Unit 5 READING
Canada –“The True North”
Maple Country
-- Canada
Maple trees
Toronto

maple trees
the largest country in the world
the second largest country in the world
size

has an area of 9,984,670 square kilometers ; the distance from east to west is5,500 kilometers
3rd
4th
population
a population of 29 million.
Ottawa
capital
England
France
settlers from France
settlers from England
settlers
The first settlers arrived from
England in 1497.
Settlers from France reached
Canada in 1534.
the French-speaking
province ----Quebec
languages
Official languages:
English and French
the TV and
radio ;
French
restaurants;
teaching in
schools is
done in
French.
weather
different from area to area (as in china )
in the north
winters long；
snow for six months
Ottawa:
winter --- -10℃
Summer --- 21 ℃
west coast
warmest
January : 3℃
July : 18 ℃
fresh water
the five great lakes
one third of the world’s fresh water
The Niagara fall
most of the electricity is produced by water
resources of Canada
fresh water
coal
oil
natural gas
forests
fish
forests
Much of the country is covered by forests;
Quiz

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

C. Q D.
2. Which is the national flower of Canada?
A. B.
cherry
rose
maple
daffodil
C. D.
3. What language(s) do Canadians speak?
A. English
B. English and German
C. English and French
D. English and Spanish
4. What is the capital of Canada?
A. B.
Vancouver Toronto
C. Q D.
Calgary Ottawa
5. What is the national animal of Canada?
B.

Beaver Grizzly bear
C. D.

Polar bear Penguin
6. What is the leader of the country called?
President
Prime Minister
Queen
7. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they?
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake
Superior
Lake
Huron
Lake
Erie
Lake
Ontario
Lake
Michigan
A Trip On “The True North”
What does “The True North”
refer to in the text?
“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.
Read to find
Task 1:
What does “The True North”
refer to in the text?
Task 2:Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Calgary
Thunder Bay
Great Lakes
Toronto
the route of the two girls.
Montreal
Vancouver
the Rocky Mountains
Mountain goats
grizzly
eagle
A wheat-growing province
Thunder Bay
the beach of the Great Lakes
Para. 1
Which continent are the cousins crossing?
Why are the cousins not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?
They are crossing North America.
Because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada.
Because they want to see Canada.
Because they want to travel across Canada.
1.Canada’s _____________ part.

2.Canada’s______________city,
surrounded by_______________

3.one of Canada’s ___________cities to live in.

4.Some of the ________________________
in the world.
most beautiful
warmest
mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
most popular
oldest and most beautiful forests
Its population is increasing rapidly
Para. 2 (Vancouver)
the Rocky Mountains
They managed to catch sight of _______
___________________________________
______________.
some mountain goats and even a grizzly
bear and an eagle
Para 3
They crossed______________________
Calgary 卡尔加里
Para. 3 the next stop-- Calgary
What is Calgary famous for?
Para. 3 (Calgary)
The _________
have a gift for
riding wild
horses and
they can win
thousands of
dollars in ______.
cowboys
prizes
What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
Thunder Bay ______________city.
is a busy port
How are ocean ships able to reach the center of Canada??
Para. 4 (Thunder Bay)
They can follow the St. Lawrence River
and the Great Lakes to get there.
.
Canada has _______________the world’s total fresh water,
and much of it is in the Great Lakes.
one-third of
It is in Canada’s warmest part.
It is Canada’s most beautiful city.
It is one of Canada’s most popular cities to live in.
Its population is increasing rapidly.
It has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests
in the world.
The trees there are extremely tall.
(←It is in the southernest part of Canada)
(←surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean)
(←skiing in the Rocky mountains and sailing in the harbour)
(←so wet)
Calgary Stampede
all over the world
have a gift for
thousands of dollars
at the top of
Port city
Listening and filling in the blanks
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train 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 kilometres from to . As they went , they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver
is by mountains on the north 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 from all over North America working with animals. Then they a wheat-growing province.
west
east
east
coast
coast
second
The True North
have a gift for
grizzly
surrounded
settled down
went through
Discuss to ascertain
1.Which sentences in the text can replace the
following ones?
⑴ They determined to fly from China to
Vancouver and go from west to east
across Canada by train instead of taking
a plane all the way.
⑵Canada has the most fresh water in the
world.
⑴ They determined to fly from China to
Vancouver and go from west to east
across Canada by train in September
instead of taking a plane all the way.
Rather than take the aeroplane all the way,
they decided to fly from China to Vancouver
and then take the train from west to east across Canada.
⑵Canada has the most fresh water in the
world.
Canada has more fresh water than
any other country in the world.
2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
⑴ Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands
of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities.
⑶ Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the
harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most
Popular cities to live in.
⑷It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,
some measuring over 90 metres.
⑵ People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded
by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
一路向东行，你会经过一座座山脉，上千个湖泊、森林，还有宽阔的河流和许多大城市。
人们说温哥华是加拿大最美丽的城市，被大山
和太平洋环抱。
⑴ Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands
of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities.
⑵ People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded
by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
落基山可以滑雪，海港供你扬帆，这些使得温哥华成为加拿大最受欢迎的居住城市之一。
那儿的湿度很大，所以树都长得特别高，一些
高达90多米。
⑶ Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the
harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most
Popular cities to live in.
⑷It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,
some measuring over 90 metres.
Assignment
Write a e-mail to your e-pal telling him your experience in Canada.
Good-bye!