人教版高中英語(yǔ)必修三Unit5 Reading.ppt

1、Unit 5 Canada “The True North” Reading,高一人教新課標(biāo)版必修三,Read the text and find out: What places have they been? Where are they heading? What did they see?,A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”,Vancouver,Calgary,Thunder Bay,Toronto,go eastward, across the continent,What did they see there?,Vancouver at night,The Roc

2、key Mountains,Rocky Mountains,The Rocky Mountains make up an enormous chain of mountains,in western North America. It extends 3,000 miles from Canada through the United States to Mexico.,Grizzly bear 灰熊,City of Calgary is a city of about 1,000,000 (1 Million) Calgarians and by population is the larg

3、est city in the province of Alberta, Canada.,Calgary Skyline,Stampede (美國(guó)西部或加拿大) 大西部賽馬會(huì),The cowboys have a gift for working with animals and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes.,Calgary Stampede,Thunder Bay,Toronto Canada Skyline,the Niagara fall,most of the electricity is produced by water,

4、Try to find out what these numbers refer to in the text.,5500: Thirty million: One third:,It is 5500 kilometers from the east to the west of the country.,The population of Canada is slightly over thirty million.,Canada has one third of the worlds fresh water.,Draw the traveling route of the two girl

5、s.,從中國(guó)到加拿大,Fast Reading,Would you like to take a trip to Canada? Where would you like to go? What do you expect to see there?,Li Daiyu and Liu Qian,On a trip to Canada,the first stop,Vancouver,the second will see its 5,500,the most. it is surrounded the population,that afternoon,the Rocky Mountains,

6、what did they see?,the next stop,Calgary,The Calgary Stampede,two days later,that night,Toronto,Thunder Bay,at the top. it is a . close to,Canada has one third of the worlds fresh water.,True or False?,1. The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal. 2. Danny Lin was going to drive th

7、em to Vancouver. 3. You can cross Canada in less than five days by bicycle.,T,F,F,Careful Reading,4. The girls looked out the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys. 5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the north of Canada, near Toronto. 6. They will take the train across Canada westward. 7. Vancouv

8、er is the coldest part in Canada.,F,F,F,F,8. It is so wet in Vancouver that the trees are tall. 9. Canada is a large country with a small population. 10. The ocean ships cannot go to Thunder Bay.,T,F,T,1. Why are the two girls not flying directly to the Atlantic coast? A. It is too long a trip for t

9、hem. B. They want to travel across Canada. C. There is no direct flight to the Atlantic coast. D. It is much cheaper to get there by train.,Choose the best answer.,B,2. Which of the following cities is described as the most beautiful city in Canada? A. Vancouver. B. Calgary. C. Toronto. D. Montreal.

10、 3. What is “The True North” according to the text? A. The northern part of Canada. B. Mountains in the north of Canada. C. North America. D. The cross-Canada train.,D,A,4. Which of the following statements about Canada is NOT true? A. Vancouver is the warmest part of Canada. B. Canada is bigger tha

11、n America and is the second biggest country in the world. C. The cousins are able to cross Canada in less than five days. D. Most Canadians live within 320 kilometres of the USA border.,C,5. Who will take part in the Calgary Stampede? A. Cowboys from Stampede. B. People from Canada. C. Anyone who ha

12、s a gift for riding. D. Cowboys from all over the world.,D,6. Why did they begin to realize two days later that Canada is quite empty? A. They found nobody on their way. B. There are only thirty million people living on such a huge land and most of them live within the areas of the USA border. C. Th

13、ere are too many lakes in Canada. D. Canada is surrounded by Oceans on three sides.,B,7. Which of the following statements is Not True according to the text? A. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian decided to cross Canada from west to east. B. Canada is 5,500 kilometers long from north to south. C. Vancouver is th

14、e warmest part of Canada. D. The population of Vancouver is growing rapidly.,B,1. Which continent are the cousins crossing?,They are crossing North America.,1 Read the passage and write down the answers to the following questions.,Comprehending,2. Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coa

15、st? 3. Why is the population of Vancouver growing so rapidly?,Because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada.,The population of Vancouver is growing so rapidly because it is beautiful.,4. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?,At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wil

16、d horses for thousands of dollars.,5. How are ocean ships able to reach the centre of Canada? 6. What are some of Canadas greatest natural resources?,Ships are able to reach the centre of Canada because they can follow the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes.,Canada has fresh water from its lakes

