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Unit 5 Canada---The true north Teaching aims: Talk about the basic information about Canada. Learn how to read a traveling report and use maps. Learn to express locations and directions. Master the noun clauses--- appositive clause Vocabulary: minister, continent, surround, dawn, booth, slightly, settle down, have a gift for, figure out, as far as, all the way, rather than The first period Step Ⅰ Revision Check the students’ homework Check the assignment. Step ⅡLead-in and warming up Show the students the maple flag and ask them some questions. T: Do you know which country uses this national flag? Ss: Canada. T: What continent is Canada in? Ss: In North America. T: How large is it? Ss: It is the second largest country in the world. T: Yes. It occupies an area of 9,984,670 square kilometers. It is a bit bigger than China. Which country is its neighbor? Ss: The United States. (Show a map of Canada to the students) T. Right. The United States is . Canada is a beautiful country. First let’s have a quiz and see how much do you know about Canada. ( Give the Ss one minute to finish the quiz.) T: OK. Time is up. Let’s check the answers. 1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.A Step Ⅲ Pre-reading T: Now I want to ask you a question: Do you like travelling?Ss: Yes. T: I know most of you do. So have you ever been abroad? Ss: Yes/No. T: What’s the longest trip you have ever taken? … T: Very good. If we want to make our motherland more beautiful and more developed, we should know more about other countries. Here are two questions, you may ask your partner for answers and give your answers to him/her. If you take a trip to Canada, what do you expect to see? What three words would you use to describe Canada? (Ask some pairs to tell their ideas to their classmates.) Step Ⅳ Fast reading Get the students to read the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading. T: Do you feel puzzled when you read the title? What is the true north? Now read the passag