A Trip on
“The True North”
Unit 5 warming up

Which is the national flat of Canada?
A. B.


C. D.
Quiz
Warming-up
2. Which is the national flower of Canada?
.
Quiz
A. cherry
B. rose
C. maple
D. daffodil
3. What is the national animal of Canada?
Quiz
B. Grizzly bear
C . Polar bear
A. Beaver
D. Penguin
4. What is the capital of Canada?
A. Vancouver
C. Calgary
Quiz
B. Toronto
D. Ottawa
Skimming
to get
general ideas
“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.
What does “The True North”
refer to in the text?
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
beautiful/big/vast in territory and rich in resources/empty
After reading the passage, what words would you use to describe Canada?
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
Scanning
to get
detail information
scanning
Reading Comprehension II
1. Which continent are the cousins crossing?
A. North Africa. B. South Africa.
C. North America. D. South America.
2. Which of the following is described as the
most beautiful city in Canada?
A. Vancouver. B. Calgary.
C. Toronto. D. Montreal.
3. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian are not flying
directly to the Atlantic coast in that ____.
A. they want to visit their cousins
B. they want to travel across Canada
C. they have something important to do
D. they can drive their own car
4. Canada’s greatest natural resources are __.
A. water & coal B. wood & coal
C. coal & oil D. water & wood
scanning
5. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada
on a train because the train is more
comfortable.
B. Thunder Bay is a busy port city at the
top of the Great Lakes.
C. Looking out of the windows, the girls
saw the goats, beavers and cowboys.
D. Liu Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to see their parents on the Atlantic coast.
scanning
scanning
6. According to the passage, how long does it take to cross Canada?
A. Two days
B.Three days
C. Four days
D. Five or more than five days
Careful reading
to solve
difficult points
Answer the following questions in complete
sentences.
1. Why is the population of Vancouver
growing so rapidly?
2. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
3. How are ocean ships able to reach the
centre of Canada?
Reading Comprehension III
1. Why is the population of Vancouver
growing so rapidly?
The population of Vancouver is growing
so rapidly because it is beautiful./
It is surrounded by mountains and the
Pacific. / People can ski in the mountains
and sail in the harbour.
2. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?

3. How are ocean ships able to reach the
centre of Canada?
At the Calgary Stampede cowboys
compete in riding wild horses for
thousands of dollars.
Ships are able to reach the centre of
Canada because they can follow the
St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes.
Basic Facts
about Canada
Use the information in the passage to fill
in the table below.
Underline the main places mentioned
in the text.
Atlantic coast, Vancouver, Rocky Mountains, Calgary, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior and Toronto.
Draw the travalling route of the two girls at the map on page 33.
scanning
Reading Comprehension IV
Vancouver
Calgary
Thunder Bay
Toronto
What did they see there?
Vancouver
on the coast north of Vancouver, the oldest and most beautiful forests still remain
surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific Ocean on the west
Vancouver
The Rocky Mountains
mountain goats
grizzly bear
eagle
cowboy
horse riding races
Calgary
Cowboys come to Calgary to compete in riding wild horses.
a very busy port
Thunder Bay

Where is Thunder Bay?
At the top end of the Great Lakes
Toronto
Quiz
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the _____ in Canada from _____ to _____ . Their cousins’ friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “____ _____ ______”. Canada is the _______ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from ______ to _______.
As they went________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is ___________ by mountains on the north
Summary
Quiz I
and east. When the cousins ______ _____
in the seats, they looked out of the window.
They saw mountain goats and even a
_______ bear. Calgary is famous for its
competition. Many of the cowboys
all over North America ___ ___ ___ ___
working with animals. Then they ______
________ a wheat-growing province.
Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ______
___ the center of the country.
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the _____ in Canada from _____ to _____ . Their cousins’ friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “____ _____ ______”. Canada is the _______ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from ______ to _______. As they went ________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is ___________ by mountains on the north
The True
second
coast
coast
west
east
North
train
Answer
eastward
surrounded
and east. When the cousins ______ _____
in the seats, they looked out of the window.
They saw mountain goats and even a
_______ bear. Calgary is famous for its
competition. Many of the cowboys
all over North America ____ _ ___ ___
working with animals. Then they ______
________ a wheat-growing province.
Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ______
___ the center of the country.
grizzly
have a gift for
settled down
went
through
to
close
Quiz II
Translation
1. The thought that _________________
______________(他们要横贯整个大陆)
was exciting.
2. Some people have the idea that _______
______________________________(他
们能在不到五天的时间里穿越加拿大).
3. The girls were surprised at the fact that
__________________________________
(巨大的油轮可以开到五大湖).
they could cross the
whole continent
they can
cross Canada in less then five days
ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes
1. A warm thought suddenly came to
me _____ I might use the pocket
money to buy some flowers for my
mother’s birthday. (2006 安徽)
A. if B. when
C. that D. which
Quiz III
高考链接
2. The news _____ our athletes won
another gold medal was reported in
yesterday’s newspaper.
(2008 上海春卷)
A. which B. whether
C. what D. that
Homework
Find three appositive clauses
from the reading passage.
2. Finish the exercises on page36.
3.Read the text loudly and carefully.
4.Underline the difficult sentences and language points.
Thank you.