17、and rivers and wood from its forests.,5500km,Atlantic Ocean-east; Pacific Ocean-west,slightly over 30 million,2 Basic facts about Canada,within a few hundred kilometers of the USA border,the Great Lakes,Canadas warmest part/Canadas most beautiful city/some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in

18、 the world,famous for the Calgary Stampede,busy port city at the top of the Great Lakes, were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal trip: (通常指短途的)行走, 旅行 (尤指娛樂(lè)性的) be on a trip to make a trip to take a trip to,Language Points,海濱之行 _ 前往巴黎的蜜月之旅 _ 他出差在外。 He is _. 我父親下禮拜要到紐約去。 My father w

19、ill _ next week.,a trip to the seaside,a honeymoon trip to Paris,on a business trip,make a trip to New York,2. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada. 她們不想一路乘飛機(jī), 她們決定先飛到溫哥華, 再?gòu)奈骱０冻嘶疖嚈M穿加拿大到達(dá)東海岸。 rather than 表示客觀事

20、實(shí)，意為“是而 不是; 與其不如”。它連接的并 列成分可以是名詞、代詞、形容詞、介詞 (短語(yǔ))、動(dòng)名詞、分句、不定式、動(dòng)詞等。,1) 連接兩個(gè)名詞或代詞 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 與其說(shuō)他是一個(gè)海員, 不如說(shuō)他是一個(gè)探險(xiǎn)者。 You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野營(yíng)。 注意: rather than 連接兩個(gè)名詞或代詞作主語(yǔ) 時(shí), 謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)與rather than 前面的名詞或 代詞在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。,2) 連接兩個(gè)形容詞 The sweater she bought

21、 was beautiful rather than cheap. 與其說(shuō)她買(mǎi)的這件羊毛衫便宜不如說(shuō)它漂亮。 3) 連接兩個(gè)介詞(短語(yǔ))或動(dòng)名詞 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我們是在教室里開(kāi)會(huì)，不是在大廳里。 She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜歡唱歌，而不喜歡跳舞。,4) 連接兩個(gè)分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 5) 連接兩個(gè)不定式 I decided t

22、o write rather than (to) telephone. 我決定寫(xiě)信而不打電話。 注意: rather than 后接不定式時(shí), 不定式可以 帶to, 也可以不帶to, 如上句。但 rather than 位于句首時(shí), 則只能接不帶to 的不定式。 如: Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜爛掉, 把它們以半價(jià)賣(mài)掉了。,6) 連接兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞 He ran rather than walked. 他是跑來(lái)的，而不是走來(lái)的。 注意: 這里rather than 后用了w

23、alked, 而沒(méi)有 用walk, 表示客觀事實(shí), 而不是主觀愿望。 如果換成 walk, 則作“寧愿而不愿 ” 解。 I should thank you _ that you should thank me. A. because B. rather than C. for D. as,B,他不愿惹麻煩, 寧可離去。 _, he left. 我想喝檸檬汁, 不想喝可樂(lè)。 Ill _. 他正忙于寫(xiě)信而不是讀報(bào)。 He was busy _ _.,Rather than cause trouble,have a lemonade rather than a coke,writing a let

24、ter rather than reading a newspaper,3. Going eastward, you will. -ward(s)加在前置詞上，構(gòu)成副詞，表示方向 backward(s)向后，upward(s)向上。 向前 _ 向后 _ 向外 _ 向南 _ 向西 _ 向北 _,forward(s),backward(s),northward(s),outward(s),southward(s),westward(s),他們向東航行。 _. 我們難以決定是向東走還是向西走。 We couldnt decide _ _. 其他副詞后綴: 1)-ly, possibly, swift

25、ly, simply 2)-ways, always, sideways 3)-wise, otherwise, clockwise,They sailed eastward,whether to go eastward or westward,4. People think it is Canadas most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. 許多人認(rèn)為溫哥華是加拿大最美的城市， 因?yàn)樗淮笊桨鼑? 瀕臨太平洋。 surround vt. 圍繞; 包圍。如: The house was surrou

26、nded by high walls. 房子的四周有高墻。 It is said that the troops have surrounded the town. 據(jù)說(shuō)部隊(duì)已將該城鎮(zhèn)包圍。 We are surrounded by dangers. 我們的處境危機(jī)四伏。,surrounding adj. 周圍的 surroundings n. (常用復(fù)數(shù)) 周圍的事物; 環(huán)境 be surrounded by / with 被環(huán)繞著 surrounding 現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)做定語(yǔ) We could see the buildings _ by trees. A. being surrounded

27、 B. surrounded C. to be surrounded D. surround,B,5. measure 1) v. “有高”, “量; 計(jì)量; 測(cè)量” This room measures 5 metres across. 這間屋子寬五米。 The tailor measured Harry for a new jacket. 裁縫量了哈里的尺寸給他做新上衣。 We measured the room and found it was twenty feet long and fifteen feet wide. 我們測(cè)量了房間, 得知它長(zhǎng)20英尺, 寬15英尺。,2) n.

