unit 5 canada—“the true north”
单元要览类别课程标准要求掌握的项目话题geography: multicultural society; canada词汇quizn. 测验; 问答比赛mixturen. 混合(物); 混合状态canadiann. 加拿大人 adj. 加拿大的; 加拿大人的aboardprep. &adv. 在船、飞机、火车或公共汽车上ministern. 大臣; 部长maplen. 枫; 枫树continentn. 洲; 大陆frostn. 霜; 霜冻baggagen. 行李confirmvt. 证实; 证明; 批准chatvi. & n. 聊天; 闲聊wealthyadj. 富有的sceneryn. 景色; 风景distancen. 距离; 远方eastwardadv. 向东 adj. 向东的; 朝东的mistn. 薄雾westwardadv. 向西 adj. 向西的; 朝西的mistyadj. 有薄雾的; 模糊的upwardadv. 向上地; 上升地adj. 向上的; 上升的boothn. 公用电话间; 货摊; 售货亭surroundvt. & vi. 包围; 围绕schoolmaten. 同学; 校友harborn. 海港approximatelyadv. 接近; 大约measurevt. &vi. 测量; 衡量; 判定 n. 计量制; 计量单位; 措施downtownadj. 市区的 adv. 在市区; 往市区bushn. 灌木(丛); 矮树(丛)dawnn. 黎明; 拂晓; 破晓eaglen. 鹰buffetn. 自助餐; 饮食柜台withinprep. 在……之内broadadj. 宽阔的; 广泛的bordern. 边界; 国界; 边沿vt. & vi. 与……接壤; 接近nearbyadv. 在附近 adj. 附近的; 邻近的slightadj. 轻微的; 微小的traditionn. 传统; 风俗slightlyadv. 稍稍; 轻微地terrifyvt. 使恐怖; 恐吓impressvt. 使印象深刻; 使铭记terrifiedadj. 恐惧的; 受惊吓的impressiveadj. 给人深刻印象的; 感人的pleasedadj. 欣喜的; 高兴的topicn. 话题acren. 英亩mixvt. &vi. 混合; 调配urbanadj. 城市的; 市镇的短语prime minister 首相; 丞相catch sight of 看见; 瞥见rather than 与其; 不愿have a gift for 对……有天赋settle down 定居; 平静下来; 专心于in the distance 在远处manage to do 设法做at dawn 在黎明的时候重要句型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. . . ?
period 1 warming up and reading
整体设计教材分析this is the first teaching period of this unit, which introduces students to some basic information about canada, its geography, its culture and its population. at the beginning of the class, the teacher can lead in the topic of the unit by showing students a map of canada or other pictures of canada and let the students describe them or talk about canada.warming up is intended to find out how much general knowledge students already have about canada. it will also give a chance to those who have visited or read about canada to share their knowledge with the rest of the class. so allow students some time to give short talks, show photographs, etc. and motivate others to become interested in canada too.pre-reading contains three questions which encourage students to reflect on their personal experiences and information and their own ideas. this discussion leads to the reading passage in which they may find some facts they recognize as well as new information. students can be encouraged to discuss these questions. then they are asked to look at the title of the reading passage and the pictures to predict what the passage is about. this part is very useful for the next part reading.
教学过程设计方案(一)→step 1 leading-in and warming up1. show a map of canada to students and talk about canada. then ask them the following questions:1)what kind of country is canada?2)how large is it?3)what else do you know about canada?suggested answers:1)canada is a multicultural country.2)it’s the second largest country in the world. it covers an area of 9 984 670 square kilometers. it is a bit bigger than china.
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
a trip on “the true north”type of writingmain idea of the passagemain idea of paragraph 1main idea of paragraph 2main idea of paragraph 3main idea of paragraph 4main idea of paragraph 5suggested answers:
a trip on “the true north”type of writingthis is a piece of narrative writing.main idea of the passageli daiyu and her cousin liu qian went on a trip to canada, visiting their cousins and enjoying the beautiful scenery across the whole continent of canada from west to east.main idea of paragraph 1li daiyu and her cousin liu qian were on a trip to canada.main idea of paragraph 2having arrived in vancouver, the most beautiful city in canada, they were to be taken to catch “the true north”, the cross-canada train.main idea of paragraph 3settling down in their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the rocky mountains to calgary.main idea of paragraph 4while arriving at thunder bay, they learn more about canada, its population, resources, etc.main idea of paragraph 5the train rushed towards toronto while they were sleeping.2. complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank and then retell the whole story.li daiyu and liu qian were on a ______________ across canada. instead of taking the aeroplane ______________ the way, they would cross the whole continent of canada in a ______________ after arriving vancouver by air.danny lin waited ______________ them at the airport and gave them a brief ______________ about canada, the second ______________ country in the world and vancouver, the most beautiful city of the country, while taking them to ______________ the train, “the true north”.having settled ______________ in the seats, they looked out of the window ______________ the wild scenery, the mountain goats, and grizzly bears. they went by the city of calgary and ______________ in thunder bay, a city at the ______________ of the great lakes, learning more about canada of its population resources and so ______________. their last stop is toronto, one of the southernmost cities in canada.keys: trip; all; train; for; introduction; biggest; catch; down; at; arrived; top; on→step 5 homework1. learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.2. read the reading passage again and try to retell the passage.
板书设计
unit 5 canada—“the true north”
warming up and reading
a trip on “the true north”type of writingthis is a piece of narrative writing.main idea of the passageli daiyu and her cousin liu qian went on a trip to canada, visiting their cousins and enjoying the beautiful scenery across the whole continent of canada from west to east.main idea of paragraph 1li daiyu and her cousin liu qian were on a trip to canada.main idea of paragraph 2having arrived in vancouver, the most beautiful city in canada, they were to be taken to catch “the true north”, the cross-canada train.main idea of paragraph 3settling down in their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the rocky mountains to calgary.main idea of paragraph 4while arriving at thunder bay, they learn more about canada, its population, resources, etc.main idea of paragraph 5the train rushed towards toronto while they were sleeping.
活动与探究surf the internet to find the following information about canada. then make a pocket information card, on which writes the information and try to keep it in mind.full country name:total area:population:capital city:people:languages:religion:government:sample card:full country name: canadatotal area: about 9 984 670 km2population: about 31 485 000 (october, XX)capital city: ottawapeople: british descent, french descent, italian descent, aboriginal peoples, plus significant minorities of german, ukrainian, dutch, polish and chinese descent.languages: english, french, chinese, italian, punjabi, spanish. . .religion: catholic, protestant and minorities from most of the world’s major religionsgovernment: parliamentary democracy