1. the national flag of Canada

2. the national anthem of Canada

3. Unit 5 Canada—"The True North"

4. Maple Country
-- Canada

5. How much do you know about Canada?
Warming Up
How much do you know about Canada?
A small quiz on your book.

6. 3rd the largest country in the world
the second largest country in the world
3rd
North America
Asia

7. Pre-reading What do you see in the video about Canada?
What words would you use to describe Canada?

8. 1.What is the passage mainly about?
Skimming tasks
1.What is the passage mainly about?
It’s about Li Daiyu and Liu Qian’s trip to Canada.
2.What is “The True North”?
The cross-Canada train.
3.What are the main places mentioned in the passage?

9. Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Thunder Bay
Calgary
Lake Superior
Toronto

11. Para 1:Brief introduction of their trip
Scanning tasks
Para 1:Brief introduction of their trip
1. What is the continent they are crossing?
The North America.

12. Para. 2 the first stop: Vancouver

13. The first stop:
Vancouver
Para 2:
1.According to Danny Li’s words, what can they see in Canada?
They will see mountains,and pass thousands of lakes,forests and wide rivers as well as cities.

14. 2.Vancouver’s population is increasing very rapidly. Why?

15. Vancouver warmest part ;most beautiful city;
surrounded by mountains and ocean;
ski in the mountains and sail in the harbour.
Vancouver

16. Para 3:The afternoon’s activity:
catch sight of
cross
Rocky Mountains
mountain goat
grizzly bear
eagle

17. Para.4Two days later:
Thunder Bay

18. Thunder Bay

19. Para 4:Two days later: Thunder Bay Where is the Thunder Bay?
How much fresh water does Canada have?
This city is at the top of the Great Lakes.
One third of the world’s fresh water, and much of it is in the five Great Lake.

20. Para 5 :the last stop:
Toronto

21. second largest country in the world
Post-reading
Find out what these numbers refer to?
second
5,500
a few hundred
thirty million
one-third
second largest country in the world
It is 5,500 km from coast to coast.
Most Canadians live within a few hundred km of the USA border
The population of Canada is only slightly over thirty million
Canada has one-third of the world’s fresh water

22. Fill in the blanks
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in Canada from_____ to______. The 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 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 mountains goats and even a _____ bear and an eagle. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North American ______ ______ ______ ______ riding wild horses. Then they ______ _______ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ___ ____ __ the Great Lakes.
west
east
The True North
second
eastward
coast
coast
surrounded
settled
down
grizzly
have a gift for
through
went at
the top

23. the second… will see… it’s 5,500 On a trip to Canada Li Daiyu and
Liu Qian
what did they see?
that afternoon
the first stop
the Rocky Mountains
the most….
it is surrounded
the population
Vancouver
the
next
stop
at the top..
two
days
later
Thunder Bay
that night
Toronto
Calgary
The Calgary Stampede

24. Homework:
1. Read the passage again and find out some useful words and expressions.
2. Find three appositive clauses from the reading passages.
3. Write a short passage to report Li Daiyu and Liu Qian’s trip to Canada.

25. Ottawa – the capital city of Canada
Parliament Building
Ottawa – the capital city of Canada

26. Toronto- the biggest city
The CN Tower

27. 苏必利尔湖
休伦湖
安大略湖
密歇根湖
伊利湖
The Great Lakes are the largest fresh surface water system on Earth. It supplies about one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water and nine-tenths of the U.S. water.