unit 5 a trip on the true north -reading 公开课

Unit 5 CANADA- “THE TRUE NORTH”A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.Their friend, Danny Lin, was waiting at the airport. He was going to take them and their baggage to catch “The True North”, the cross-Canada train. On the way to the station, he chatted about their trip. “You’re going to see some great scenery. Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast. Here in Vancouver, you’re in Canada’s warmest part. People say it is Canada’s most popular cities to live in. Its population is increasing rapidly. The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres.”That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats. Earlier that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. Their next stop was Calgary, which is famous for the Calgary Stampede. Cowboys from all over the world come to compete in the Stampede. Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.After two days’ travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty. At school, they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border, and Canada’s population is only slightly over thirty million, but now they were amazed to see such an empty country. They went through a wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres. After dinner, they were back in an urban area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top of the Great Lakes. The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes. Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. In fact, it has one-third of the world’s total fresh water, and much of it is in the Great Lakes.That night as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.“真北方”之旅李黛予和她表妹刘倩要去加拿大大西洋海岸的蒙特利尔市看望她们的表兄妹们。

A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”Paragraph 1Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.Paragraph 2Their friend, Danny Lin, was waiting at the airport. He was going to take them and their baggage to catch “The True North”, the cross-Canada train. On the way to the station, he chatted about their trip. “You’re going to see some great scenery. Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast. Here in Vancouver, you’re in Canada’s warmest part. People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities to live in. Its population is increasing rapidly. The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres. ”Paragraph 3That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats. Earlier that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. Their next stop was Calgary, which is famous for the Calgary Stampede. Cowboys from all over the world come to compete in the Stampede. Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.Paragraph 4After two days’ travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty. At school, they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border, and Canada’s population is only slightly over thirty million, but now they were amazed to see such an empty country. They went through a wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres. After dinner, they were back in an urban area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top of the Great Lakes. The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes. Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. In fact, it has one-third of the world’s total fresh water, and much of it isin the Great Lakes.Paragraph 5That night as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.。

