Homework
read the passage again and find out the sentences that you don't understand
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Its population is increasing rapidly
Para 3 crossed______________________ They the Rocky Mountains
They managed to catch sight of _______ some mountain goats and even a grizzly _______________________________ bear and an eagle ______________.
scanning (group work)
Para 4
Para 5
Para 1
Careful reading
Read the 1st paragraph and finish the chart below
brief introduction to the trip
who
_____ ______ Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian
Calgary
Thunder Bay Toronto
What is the route of the girls?
Rocky Mountains
Thunder Bay
Vancouver
Calgary
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Discuss and show yourself
What is a journey? A journey is not a trip. It's not a vacation. It's a process, a discovery. It's a process of self-discovery. A journey brings us face to face with ourselves. A journey shows us not only the world, but how we fit in it. Does the person create the journey or does the journey create the person?The journey is life itself. Where will life take you?
why
how where
to __________________ visit their cousins plane , first by______
then by______ train.
Montreal, Canada ____________
Para. 2 Vancouver
Para. 2 (Vancouver)
Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 A. The train went southward to Toronto. B. Their friend Danny Lin met them and helped get to the station. C. The two girls went through a wheatgrowing province and the back to Thunder Bay. D. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to visit their cousins. E. They crossed the Rocky mountains and then went to Calgary.
What do you think about journey?
●人生就像一场旅行，不必在乎目的地，在 乎的是沿途的风景以及看风景的心情，让心 灵去旅行! ●旅行是消除仇恨和无知的最好方法。 ——马克吐温 ●要么读书、要么旅行，灵魂和身体，必须 有一个在路上。 ●如果你不出去走走，你就会以为这就是世 界。 ●旅行是为了离开，旅行是对庸常生活的一
2.What does “The True North” refer to in the text? “The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.
Read the text and match the main idea of each paragraph
3.What is the capital of Canada? A. B.
Vancouver
C. Q D.
Toronto
Calgary
Ottawa
Unit 5
skimming
1.What is the passage mainly about?
a trip The passage is about _____of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.
Because there are only slightly over thirty million people living on such a huge land and most of them live within the areas of the USA border.
Post-Reading What cities appear in the text? Vancouver
Para.4 Thunder Bay
Careful reading
Para. 4 Thunder Bay
Careful reading
Thunder Bay is a ___________city. busy port
one-third of Canada has _______________the world’s total fresh water, and much of it is in the Great Lakes.
Para.3 The next stop-- Calgary
Careful reading
Calgary 卡尔加里
What happens at the Calgary Stampede? cowboys The _________ have a gift for riding wild horses and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes ______.
Vancouver
Location
地理位置
surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean
Climate气候
warm and wet
Entertainm skiing and sailing ent(娱乐) Scenery the oldest and most beautiful forests
Unit 5 Canada—”TheTrueNorth”
Maple Country
-- Canada
1.Which is the national flag of Canada? A. B.
C. Q
D.
2.What language(s) do Canadians speak? A. English B. English and German C. English and French D. English and Spanish
How are ocean ships able to reach the center of Canada? They can sail up the Great Lakes to get there.
empty Para. 4 charateristics(特点):____________
• Why did they begin to realize that Canada is quite empty?