Unit5Canada---“ThetrueNorth”Teachingaims:1．TopicGeography:multiculturalsociety;Canada2．Usefulwordsandexpressions:Nouns:minister,queen,coast,aeroplane,continent,goat,cowboy,harbor,port,maple,frost,tour,distance,booth,downtownVerbs:surround,flow,speedAdjectives:Atlantic,official,wealthy,broadAdverbs:eastward,extremely,slightlyPrepositions:withinExpressions:settledown,haveagiftfor,figureout,asfaras3．Functionalitems:DirectionandpositionWhereis…?Howfaris…?Howdoesonegoto…?Inwhatdirectionis…?Is…closeto/farfrom..?inthenorth/southof…tothesouth/east/northwestof…within…kilometersof…onthewest/eastontheborderalongthecoasteast/westof…awayfrom…gonorthward4。GrammarNounclausesastheappositiveTheideathattheywouldcrossthewholecontinentwasexciting.Thefactthatoceanshipscangotheresurprisesmanypeople.TeachingproceduresPeriod1ReadingStep1.WarmingupDiscuss:1．Whatisthenameofthecountry,whichistothenorthoftheUSA?2．WhatthreewordswouldyouusetodescribeCanada?Why?3．WhatofficiallanguagedoyouthinkisspokeninCanada?Backgroundknowledge:LanguagespokeninCanada:EnglishandFrench用心爱心专心Capital:OttawaNationalanimal:polarbearNationalflower:mapleThefivegreatlake:LakeSuperior,LakeHuron,LakeOntarioandLakeMichiganThetopleader:PrimeMinisterStep2.ReadingTask1:Ssdiscussandanswerthefollowingquestions:1．Whatthreecountrieswouldyouliketoseemost?Why?2．WouldyouliketotakeatriptoCanada?Whatdoyouexpecttoseethere?Task2:Ssreadandanswerthefollowingquestions:1．Whatdoes“TheTrueNorth”inthetextmean?2．WhywerethecousinsnotflyingdirecttotheAtlanticcoast?3．Whatisthecontinenttheywerecrossing?4．WhichisthewarmestpartinCanada?5．Howdidtheysleepthatnight?6．WhichofthefollowingisdescribedasthemostbeautifulcityinCanada?A.VancouverB.CalgaryC.TorontoD.Montreal7．Whatdoestheword“slightly”inthetextmean?A.abitB.alotC.greatlyD.lightly8．WhydidtheybegintorealizetwodayslaterthatCanadaisquiteempty?A.Becausetheyfoundnobodyontheirway.B.BecausethereareonlythirtymillionpeoplelivingonsuchahugelandandmostofthemlivewithintheareasoftheUSAborder.C.TherearetoomanylakesinCanada.D.BecauseCanadaissurroundedbyOceansonthreesides.9．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothetext?A.LiDaiyuandLiuQianwenttoCanadatoseetheircousinsinMontreal.B.ThunderbayisaportcityinthesouthofCanadanearToronto.C.ThegirlslookedoutofthewindowsandsawNativeIndiansandcowboys.D.LiDaiyuandLiuQianwenttoCanadatoseetheirrelativesontheAtlanticcoast.Task3:Ssreadandfillthefollowingchart:AAdjectivesusedtodescribeMaples1._____2.________3.________Toronto4.________5._________TheplacestheyvisitedinToronto6.________7._____________8.___________9.____________10.___________用心爱心专心BHowmanypartsisthetextdividedintoandwhat’sthemainideaofeachpart?PartsParagraphsMainideasPart1Paragraph1-paragraph_______Step4.After-readingTask4:Ssingroupsanddiscuss:1．What’sthedifferencebetweenChinaandCanada?2．HowdoyouunderstandCanadaisamulticulturalcountrylikeChina?Period2.LanguagelearningStep1.RevisionSsretellthetext.Step2.Languagepoints1.multi-:morethanone;manymulticulturalmultipartymultilateraltradeamultilingualdictionarymono-:one;singleamonolingualdictionarymonoplanebi-:two;twice;doubleabilingualdictionarybicycle2.trip/travel/journey/voyage/tour1).Thejourneytotheseasidewilltakenomorethantwodays.2).OurCanadafriendsaremakingatourofShanghai.3).HewasbackfromhistravelstotheNorth.4).Theyha...
