reading skills and enable them to learn the customs and geological features

4、 of Canada.3. To let students know how to write a passage about travelling.Please read the passage quickly and finish the following exercises.1) Skim the passage and then find out the main idea of the passage: What is the passage mainly about? It is about _ of two girls; and it tells us some informa

5、tion about _.a tripCanada Task 1 Skimming2) 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 trainbrief introduction of their tripTheir chat on their way to th

6、e station123-5Characters:Places:Route:Scan the passage and find out characters, places and their travelling route. Li Daiyu liu Qian and Danny LinVancouver; the Rocky Mountains; Calgary; a wheat-growing province; Thunder Bay; The Great Lakes; TorontoDraw a travelling route on the map on P33Task 2 Sc

7、anningRocky Rocky MountainsMountains5,500kmPacific OceanPacific OceanAtlantic OceanAtlantic OceanPlease read the passage carefully and finish the following exercises.Task 3 Read the text and fill in the blanks. PlaceInformationVancouverIt is _ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.People can _ in Rocky

8、 Mountains and sail in the _ .Wet climate makes the trees extremely tall, some _ over 90 metres.measuringsurroundedskiharbourPlaceInformationThe Rocky MountainsThe cousins and their friend managed to _ some mountain goats, a grizzly bear and an eagle.CalgaryIt is famous for _.Many cowboys _riding ho

9、rses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.have a gift forcatch sight of the Calgary StampedePlaceInformationA wheat-growingProvinceFarms cover thousands of square _ .Thunder BayIt is a busy port city at the top of the Grate Lakes in an _ area.Ocean ships can sail up _ .the Great Lakesacresurba

10、nTask 4. Answer the following questions according to the passage.(1) Which continent are the cousins crossing? (2)Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast? (3) What is “The True North”? (4) Why is the population of Vancouver growing so rapidly? (5) What happens at the Calgary Stampede?

11、 (6) How are ocean ships able to reach the centre of Canada? (7) Which of the is described as the most beautiful city in Canada?(8) Why did they begin to realize two days later that Canada is quite empty?Requirements: Please firstly finish the tasks by yourself, and then discuss the answers in your

12、groups. After discussion, each group should present your answers. 我的课堂我做主我的课堂我做主 1. Which continent are the cousins crossing? They are crossing North America. Check your answers2. Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast? They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they

13、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

14、 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 Lawr

15、ence River and the Great Lakes.7. Which of the following is described as the most beautiful city in Canada? a. Vancouver b. Calgary c. Toronto d. Montreal8. 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

16、 and most of them live within the areas of the USA border. 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 _,

17、they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is _ by mountains on the north and east. west east The True North second coasteastward surrounded coast 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 _