1、Unit5 Canada The True NorthListeningTrue or False 1. China is over 7,000 kilometres from east to west. False China is about 5,000 kilometres from east to west.Page 692. Both China and Canada have mountains in the west of the country. True3. The Great Wall cannot keep the deserts . True4. China has 1
2、5 neighbouring countries while Canada only has one. True 5. Canadians cannot talk with people in their neigbouring country because they do not speak English. False People in both Canada and the USA speak English. So it is easy for them to talk to each other.A COMPARISON OF CHINA AND CANADALi Daiyu a
3、nd Liu Qians Canadian friends asked them to tell them something about China. The two cousins decided to present a short report together, comparing China and Canada.LISTENING TEXTLD: China is a very large country. Its about 9,600,000 square kilometres in area, and 5,000 kilometres from east to west.
4、Its so big that its difficult to describe. Perhaps its easier to compare it to Canada.LD=Li Daiyu LQ= Liu QianLQ: China has many of the highest mountains in the world. Theyre in the west of the country, as they are in Canada, but China has more mountains where many great rivers begin.LD: China has t
5、wo countries to the north, Mongolia and Russia, unlike Canada, which has no countries to its north, but only the Arctic ice and snow.LQ: China has fourteen neighbouring countries. Its borders are over 20,000 kilometres long. Canada, however, has only one neighbour, the USA to the south. Both Canadia
6、ns and Americans speak English, but its not so easy for Chinese to talk with their neighbours, even if they live close to the border.LD: Chinas Gobi Desert, in the northwest of China, is very special. There is nothing similar in Canada. In winter and spring sometimes the cold air blows dust southwar
7、d from the Gobi Desert to the northern parts of China. Even the Great Wall cannot keep out the dust.LQ: Both China and Canada have long rivers and many lakes as well as busy port cities on the Pacific Ocean. China is famous for the third longest river in the world, the Changjiang River, and Canada h
8、as the famous Niagara Falls.LD: Canada, however, has nothing like Chinas southern island of Hainan. While it is snowing and freezing in Mohe in north China on the Chinese-Russian border, people nearly 5,500 kilometres south in Hainan can sit on the beach in the sunshine.LQ: There is nowhere to sit o
9、n the beach in winter in Canada!-ive-yactimpressexpensefrostmistsmoke-(r)ess-inghostactorwaiterhearspellfeelactiveimpressiveexpensivefrostymistysmokyhostessactresswaitresshearingspellingfeelingre-tellplacebuildretellreplacerebuildAnswer key for exercise 1 on page 70Answer key for exercise 2 on page
10、70On my first morning in Toronto, I woke up early. Looking through the _, I could just see the _ trees near the hotel entrance. The _ from the recent cold autumn nights was starting to turn the leaves bright red. After Liu Qian woke up, we went looking for a restaurant _. mistmaplefrostnearbyWe foun
11、d a small place that had a _ with all kinds of great breakfast food. We sat in a small _ to eat, enjoying the amazing _ of people around us and the different _ of conversation. We learned a lot about Canada just by watching and listening to the people at breakfast!buffetboothmixturetopicsAnswer key
12、for exercise 3 on page 70:1. At dawn, Dawn2. far, As far as3. in the distance, distance4. well, as well as5. manages, managed to do6. have a gift, have a gift for7. settled, settle down8. caught sight of, caught my eye9. rather, rather thanAnswer key for exercise 4 on page 711. When I was young, goi
13、ng to sleep in the dark terrified me.2. According to tradition, the eagle is usually regarded as a symbol of courage.3. The traffic is always terrible downtown; it takes me approximately one hour to get home every day.4. The citys broad streets are lined with bushes and maple trees.5. Her clothes an
14、d behaviour confirmed my guess that she was really quite wealthy.6. Standing at the top of the tower, I found myself surrounded by some clouds. However, I could still see the mountains in the distance. The beautiful scenery impressed me a lot.7. He has a gift for communication, so he managed to mix
15、with all kinds of people in his job.8. As far as I know, there is a bank within a hundred metres of the bus stop.Answer key for exercise 1 on page 711. His suggestion that we should take the train from west to east across Canada sounds very exciting.2. The idea that they decided to clone the first h
