Canada-" The True North" 编号001

【学习目标】 加拿大的知识和经历

【教学重点】 the words and the expressions in the text

【教学难点】 How to enable the students to grasp the usages of words and in order to and understand some difficult and long sentences .

【知识链接】

Canada is the second largest country in the world.

Ottawa is the capital of Canada.

A population of 1,200,000 makes Ottawa the fourth-largest urban area in Canada

【自主预习】

加拿大太平洋岸的一颗宝石--温哥华市 Vancouver

世界上很少有城市能像卑诗省的温哥华如此秀丽天成、多彩多姿及诸色人种汇聚一堂。温哥华坐落于加拿大西海岸，拥有一百八十万多元化人口，乃加拿大第三大城市，并且是国际商业重镇。

　　温哥华被海洋、青山及公园绿地所环绕，提供了其它城市难得一见的城区优质生活。它的街道安全洁净；它的海滩、青山易于接近；它的居民亲切友善。

温哥华提供琳琅满目的体育、文化、娱乐活动机会。在它四季宜人的气候下，您一定可以了解为何温哥华被喻为 "加拿大太平洋岸的一颗宝石"。

【自学检测】

Read the text and fill in the blanks.

Place Information Vancouver ●It is __________ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

●People can ___ in Rocky Mountains and sail in the ________ .

●Wet climate makes the trees extremely tall, some _________ over 90 metres. Place Information The

Rocky Mountains ●The cousins and their friend managed to ____________ some mountain goats, a grizzly bear and an eagle.

Calgary ●It is famous for ____________________.

●Many cowboys _____________riding horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes. A wheat-growing

Province ●Farms cover thousands of square _____ . Thunder Bay ●It is a busy port city at the top of the Grate Lakes in an ______ area.

●Ocean ships can sail up ______________ .

【预习疑问】

【课堂探究】

Task 1 Reading comprehension

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?

Grizzly bear B. Beaver C. Polar bear D. Penguin