Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”Canada【面积】 998 万平方公里，居世界第二位，其中陆地面积 909 万平方公里，淡水覆盖面积 89 万平方公里。【首都】 渥太华(Ottawa)，地处安大略省。首都地区(包括安大略省的渥太华市、魁北克省的加蒂诺市及其周围城镇)人口 137 万，面积 4715 平方公里。年平均最高气温 15～26 ℃(7 月)，最低气温－16～6 ℃(1 月)。【简况】 位于北美洲北部。东临大西洋，西濒太平洋，西北部邻美国阿拉斯加州，南接美国本土，北靠北冰洋。海岸线约长 24 万多公里。东部气温稍低，南部气候适中，西部气候温和湿润，北部为寒带苔原气候。中西部最高气温达 40 ℃以上，北部最低气温低至－60 ℃。加拿大被称为“枫叶之国”。五月份的首都渥太华，映入你眼帘的却是遍地的郁金香，因为全世界最大的郁金香节将在这儿举办。郁金香是荷兰的国花。为什么加拿大会有郁金香节呢？The Canadian Tulip FestivalEach year in the first week of May, Canada's capital city of Ottawa becomes a flower ocean.These beautiful flowers announce the arrival of spring and the official opening of the Canadian Tulip Festival, which is the world's largest tulip festival.Why does Ottawa celebrate the tulip festival with such enthusiasm( 热情)? 1The tradition began about 70 years ago. The German army had invaded(侵略) the Netherlands in May 1940, and the royal family was forced to run away from their country. They went first to London then on to Ottawa where they were given Government House as a shelter. In 1943, Princess Juliana's daughter, Princess Margriet was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital.After the royal family returned to their homeland in 1945, Princess Juliana gave 100,000 tulip bulbs to the Canadian government and the citizens of Ottawa as a reward. This started a tradition and every year ever since, another 100,000 tulip bulbs were sent to Ottawa and planted all around the city. Over the next decade, the Canadian Tulip Festival became ...