16、uman being surprised many people at the meeting.3. He broke the rule that no one is allowed to smoke on campus.4. The Chinese basketball fans went wild with joy when they heard the news that Yao Ming had collected forty points for the Houston Rockets in the game.5. Mary left a message with me for yo
17、u that she wont be able to see you off this afternoon.6. There is no doubt that he is the right person for this job.7. In the letter he expressed his wish that he would come and visit China again.8. The captain gave the order that all the soldiers had to reach the village before dawn.9. Not everyone
18、 present agrees to his thought that it is impossible to finish the work by the end of this month.Listening TaskOscar PetersonHometownJobKind of musicNumber of recordings and CDSPlays withMontrealMusician/piano playerJazzOver 150His music group/ the greatest jazz musicians in historyPage 72Dr Nancy O
19、livieriHometownJobFound a drug that.Refused to Is a heroine toTorontoDoctor/medical researcherwas dangerous to childrenaccept/approve of the drughonest medical scientistsWayne GretskyIs calledJob Is the bestHe believed in.He was a star because he scoredThe Great OneIce hockey playerHockey player in
20、the worldworking with the teama record number of goalsTHREE GREAT CANADIANS A great jazz piano player is aCanadian! One of the greatest Canadian musicians is world-famous for his jazz music. Oscar Peterson is a piano player from Montreal. He has made over 150 recordings and CDs and has played with t
21、he greatest jazz musicians in history. Although he is quite old now, he still goes on tour with his trio. A brave medical researcher is a Canadian! Dr Nancy Olivieri, a childrens doctor from Toronto, has become famous for refusing to support a drug that she was working on. A big drug company paid he
22、r to do the research, but when she found that the drug was dangerous to children, she made a public report. The drug company and the hospital where she worked said they would make her lose her job. She refused to change her report, and is now a hero to honest medical scientists The best hockey playe
23、r in the world is a Canadian! Everyone who is interested in ice hockey has heard of the Canadian star Wayne Gretsky, “the Great One .” People say he is the greatest hockey player who ever lived and think highly of him mostly for the fact that he is a real team player. He believed that working with h
24、is team to score goals was more important than being the star, but, in fact, he WAS the star player and scored a record number of goals.Reading TaskPage 73 Iqaluit is the capital city of the new Canadian territory of Nunavut, on Baffin Island. Nunavut has a population of about 30,000, spread out ove
25、r almost 2 million square kilometres. The area has a population density of one person per 100 sq kms. Iqaluit has a population of 6,200, yet is the only city for thousands of miles in any direction. There are no roads in or out of Iqaluit. It is about 3.5 flying hours north of Ottawa, the capital of
26、 Canada. Inuit, meaning “the people”, are the inhabitants north and west of the Hudson Bay that in times past lived in skin tents in the summer, and, uniquely, snow houses in the winter. Here traditional Inuit life from the past is depicted in its various forms:from fishing techniques to interior dw
27、ellings to the fundamental bond between Inuit and sled dog.fishing sleigh雪橇雪橇Morning snowstorm, about 8:00 am Nunavut Snow Challenge in Iqaluit1. Why did the reporter arrive there? He was writing a story for his newspaper about Iqaluit. They wanted to advertise it as a holiday place.2. What did the
28、people use for transportation? Most people used snowmobiles, but dog sleds were also used.3. Why did it become dark early? It became dark early because it was far north of the earth.Points in the passageWhat Beth thoughtInformation in passageThe temperatureCold, but not too coldVery cold, -35 degree
29、 average in winterHow to travelHolidaysHow people liveBy dog sled By snowmobileToo cold for holidaysTourists like ice fishing and photographing polar bearsIn ice housesIn warm housesWhat the Inuit doDaylight hoursHunt animalsLight in daytimeHave businessesDark in winter day, light in summer nightCom
30、pare China with Canada.Same as ChinaDifferent from Chinalarge landsix time areasno places as lot as south chinaWeather is differentfrom area to area, long and hard winterdifferent people speak different languagesCanada has two official languages, smaller populationMany rivers and lakesWorld famous rivers and lakesMuch coal, oil gas and other natural resourcesMuch fresh water, a lot of forest
