高中英语 （Module6 The Maple Leaf Country）优秀话题导入 外研版选修10

Module 6The Maple Leaf Country话题导入加拿大没有悠久的历史,却拥有多姿多彩的地理,崇山秀水在四季的轮转中显现出迷人的风采。加拿大疆域广阔,领土面积在中国之上。北面、东面、西面分别被北冰洋、大西洋、太平洋所环绕,只有南面与美国大陆邻接,西北面的一小部分与阿拉斯加相连。整个国土处于高纬地区,是典型的“北国风光”,常年吸引着成千上万来自世界各地的游客。背景知道加拿大（Canada）独立日:7月1日（1867年）国庆日:7月1日国旗:呈横长方形，长与宽之比为21。旗面中间为白色正方形，内有一片11个角的红色枫树叶；两侧为两个相等的红色竖长方形。国歌:1980年7月1日加拿大政府宣布啊，加拿大为正式国歌，并在首都渥太华举行了国歌命名仪式。加拿大的国歌有英、法两种歌词。国树:枫树，加拿大素有“枫叶之国”的美誉。 自然地理:面积为9 984 670平方千米，居世界第二位。 加拿大境内多枫树，每到秋天，满山遍野的枫叶或呈橘黄，或显嫣红，宛如一堆堆燃烧的篝火，因此加拿大有“枫叶之国”的美誉。加拿大国旗上的枫叶代表了加拿大人对枫叶的钟爱。人口:3227.05万（2020年7月1日）。其中，英裔居民占42，法裔居民约占26.7，其他欧洲人后裔占13，土著居民（印第安人、米提人和因纽特人）约占3，其余为亚洲、拉美、非洲裔等。其中华裔人口已占加拿大总人口的3.5，成为加拿大最大的少数族裔，即白种人和原住民以外的最大族裔。华裔人口中25的人是在加拿大本土出生的，其余大部分来自中国大陆、香港和台湾。英语和法语同为官方语言。居民中信奉天主教的占47.3，信基督教新教的占41.2。首都:渥太华（Ottawa），地处安大略省。首都地区（包括安大略省的渥太华市、魁北克省的赫尔市和其周围城镇）人口112.89万（2002年），面积4662平方千米。主要城市:多伦多、温哥华。 引入型阅读 How Much Do You Know About the Maple Leaf Country?ClimateClimate sculpts the landscape through heat，cold，humidity，light and wind.In Canada，the variety of landscapes shows the diversity of our climate.In the north，low precipitation and cold temperature favour permafrost and suppress vegetation growth，resulting in treeless tundra.South of the tundra，summers are short and warm，and winters are long and cold.Finally，around the Great Lakes and along side the Saint Lawrence River as far downstream as the city of Quebec，the climate is characterized by relatively warm summers and cool winters，moderated by surrounding water bodies.These conditions are suitable to the development of mixed wood and broadleaf forests.EcologyCanada is not only a large country but an ecologically diverse one as well.Canada borders on three oceans，contains vast areas of boreal and temperate forest ecosystems，mountainous ecosystems，arctic ecosystems and prairie grassland ecosystems.These ecosystems support numerous human activities such as agriculture and forestry upon which the countrys economy heavily depends.FreshwaterWater covers nearly three quarters of the earths surface mainly in oceans but also as rivers，lakes，snow and glaciers.Water is also found in the atmosphere and underground.Over 97 of the earths water is salty with the remainder in various forms of freshwater.LanguagesLanguage is the most important way culture is transmitted.In Canada there are two official languages，English and French，and over 100 other non-official languages.Canada is becoming more and more a multilingual society in the world of growing numbers of immigrants whose mother tongue is neither English nor French， according to new data from the 2001 Census.Mother tongue is defined as the first language a person learns at home in childhood and still understands at the time of the census.问题:Can you describe the general situation of Can