1. Unit 5 Canada---
“The True North”
江西省乐平中学 胡玲

2. Warming up
Are you familiar with Canada?
Talk in pairs about what you know about Canada.
Brainstorm

3. Niagara waterfall
maple
Norman Bethune (1890 –1939), Canada

4. Knowledge about Canada: True or False.
1. Canadians speak English and French.
2. Toronto is the capital of Canada.
Ottawa F
3. Canada lies in the north of South America.
North America F
second
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.
beaver F
7. Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth. T
8. The Head of the Canadian Government is the Prime Minister. T

5. Location of Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Canada is located in the northern part of the North America, with the Pacific Ocean on the west coast and the Atlantic Ocean on its east coast.

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

7. Lake Superior is at the top of the Great Lakes.
4 Great Lakes in Canada
Refer to the map on p. 33
Lake Superior 苏必利尔湖
Lake Huron 休伦湖
Lake Erie 伊利湖
Lake Ontario 安大略湖
except
Lake Michigan
密歇根湖
Lake Superior is at the top of the Great Lakes.

8. Which flag is the national flag of Canada?

9. National flag of Canada
The
Atlantic Ocean
The
Pacific Ocean
A country full of maple

10. Pre-reading If you take a trip to Canada, what do you expect to see?
What three words would you use to describe Canada?

11. 2.What is “The True North”?
Task 1
Fast-reading
Read the passage as quickly as you can and find out the answers to the following questions.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
2.What is “The True North”?

12. 1.What is the passage mainly about? 2.What is “The True North”?
The passage mainly tells us the information about Canada.
2.What is “The True North”?
“The True North” is the cross-Canada train. It is the name of a train. It is named after a line from the Canadian National Anthem.

13. Canadian National Anthem (国歌)
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!

14. Reading-II----detailed reading :
Task 2
Reading-II----detailed reading :
True or False
1.They will take the train across Canada westward.
2.You can cross Canada in less than five days.
3.Vancouver is the warmest part in Canada.
4.It is so wet in Vancouver that the trees are tall.

15. 5.Canada is a large country with a small population.
6.The ocean ships cannot go to Thunder Bay.
7.Toronto is to the south of Thunder Bay.

16. 1.Which of the following is described as the most beautiful city in Canada?
A. Vancouver B. Calgary
C. Toronto D. Montreal
2. What does the word “slightly” in the text mean?(L4,P4)
A. a bit B. a lot C. greatly D. lightly

17. 3．Which of the following statement is true according to the text?
A. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to see their cousins in Toronto B. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada near Toronto
C. The girls looked out of the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.
D. Liu Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to see their relatives on the Atlantic coast.

18. Task 3
Read it again and underline the sentences to suggest their direction in which they are traveling.

19. Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Thunder Bay
Calgary
Lake Superior
Toronto

20. Find out the traveling route of the two girls.
The Atlantic coast
Vancouver
Rocky mountain
Toronto
Thunder Bay
Calgary
Lake Superior

22. Task Four: Read carefully and answer the questions.
1. Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?
2. What is the continent they are crossing?
3. What is “The True North”?
4. Why do many people want to live in Vancouver?
5. Name two natural resources that Canada has according to the text.
Because they want to take the train from West to East across Canada/ they want to see Canada / they want to travel across Canada.
They are crossing North America.
“The True North” is the cross-Canada train. “The True North” is its name.
Because it is beautiful. People can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in the harbour.
water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.

23. Basic facts about Canada:
Distance from east to west coast:
Oceans on east and west coasts:
Languages:
Population:
Where most Canadians live:
Location of largest fresh water supply:
Key point about Vancouver:
Key point about Calgary:
Key point about Thunder Bay:
5,500 km
Atlantic east Pacific west
English and French
Slightly over 30 million
Within 320 km of the USA border
The Great Lakes
Warmest part, most beautiful city
Famous for its Stampede
A busy harbor city at the top of the Great Lakes

24. Task 5. Cloze test
Li Dai yu and her cousin were__ __ ___ to Canada. They decided to __ ___ China to Vancouver and to ___ __ ___from west to east. Danny Lin was going to take them to catch __ ___ ____,the ________ train. Canada is the ____ _____ country in the world. .As they go _____.they will see ______, lakes, ____ and ________as well as cities. It is _____ kilometers from ____ to ____.Vancouver is the _____ part of Canada. Its population is _______ rapidly because many people want to live there.
On a trip
fly from
take the train
cross-Canada
The True North
second largest
forests
eastward
mountains
wide rivers
5,500
coast
coast
warmest
increasing

25. That afternoon when the train crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to ___ ____ ____ some animals. Next day they reached Calgary, where_____ cowboys from ____ _____ the world compete in the Stampede and win thousands of dollars ___ _____.
Two days later, they realized the fact _____ Canada is quite empty. When they got to Thunder Bay __ ____ ___ __ the Great Lakes, they were surprised at the fact ____ ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes. ____ _____, Canada has one third of the world’s total ____ water. That night ,the train rushed ____ the top of the Lake Superior,_____ the great forests and _____ ______ Toronto.
catch sight of
gifted
all over
in prizes
that
at the
top of
that
In fact
across
fresh
through
southward towards

26. The Noun Clause used as an appositive
Task 6 : Grammar
The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.
Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometers from coast to coast .
The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes.
The Noun Clause used as an appositive
fact, idea, message, order, doubt, reason, hope, news, word, belief, thought, problem, question, etc

27. Grammar
After two days’ travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty.
At school, they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometers of the USA border.
The Noun Clause used as an object
They went through a wheat –growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres.
The Attributive Clause
That night as they slept, the train rush across the top of Lake Superior.
The Adverbial Clause of time

28. The Scenery of Canada

42. Living in Canada
In urban areas

43. In rural areas

44. The Stampede in Calgary

45. Winter carnival in Quebec

46. Ice houses of Inuit people

47. Task 7 : Discussions
1.What do you know about Vancouver, Calgary and Thunder Bay?
2.What do you know about Canada ?
3.Which adjectives would you use to describe Canada now?
beautiful, wealthy, large, empty, clean, modern, free, cold, multicultural, etc.
4.Many Chinese have immigrated into Canada. Do you have a big dream of studying, working and living there?
take action
5.If you are to immigrate there, you must _____ ______ now to live out you dream.

48. Thank you!Goodbye!