28、“措施; 辦法; 量度; 尺寸”等 An hour is a measure of time. 小時(shí)是時(shí)間的一個(gè)量度單位。 This measure will have much effect. 這種措施將很有效。 常見(jiàn)搭配: be measured in 以衡量 make . to ones measure 按照某人尺寸做 take ones measure / take the measure of sb 給某人量尺寸 made to measure 定做的; 按照尺寸做的 by measure 按尺寸 take measures to do sth 采取措施做某事,6. That aft

29、ernoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats. 那天下午, 這對(duì)表姐妹上了火車落了座。,aboard adv/prep 在上; 在船上,settle down 1) 坐下, 躺下 He settled down in his chair to read the newspaper. 2) 過(guò)安定的生活 After years of traveling, he decided to settle down here.,3) 安下心來(lái), 專心致志于 Then they settled themselves down

30、 _ work. A. to B. on C. with D. in 解析: settle down to “使某人安下心來(lái) 做”，在此短語(yǔ)中, to 是介詞。,A,與settle相關(guān)的短語(yǔ): settle an old score 清算舊帳 settle for sth. 勉強(qiáng)接受 settle in/into sth. 適應(yīng) settle on sth. 選定, 決定,7. Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars 1) have a gift for. 在方面有天分/天

31、賦 gift 特指與生俱來(lái)的天份或才能, 如繪畫(huà)、 音樂(lè)等。 Her gift for dancing amazed the teacher. 老師對(duì)她舞蹈的天份大感驚奇。,2) thousands of 成千上萬(wàn)的 hundreds of 數(shù)以百計(jì)的 scores of 許多 dozens of 許多, 大量 millions of 上百萬(wàn)的 tens of thousands of 數(shù)以萬(wàn)計(jì)的 注意: million, billion, thousand, hundred, score, dozen之前有確定的數(shù)字時(shí), 不論后面是有無(wú)of, 詞尾 都不加s; 如果前面沒(méi)有確定的數(shù)字而后接o

32、f時(shí), 詞尾都加s. 300名學(xué)生 _ 這些雞蛋里的3打 _ 幾打雞蛋 _,three hundred students,three dozen of these eggs,dozens of eggs,score與many, several連用修飾名詞復(fù)數(shù)時(shí), 都要用單數(shù), 其后的介詞of有無(wú)均可。但是, 習(xí)慣上score多與of 連用, 而dozen很少與of連用, 如: two score (of) workers, three score and ten people, several dozen children, many dozen books。 The teacher boug

33、ht two _ books in the bookstore. A. scores ofB. scoresC. score of,C,8. most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border 大多數(shù)加拿大人居住在靠近美國(guó)數(shù)百 公里以內(nèi)的邊疆地帶 1) within: prep. 在里面, 在內(nèi)部, 在范圍以內(nèi), 不超過(guò) He felt the anger mounting up within him. He lives within five minutes walk. adv. 在里面, 內(nèi)部, 入內(nèi)

34、He whitewashed the walls within. For details, inquire within.,n. 里面, 內(nèi)部 The easiest way to capture a fortress (堡壘) is from within. within與in表達(dá)時(shí)間的區(qū)別: within指在時(shí)間范圍之內(nèi), 不超過(guò); 而in 是經(jīng)過(guò)若干時(shí)間, 指期限之外。 Ill be there within an hour. (一小時(shí)之內(nèi)) Ill be there in an hour. (一小時(shí)之后) 2) border n. 邊界; 國(guó)界 v. 與接壤 the countries

35、 bordering the Baltic 波羅的海沿岸國(guó)家,within sight within ones reach within ones income within ones power,在視線之內(nèi) 在某人夠得著的范圍內(nèi) 量入為出 在某人的能力范圍之內(nèi),He kept the dictionary _ (他夠得著的范圍內(nèi)). He will return _ (在一小時(shí)內(nèi)). This work is not _ (我力所能及的).,within his reach,within an hour,within my power,9. slightly adv. 輕微地；脆弱地；瘦小地,I feel slightly ill.我感到有點(diǎn)