Canada-- the true north

1、Are you familiar with Canada?How much do you know about Canada?1.What language（s）do Canadians speak?A. EnglishB. English and GermanC. English and FrenchD. English and Spanish答案答案: C2.What is the capital of Canada?A. B. Vancouver TorontoC. Q D. Calgary Ottawa3.What is the national animal of Canada? B

2、. Beaver Grizzly bearC. D.A. Polar bear PenguinWhich is the national flag of Canada?A. B. C. Q D.5.What is the Canadian leader called?PresidentPrime MinisterGovernerA.King6.How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they?Lake SuperiorLake HuronLake ErieLake OntarioA.Lake MichiganLakeSup

3、eriorLakeHuronLakeErieLakeOntarioLakeMichiganLake Superior 苏必利尔湖苏必利尔湖Lake Huron 休伦湖休伦湖 Lake Erie 伊利湖伊利湖 Lake Ontario 安大略湖安大略湖except Lake Michigan密歇根湖密歇根湖Reading SkimmingRead 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

4、 para(s)_What they really saw and felt after boarding the trainbrief introduction of their tripTheir chat on their way to the station123-5plane train. brief introduction about the trip who_ and her cousin _ why howfirst by_ ,then by_ whereLi Daiyu Liu Qianto _Montreal, Canadavisit their cousins Scan

5、ningPart 1Read the 1st para and finish the chart below 1. _ 2._population _Part 2 Para.2Canadadistance _(from coast to coast)Going eastward, youll pass 1._ 3._Vancouver the warmest partthe most beautiful city3. _ _increases rapidly.5.climate_4. _ _wet trees _extremely tall mountainswide rivers &

6、 large cities2. _scenery5,500 kilometresbeautiful forestsoldest & mostone of Canadas most popular citieslakes & forestsPart 3 Read paras 3-5 and answer the following questions1 What mountains did they cross ealier that day?2 Which city did they go after crossing the mountains?3 What did the

7、girls think about Canada after 2 days travel?4 Where did they go after dinner?5 Which lake did the train rush across that night, and whats their next destination(目的地目的地)? 1Earlier that day, Rocky Mountains. 2 Calgary 3 After 2 days travel, empty 4 After dinner, Thunder Bay 5 That night across Lake S

8、uperior Toronto VancouverTime routeVancouverRocky MountainsCalgaryThunder BayLake SuperiorTorontoBecause they wanted to take the train from west To east across Canada.The North American continent.Vancouver is the warmest part of Canada.They slept as the train rushed through the night across the top

9、of Lake Superior, through the great forest and southward towards Toronto,Because it is very beautiful. They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in harbor.Cowboys compete in riding wild horses, and some of them can win thousands of dollarsIn the center of Canada.Ships are able to reach the center

10、 of Canada because they can follow the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to go there.A TRIP ON “ THE TRUE NORTH”What is “The True North” in the title?1. Canada is located in the northern North America.2. It is the name of a train.Fast readingwesteast The True North secondcoastcoast eastwardsurr

11、oundedsettled downgrizzlyhave a gift forwent throughclose to Arctic Canada is in northern North AmericaPacific VancouverCalgaryTorontoOttawa Atlantic Montreal Task four:Basic Facts about CanadaDistance from east to west coast _Oceans on east and west coast _Where most Canadians live _Location of lar

12、gest fresh water supply _Key point about Vancouver _Key point about Calgary _Key point about Thunder Bay _Population _5,500kmAtlantic Ocean (east), Pacific Ocean (west)slightly over 30 millionwithin 320km of the USA borderThe Great Lakeswarmth, most beautiful city, oldest forestsCalgary Stampede, bu

13、sy port city at the top of the Great Lakes, Language pointsCanada is a multicultural country like China. 加拿大像中国一样是一个多元化国家。加拿大像中国一样是一个多元化国家。multi-是一个前缀，意为是一个前缀，意为“多多” multistory _ multiform _ 多层的多层的多种形式的多种形式的 多党的多党的 _ 多国的、多民族的多国的、多民族的 _ 多向的多向的 _ 多彩的，彩色的多彩的，彩色的 _ 多媒体多媒体 _multipartymultinationalmultidi

14、rectionalmulticoloredmultimedia2.- were on a trip to Canada - trip: usually short journey, esp. for pleasure (通常通常指短途的指短途的)行走，旅行（尤指娱乐性的）行走，旅行（尤指娱乐性的） 与与trip搭配的主要动词和介词：搭配的主要动词和介词： be /go on a trip to make a trip to take a trip to海滨之行海滨之行 _ _ 前往巴黎的蜜月之旅前往巴黎的蜜月之旅 _他出差在外。他出差在外。He is _.我父亲下礼拜要到纽约去。我父亲下礼拜要

