人教高中英語必修3Unit5Reading-(共20張)課件

Unit5Canada“TheTrueNorth”Unit5CanadaWhereisCanada?CanadaWhereisCanada?CanadaCanadaUnitedStatesArcticOceanPacificOceanAtlanticoceanFindoutthelocationofCanada.NorthAmericaCanadaUnitedStatesArcticOceaCanada,thesecondbiggestcountryintheworld,coversanareaofabouttenmillionsquarekm.However,Canada’spopulationisonlyslightlyover30million,makingitaverysparselypopulatedcountry.Canadais5,500kilometersfromtheeastcoasttothewestcoast,coveringsixtimezones.SinceCanadaisahugecountry,itsclimatevariesgreatlyfromregiontoregion.Thearcticregionisthecoldestarea.Thesummerisveryshortwhilethewintercanbeaslongas8to10months.TherearetwoofficiallanguagesinCanada,EnglishandFrench.WithfourofthefiveGreatLakesinCanada,ithasone-thirdoftheworld’stotalfreshwater.Canada,thesecondbiggAnumbergamesecond305,500sixtwoonethirdsecondlargestcountryintheworldhasapopulationof_____millionthedistancefromeasttowestis

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on“TheTrueNorth”1.Thepassageisatraveljournal.Who:_______,_______and______.Where:_____(from_____to_____).Why:to___________.How:firstby_____,thenby______.SkimmingLiDaiyuLiu

QianDannyLinvisittheircousinsplanetrainMontrealChinaCanada2.Whatis“TheTrueNorth”?“TheTrueNorth”isthecross-Canadatrain.Atripon“TheTrueNorth”1.ThFastreadingReadthetextquickly,circletheplacesmentionedinthetextanddrawthetravelrouteofthecousinsonthemaponPage33.FastreadingTravelroutewesteastVancouver→Calgary→ThunderBay→Toronto→……

VancouverCalgaryThunderBayTorontoWhyaretheynotflyingdirectlytotheAtlanticcoast?BecausetheywanttotakethetrainfromwesttoeastacrossCanada,enjoyingthesceneryacrossthewholecontinent.RockyMountainsAwheat-growingprovinceTravelroutewesteastVancouverCarefulreadingReadPara.2carefullyanddrawamindmapaboutVancouver.VancouverwarmestpartmostbeautifulcityoneofthemostpopularcitiestoliveinsurroundedbymountainsandthePacificOceanskiintheRockyMountainssailintheharboroldestandbeautifulforestsCarefulreadingVancouverwarmesWhyisthepopulationofVancouvergrowingsorapidly?Becauseitisbeautifulandwarm.Itissurroundedbymountainsandocean,sopeoplecanskiinthemountainsandsailintheharbor.WhyisthepopulationofVancoNamedafterthefirstEuropeanexplorerGeorgeVancouver,thiscityisCanada’sthirdlargestcityafterTorontoandMontreal.ThankstothePacificOceanandRockyMountains,theclimateismild(溫和的)andpleasantalltheyeararound.Peoplethereenjoyoutdooractivitieslikefishing,swimming,surfingandwhalewatching.Beingamulticulturalcentre,VancouverhasthesecondlargestChinatownafterLosAngeles.NamedafterthefirstEuropeanCarefulreadingReadPara.3-5carefullyandthinkaboutthefollowingquestions.WhathappensattheCalgaryStampede?WhatisthekeypointaboutThunderBay?WhataresomeofCanada’sgreatestnaturalresources?CarefulreadingReadPara.3-51.WhathappensattheCalgaryStampede?AttheCalgaryStampedecowboyscompeteinridingwildhorsesforthousandsofdollars.1.WhathappensattheCalgaryCalgaryStampedeEachyear,nearlyamillionvisitorscometoCalgaryfor“thegreatestoutdoorshowonearth”,theCalgaryStampede.ItrunsfornearlytwoweeksinJuly,beginningwithaparadeontheopeningdayandendingwithafabulous(精彩的)fireworksdisplay.Onehundredandfiftythousanddollarsinprizemoneyattractsthebestrodeo(牛仔競技)competitorsintheworld.WhenyougotoCalgary,goinJulyanddon’tmisstheStampede.CalgaryStampede2.WhatisthekeypointaboutThunderBay?ThunderBayThunderBayisabusyportcityatthetopoftheGreatLakes.2.Whatisthekeypointabout3.WhataresomeofCanada’sgreatestnaturalresources?Canadahasfreshwaterfromitslakesandriversandwoodfromitsforests.3.WhataresomeofCanada’sgDiscussionDiscussingroupsofthree.IfsomedayyougotoCanada,wherewillyougo?Why?When(inwhichseasonormonth)?NiagaraFallsVancouverCalgaryDiscussionDiscussingroupsofNiagaraFallsItissaidthat“ifyouhaven’tbeentoNiagaraFalls,youcannotbesaidtohavebeentoCanada”.Firstofall,ithasaverylonghistoryasatouristattraction.LocatedontheCanadian-USborder,itisveryeasyfortouriststogetthere.Asalotofyoungcouplescomeheretocelebratetheirhoneymoon,itisknownas“