It is the most wonderful outdoor show. It is held in the first Friday in July. It lasts for ten days.
It begun with a dream of a cowboy. He wanted to carry forward the pioneering spirit in the period of the Western Cowboy Culture.
2. What kind of passage it is? A. a story B. a piece of news C. an advertisement D. a travel journal
2.Divide
the passage into 3 parts and Match the main idea with each part. Part 1 A.What they really saw and felt 1 Para.___ after boarding the train
harbour mountains lakes forests large cities
great scenery
Ski in
the Rocky Mountains
Vancouver is Sail surrounded by
the Pacific Ocean
in the harbour
There are extremely tall trees in Vancouver, which measure overransportation)
Para. 2 (Vancouver) warmest most beautiful most popular Vancouver
Location
地理位置
surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean warm and wet
Climate气候
Entertain skiing and sailing ment(娱乐) Scenery the oldest and most beautiful
景色
forests
Its population is increasing
rapidly
Para 3 The next stop-Calgary
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
Part 2 Para.___ 2
1.Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.
Skimming
B.A brief introduction of their trip
Part 3
3-5 Para.___
C.Their chat on their way to the station
Rocky Mts.
Montreal
Vancouver Calgary Toronto L. Superior
second 5,500 thirty
Canada is the second largest country in the world. It is 5,500 km from coast to coast. The population of Canada is only slightly over thirty million.
famous for?
Stampede （美国西部或加拿大) 大西部赛马会 cowboys The _________ have a gift for riding wild horses and they can win thousands of dollars in ______. prizes
Mountain goat
Beaver Grizzly bear
Calgary is famous for the Calgary Stampede.
have a gift for riding wild horses
win thousands of dollars in prizes
Quiz---Knowledge Of Canada
A.
B.
cherry
C. D.
rose
maple
daffodil
4. What is the capital of Canada? A. B.
Vancouver
C. Q D.
Toronto
Calgary
Ottawa
5. What is the leader of the country called? A. President B. Prime Minister C. Queen
How much do you know about Thunder Bay
Great Lakes
Thunder Bay
busy
Let’s review the girls’ route across Canada.
Calgary Stampede Thunder Bay Cowboys in Calgary (桑德贝)
Draw the traveling route of the two girls.
Fly from China to Canada
From west to east across Canada
Route（路线）
Rocky Mts. Calgary Vancouver
○
Thunder ○ Bay
2. Which is the national flag of Canada? A. B.
C. Q
D.
National flag of Canada
The Pacific Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
A country full of maple
3. Which is the national flower of Canada?
After-reading
• Give some information about one city in Canada and let the others guess the name of these places.
Today I’d like to introduce one city.
It is + adj. …
It has .. We can + verb.
multicultural Canada is a________country.
A TRIP
ON “ THE TRUE NORTH”
Pre-reading
Predict: 1.What does “The True North” refer to in the text? the cross-Canada train It is a name for________________
Toronto
Part 1
Scanning
brief introduction about the trip
Read the 1st para. and finish the chart below.
who why
where
(destination)
Li _____ and her cousin Liu Qian Daiyu ______ visit their cousins to __________________ Montreal, Canada first by______ , plane train then by______