Unit 5 Canada— “The True North”

1. Which is the national flag of Canada?

A. B.

C. Q D.

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2. Which is the national flower of Canada?

A. B.

cherry rose

C. Q D.

maple daffodil

3. What language(s) do Canadians speak?

A. English

B. English and German

C. English and French

D. English and Spanish

4. What is the capital of Canada?

A. B.

Vancouver TorontoC. Q D.

Calgary Ottawa

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5. What is the largest city of Canada?

A. B.

Vancouver TorontoC. Q D.

Calgary Ottawa

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6. What is the largest harbor in Canada?

A. B.

Vancouver TorontoC. D.

Calgary Ottawa

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7. What is the national animal of Canada?

A. B.

Beaver Grizzly bear

C. D.

Polar bear Penguin

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8. What is the leader of the country called?

A. PresidentB. Prime MinisterC. GovernorD. King

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9. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they?

A. Lake Superior

B. Lake Huron

C. Lake Erie

D. Lake Ontario

E. Lake Michigan

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Lake

Superior

Lake

Huron

Lake

Erie

Lake

OntarioLake

Michigan

Fast reading

Skim this passage quickly, try to find those information.

1.What does “The True North” mean?

2.Can you find the basic information of this trip?

(Who, Where, Why, How, Direction）3. Which paragraphs describe their experiences

on “The True North”?

A Trip On “ The True North”

Fast reading

Try to find basic information of this trip.

Para.1: Basic information of this trip

What does “The True North” mean?The True North—the cross-Canada train.

Which paragraphs describe their experiences on “The True North”?

Para.3-5: Experiences on “The True North”.

Who

Purpose

Where

Direction

Transport

Li Daiyu and Liu Qian

To visit their cousin

Montreal (on the Atlantic coast)From west to east

Plane Train

Read Paras 3-5 and answer the following questions.

1 What mountains did they cross ealier that day?

2 Which city did they go after crossing the mountains?

3 What did the girls think about Canada after 2 days’ travel?

4 Where did they go after dinner?

5 Which lake did the train rush across that night, and what’s their next destination(目的地 )?

1Earlier that day, …Rocky Mountains.

2 … Calgary…

3 After 2 days’ travel, … empty…

4 After dinner, …Thunder Bay…

5 That night … across Lake Superior

… Toronto

Tim

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Stop

sDetailed reading

Writing style (文体）？

Travel Journal

mountain goats grizzly bear

eagle

1. What have they seen when they crossed the Rocky Mountains?

2. What is Calgary famous for?

Calgary Stampede

3. Where is Thunder Bay?

At the top of the Great Lakes

Detailed reading

Para. 2:

Vancouver

____________of the trip

Starting point

Can you find some adjectives to describe Vancouver?

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

Warmest

Most beautiful

Most popular

wet

On the way to the station, Danny Lin gave a description of the trip.

Mountains, Pacific Ocean

Ski, sail, population

Oldest forests

Canada

What other information you can find according to Danny Lin? Scenery Going _________eastward

From coast to coast :_______________5,500 kilometres

Rocky mountain

Calgary

Thunder Bay

Toronto

Lake Superior

Montreal

(Atlantic coast)

Vancouver

(Pacific coast)

Detailed reading

Trip Route

Post reading: (group discussion) 1. Which part of the passage interests you most?

2. If you go to Canada, where will you go? Why?

Tips:

Beginning: If I have the chance to travel to Canada,

I prefer to go to ___, which impressed me most.

____ is a… city. The reasons are as follows:

Body: Firstly,… Then,…. Besides,….

Ending: So I’d like to choose ____.

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