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 蘇必利爾湖蘇必利爾湖Lake Huron 休倫湖休倫湖 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. 加拿大像中國一樣是一個多元化國家。加拿大像中國一樣是一個多元化國家。multi-是一個前綴，意為是一個前綴，意為“多多” multistory _ multiform _ 多層的多層的多種形式的多種形式的 多黨的多黨的 _ 多國的、多民族的多國的、多民族的 _ 多向的多向的 _ 多彩的，彩色的多彩的，彩色的 _ 多媒體多媒體 _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（尤指娛樂性的）行走，旅行（尤指娛樂性的） 與與trip搭配的主要動詞和介詞：搭配的主要動詞和介詞： be /go on a trip to make a trip to take a trip to海濱之行海濱之行 _ _ 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 _.我父親下禮拜要到紐約去。我父親下禮拜要

15、到紐約去。 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的區(qū)別：Journey一般指時間和距離都比較長的陸路旅行，有明確的方向性Trip一般指短距離的旅行，也可代替journey表示長途旅行。Tour指“周游”“巡回旅游”常常是訪問一系列地方后又回到原出發(fā)地。Travel泛指旅行，不強調具體的目的地，指具體的旅行常用復數(shù)，單數(shù)一般指“旅行

16、”的抽象概念。Voyage指不論路程長短的水上或空中的“游歷，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 與其（某人與其（某人/某物）某物）;不愿不愿 They decided to take the aeroplanerather than take the train. 他不愿惹麻煩他不愿惹麻煩, ,寧可離去寧可離去. . _, he left. 我想喝檸檬汁我想喝檸檬汁, ,不想喝可樂不想喝可樂. . Ill _. 他正忙于寫信而不是讀報他正忙于寫信而不是讀報. . 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: 寧愿寧愿.而不愿而不愿4.The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.本句中that引導的從句屬于同位語從句，同位語從句一般用來解釋或說明這些名詞的具體涵義和內容。同位語從句常常跟在fact、idea、opinion、news等名詞后面。The factory (that) we visited y

20、esterday is a chemical one. The news that he will leave for shanghai is true.（定語從句)（同位語從句）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，風景。不可數(shù)名詞Scene / view / sight / scene

21、ry之間區(qū)別：Scene:指一個地區(qū)的自然景色或人為環(huán)境，還可指場景、情景View:多指從遠處或高處所見到的景色。Sight:側重指旅游觀光的風光，“風景名勝”還可指視力Scenery:自然風光，指一個國家或地區(qū)的整體風景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）加在前置詞上，構成副加在前置詞上，構成副詞，表示方向詞，表示方向backward(s)向后，向后，upward(s)向上。向上。7.As well as表示“既也，不僅而且”它還可以連接并列主語，但注意謂語動詞與主語的形式保持一致。吉姆和他的同學們一樣期待著暑假的到來。Jim, as well as his classmates is expecting the coming holiday.As wel

23、l as:同樣好他說英語和你說的同樣好。He speaks English as well as you do.As well as:既也，不僅而且她不但漂亮而且聰明。Shes clever as well as beautiful.surrounding adj surroundings n周圍的周圍的環(huán)境環(huán)境,周圍的事物周圍的事物They have surrounded the town with troopsThe house is surrounded by high wallsThe garden is large, _ (四面綠樹環(huán)繞四面綠樹環(huán)繞).surrounded by /

24、withgreen trees on all sides8. - as it is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific. surround vt. 包圍，環(huán)繞，圍繞包圍，環(huán)繞，圍繞 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，這對表姐妹上了火車落了座。那天下午，這對表姐妹上了火車落了座。aboardadv, prep 在在上；在船上上；在船上 2) 過安定的生活過安定的生活 After years of traveling, he decided to settle down here. 3) 安下心來，專心致志于安下心來，專心致志于 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來做來做”，在此短語中，在此短語中，to 是介詞。是介詞。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/天賦天賦 gift 特指與生俱來的天份或才能，如繪特指與生俱來的天份或才能，如繪畫、音樂等。畫、音樂等。 Her gift for dancing amazed the teacher. 老師對她舞蹈的天份大感驚奇。老師對她舞蹈的天份大感驚奇。 2) thousands of 成千上萬的成千上萬的 類似的用法還有類似的用法還有 ： hundreds of 數(shù)以百計的數(shù)以百計的 scores of 許多許多 millions of 上百萬的上百萬的 dozens of 許多，大量許多，大量 tens of