1、Unit 5 Canada “The True North” Period 2 I. Skimming (1m) 2. 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. 3. It is named after a line from the Canadian National Anthem. 1. What do the pictures tell us? Canadian National Anthe
2、m (国歌国歌) O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada,
3、we stand on guard for thee. Scanning: (2m) Find out what the following refer to: 1.5,500 2. 90 3. 30 million 4. one-third Questions in Ex 1 P 35. Find out which lines they are in 1. Which continent are the cousins crossing? 2. Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast? 3. Why is the pop
4、ulation of Vancouver growing so rapidly? 4. What happens at the Calgary Stampede? 5. How are ocean ships able to reach the centre of Canada? 6. What are some of Canadas greatest natural resources? Close reading (5m) 1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and
5、then take the train west to east across Canada. =They didnt want to be on an aero-plane all the way.They decided to go from China to Vancouver by plane and then cross Canada from west to east in September by train. What do “rather than” and “all the way” mean? 2. They went through a wheat-growing pr
6、ovince and saw farms that covered thousands of square acres. What does “covered” mean? =They went through a province. Its main crop was wheat. The farms were as large as thousands of square kilometers. 3. Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in
7、 the world. than any country in the other continents =Canada has the largest amount of fresh water in the world. Questions: What do the following words in red imply? 1. settled down in their seats. 2.managed to catch sight of 3. they were amazed to see 4. The girls were surprised at the fact that Qu
8、estions: 1. Which words in the text show that Canada is very large? 2. Which words show that Canada is very empty? Finish Ex 2 P 35 Collect the key words used to describe Vancouver. Try to use the key words to describe the most popular city. Assignments for today 1. Finish Ex 13 P36 2. English Weekly Part 1