Book 3 Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”A trip on “the true north”Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on her Atlantic coast. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to V ancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada in September. The idea that they would cross the whole continent was exciting.Their cousins’ friend, Danny Lin, was waiting for them at the airport. He was going to take them to the train station t o catch “The True North” the cross-Canada train. On the way to the station, he told them, “You’re going to see great scenery on your trip. Canada is bigger than the United States. It is the second biggest country in the world and as you go eastward, you will see mountains, and pass thousands of lakes, forests and wide rivers as well as cities. The idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days is just wrong. It is 5500 kilometres from coast to coast. Here in Vancouver, you are in the warmest part of Canada. 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 Ocean on the west. Its population is increasing very rapidly, because people from the rest of Canada and those from many Asian countries want to live here. They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in the harbour. On the coast north of Vancouver some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world stillremain. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall.”That afternoon in the train the cousins settled down in their seats. They crossed the Rocky Mountains earlier that day and looked out of the windows at the wild scenery. They saw mountain goats and even a grizzly bear. Their next stop would be Calgary. The Calgary Stampede is a famous Western festival. Cowboys come from all over North America to compete in riding wild horses. Many of them have a gift for working with animals and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes.Two days later they began to realize that Canada is quite empty. Most Canadians live within 320 kilometres of the USA border, and in fact, the population of Canada is only slightly over thirty million. They went through a wheat-growing province and saw farms that were thousands of square kilometres in size. After dinner, the cousins arrived in Thunder Bay. This city is at the top and end of the Great Lakes, and it is a very busy port, although it is close to the centre of the country. The fact that ocean ships can go there surprises many people. Canada has one-third of the world’s fresh water, and much of it is in the five Great Lakes. There is more fresh water in Canada than in any other country in the world.That night, they slept the train rushed through the night across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.“THE TRUE NORTH” FROM TORONTO TO MONTREALThe next morning the maple trees outside their windows were red and gold and orange, and there was frost on the ground----fall had arrived in Canada.Around noon they arrived in Toronto, the most wealthy and biggest city in Canada. They were not leaving for Montreal until later, so they went on a tour of the city. They went up the tall CN Tower, and looked across the lake. In the distance, they could see the misty cloud that rose from the great Niagara Falls, which is on the south side of the lake. The water flows into the Niagara River and over the falls on its way to the sea. They saw the covered stadium, home of several famous basketball teams. As they walked north from the harbour area, Li Daiyu said, “One of my mother’s friends lives here. I should phone her from a telephone booth.”The cousins were invented to have dinner in downtown Chinatown, one of the three in Toronto. Lin Tao, who had moved to Canada many years earlier, met them at The Pink Pearl and said, “We can get good Cantonese food here, because most of the Chinese people here come from South China , especially Hong Kong .It’s too bad you can’t go as far as Ottawa, Canada’s capital. It’s about four hundred kilometres northeast of Toronto, so it would take too long.”The train left late that night and arrived in Montreal at dawn the next morning. At the train station, people everywhere were speaking French. There were signs and ads in French, but some of them had English wordsin smaller letters. “We don’t leave until this evening ,”said Liu Qian. “Let’s go downtown .Old Montreal is close to the water.” They spent the afternoon in the lovely shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces beside the water. As they sat in a café looking over the broad St Lawrence River, a young man sat down with them. “Hello, my name is Henri, and I’m a student at the university here,” he said, “and I was wondering where you are from.” The girl told him they were on a train trip across Canada and that they had only one day in Montreal. “That’s too bad,” he said, “Montreal is a city with wonderful restaurants and clubs. Most of us speak both English and French ,but the city has a French culture. We love good coffee, good bread and good music.”That night as the train was speeding along the St Lawrence River toward the Gulf of St Lawrence and down to the East Coast ,the cousins dreamed of French restaurants and red maple leaves.IQALUIT –THE FROZEN TOWNThe reporter, Beth Allen, arrived in a northern community called Iqaluit in Nunavut. Nunavut. Nunavut was created in 1999 as a special area for Inuit people. Its name means “Our Land” in their language. It is in the farthest northeastern area of Canada, north of the Arctic Circle, and is very cold--the average winter temperature in Nunavut is –35 degrees.Beth said, “I knew it would be cold in January, but not this cold!Maybe there is a dog sled here that can take me into town.”The quiet men wh o had been on the plane with her said, “I will take you into town, but I do not have a dog sled. Most people only use the dogs for competitions. Why are you visiting Iqaluit?”Beth answered, “I’m writing a story for my newspaper about Iqaluit—we’d like to advertise it as a holiday place, but I think it’s too cold.”The man laughed. “My name is Simon and I am Inuit,” he said. “I think it’s too far north here for holidays but more and more tourists are coming. They like ice fishing and photographing polar bears. I stay as far away from polar bears as possible. I like my warm office and my warm house.”Beth asked, “What do you do in an office? Don’t you hunt animals for a living? I thought you lived in ice houses.”“I’m a business man. My grandfather wo uld live in ice houses when he hunted in winter, but not so many people do that now. The old men used to make one in a few hours. They used to live in skin tents in summer—the tents were easy to move so the people could follow the animals.”A few minutes later they arrived in Iqaluid, a town with a population of 6000,on Simon’s snowmobile. It was two o’clock in the afternoon, but it was already dark, and all the houses shone with bright lights. Beth said,“Why is it so dark? It’s the middle of the day!”Simon replied, “It’s dark in the day because we are so far north. You should come in June. The sun shines all night in the north then. That’s why it’s called ‘The Land Of the Midnight Sun’.”There were people on the streets and snowmobiles everywhere. There were even a few dog teams.。

人教版高一英语必修三Unit 5课文翻译Unit 5 Canada —“The True North”—Reading—A TRIP ON "THE TRUE NORTH"“真北方”之旅Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.李黛予和她表妹刘倩要去加拿大大西洋海岸的蒙特利尔市看望她们的表兄妹们。

