Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”(Period 1 Warming up and reading)
unit 5 canada—“the true north”
單元要覽類別課程標準要求掌握的項目話題geography: multicultural society; canada詞匯quizn. 測驗; 問答比賽mixturen. 混合（物）; 混合狀態canadiann. 加拿大人 adj. 加拿大的; 加拿大人的aboardprep. &adv. 在船、飛機、火車或公共汽車上ministern. 大臣; 部長maplen. 楓; 楓樹continentn. 洲; 大陸frostn. 霜; 霜凍baggagen. 行李confirmvt. 證實; 證明; 批準chatvi. & n. 聊天; 閑聊wealthyadj. 富有的sceneryn. 景色; 風景distancen. 距離; 遠方eastwardadv. 向東 adj. 向東的; 朝東的mistn. 薄霧westwardadv. 向西 adj. 向西的; 朝西的mistyadj. 有薄霧的; 模糊的upwardadv. 向上地; 上升地adj. 向上的; 上升的boothn. 公用電話間; 貨攤; 售貨亭surroundvt. & vi. 包圍; 圍繞schoolmaten. 同學; 校友harborn. 海港approximatelyadv. 接近; 大約measurevt. &vi. 測量; 衡量; 判定 n. 計量制; 計量單位; 措施downtownadj. 市區的 adv. 在市區; 往市區bushn. 灌木（叢）; 矮樹（叢）dawnn. 黎明; 拂曉; 破曉eaglen. 鷹buffetn. 自助餐; 飲食柜臺withinprep. 在……之內broadadj. 寬闊的; 廣泛的bordern. 邊界; 國界; 邊沿vt. & vi. 與……接壤; 接近nearbyadv. 在附近 adj. 附近的; 鄰近的slightadj. 輕微的; 微小的traditionn. 傳統; 風俗slightlyadv. 稍稍; 輕微地terrifyvt. 使恐怖; 恐嚇impressvt. 使印象深刻; 使銘記terrifiedadj. 恐懼的; 受驚嚇的impressiveadj. 給人深刻印象的; 感人的pleasedadj. 欣喜的; 高興的topicn. 話題acren. 英畝mixvt. &vi. 混合; 調配urbanadj. 城市的; 市鎮的短語prime minister 首相; 丞相catch sight of 看見; 瞥見rather than 與其; 不愿have a gift for 對……有天賦settle down 定居; 平靜下來; 專心于in the distance 在遠處manage to do 設法做at dawn 在黎明的時候重要句型1. rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to vancouver and then take the train west to east across canada. (rather than. . . )2. the thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. (noun clause as the appositive)3. going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. (present participle used as adverbial)4. skiing in the rocky mountains and sailing in the harbour make vancouver one of canada’s most popular cities to live in. (make+o+o. c. )5. it is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres. (“pronoun+doing” used as adverbial)6. because of the great lakes, they learned, canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. (more. . . than any other. . . )功能direction&positionwhere is. . . ? in what direction is. . . ? how does one go to. . . ?how far is. . . ? is it nearby? is. . . close to. . . ? is. . . far from. . . ?