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Reading

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How much do you know about Canada?

If you have a chance to visit Canada, what do you expect to see there?

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Canada is the second largest

country in the world.

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9.98million km2

5,500km

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National Emblem

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Ottawa

7Centre Block, Parliament Buildings

Ottawa is the capital of Canada. It is the centre of technology and culture in Canada.It in Ottawa is very cold andthe Winter lasts for a long time. So it is well-known as “City of Ice Ball”.

The Parliament Buildings area beauty scenery there.

8Toronto

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downtown Toronto

Toronto is the most wealthy and biggest

city in Canada. It is also the business and

an important educational centre of Canada.

The CN Tower is a must see

Toronto attraction. And the

same is true of the Niagara Falls.

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Vancouver

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The Stanley Park

West End Vancouver

Vancouver is the third biggest and the most beautiful city in Canada. It is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

Vancouver is famous for the “ Western Paradise ” in Canada.People like to live there for its comfortable weather.They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in the harbour. Stanley Park is Vancouver's first park.

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Niagara Falls is

the second largest

falls on the globe

next to Victoria Falls in southern Africa.

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The Rocky Mountains make up an enormous chain of mountains

in western North America. It extends 3,000 miles from Canadathrough the United States to Mexico.

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The Great Lakes

are the largest fresh surface water system on Earth.

The total size of it is about 245 thousand square kms.

It supplies about one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water and nine-tenths of the U.S. water.

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Use three to five sentences to describe what you have known about Canada.

Suggestted answer:

Canada is a multicultural country.

It has two official languages: French and English.The capital of Canada is Ottawa, and its national animal is beaver.

The leader in this country is called Prime Minister.

And four Great Lakes belong to Canada.

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Knowledge about Canada: True or False.

1. Canadians speak English and French. T

2. Toronto is the capital of Canada. F

3. Canada lies in the north of South America. F

4. Canada is the largest country in the world. F

5. Canada is on the north of USA. T

6. The national animal of Canada is polar bear. F7. Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth.

T

8. The Head of the Canadian Government is the Prime Minister. T

Ottawa

North America second

beaver

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“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.

Fast reading

What is “The True North”?

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Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.

Vancouver

Rocky Mountains

Calgary

Thunder Bay

Lake Superior

Toronto

Scanning

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Rocky M

ts.

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1. Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?

2. What is the continent they are crossing?

3. Why do many people want to live in Vancouver?

4. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?

5. Where does wheat grow in Canada?

6. Why would ships be able to reach the center of Canada?

Detailed readingRead the text in detail, and answer the following questions.

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1. Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?

They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to take the train from West to East across Canada / they want to see Canada / they want to travel across Canada.

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2. What is the continent they are crossing?

They are crossing North America.

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3. Why do many people want to live in Vancouver?

People want to live in Vancouver because it is beautiful / it is surrounded by mountains and ocean / they can ski in the mountains and sail in the harbour.

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4. What happens at the Calgary Stampede?

At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horses / can win thousands of dollars for riding wild horses.

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5. Where does wheat grow in Canada?

Wheat grows in the center of Canada.

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6. Why would ships be able to reach the center of Canada?

Ships are able to reach the center of Canada because they can follow the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to go there.

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Rewrite the sentences with correct information1. The girls went to Canada to see their

relatives in Montreal.2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to

Vancouver.3. You can cross Canada in less than five

days by bicycle.4. The girls looked out of the windows and

saw Native Indians and cowboys.5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of

Canada, near Toronto.

Detailed reading

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1. The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal.

2. Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver.

in the East of Canada / on the Atlantic coast of Canada

the train station to catch the cross-Canada train

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3. You can cross Canada in less than five days by bicycle.

4. The girls looked out the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.

can’t

a grizzly bear, mountain goats and wild scenery

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5. Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada, near Toronto.at the top end of the Great Lakes, near the center of the country

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“THE TRUE NORTH”

Toronto Montr

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tofrom

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Please underline the time mentioned in this text.

Please underline all the places they have been to or they have seen.

Please combine these two into one plot.

Fast reading

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the next morning

around noon

late that night

at dawn the next morning

they spend the afternoon

the night

they saw beautiful maple trees and realized that fall had come.

they arrived in Toronto.

the train left.

they arrived in Montreal.

in the lovely shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces beside the water.

the train was speeding down to the East Coast.

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Read the passage for a second time and answer the following questions.

1. How do we know it is fall in Canada?2. What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?3. Where does the water from the lake go?4. Why is there good Cantonese food in Torono?5. Which direction is the train going from Torono?6. Why did the girls go to Old Montreal?7. What three things show us that Montreal is a French city?

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We know it’s fall in Canada because the maple trees are red and gold and orange, and there is froze on the ground.

2. What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?

1. How do we know it is fall in Canada?

Sometimes the misty cloud that rises from Niagara Falls can be seen from the CN tower.

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the water from the lake goes into the Niagara river and over the falls on its way to the sea.

3. Where does the water from the lake go?

There is good Cantonese food in Toronto because most of the Chinese people there come from the south of china , especially Hong Kong.

4. Why is there good Cantonese food in Torono?

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The train is going east from Toronto.

They went to Old Montreal because it is close to the water/ to see the lovely shops and the artists.