15、到纽约去。 My father will _ next week.a trip to the seaside a honeymoon trip to Parison a business tripmake a trip to New York注意journey /trip /tour/ travel /voyage的区别：Journey一般指时间和距离都比较长的陆路旅行，有明确的方向性Trip一般指短距离的旅行，也可代替journey表示长途旅行。Tour指“周游”“巡回旅游”常常是访问一系列地方后又回到原出发地。Travel泛指旅行，不强调具体的目的地，指具体的旅行常用复数，单数一般指“旅行

16、”的抽象概念。Voyage指不论路程长短的水上或空中的“游历，旅行”。1._is very important and it can help enlarge our knowledge. A. Travel B. Journey C. Trip D. Voyage2. Could you_ a trip with me to Hong Kong next week? A. make B. take C. go on D. all aboveAD 3. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from Ch

17、ina -rather than : instead of 与其（某人与其（某人/某物）某物）;不愿不愿 They decided to take the aeroplanerather than take the train. 他不愿惹麻烦他不愿惹麻烦, ,宁可离去宁可离去. . _, he left. 我想喝柠檬汁我想喝柠檬汁, ,不想喝可乐不想喝可乐. . Ill _. 他正忙于写信而不是读报他正忙于写信而不是读报. . He was busy _ _. Rather than cause troublehave a lemonade rather than a coke writing

18、 a letter rather than reading a newspaper1.To enjoy the scenery, Tom would rather spend long hours on the train_ travel by air. A. as B. to C. than D. while 2.He told his teacher that he preferred _ the classroom to _ the text. A. to clean reciting B. clean reciting C. to clean to recite D. cleaning

19、 recitingwould rather do.than doprefer to do A rather than do Bprefer sth./doing A to sth./doing B 拓展拓展: 宁愿宁愿.而不愿而不愿4.The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.本句中that引导的从句属于同位语从句，同位语从句一般用来解释或说明这些名词的具体涵义和内容。同位语从句常常跟在fact、idea、opinion、news等名词后面。The factory (that) we visited y

20、esterday is a chemical one. The news that he will leave for shanghai is true.（定语从句)（同位语从句）5.Youre going to see some great scenery. Going eastward, youll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities.scenery /si:nri/ 景色，风景。不可数名词Scene / view / sight / scene

21、ry之间区别：Scene:指一个地区的自然景色或人为环境，还可指场景、情景View:多指从远处或高处所见到的景色。Sight:侧重指旅游观光的风光，“风景名胜”还可指视力Scenery:自然风光，指一个国家或地区的整体风景One of the advantages of living on the top of floor of a highrise is that you can get a good_ A. sight B. scene C. view D. sceneryThe happy_ of children playing in the garden disappears, an

22、d it is quiet again. A. scene B. scenery C. scare D. spotCA6. Going eastward, you will. -ward（s）加在前置词上，构成副加在前置词上，构成副词，表示方向词，表示方向backward(s)向后，向后，upward(s)向上。向上。7.As well as表示“既也，不仅而且”它还可以连接并列主语，但注意谓语动词与主语的形式保持一致。吉姆和他的同学们一样期待着暑假的到来。Jim, as well as his classmates is expecting the coming holiday.As wel

23、l as:同样好他说英语和你说的同样好。He speaks English as well as you do.As well as:既也，不仅而且她不但漂亮而且聪明。Shes clever as well as beautiful.surrounding adj surroundings n周围的周围的环境环境,周围的事物周围的事物They have surrounded the town with troopsThe house is surrounded by high wallsThe garden is large, _ (四面绿树环绕四面绿树环绕).surrounded by /

24、withgreen trees on all sides8. - as it is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific. surround vt. 包围，环绕，围绕包围，环绕，围绕 surround sb/sth with sb/sth sth/sb be surrounded by/with sth settle down 1) 坐下，躺下坐下，躺下 He settled down in his chair to read the newspaper. 9. That afternoon aboard t

25、he train, the cousins settled down in their seats. 那天下午，这对表姐妹上了火车落了座。那天下午，这对表姐妹上了火车落了座。aboardadv, prep 在在上；在船上上；在船上 2) 过安定的生活过安定的生活 After years of traveling, he decided to settle down here. 3) 安下心来，专心致志于安下心来，专心致志于 Then they settled themselves down _ work. A. to B. on C. with D. inA 解析：解析：settle down

26、 to “使某人安下心使某人安下心来做来做”，在此短语中，在此短语中，to 是介词。是介词。10. Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes. 1) have a gift for. 在在.方面有天分方面有天分/天赋天赋 gift 特指与生俱来的天份或才能，如绘特指与生俱来的天份或才能，如绘画、音乐等。画、音乐等。 Her gift for dancing amazed the teacher. 老师对她舞蹈的天份大感惊奇。老师对她舞蹈的天份大感惊奇。 2) thousands of 成千上万的成千上万的 类似的用法还有类似的用法还有 ： hundreds of 数以百计的数以百计的 scores of 许多许多 millions of 上百万的上百万的 dozens of 许多，大量许多，大量 tens of