高一英语备课资料5Period1

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精Unit5Canada—“TheTrueNorth"备课资料BackgroundInformationCanadaGeographyLocation：NorthernNorthAmerica，borderingtheNorthAtlanticOceanontheeast，NorthPacificOceanonthewest，andtheArcticOceanonthenorth,northoftheconterminousUSGeographiccoordinates：6000N,9500WArea:total:9976140sqkmland:9220970sqkmwater:755170sqkmLandboundaries：total:8893kmbordercountries：US8893km(include2477kmwithAlaska）Coastline:202080kmClimate：variesfromtemperatezoneinthesouthtosubarcticandarcticinthenorthTerrain：mostlyplainswithmountainsinwestandlowlandsinsoutheastElevationextremes:lowestpoints：AtlanticOcean0mhighestpoints:MountLogan5959mNaturalresources:ironore,nickel,zinc,copper,gold，lead,molybdenum，potash，diamonds,silver,timber，wildlife，coal,petroleum，naturalgas,hydropowerLanduse：arableland：4。94%permanentcrops：0。02%other:95.04%(1998est.)Irrigatedland：7200sqkm(1998est.)Naturalhazards：continuouspermafrostinthenorthisaseriousobstacletodevelopment;cyclonicstormsfromeastoftheRockyMountains，aresultofthemixingofairmassesfromtheArctic,Pacific，andNorthAmericaninterior，andproducemostofthecountry’srainandsnoweastofthemountains。Environment-currentissues：airpollutionandresultingacidrainseverelyaffectinglakesanddamagingforests;metalsmelting，coal—burningutilities，andvehicleemissionsimpactingonagriculturalandforestproductivity；oceanwatersbecomingcontaminatedduetoagricultural,industrial,mining,andforestryactivities.Geography-note:second—largestcountryintheworld（afterRussia）；strategiclocationbetweenRussiaandUSvianorthpolarroute;approximately85%ofthepopulationisconcentratedwithin300kmoftheUSborderPeoplePopulation：32207113（July2003est.）Agestructure：0-14years:18.5%（male3052005;female2903007)15-64years：68。6％（male11099907；female10984903）65yearsandover：12。9%（male1774262；female2393029）（2003est。）Mediaage:total:37.8yearsmale:36。9yearsfemale:38.8years（2002est。)Populationgrowthrate：0.94%(2003est.)Birthrate:10.99births/1000population(2003est.)Deathrate:7。61deaths/1000population（2003est.)Netmigrationrate:6。01migrant（s）/1000population（2003est.）Sexratio：atbirth:1.05male(s)/femaleunder15years：1。05male（s）/female15-64years：1。01male(s）/female65yearsandover：0.74male（s）/femaletotalpopulation：0。98male（s）/female（2003est。)Infantmortalityrate：total:4.88deaths/1000livebirthsmale：5.36deaths/1000livebirthsfemale:4。39deaths/1000livebirths（2003est.)Lifeexpecta