她们不想一路乘飞机，她们决定飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。

要横贯整个大陆的想法很是令人兴奋。

Their friend, Danny Lin, was waiting at the airport. He was going to take them and their baggage to catch "The True North", the cross-Canada train. On the way to the station, he chatted about their trip. "You're going to see some great scenery. Going eastward, you'll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada i n less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast. Here in Vancouver, you're in Canada's warmest part. People sayit is Canada's most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada's most popular cities to live in. Its population is increasing rapidly. The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres."她们的朋友林丹尼在机场等候她们。

英语必修三Unit 5 Canada 课文翻译作者：未知来源：尚学苑2014-09-20A TRIP ON "THE TRUE NORTH"Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montrealon the Atlantic coast. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly toVancouver and then take the train west to east across Canada. The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.Their friend, Danny Lin, was waiting at the airport. He was going to take them and their baggage to catch "The True North", the cross-Canada train. On the way to the station, he chatted about their trip. "Youre going to see some great scenery. Going eastward, you ’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget the fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast. Here in V ancouver, youre in Canadas warmest part. People say it is Canadas most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canadas most popular cities to live in. Its population is increasing rapidly. The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres."That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins settled down in their seats. Earlier that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. Their next stop was Calgary, which is famous for the Calgary Stampede. Cowboys from all over the world come to compete in the Stampede. Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.After two days travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty. At school, theyhad learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border, and Canadas population is only slightly over thirty million, but now they were amazed to see such an empty country. They went through a wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres. After dinner, they were back in an urban area, the busy port city of ThunderBay at the top of the Great Lakes. The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes. Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. In fact, it has one-third of the worlds total fresh water,and much of it isin the Great Lakes.That night as they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto."真北方 "之旅李黛玉和她的表妹刘倩要去加拿大大西洋海岸的蒙特利尔市看望他们的表兄妹。

必修三 Unit 5 Canada —“The True North”加拿大——真正的北极I．Vocabularymulticultural adj.多种文化的quiz n.测验；问答比赛beaver n.海狸grizzly n.(北美洲)灰熊；灰色的polar adj.极地的；近极地的penguin n.企鹅prime adj.首要的；主要的；基本的minister n.大臣；部长prime minister 首相；丞相governor n.州长；总督rather than 与其；不愿continent n.洲；大陆baggage n.行李scenery n.景色；风景eastward adv. 向东；向东南的surround vt. & vi.包围；围绕the Rocky Mountains落基山脉harbour n.海港measure vi. & vt.测量；衡量；判定aboard prep. & adv.在船、飞机、火车或公共汽车上settle down定居；平静下来；专心于manage to do设法做catch sight of 看见；瞥见eagle n.鹰stampede n.(美)大西部赛马会cowboy n牛仔；牧童have a gift for 对…有天赋border n.边界；国界；边沿vt. & vi.与…接壤；接近slight adj.轻微的；微小的acre n. 英亩urban adj.城市的；市镇的location n. 位置；地方the Vatican City State梵蒂冈城国topic n.话题mixture n.混合物；混合状态bush n.灌木（丛）；矮树（丛）maple n.枫；枫树frost n.霜；霜冻confirm vt.证实；证明；批准wealthy adj.富有的in the distance在远处misty adj.有薄雾的；模糊的Niagara n.尼亚加拉（河，瀑布）schoolmate 同学；校友booth n.公用电话间；货摊；售货亭downtown adj.市区的；adv.pearl n.珍珠Cantonese n.广东人（的）approximatley adv.接近；大约dawn n.黎明；佛晓；破晓workplace n.工作场所；工作地点buffet n.自助餐；蚕食柜台broad adj. 宽阔的；广泛的St Lawrence River圣劳伦斯河nearly adv.在附近 adj.附近的tradition n.传统；风俗terrify vt.使恐怖；恐吓pleased adj. 欣喜的；高兴地impress vt.使印象深刻；使铭记impressive adj. 给人印象深刻的感人的II．Reading A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”一次真正的北极旅行Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast.李黛玉和她的老表刘倩开始了到加拿大的旅行，他们要去看望在大西洋沿岸蒙特利尔的老表，【注释：be on已经开始了，接受打赌They are on a visit to China.他们正在对中国进行访问。

