必修3 unit5 reading Canada-The True North课件
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号称北美最大的卡尔加里牛仔节起源于上世 纪初，始于一个牛仔的梦想。在1912年时，一个 经常旅行美国各地从事西部牛仔表演、名叫Guy Weadick的牛仔，一心梦想要举办一个牛仔竞技活 动，发扬西部拓荒时期的精神与西部牛仔文化，在 他努力的奔走之下，他的构想获得了当时担任牛仔 竞技组织的四大巨头资助，筹措了十万美元，于 1912年9月首次在卡尔加里创立了牛仔竞技活动， 并且一举成功，得到全卡尔加里市民的支持。自那 以后，每年7月，平时安静的卡尔加里便会陷入狂 欢。牛仔节也越办越大，活动项目与奖金也不断的 增加，吸引世界各地的好手前来角逐。拥有“世界 上最精彩的户外表演”的美誉，是真正的西部盛情 与狂欢。牛仔节在每年七月的第一个星期五举行.
Its population is increasing rapidly
Para 3 They crossed___th_e__R_o_c_k_y_M__o_u_n_t_a_i_n_s__
They managed to catch sight of
some mountain goats a grizzly bear and an eagle
“The True North”
1. It is the name of a train. 2. Canada is located in the northern
North America. 3. It is named after a line from the
Canadian National Anthem.
Canada is a m__u_lt_ic_u_l_tu__ra_l__ country.
A TRIP ON “ THE TRUE NORTH”
Pre-reading
高中英语必修三Unit5_Reading__Canada—The_True_North
Please read the passage quickly and finish the following exercises.
Task 1 Skimming
1) Skim the passage and then find out the main idea of the passage: What is the passage mainly about? It is about _____ a trip of two girls; and it tells us some information about Canada ______.
Requirements:
Please firstly finish the tasks by yourself, and then discuss the answers in your groups. After discussion, each group should present your answers.
Place A wheatgrowing Province
Information ●Farms cover thousands of square _____ acres . ●It is a busy port city at the top of the Thunder Bay Grate Lakes in an ______ urban area. ●Ocean ships can sail up ______________ the Great Lakes .
Penguin
4. What is the Canadian leader called? A. President B. Prime Minister
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Presenting
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Distance for east to west coast:
5500km
Oceans on east and west coasts:
Atlantic Ocean—east; Pacific Ocean—west
Population: slightly over 30 million
Where most Canadians live:
within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border
Location of largest fresh water supply:
the Great Lakes
Key point about Vancouver:
to coast. (Line9) 有人想在不到五天的时间里穿越加拿大，他们忘了加拿大从东海
岸到西海岸共有5500公里。
4. The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great
Lakes. (Line26) 海轮可以开到五大湖，让表姐妹俩感到吃惊。 5.People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city，surrounded by mountains
Unit 5 Canada— “The True North” Reading—A Trip on“The True North”
Canada is a multicultural country. It is the second largest country in the world. How much do you know about Canada? Work in pairs and answer this quiz.
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Unit 5 Canada ——“The true North”Period 1 Warming up and Reading 1Teaching aims:1. Talking about Canada.2. Learn the geography, population, main cities, and natural beauty, natural resources of Canada.3. Learn how to read a traveling report and pictures.Teaching aids: A computer, a project and pictures.Teaching steps:Step 1. Warming up.1. Ss discuss the following questions.1) Do you like to go traveling?2) Which countries do you like to visit? Why?3) What can you see in these countries?2.T shows some pictures of winter and invites Ss to describe them.3.Get Ss to talk what they know about Canada.4.T shows a map of Canada and asks: 1.Which continent is Canada in?2.Which country is its neighbor?3.What are the Oceans Canada faces?4.How large is Canada?4. Have a quiz.Step 2. Pre-reading.T: Would you like to take a trip to Canada?What three words would you use to describe Canada?Step 3 Reading1. Shimming:Get Ss to read the passage quickly and answer the following questions:1) What is the passage mainly about?Sample：The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.2) What is “The Ture North”?Sample：“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.3) How many cities are mentioned in the text? What are they?Sample：Vancouver – Calgary—Thunder Bay—Toronto4) What do you know about each city?Vancouver :the warmest part of Canada； the most beautiful city in Canadamany Asian want to live there；the trees are extremely tall.the oldest and most beautiful forests in the worldCalgary:famous for StampedeCowboys come to compete in riding wild horses.good at working with animalsthey can win a lot of money in prizes.Thunder Bay:at the top end of the Great Lakes；very busy portclose to the centre of the country ,so that ocean ships can go there.2. Detailed reading:1) Get Ss to read the passage again and correct the following sentences.1. The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal.(in the East of Canada / on the Atlantic coast of Canada)2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver.(the train station to catch the cross-Canada train)3. You can cross Canada in less than five days by bicycle.(can’t)4. The girls looked out the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.(a grizzly bear, mountain goats and wild scenery)5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada, near Toronto.(at the top end of the Great Lakes, near the center of the country)2) Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks from the text.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 ______.Period 2 Language points:1.Canada is a multicultural country like China. 加拿大像中国一样是一个多元化国家。
高一必修3 Unit5 Canada-the true north-Reading
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Keys: 1.C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A
Polar bear
beaver
Grizzly bear
What do you expect to see if you take a trip to Canada?
