1. Unit 5 Canada --The True North

2. National flag Capital city-----Ottawa

3. Chinatown in Vancouver Toronto

4. How much do you know about Canada? Try the quiz on page33. Keys: 1.C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A

6. What do you expect to see if you take a trip to Canada?

7. Scan the reading passage and 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 page33.

9. Read the questions on page35 and read the text to find the answers. 1.They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to travel across Canada. 2.They are crossing the North America. 3.“The True North” is the train that runs through Canada. 4.People want to live in Vancouver because it is very beautiful. They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in harbour. 5.Cowboys compete in riding wild horses, and some of them can win thousands of dollars.

10. Try to find out what these numbers refer to in the text. Second: 5500: 320: Thirty million: One third: The second largest country in the world It is 5500 kilometers from the east to the west of the country. Most Canadians live 320 kilometers of the USA border. The population of Canada is slightly over thirty million Canada has one third of the world’s fresh water

11. Fill in the blanks. Li Daiyu and liu Qian took the train in Canada from ______to _________. Their cousin’s friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “____ ____ _________.”Canada is the _______ largest country in the world. It is 5500 kilometers from ________ to ________. As they go _________, 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. China Vancouver The True North second coast eastward surrounded settled down polar

12. Calgary is famous for its competition.Many of the _______ from 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. cowboyshavea gift for went through close to