Unit5 A trip on “The True North”Teaching aims:1.To learn some information about Canada.2.To improve the students’ reading skills and grasp the application of the mind map.3.To learn some new words and phrases of this unit.Teaching importance:1.To train the effective reading skills.2.To use mind map when understanding the structure of the whole passage.Teaching Difficulties:1.To sweep up the language difficulties while reading.Teaching Procedures:StepⅠLead-inEnjoy a short video about Canada.StepⅠ Read for the main information.1.What does “The True North” refer to?It refers to .2.What is the route（路线）about the trip in Canada?(Tip: Don’ t read the whole passage carefully. Just find out the key words.)China→__________→__________→__________→a wheat-growing province→__________→__________.Step Ⅰ Read for details and get the main idea of each para.1.Read Para1 carefully and find out the topic sentence.________Main idea: (Think: how to make the sentence shorter? )2.Read Para2 carefully and finish the chart below.____________________________________________________3.Read Para3 and answer the following questions to get the mainidea.Answer the following questions and get the main idea.1. Where is their next stop?_____________________ Mainidea:___________________2. What is it famous for?__________________________________________________If there is no topic sentence, how to get the main idea?_________________________________________________________ ___4. Read Para 4-5 and answer the following question1. What did the girls think about Canada ?__________________________________________________________ 2. Where did they go after dinner? And what did they see and learn?__________________________________________________________ 3. what’s their next destination(目的地)?__________________________________________________________ 4.Please use the key words to summarize the main idea of para 4:5.Summary（总结）1.Draw a mind map to describe the structure of the passage.(Tip: When reading a passage, you can make use of a mind map to help you understand the structure of the whole passage.)2.Main idea of the whole passage____________________________________________________ Step ⅠRead for appreciation.1. The thought _____they could cross the whole Continent was exciting. ( Line3-4)Can you find some more appositive clauses(同位语从句) in the passage?_________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________2. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbor make Vancouver one of the Canada’s most popular cities to live in.句式分析: 主语为____________________________________________划线部分的结构为____________________________________________3. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some______________ ( measure) over 90 metres. Step Ⅰ Group discussionSupposing your friend Li Hua wants to have a trip to Canada, which place would you like to recommend (推荐)? And why?Step Ⅰ Summary writing （概要写作）Summarize this passage according to the questions and main idea of each para and the main idea of the whole passage.A summary is a short passage that gives only the main points of apassage, not the details.Tips:Step1. Find out the type of writing and the main idea of the whole passage.Step2. Understand the structure of the passage. (明确文章结构)Step3. Highlight(强调) the key information of each part and summarize its main idea. (Focus on the main idea and ignore the unnecessarydetails )Step 4. Make an outline of the summary.Step 5. Write the first draft●Cover all the key points(who, where, how, what did they see andlearn)●Write in correct tense （时态）●Use proper conjunction s（连词）●Avoid copying the original sentences(同义转换: 近义词、同义词等替换; 调整句子的词类、时态、语态等)●Count the words (60±20)Step 6. Revise(修正) the summaryFor example：Para1-2:Li Daiyu and Liu Qian take “the True North” to visit their cousins in Canada. From their friend, Danny Lin, they knew the distance, beautiful scenery and cities in Canada. And they chatted about Vancouve rStep ⅦHomework1. Recite para 2 and master the charming sentence pattern.2. Write the summary writing on your notebook.学情分析教学内容分析：本节课的内容是人民教育出版社出版的高中教材必修3第五单元的Reading 部分，本单元的话题是Canada--- 李黛予等人在加拿大的旅游经历。