6. Why did the girls go to Old Montreal?

5. Which direction is the train going from Toronto?

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Good coffee, good bread and good music show that Montreal is a French city, also the signs and ads were in French.

7. What three things show us that Montreal is a French city?

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1. Canada is a multicultural country like China.

2. multi- 是一个前缀，意为“多” multistory ____________ multiform ____________ multichannel ____________________ multipurpose __________

多层的多种形式的

多通话线路的 , 多波段的多种用途的

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多党的 _____________ 多国的、多民族的 __________ 多向的 ________________ 多彩的，彩色的 ____________ 多媒体 __________

multiparty

multinational

multidirectional

multicolored

multimedia

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2. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on the Atlantic coast.

trip: usually short journey, esp. for pleasure ( 通常指短途的 )行走，旅行（尤指娱乐性的）

与 trip 搭配的主要动词和介词： be on a trip to make a trip to

take a trip to

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海滨之行 __________________ 前往巴黎的蜜月之旅 __________________________ 他出差在外。 He is _____________________. 我父亲下礼拜要到纽约去。 My father will _____________________

next week.

a trip to the seaside

a honeymoon trip to Paris

on a business trip

make a trip to New York

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3. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada in September.

rather than (prep.): in preference to (sb/sth); instead of 与其（某人 /某物） ;不愿 ;不要

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他不愿惹麻烦 ,宁可离去 . _______________________, he left.

我想喝柠檬汁 ,不想喝可乐 . I’ll ___________________________.

他正忙于写信而不是读报 . He was busy __________________

__________________________.

Rather than cause trouble

have a lemonade rather than a coke

writing a letter rather than reading a newspaper

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4. It is the second biggest country in the world and as you go eastward, you will see mountains, and pass by thousands of lakes, forests and wide rivers as well as cities.

eastward 也作 eastwards, 副词 ,意为“向东” -ward(s)=in a direction

向前 ___________ 向后 __________ 向外 ___________ 向南 __________ 向西 ___________ 向北 __________

forward(s) backward(s)

northward(s)outward(s) southward(s)westward(s)

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他们向东航行。__________________.

我们难以决定是向东走还是向西走。We couldn’t decide ______________

___________________.

They sailed eastward

whether to go eastward or westward

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thousands of 成千上万的注意： million, billion, thousand, hundred,

score, dozen 之前有确定的数字时，不论后面是有无 of, 词尾都不加 s.

如果前面没有确定的数字而后接 of 时，词尾都加 s.

300 名学生 ____________________这些鸡蛋里的 3打 _______________________

几打鸡蛋 _______________

three hundred students

three dozen of these eggsdozens of eggs

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5. Many people think it is the most beautiful city in Canada, as it is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific.

surround vt. 包围，环绕，围绕 surround sb/sth with sb/sth

sth/sb be sourrounded by/with sth

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篱笆环绕着学校。 _____________________________. 他们出动了军队包围了该城。 _____________________________ ____________.

房子的四周有高墙。 ______________________________ ______.

The fence surrounds the school

They have surrounded the town with troops

The house is surrounded by high walls

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6. On the coast north of Vancouver some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world still remain.

north of = to the north 表示“在……的北方”，其他方位词，如： east, west, south, southeast, northeast 等，都有类似的用法。

他住在洛杉矶以东（的地方）。 ______________________________.He lives to the east of Los Angeles

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7. That afternoon in the train the cousins settled down in their seats.

settle down 安稳坐下，安居下来，适应起来他爷爷手拿报纸坐在扶手椅里。His grandfather ______________________

_____________with a newspaper.

你适应新工作了吗？____________________________________?

settled down in the armchair

Have you settled down in your new job yet

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8. Many of them have a gift for working with animals and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes.

have a gift for 在… .. 方面有天分；有天赋

她对学语言有天赋。 __________________________________

好像他对音乐有些天赋。 __________________________________

she has a gift for learning languages.

It seems he has a gift for music.

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1.They were not leaving for Montreal until later.

Not …until … 表示“直到…才…”，常与表示瞬间的动词连用。如：

他们直到今天晚上才离开。We do not ________ until ___________.

街上的吵闹声直到深夜才停止。The noise in the street didn't ______ until

___________.

leave this evening

stopmidnight

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Not leave = stay 所以加延续性动词时，常与 until 连用。

他们直到今天晚上才离开。We will ________ until this evening.街上的吵闹声直到深夜才停止。The noise in the street will ________ until midnight.until 后也可接从句：孩子们天黑之前都不会回来。The children won’t __________ until ____________.

stay

go on

come backit is dark

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2. It’s too bad you can’t go as far as Ottawa, Canada’s capital.

遗憾的时你们不能一直走到加拿大的首都渥太华去。as far as (习语 )直到所提到之处为止我一直走到山脚。I walked ______________________ 莎拉已经读到第四册啦。Sarah has read _________________ _________

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as far as the foot of the mountain

as far as the forth volume

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3. The girl told him they were on a train trip across the Canada and that they had only one day in Montreal.

一个动词若带两个宾语从句，第二个宾语从句的引导词 that 一般不能省，例如：

I understand not only that you have studied Chinese but also that you have written Chinese poetry.

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