Canada“TheTrueNorth”Unit5WhatthreewordswouldyouusetodescribeCanada?bigbeautifulmulticultural

ATRIPON“THETRUENORTH”FastReading(2minutes)Readthetextquicklyandsilently,trytoanswerthefollowingquestions.Thendividethetextinto

3parts.1.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?2.Whatdoes“theTrueNorth”referto?3.Wherearetheyheading?Who?What?Where?Thispassageismainlytalked

about:Suggestedanswer:

Twogirls,LiDaiyuandhercousinLiuQian,whotookthetraintotravelacrossCanada.

“TheTrueNorth”isthecross-Canadatrain.Whatdoes“TheTrueNorth”refertointhetext?Drawthetravelingrouteofthetwogirls.從中國(guó)到加拿大VancouverCalgaryThunderBayToronto

goeastward,acrossthecontinent

Wherearetheyheading?Montreal

PassagestructureFillintheblanksandmatchthemainideaofeachpart.Part1para(s)___Part2para(s)___Part3para(s)___Whattheyreallysawandfeltonthetrip.briefintroductionabouttheirtrip.TheirchataboutCanadaandVancouver.123-5planetrain.

briefintroductionaboutthetripwho_____andhercousin______whyhowfirstby______,thenby______whereLiDaiyuLiuQianto__________________Montreal,CanadavisittheircousinsCarefulreadingPart1(1~2minutes)Readthe1stpara.andfinishthechartbelow.

1._____________2._________________population___________Part2(para.2)2minutesCanadadistance____________(fromcoasttocoast)Goingeastward,you’llpass

1.______________

3._____________________________Vancouver

Canada’swarmestpartthemostbeautifulcity3.

______________________________increasesrapidly.5.climate_________4.some

_______________________sowet

trees___________extremelytall

mountainswiderivers&largecities2.____________scenery5,500kilometersoldest&mostbeautifulforestsoneofCanada’smostpopularcitieslakes&forestsPart3

(3minutes)Readparagraphs3-5andanswerthefollowingquestions.1Whatmountainsdidtheycrossearlierthatday?2Whichcitydidtheygoaftercrossingthemountains?3Whatdidthegirlsbegintorealizeafter2days’travel?4Wheredidtheygoafterdinner?5Whichlakedidthetrainrushacrossthatnight,andwhat’stheirnextdestination(目的地)?

1Earlierthatday,…RockyMountains.

2…Calgary…

3After2days’travel,…empty…

4Afterdinner,…ThunderBay…

5Thatnight

…acrossLakeSuperior

…Toronto

VancouverTimerouteVancouverTheRockyMountainsmountaingoatsgrizzlybeareaglecowboyhorseridingracesCalgaryCowboyscometoCalgarytocompeteinridingwildhorses.averybusyportThunderBay

WhereisThunderBay?AtthetopendoftheGreatLakesTorontoTrueorFalse.

1.LiDaiyuandLiuQianwenttoCanadatoseetheirparentsinMontreal.2.Youcan’tcrossCanadainlessthanfivedaysbytrain.3.CowboyscompeteintheStampedetowinthousandsofdollarsinprizes.4.

ThepopulationofCanadaisover30,000,000.5.

Canadahastwo-thirdsoftheworld’stotalfreshwater.TFTFTcousinsone-thirdSummaryLiDaiyuandLiuQiantookthetraininCanadafrom____to____.Theircousins’friend,DannyLin,tookthemtothetrainstationtocatch“_____________”.Canadaisthe______biggestcountryintheworld.Itis5,500Kmfrom_____to_____./Astheygo________,theysawbeautifulsceneryaswellascities.Vancouveris__________bymountains,lakes,forestsandrivers.Whenthecousins__________intheseats,theylookedoutofthewindow.Theysawmountaingoatsandevena_____bear./Calgaryisfamousforitscompetition.ManyofthecowboysfromalloverNorthAmerica____________ridingwildanimals.Thenthey___________awheat-growingprovince.ThunderBayisabusyport.Itis____________theGreatLake.westeastTheTruesecondcoastcoasteastwardsurroundedatthetopofthroughwenthave

agiftforgrizzlysettleddownNorthQuizIITranslation1.Thethoughtthat_______________________________(他們要橫貫整個(gè)大陸)wasexciting.2.Somepeoplehavetheideathat_____________________________________(他們能在不到五天的