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　　人教版高中英语必修三Unit 5 Canada— “The True North Reading
　　Warming up:
　　T: How much do you know about Canada?
　　Canada, lying on the north of America, is the second largest country in the world. It covers 9.98million km2, measuring 5,500km from the east to the west.
　　It is rich in many kinds of natural resources.
　　Ottawa is the capital of Canada with a population of 1,200,000, making it the fourth-largest urban area in Canada.
　　Some questions about Canada:
　　1. What language (s) do Canadians speak? ( English and French )
　　2. What is the national animal of Canada? ( Beaver )
　　3. What is the leader of the country called? (Prime Minister )
　　Reading:
　　Read the text and find out:
　　1、What places have they been? （Vancouver，Calgary，Thunder Bay and Toronto ）
　　2、What did they see ?
　　The night scene of Vancouver as well as its view from the sky; Rocntains and Grizzly bear; Calgary Skyline and Calgary Stampede; Thunder Bay and Great Lakes; Toronto Canada Skyline and the Niagara fall;
　　Try to find out what these numbers refer to in the text.
　　5500: It is 5500 kilometers from the east to the west of the country.
　　30,000,000（Thirty million）：The population of Canada is slightly over thirty million.
　　1/3：Canada has one third of the world’s fresh water.
　　True or False
　　__F__ 1. They will take the train across Canada westward.
　　__F__ 2. You can cross Canada in less than five days.
　　__F__ 3. Vancouver is the coldest part in Canada.
　　__T__ 4. It is so wet in Vancouver that the trees are tall.
　　__T__ 5. Canada is a large country with a small population.
　　__F__ 6. The ocean ships cannot go to Thunder Bay.
　　__T__ 7. Toronto is to the south of Thunder Bay.
　　Language points
　　1. Rather than take the aero plane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada.
　　(她们不想一路乘飞机，她们决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。)
　　* rather than 表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是