Canada – “The True North”

rather than 意为“是…而不是…；
与其…不如…”
would do A rather than do B prefer to do A rather than do B
Rather than fish, we’ll have meat and soup for lunch today. I would like to stay at home rather than go to the park today. I prefer to go out rather than stay in the classroom.
噢！加拿大，我们为你挺立护防。
God keep our land glorious and free!
上帝保佑此地自由永久，福泽绵长！
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
噢！加拿大，我们挺立护防。
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
surround vt. 包围, 围绕; 圈住
*Trees surround our house. *The police surrounded the house. *The oceans and seas surrounding the islands are deep blue .
4. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities to live in. 落基山脉可以滑雪，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。
如
five hundred students five score people
3. People think it is Canada’s most beautiful city , surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. 许多人认为温哥华是加拿大最美的 城市，因为它被大山包围，濒临太 平洋。
Homework
Read the passage aloud, and pay attention to pronunciation and intonation.
Language points learning
1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada. 她们不想一路乘飞机，她们决定先 飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加 拿大到达东海岸。
I. Fast Reading
What is “The True North” in the title?
“The True North”
1. Canada is located in the northern North America. 2. It is the name of a train.
噢！加拿大，我们挺立护防。
II. Careful Reading
* Contest: All the students * Items: 1. Drawing the travel route 2. Asking-and-answering 3. Filling the blanks • Rules: The student which get the highest score is the winner
the Best Traveler across Canada
III. Post-reading
Discuss and retell:
Which part of the reading passage interests you most and why? Retell it in your own words.
3. It is named after a line from the Canadian National Anthem.
Canadian National Anthem
O Canada! Our home and native land!
噢！加拿大，吾土吾乡！
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
5. That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats. aboard adv., prep.
在……上； 在船上
settle down
Q2: Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?
Because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada.
Q3: Why is the population of Vancouver growing so rapidly? Because it is Canada's warmest part and the most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and ocean. Q4: What happens at the Calgary Stampede? Cowboys compete in riding wild horses for thousands of dollars.
You rather than I are going to go camping.
是你而不是我要去要野营。
rather than 连接
两个名词或代词作主语 时，谓语动词应与 rather than 前面的名词 或代词在人称和数上保 持一致。
2. Going eastward, you will pass thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities.
[分析]
结构：主语（Skiing ins and sailing in the harbour） + 谓语（make） + 宾语（Vancouver） + 宾语补足语（one of Canada’s most
popular cities to live in）。
When the cousins _____ down in the settled ____ seats, they looked out of the window. They saw mountain goats and even a ______ grizzly bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North America ____ _ ___ ___ working with have a gift for animals. Then they ____ _______ a went through wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ____ __ the center close to of the country.
Canada – “The True North” Reading Ⅰ
Are you familiar with Canada?
Work in pairs & do the quiz on p.33. The quiz is to check how much you know about Canada.
所有的儿女都为你守望。
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
心怀赤诚，如升之阳。
The True North strong and free!
极北强大的自由之邦！
From far and wide,
敞阔高深，无远弗届，
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Look at the map below and discuss the following question in pairs: If you take a trip to Canada, what do you think you might see there?
A TRIP
ON “ THE TRUE NORTH”
A wheat-growing province
5 2 4 3
Calgary (Stampede) Lake towards Superior Toronto …
7
Thunder After Bay dinner 6
8
2. Ask and answer. 1 point for each correct answer. Q1: Which continent are the cousins crossing? They are crossing North America.
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。
• going eastward 是现在分词短语作状语， 表示时间，相当于时间状语 when you go eastward. • thousands of 成千上万的。 注意million， billion, thousand, hundred, score, dozen 之前有确定数字的时候，词尾不加s.
1.Draw the route of the travel in Canada and make marks on the map on page 33. 1 point for each correct answer.
Rocky by air Vancouver by train Mountains 1 China
Q5: How are ocean ships able to reach the centre of Canada? They can follow the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes.
Q6: What are some of Canada’s greatest natural resources? Water from its lakes and rivers, and wood from its forests.
3. Fill in the blanks. 1 point for each correct answer.
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from westto ___ . Their cousins’ ___ east friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “ ___True North ”. The ____ _____ Canada is the ______ biggest country in the second coast coast world. It is 5,500 kilometers from ____ to ____. As they go ______, they saw beautiful eastward surrounded scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is __________ by mountains on the north and east.