广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 Unit5 Reading学案1 新人教版必修3.doc

广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 unit 5 reading学案 新人教版必修3【学习目标】1. 了解加拿大的概况：地理位置，主要城市，风土人情等；2. 了解多元文化现象和多元文化国家的特点。3. 学会阅读和使用地图 【方法指导】 1.通读课文，理解文章大意2.再次细读课文，理解细节内容.3. 找出难懂的句子，与同伴交流学习。课前预习: step1. reading preparation. 在课文中找出下列单词短语（a级）1_ n. 大臣;部长 2_ n. 风景 景色3_ n. 大陆;洲 4_ adv. 向东; adj. 向东的5_ vt.& vi.包围; 环绕 6_ v. 测量；衡量 n. 计量单位；措施7_ adv.稍稍;轻微地 8_ prep.在.之内; 不越出9_ n.海港 10_ n. 城市的；市镇的11_ adj.市区的 12_ vi. & n. 聊天；闲聊13_ n.边界;国界 vt & vi与.接壤14_ prep & adv.在船、飞机、火车或公共汽车上15._ 与其；不愿 16._ 定居；平静下来；专心于17._ 设法做 18._ 看见；瞥见19._ 对有天赋step 2: quiz(知识小测):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. vancouver b. toronto c. calgary d. ottawa3. what is the national animal of canada?a. beaver b. grizzly bear c. polar bear d. penguin4. what is the leader of the country called?a. president b. prime minister c. governor d. king5. how many “great lakes” are there in canada and what are they?a. lake superior b. lake huron c. lake erie d. lake ontario e. lake michigan6. canadian symbol _课堂探究案exploring casestep 1: fast reading read the whole passage and answer the questions. （方法导引：略读整篇文章并回答问题。）1. what is the passage mainly about?it is about _ _ of two _; and it tells us some information about _.2. what is “the true north”?“the true north ” is the _ that run through _ .3. find out what these numbers are about? second: _ 5,500: _ a few hundred: _ thirty million: _ one-third: _step 2: careful readingread the whole passage carefully and try to do the following activities.（方法导引：仔细阅读整篇文章并试着做下列活动。）i. choose the best answer:1. why are the two girls not flying directly to the atlantic coast?a. it is too long a trip for them.b. they want to travel across canada.c. there is no direct flight to the atlantic coast.d. it is much cheaper to get there by train.2. which of the following cities is described as the most beautiful city in canada?a. vancouver. b. calgary. c. toronto. d. montreal.3. which of the following statements about canada is not true?a. vancouver is the warmest part of canada.b. canada is bigger than america and is the second biggest country in the world.c. the cousins are able to cross canada in less than five days.d. most canadians live within 320 kilometres of the usa border.4. who will take part in the calgary stampede?a. cowboys from stampede. b. people from canada.c. anyone who has a gift for riding. d. cowboys from all over the world. 5. why did they begin to realize two days later that canada is quite empty?a. they found nobody on their way.b. there are only thirty million people living on such a huge land and most of them live within the areas of the usa border.c. there are too many lakes in canada.d. canada is surrounded by oceans on three sides. ii. read the text again and fill in the blanks. canada in generalit is (1)_ kilometers from coast to coast, but only has apopulation of (2)_ more than 30 million. mostcanadians live within the us (3)_, so most parts ofit appear very _.it has _ of the worlds total fresh water.vancouverit is (6)_ by mountains and the pacificocean.people can (7)_ in rocky mountains and sail in the (8)_.wet climate makes the trees extremely tall, some (9)_ over 90 metres. the rocky mountainsthe cousins and their friend managed to (10)_ some mountain goats, a grizzly bear and an eagle. calgaryit is famous for the calgary stampede in which cowboys from all over the world compete for (11)_.thunder bayit is a busy port city at the top of the grate lakes in an (12) _ area.ocean ships can sail up (13)_. the great lakesthanks to the great lakes, canada has more (14)_ water than any other country in the world.step 3: summary of the text:li daiyu and liu qian took the train in canada from _ to _. their 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 _, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. vancouver is _ by mountains on the north and east. 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.step 4: post readingdraw the route(路线) of the two girls traveling across canada. (on page33)step 5: discussion1. which part of the reading passage interest you most?2. if you go to canada one day, who will you go with and where will you go? why?课后巩固：1. 请做下面一篇阅读理解：vancouver is located in the southwest corner of canada in the province of british columbia. vancouver is the largest city in the province and the third largest in canada. it covers an area of 113 sq km. it is surrounded by water on three sides and overlooked by the coast range. its climate is one of the mildest in canada. temperatures average 3c in january and 18c in july. vancouvers most rainfall occurs in winter.archaeological evidence shows that coastal indians had settled the vancouver area by 500 bc. british naval (海军的) captain george vancouver explored the area in 1792. vancouver was founded as a sawmill settlement called granville in the 1870s. the city was united in 1886 and renamed after captain vancouver.as the main western terminus of canadas transcontinental highway and rail routes, vancouver is the primary city of western canada, as well as one of the nations largest industrial centres.the port of vancouver is canadas largest and most various port, trading more than $43 billion in goods with more than 90 trading economies annually. port activities generate 69,200 jobs in total with $4 billion in gross domestic product (gdp) and $8.9 billion in economic output. vancouver is a major tourist place. in addition to the citys scenic location, visitors enjoy beautiful gardens and world-famous stanley park, one of more than 180 city parks, and a combination of natural forest and parklands near the city centre.1. which of the following description about vancouver is not true, according to the passage?a. vancouver is the third largest city in canada. b. vancouver is a city located on water.c. vancouver is not far fr