高一必修 3

Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”.

Warming up &reading

May Day is coming.

If you have a chance to go abroad, which country will you want to go? And why?

How much do you know about Canada?

Canada

the national flag of Canada the national anthem of Canada

Arctic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Alaska

United States

the five great lakes

The Niagara fall

most of the electricity is produced by water

cold

What three words would you use to describe Canada?

Large rich

Let’s have a quiz.

1. What language(s) do Canadians speak?

A. English

B. English and German

C. English and French

D. English and Spanish

Quiz

C

2. What is the capital of Canada?

A. B.

Vancouver Toronto

C. D.

Calgary Ottawa

D

3. Which is the national flat of Canada?

A. B.

C. D.

A

4. What is the national animal of Canada?

A. B.

Beaver Grizzly bear

C. D.

Polar bear Penguin

A

2. Which is the national flower of Canada?

A. B.

cherry rose

C. D.

maple daffodil

C

6. What is the leader of the country called?

A.President

B. Prime Minister

C.Queen

B

7. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they?

A.Lake Superior

B. Lake Huron

C. Lake Erie

D.Lake Ontario

E. Lake Michigan

refer to the map on page 33

Lake

Superior

Lake

Huron

Lake

Erie

Lake

OntarioLake

Michigan

A B C D

Reading:

1.What is the passage mainly about?

(Pay attention to the title and the topic sentence.)

The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.

2.What is “The True North”?

“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.

3.How many cities are mentioned in the text? What are they?

Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.

Vancouver

Calgary

Thunder Bay

Toronto

refer to the map on page 33

Divide the text into three parts:

Part 1 (1):

Part 2 (2):

Part 3 (3-5): What they saw on their trip across Canada.

1. Give the main idea to another two parts.

2. Read the passage again and find out some useful and difficult words and expressions

Homework

The Rockey Mountains

The Rockey Mountains

Calgary Stampede

Calgary Stampede

Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay

Toronto

Toronto

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