Unit5 Canada -- "The True North"
Reading
Canada
How much do you know about Canada?
If you have a chance to visit Canada, what do you expect to see there?
Canada is the second largest country in the world.
9.98million km2
5,500km
National Flag
Beaver
National Emblem
Ottawa
Centre Block, Parliament Buildings
Ottawa is the capital of Canada. It is the
centre of technology and culture in Canada.
It in Ottawa is very cold and
the Winter lasts for a long time. So it is
well-known as “City of Ice Ball”.
The Parliament Buildings area beauty scenery there.
Toronto
CN Tower
downtown Toronto
Toronto is the most wealthy and biggest

city in Canada. It is also the business and

an important educational centre of Canada.
The CN Tower is a must see

Toronto attraction. And the

same is true of the Niagara Falls.
Vancouver
The Stanley Park
West End Vancouver
Vancouver is the third biggest and the most
beautiful city in Canada. It is surrounded
by mountains on the north and east and
the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Vancouver is famous for the “ Western Paradise ” in Canada.
People like to live there for its comfortable weather.
They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and
sail in the harbour. Stanley Park is
Vancouver's first park.

Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is

the second largest

falls on the globe

next to Victoria Falls

in southern Africa.
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
make up an enormous
chain of mountains
in western North America.
It extends 3,000 miles from Canada
through the United States to Mexico.
The Great Lakes

are the largest fresh surface water system on Earth.

The total size of it is about 245 thousand square kms.

It supplies about one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water

and nine-tenths of the U.S. water.
Use three to five sentences to describe what you
have known about Canada.
Suggestted answer:

Canada is a multicultural country.
It has two official languages: French and English.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, and its national animal is beaver.
The leader in this country is called Prime Minister.
And four Great Lakes belong to Canada.
Knowledge about Canada: True or False.
1. Canadians speak English and French.
T
2. Toronto is the capital of Canada.
F
3. Canada lies in the north of South America.
F
4. Canada is the largest country in the world.
F
5. Canada is on the north of USA.
T
6. The national animal of Canada is polar bear.
F
7. Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth.
T
8. The Head of the Canadian Government is the Prime Minister.
T
Ottawa
North America
second
beaver
Reading I
“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.
Fast reading
What is “The True North”?
Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Calgary
Thunder Bay
Lake Superior
Toronto
Scanning
Rocky Mts.
Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?
What is the continent they are crossing?
Why do many people want to live in Vancouver?
What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
Where does wheat grow in Canada?
Why would ships be able to reach the center of Canada?
Detailed reading
Read the text in detail, and answer the following questions.
Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?
They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to take the train from West to East across Canada / they want to see Canada / they want to travel across Canada.
What is the continent they are crossing?
They are crossing North America.
3. Why do many people want to live in Vancouver?
People want to live in Vancouver because it is beautiful / it is surrounded by mountains and ocean / they can ski in the mountains and sail in the harbour.
4. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horses / can win thousands of dollars for riding wild horses.
Where does wheat grow in Canada?
Wheat grows in the center of Canada.
6. Why would ships be able to reach the center of Canada?
Ships are able to reach the center of Canada because they can follow the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to go there.
Rewrite the sentences with correct information
The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal.
Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver.
You can cross Canada in less than five days by bicycle.
The girls looked out of the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.
Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada, near Toronto.
Detailed reading
The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal.


2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver.
in the East of Canada / on the Atlantic coast of Canada
the train station to catch the cross-Canada train
3. You can cross Canada in less than five days by bicycle.


