Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 1　Warming up and reading)

3)(students’ answer may vary. encourage them to tell more information. )2. make a quizshow the following on the screen.how much do you know about canada?1. what language(s) do canadians speak?a. english.b. english and german.c. english and french.d. english and spanish.2. what is the capital of canada?a. vancouver. 　　　　b. toronto. 　　　c. calgary. 　　　　d. ottawa.3. what is the national animal of canada?a. beaver.b. grizzly bear.c. polar bear.d. penguin.4. what is the canadian leader called?a. president.b. prime minister.c. governor.d. king.5. how many great lakes are there in canada?a. 4.b. 3.c. 5.d. 6.let students work in pairs and answer this quiz. then have them compare their answers with another pair. give them the correct answers and see how many students got 80% or better.→step 2 pre-reading1. let students discuss the following questions:1)what is the longest trip you have ever taken?2)if you take a trip to canada, what do you think you might see there?3)what three words would you use to describe canada?3. have students turn to page 34 of the text book, look at the title of the reading passage and the pictures and predict what the passage is about. then have them read the passage quickly to see if they are right.→step 3 reading1. fast readingask students to skim the reading passage and then answer the following questions:1)what is the passage mainly about?2)what is “the true north”?3)how many cities are mentioned in the text? what are they?three minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.suggested answers:1)the passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about canada.2)“the true north” is the train that goes across canada/the cross-canada train.3)five. they are montreal, vancouver, calgary, thunder bay and toronto.2. intensive readingallow students to read the passage carefully this time to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and get the important details, and then finish the following:1)choose the best answer to each question according to the text.(1)as you go eastward, you can see the following things except ______________.a. mountainsb. thousands of lakesc. forests and wide riversd. cows(2)who will take part in the calgary stampede?a. cowboys from stampede.b. people from canada.c. anyone who has a gift for riding.d. cowboys from all over the world.(3)which of the following statements is true?a. one can cross canada in less than five days by train.b. many people think calgary is the most beautiful city in canada.