Lesson 8Unit 2 My Country and English-speaking CountriesLead-inWelcome to Canada!New wordsknow知道；了解about关于；大约city城市A map of CanadaThis country is Canada. I know about Canada. My friends Jenny and Danny live in Canada.What do you know about Canada, Li Ming?I know they speak English and French in Canada.I also know the capital city of Canada. It’s Ottawa.The flag of Canada is red and white. It has a red leaf on it!Language points1. What do you know about Canada? 关于加拿大你了解些什么？ 本句是用来询问“关于……你知道什么？”的句型，其基本结构为“ What do you know about ...?” ，其中 know about 是动词短语，意为“了解，听说”。 【例句】关于她你了解点什么？ What do you know about her?2. I also know the capital city of Canada. 我还知道加拿大的首都。 also 作副词，意为“也”，在句子中常置于行为动词前面，情态动词、助动词或者 be 动词后面。 【例句】我也喜欢读书。 I also like reading books. 辨析： also 和 too相同点：两个词都可以用在肯定句中，表示“也”的意思。不同点： too 一般用在句尾，前面用逗号同主句隔开；also 也可以用在肯定句中，在句子中常置于行为动词 前面，情态动词、助动词或者 be 动词后面。【例句】我也喜欢英语。 I like English, too. I also like English.3. The flag of Canada is red and white. 加拿大的国旗是红色和白色的。 在英语中如果一个事物具有几种颜色，则前面几种颜色之间用逗号隔开，最后两种颜色用 and 连接。一般译为“……色的和……色的”或者“……相间的”。 【例句】大熊猫是黑白相间的。 The pandas are black and white.Famous places in CanadaThis is Niagara Falls. It is a famous waterfall in Canada.这是尼亚加拉瀑布。它是加拿大的一条著名的瀑布。This is the CN Tower. It is very tall. 这是加拿大国家电视塔。它非常高。It is a famous waterfall in Canada. 它是加拿大的一条著名的瀑布。 famous 是形容词，意为“著名的”，在本句中用来修饰 waterfall ，作定语。 【例句】他是我们学校的一个名人。 He is a famous person in our school.Let’s do it!Read and match.It is a famous waterfall. ④It is a very tall tower. ____They speak ____ and ____. The flag of Canada has a ____ on it.It is the capital city. ____.About Canada①French②Ottawa③leaf④Niagara Falls⑤CN Tower⑥English①②③⑤⑥Share what you know about Canada.I know the capital city of Canada. It’s Ottawa.I know they speak English and French in Canada.I know the flag of Canada is red and white.I know the Niagara Falls is a famous waterfall in Canada.
