1、中山纪念中学中山纪念中学Watch and Enjoy1.Which city is the video about?2.We _ our creativity,our talents;we _ our past,present,and future.shareshareWhy is“share”used here?Why not use“have”?We share our pastWe mix together with _ cultures.differentCanada is a _ country.multicultural Most Canadians areimmigrantsp
2、eople from other countries.The topic of the recording is _1.Canada encourages people to keep _.2.Canada is a mixture of _.3.If you live in the province of Quebec,_.4.Native Indians and the Inuit are trying to _.5.More than _ languages are used in radio and TV programmes.6.You may find areas where _
3、live near each other.7.The families _ are usually all mixed up.A.Canada is a big and beautiful country.B.Canada is a country with a short history.C.Canada is a multicultural country.First listeningFirst listening Who is the speaker?What are the official languages in Canada?What is the of“Canada”,“To
4、ronto”and“Ottawa”?A Canadian.French and English.Native Indian language.1.Canada encourages people to keep _.2.Canada is a mixture of _.3.If you live in the province of Quebec,_.4.Native Indians and the Inuit are trying to _.5.More than _ languages are used in radio and TV programmes.6.You may find a
5、reas where _ live near each other.7.The families _ are usually all mixed up.Listen for detailsListen for details Complete these sentences with correct information.1.Canada encourages people to keep _.2.Canada is a mixture of _ and _.their own customsmany culturesraces3.If you live in the province of
6、 Quebec,_.4.Native Indians and Inuit are trying to _.5.More than _ languages are used in radio and TV programmes.keep their languages alive80 you are expected to speak French6.You may find areas where many _ live near each other.7.The families _ are usually all mixed up.people from the same culture
7、for a long timewho lived in CanadaListening textWHAT IS A CAHADIAN?I am a Canadian and very proud of my country.However,people sometimes dont know what being Canadian really means.People who come to Canada are encouraged to be proud of their own culture and keep their own customs.Except for the Nati
8、ve Indians,everybody else who lives here came from another country or their ancestors did.Canada is a mixture of many cultures and races.It is what we call a multicultural country.We have two official languages,French and English.Even though we encourage people to keep their own customs,we expect ev
9、eryone to learn French or English in order to live in Canada.If you live in the province of Quebec,you are expected to speak French.However,the Native Indians and the Inuit of Canada are still trying to keep their languages alive.You can hear some of their languages in the names of rivers and lakes
10、as well as cities.“Canada”means“village”.Toronto and Ottawa are also Native Indian names.There are radio and television programs and newspapers and magazines in over 80 different languages across Canada,and the Toronto city government offers help to people in 70 languages.Many of our big cities have
11、 areas where people from the same culture live near each other there might be a Chinatown,a Little Italy,a Korea Town and so on.However,people whose families have lived in Canada for a long time are usually all mixed up.My own family is a mixture of English,Native Indian and French.My neighbours fam
12、ily is Chinese,German and African!So when I say that I am proud to be a Canadian,maybe you can help me decide what a Canadian is.Culture:a multicultural country language:Two official language More than 80 languages are used in the media.People:Immigrants People from the same culture live together in
13、 cities while family members are always mixed up.If your Canadian friends ask you to tell them something about China,what are the most important points in your mind?What are you going to tell them?Group Discussion1.China is over 7,000 kilometers from east to west.2.Both China and Canada have mountai
14、ns in the west of the country.3.The Great Wall cannot keep the deserts dust away from Beijing.4.China has 14 neighboring countries while Canada only has one.5.Canadians cannot talk with people in their neighboring country because they do not speak English.Listening on P69True or False 1.China is ove
15、r 7,000 kilometres from east to west.False China is about 5,000 kilometres from east to west.2.Both China and Canada have mountains in the west of the country.True3.The Great Wall cannot keep the deserts dust away from Beijing.True4.China has 14 neighbouring countries while Canada only has one.True
16、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.Why might people from Canada want to visit Hainan in winter?Canada,however,has _ like Chinas southern
17、island of Hainan.While it is _ and _ in Mohe in north China on the _ border,people nearly 5,500 kilometers _ in Hainan can sit on the _ in the _.nothingsnowingfreezingChinese Russian southbeach sunshineA COMPARISON OF CHINA AND CANADALi Daiyu and Liu Qians Canadian friends asked them to tell them so
18、mething 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.Its so big that its difficult to describe.Perhaps its easier t
19、o 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 two countries to the north,Mongolia and Russia,unlike Canada,which has
20、 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 Canadians and Americans speak English,but its not so easy for Chinese to talk with thei
21、r 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 southward from the Gobi Desert to the northern parts of China.Even the Great Wall cannot keep o
22、ut 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 has 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 on the beach in winter in Canada!