4. The girls looked out the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.
can’t
a grizzly bear, mountain goats and wild scenery
5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada, near Toronto.
at the top end of the Great Lakes, near the center of the country
Reading II
“THE TRUE NORTH”
Toronto
Montreal
to
from
Please underline the time mentioned in this text.
Please underline all the places they have been to or they have seen.
Please combine these two into one plot.
Fast reading
the next morning
around noon
late that night
at dawn the next
morning
they spend the afternoon
the night
they saw beautiful maple trees and realized that fall had come.
they arrived in Toronto.
the train left.
they arrived in Montreal.
in the lovely shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces beside the water.
the train was speeding down to the East Coast.
Read the passage for a second time and answer the following questions.
How do we know it is fall in Canada?
What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?
Where does the water from the lake go?
Why is there good Cantonese food in Torono?
Which direction is the train going from Torono?
Why did the girls go to Old Montreal?
What three things show us that Montreal is a French city?
Detailed reading
We know it’s fall in Canada because the maple trees are red and gold and orange, and there is froze on the ground.
2. What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?
How do we know it is fall in Canada?
Sometimes the misty cloud that rises from Niagara Falls can be seen from the CN tower.
the water from the lake goes into the Niagara river and over the falls on its way to the sea.
3. Where does the water from the lake go?
There is good Cantonese food in Toronto because most of the Chinese people there come from the south of china , especially Hong Kong.
4. Why is there good Cantonese food in Torono?
The train is going east from Toronto.
They went to Old Montreal because it is close to the water/ to see the lovely shops and the artists.
6. Why did the girls go to Old Montreal?
5. Which direction is the train going from Toronto?
Good coffee, good bread and good music show that Montreal is a French city, also the signs and ads were in French.
7. What three things show us that Montreal is a French city?
Canada is a multicultural country like China.
multi-是一个前缀，意为“多”
multistory ____________
multiform ____________
multichannel
____________________
multipurpose __________
Language points for Reading I
多层的
多种形式的
多通话线路的, 多波段的
多种用途的
多党的 _____________
多国的、多民族的 __________
多向的 ________________
多彩的，彩色的 ____________
多媒体 __________
multiparty
multinational
multidirectional
multicolored
multimedia
2. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on the Atlantic coast.
trip: usually short journey, esp. for pleasure (通常指短途的)行走，旅行（尤指娱乐性的）
与trip搭配的主要动词和介词：
be on a trip to make a trip to
take a trip to
海滨之行 __________________
前往巴黎的蜜月之旅
__________________________
他出差在外。
He is _____________________.
我父亲下礼拜要到纽约去。
My father will _____________________ next week.
a trip to the seaside
a honeymoon trip to Paris
on a business trip
make a trip to New York
3. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada in September.
rather than (prep.): in preference to (sb/sth); instead of 与其（某人/某物）;不愿;不要
他不愿惹麻烦,宁可离去. _______________________, he left.
我想喝柠檬汁,不想喝可乐.
I’ll ___________________________.
他正忙于写信而不是读报.
He was busy __________________ __________________________.
Rather than cause trouble
have a lemonade rather than a coke
writing a letter rather than reading a newspaper
4. It is the second biggest country in the world and as you go eastward, you will see mountains, and pass by thousands of lakes, forests and wide rivers as well as cities.

eastward也作eastwards,副词,意为“向东”
-ward(s)=in a direction
向前 ___________ 向后 __________
向外 ___________ 向南 __________
向西 ___________ 向北 __________
forward(s)
backward(s)
northward(s)
outward(s)
southward(s)
westward(s)
他们向东航行。
__________________.
我们难以决定是向东走还是向西走。
We couldn’t decide ______________ ___________________.
They sailed eastward
whether to go eastward or westward
thousands of 成千上万的
注意：million, billion, thousand, hundred, score, dozen之前有确定的数字时，不论后面是有无of, 词尾都不加s.
如果前面没有确定的数字而后接of时，词尾都加s.
300名学生 ____________________
这些鸡蛋里的3打
_______________________
几打鸡蛋 _______________
three hundred students
three dozen of these eggs
dozens of eggs
5. Many people think it is the most beautiful city in Canada, as it is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific.
surround vt. 包围，环绕，围绕
surround sb/sth with sb/sth
sth/sb be sourrounded by/with sth
篱笆环绕着学校。
_____________________________.
他们出动了军队包围了