Unit 5 Canada — “The True North”Warming Up一个多元文化的国家________________________ 第二大国家______________________回答这个测验 _____________________________ 和…对比________________Reading一、语法填空（根据课文内容完成短文）Li Daiyu and Liu Qin were on a trip to Canada to visit1.their cousins on the Atlantic coast. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they took the train west to east across Canada. The thought 2. that _ they could cross the whole continent all the way was exciting. Canada is the second 3. largest _ (large) country in the world. People say Vancouver is Canada’s most beautiful city 4. surrounded (surround) by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. On the northern coast of Vancouver, 5. it is so wet there that the trees are 6. extremely (extreme) tall. That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled 7. down _ in their seats. They knew cowboys from all over the world compete in the Stampede. Many cowboys have a gift 8. for riding wild horses. They also learned that most Canadians live within 320 kilometers of the USA border 9 .and the population is only 10 . slightly (slight) over thirty million.二、Language points【 原 句 1 】 Rather than take the airplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across. 他们不想一路乘飞机，而决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。 rather than... 是……而不是……；与其……不如……；不愿Eg ： (1) I, rather than you, should do the work. 该做这工作的是我，而不是你。(I 和 you 是并列成分) (2) I'd prefer to go England rather than go America .我宁愿去英国，而不想去美国。(3) I would like to do homework rather than play basketball. 我想去做作业，而不想去打篮球。(4)I would rather go than stay here.我宁愿走也不留在...