Scan the reading passage and underline the main places mentioned in the text. Atlantic coast, Vancouver, Rocky Mountains, Calgary, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior and Toronto.
Draw the travalling route of the two girls at the map on page33.
Read the questions on page35 and read the text to find the answers.
1. They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to travel across Canada.
Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “_T_h_e_ ___T_ru_e____N_o_r_th_.”Canada is
the _s_e_c_on_d__ largest country in the world. It is 5500 kilometers from __c_o_a_st___ to __co_a_s_t___. As they go __e_a_st_w_a_r_d_, they saw beautiful scenery
人教版英语必修三Unit5_Canada-“The_True_North”-Reading
Vancouver
C. Q D.
Toronto
Calgary
Ottawa
Arctic America
Atlantic Pacific Vancouver
Calgary
Toronto
5. What is the national animal of Canada? A. B.
including
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Discuss to ascertain
1.Which sentences in the text can replace the following ones?
⑴ They determined to fly from China to Vancouver and go from west to east across Canada by train instead of taking a plane all the way.
A Trip On “The True North”
What does “The True North” refer to in the text?
• 加拿大铁路旅游公司还推出了３大特色线路：“城市走廊 ”、“大洋到大洋”以及通往农村和偏远地区的线路。
• 从魁北克城经蒙特利尔、渥太华和多伦多到温莎的“城 市走廊”长１１５０公里，沿途不乏经济和商业中心，容 纳了这个国家近一半的人口。“城市走廊”线路利用各城 市火车站设在市区的优势，强调“从市中心到市中心”， 突出火车旅游快捷、舒适和省油的特点。为吸引商务人士 客源，公司今年２月还在此线火车上增设了无线上网服务 。 “大洋到大洋”一线是指从蒙特利尔到大西洋沿岸的哈 利法克斯以及从多伦多到太平洋沿岸的温哥华。这条线路 打出“行一路看一路风景”的旅游牌。置放在加拿大广袤 而美丽的国土大背景下，长途火车旅游则成了随时间和空 间而无穷变换的观景体验。为使乘客观景方便，此线列车 都挂上了特大窗户的观景车厢。
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Stampede （美国西部或加拿大) 一年一次的庆祝会 The cowboys have a gift for working with animals and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes
Thunder Bay
Great Lakes
languages Official languages: English and French
the French-speaking province ----Quebec
the TV and radio in French; French restaurants; teaching in schools be done in French.
Ottawa is the capital of Canada. A population of 1,200,000 makes Ottawa the fourth-largest urban area in Canada.
National animal
Leader of the country:
9984670平方公里，居世界第二位， 其中陆地面积9093507平方公里，淡水 覆盖面积891163平方公里。自然资源9.98mi源自lion km25,500km
the national flag of Canada the national anthem of Canada
Capital city-----Ottawa
Toronto Canada Skyline
the Niagara fall most of the electricity is produced by water
Try to find out what these numbers refer to in the text.
fresh water
the five great lakes
one third of the world’s supply of fresh water
position
the Arctic Ocean Greenland
The Beaufort Sea Alaska
The Pacific Ocean
2. What is the capital of Canada?
A. Vancouver B. Toronto
C. Calgary
D. Ottawa
3. What is the national animal of
CaAnada?
A. Beaver
B. Grizzly bear
C. polar bear D. Penguin
Reading (I)
Unit 5 Canada— ”The True North”
Maple Country -- Canada
How much do you know about Canada?
Leading in and Warming Up
Canada is the second largest country in the world.
Thunder Bay Toronto
What did they see there?
Vancouver Calgary
Thunder Bay Toronto
Vancouver Canada at night Vancouver Canada from the sky
City of Vancouver is a beautiful city known for its world known attractions including Granville Island, Robson Street and Stanley Park. City of Vancouver is located on west coast of Canada with its population of about 600,000 (2003), but Vancouver's Greater Area counts about 2 million people. City of Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia and it is the third largest city in Canada.
The Atlantic Ocean
the United States
Can you tell some famous cities?
position
1. What language (s) do Canadians speak?
A. English B. English and German C. English and French D. English and Spanish
Read the text and find out:
What places have they been? Where are they heading? What did they see ?
go eastward, across the continent
Vancouver Calgary
Rocky Mountains
Grizzly bear 灰熊
Calgary Skyline
City of Calgary is a city of about 1,000,000 (1 Million) Calgarians and by population is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada.
4. What is the leader of the country called? A. President B. Prime Minister C. Queen
5. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada? A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6