unit5reading.pptx

1、Unit 5,Canada - The True North,Warming up and reading,Teaching Arms:,1.Aims of Basic knowledge: 1)Enable students to learn about some basis information about Canada. 2)Master the expressions for describing directions and locations. 2.Aims of Abilities: 1)Let students learn how to read a travelling r

2、eport. 2)Develop students reading ability. 3.Aims of Emotion: 1)Stimulate students interest in learning about foreign countries 2)Develop students sense of cooperative learning,Which country is it?,Canada,the national anthem of Canada,Warming-up,1. Which is the national flag of Canada? A. B. C. Q D.

3、,2. Which is the national flower of Canada? A. B.,cherry,rose,maple,daffodil,C. D.,3. What is the national animal of Canada? B. Beaver Grizzly bear C. D. Polar bear Penguin,4. What language(s) do Canadians speak? A. English B. English and German C. English and French D. English and Spanish,5. What i

4、s the capital of Canada? A. B. Vancouver Toronto C. Q D. Calgary Ottawa,6. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they? Lake Superior Lake Huron Lake Erie Lake Ontario Lake Michigan,Arctic,Canada is in northern North America.,Pacific,Vancouver,Calgary,Toronto,Ottawa,Atlantic,Montrea

5、l,Ottawa is the capital of Canada.,Montreal is the second-largest city in Canada.,Vancouver ranks third largest in Canada. The 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics were held there.,Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and as one of the worlds most livable cities.,Read the passage

6、quickly and answer the questions.,1. What is the main idea of the passage? 2. What does “The True North” refer to?,It is about a trip of two girls and it tells us some information about Canada.,It refers to a train named “the True North”.,Fast reading,Read carefully and answer the following question

7、s.,How did Li Daiyu and Liu Qian travel? 2. What made them excited? 3. Why is Vancouvers population increasing very rapidly? 4. What did they do after leaving Vancouver? 5. Why do cowboys from all over the world come to Calgary? 6. How much fresh water does Canada have?,Careful reading,1. How did Li

8、 Daiyu and Liu Qian travel? 2. What made them excited?,They decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada, rather than take the aero plane all the way.,The thought that they could cross the whole continent .,3. Why is Vancouvers population increasing very rapidl

9、y? 4. What did they do after leaving Vancouver?,Because it is one of the warmest, most beautiful and popular cities in Canada.,They crossed the Rocky Mountains and managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.,5. Why do cowboys from all over the world come to Ca

10、lgary? 6. How much fresh water does Canada have?,They come to compete in the Stampede.,One third of the worlds fresh water and much of it is in the Great Lakes.,Vancouver,Rocky Mountains,Calgary,Thunder Bay,Lake Superior,Toronto,Draw the route of the two girls.,post reading,Basic Facts about Canada,

11、Distance from east to west coast _ Oceans on east and west coast_ _,Where most Canadians live _,Location of largest fresh water supply _,Key point about Vancouver _,Key point about Calgary _,Key point about Thunder Bay _,Population_,5,500km,Atlantic Ocean (east), Pacific Ocean (west),slightly over 3

12、0 million,within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border,The Great Lakes,warmest, most beautiful city, oldest forests,Calgary Stampede, ,busy port city at the top of the Great Lakes, ,consolidation,Use the information in the passage to fill in the table below.,Fill in the blanks according to the

13、passage,Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to _ their cousins on the Atlantic coast. Having _ in Vancouver, they were to be taken by Danny Lin to _ “The True North”, the cross-Canada train. As they went eastward, they saw beautiful _ as well as _.Vancouver is the most beautifu

14、l city in Canada _ by,visit,arrived,catch,summarize,scenery,cities,surrounded,mountains on the north and east. When the cousins _ in the seats, they looked out of the window and saw mountain goats and a grizzly bear while _ the Rocky Mountains to Calgary . They _ a wheat- growing province and arrived in Thunder Bay. That night, the train _ the top of Lake Superior towards To