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

c. in fact, the population of canada is more than thirty million.d. ocean ships cannot reach thunder bay.(4)which of the following shows the right route of the cousin’s travel?a. toronto→calgary→vancouver→thunder bayb. vancouver→calgary→thunder bay→torontoc. vancouver→thunder bay→calgary→torontod. toronto→thunder bay→calgary→vancouversuggested answers: (1)d　(2)d　(3)c　(4)b2)use the information from the reading passage to fill in the table below.

basic facts about canadadistance from east to west coastoceans on the east and the west coastpopulationwhere most canadians livelocation of the largest fresh water supplykey points about vancouverkey points about calgarykey points about thunder bay3)answer the following questions in complete sentences.(1)which continent were the cousins crossing?(2)why were they not flying directly to the atlantic coast?(3)why is the population of vancouver growing so rapidly?(4)what happens at the calgary stampede?(5)how are ocean ships able to reach the center of canada?(6)what are some of canada’s greatest natural resources?3. reading and discussingread the passage a third time and then work in pairs to discuss these questions.1)which part of the reading passage interests you most?2)if someday you go to canada, where will you go? why?(let students have enough time to read the passage carefully and discuss the questions with their partners. encourage them to expand their answers according to their own experiences. )4. dealing with language pointshelp students analyze some difficult, long and complex sentences and guess the meanings of some new words and expressions. encourage them to try to deal with the language points in the context. give them explanations if necessary.5. listening and reading aloudask students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. tell them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebook after class as homework. read them aloud and try to learn them by heart.collocations: be on a trip to, rather than, take the aeroplane, all the way, take the train, at the airport, on the way to, chat about, as well as, less than, aboard the train, settle down, manage to do, catch sight of, be famous for, have a gift for, thousands of, in prizes, be amazed to do, at the top of, be surprised at, because of, fresh water