人教版高中英语必修三 Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”
Unit aims:
1. to learn about Canada, including its location, population, diverse cultures and major cities through reading; 2. to read and use a map;
3. to use key words and expressions through various exercises;
4. to express direction & position(方向与位置) correctly and emotions(情感) properly when communicating with others;
5. to recognize Noun Clause as appositive(探究学习同位语从句);
6. to write an descriptive essay: how to write a report by analyzing and learning descriptive writing.
Background Reading: Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia. It is larger than the USA and reaches nearly a quarter of the way round the earth. The distance from east to west is over 5,500 kilometers and the country covers six of the world’s 24 time zones. However, its population, about 33.8 million, is only about one-fifth of Russia’s. Nearly 90% of Canadians live within 200 km of the border with the United States, which means that Canada contains vast expanses(宽阔的区域) of wilderness to the north. Canada’s native peoples make up less than two percent of the population. The weather is different from area to area. In the north, the winters are long and hard, with snow for six months of the year. The temperature can fall to 60℃(centigrade ['sent?gre?d]) below zero, and in summer 21℃. The west coast of Canada is the warmest place in winter. The average January temperature is 3℃, and in July it is 18℃. Here it rains a lot every month of the year. Plants grow well all the year round and the parks and gardens are famous for their flowers. Canada has one third of the world’s supply of fresh water. There are five great lakes in the south, and there are many others, especially in the north. Most of the electricity is produced by water. The country has a great deal of coal, oil and natural gas, and these are all exploited([?k'spl??t; ek-]开发) for energy. Much of the country is covered by forests, and wood is cut and sold all over the world. Canada is also the world’s biggest producer of the kind of paper that is used for newspapers. Fishing is also very important for Canadians. Fish from the east and west coasts is sold to many other countries.
Reading: A trip on “The True North”
Leaning aims
1. to get the main idea of each paragraph by scanning; 2. to make judgments about details by careful reading; 3. to summarize the passage.
Step I Scan the passage and finish Task 1 and Task 2. Task I Find the main idea of each paragraph
( ) Para 1 A. the train went southward to Toronto.
( ) Para 2 B. Their friend Danny Lin met them at the station and
helped them to get to the station. On the way, Danny told them a lot of information about Canada.
( ) Para 3 C. The two girls went through a wheat-growing province
and then back to the port city of Thunder Bay.
( ) Para 4 D. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to visit their cousins by
flying to Vancouver first, and then taking the train across the whole continent.
( ) Para 5 E. When they crossed the Rocky Mountains, the girls saw
many animals. Then they went to Calgary.
Task II Answer the following questions
1. What is “The True North according to the text? A. The northern part of Canada B. The name of a part of Canada
C. The name of the train that goes across Canada D. The name that they call the whole country
2. The sentence “Canada is quite empty” tells us that _____. A. Canada has few resources
B. most Canadians prefer to live abroad
C. farms in Canada are extremely large in size D. Canada has a small population for its large size
Step II Read the passage carefully and finish the following two tasks. Task 1. Read the passage again and judge True or False questions.
1. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to see their parents in Montreal. 2. You can’t cross Canada in less than five days by train.
3. Cowboys compete in the Stampede to win thousands of dollars in prizes. 4. The population of Canada is over 33,000,000.
5. Canada has two-thirds of the world’s total fresh water. Task 2. Correct the mistakes in the following passage(10 in total) Li Daiyu, together with her cousin, were on a trip to Canada. Rather than
take the plane all the way, they decided to first fly and then took the train across the continent, that they thought would be excited. Going eastward, and they passed mountains and thousand of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and big cities. Among them, Vancouver is the most beautiful, surrounding by mountains and the Pacific Ocean, whose population is increased rapidly. Its coast is so wet that the trees are extremely tall, some measure over 90 meters. In another city, cowboys from all the world come to compete for the horse riding races(Stampede). Then they went on their journey…
Step III Retell: what Canada is like according to the given clues. second 33.8 5,500 six two one third
(A complete sentence is suggested)
Step IV. Assignment: Summary of the passage Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were 1._______ a trip across Canada. 2._________ of taking the aeroplane all the way, they would 3._________ Canada by train after arriving in Vancouver by air. Canada is the second 4.__________(large) country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast. As they went 5.____________, they saw beautiful scenery, as well as large cities. Vancouver 6.________________(surround) by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. 7.______ _________(settle) down in their train seats, they looked out of the window at some mountains goats and a grizzly bear and an eagle. They went by the city of Calgary. It is famous for the Calgary Stampede. Many of the cowboys 8.______ (take) part in the competition there have a 9.____________ for riding horses. Then they arrived in Thunder Bay, a city at the top of the Great Lakes, and learned even more about Canada ant its 10.____________(nature) resources.
Step V. Language using
1. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to… and then take the train west to east across Canada. rather than______________ (多用于连接并列成分)
e.g. (1) He was busy writing a letter rather than _________(watch) TV.
(2) She would ___________________________________(宁死不屈).
Rather than ___________________(坐车上学), he preferred to walk to school./go to school on foot.
(3) I think Tom, rather than you, ______(be) to blame.
The father rather than the brothers ______(be) responsible. (4) I would rather you came tomorrow than today.
I’d rather you had told him the news that day. 观察动词形式，总结一下。
2. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 meters. 这个结构被称为是独立主格结构，在句中作________。独立主格结构可理解为with的复合结构省with，是高中英语的最难点。
(1) Time/Weather ___________(permit), we’ll climb Wanshang Mountain this weekend. 时间/天气允许
(2) He entered the room, his head _____________(lower). 低着头
(3) Lots of homework ___________(do), I have to stay at home all day long. 由于有很多家庭作业要做
(4) The meeting ___________, the teachers went out one by one.(会议结束)
(1)You can’t measure someone by the clothes they wear (2) Education shouldn’t _______________(measure) purely/only by exam results.
(3) The ____________(政府) has promised to _________________(采取措施) to help the unemployed.
(4) I made this dress to my own measure. (按照我的尺寸)
(5) A meter is a measure of __________ and a kilogram is a measure of ____.
3. That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats. The plane crashed, killing all 180 passengers aboard. As soon as we went on board/went aboard, our ship left the port.我们一上船, Hurry up！It’s time for us to board the plane. v上车/船/飞机…
4. They’d like to see their daughter settle down, get married, and have kids. He found it hard to settle down to (doing) his work. 很难静下心来工作 With a lot of problems ___________(解决), I can’t go out with you.
5. How can I fall asleep, if I can’t ________________(看到) your smile?《彩虹》 I caught sight of her chatting with her friend in the street on my way to shopping.
The baby cried _____________________ his mother. 一看见
She said “Goodbye” to us and then we __________________ her in the
crowd.
人教版高中英语必修三Unit5 单元导学案设计(无答案)
