Canada加拿大，作为世界第二大国，其工业发展程度位于世界前 10 名。然而，这个国家丰富的石油和矿藏资源几乎还没被开发，因此，它通常又被称作“未来的土地”。Canada， the second biggest country in the world, has an area of about ten million square km, covering most of the northern part of the North American continent and with an area larger than that of the United States. Canada lies to the southwest of Greenland. To the south, it reaches to the same latitude (纬度) as southern France. The distance from the Pacific coast in the west to the Atlantic in the east is greater than that from North America to Europe. But in spite of （不顾，不管） its size, two-thirds of the population of Canada live in a narrow belt of land no more than 200 km from the U.S. border. In the east are the Great Lakes that lie on the border with the United States. These huge inland seas empty into the St Lawrence River, which links them with the Atlantic Ocean. The centre of government and finance （ 金 融 ， 财 政 ） is in Ontario (安大略). So are many of Canada’s industries. Canada is a country of ten provinces and three territories ( 地 方 ). The first inhabitants （居民） of Canada were North American Indians and Inuit. France and Britain each governed Canada in the past. At that time the population of Canada was almost entirely the French, but in the next few decades (十年), thousands of British colonists emigrated (移民) to Canada from the British Isles and from the American colonies. In 1849, the right of Canada to self-government was recognized. Today, 18 percent of Canadians still speak only French. Canada is often called a land of the future. The country’s rich oil and mineral resources have hardly been touched. It is among the ten leading industrial nations of the world. Its capital is Ottawa and the largest city is Toronto. Other important cities include Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Hamilton, and Quebec.Answer the following questions:1. Where do most of the population of Canada live? 2. Where is the centre of government and finance? 3. Which countries once ruled Canada?Key: 1. They live in a narrow belt of land no more than 200 km from the U.S. border.2. In Ontario3. France and Britain.
