III．教学重难点

1. Develop students' reading ability.

2. Enable students to learn about details about Canada and talk about Canada fluently.

IV. 教学过程

Warming up

I: Read the following passage, and try to come up with several words to describe Canada.

Canada is a very large country, covering the entire North American continent north of the United States except Alaska. The distance from east to west is 5,500 kilometers and covers six of the world's 24 time areas. It has coasts on three oceans: the Atlantic on the east, the Pacific on the west, the Arctic on the north. It is the second largest country in the world, after Russia, even larger than China. But it has a population of only about 30 million, with just 2.7 people in every square kilometers. It is also a beautiful country, especially in fall. Canada is a multi-cultural country as well, with citizens form European, Asians and African countries. It is rich in natural resources, such as coal, oil, wood, natural gas and fresh water.

Key words to describe the above passage: ________________________________

II: Answering the following questions to get basic facts about Canada

1. What languages do Canadians speak?

2. What is the capital of Canada?

3. What is the national animals of Canada?

4. What is the national flower of Canada?