新课标高中英语book 3 unit 5 reading(I)).ppt

“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train. Reading--Ifast reading (2m) What is “The True North”? Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada on the map of page 33. Vancouver Rocky Mountains Calgary Thunder Bay Lake Superior Toronto Rocky Mts. Which continent are the cousins crossing? 2.Why are they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast? 3. Why is the population of Vancouver growing so rapidly? Reading--IIIdetailed reading (5m) Read the text in detail, and answer the following questions. They are crossing North America. Because they think it exciting to take the train from west to east across Canada. The population of Vancouver is growing so rapidly because it is beautiful. 4.What happens at the Calgary Stampede? 5.How are ocean ships able to reach the centre of Canada? 6.What are some of Canada’s greatest natural resources? At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horses for thousands of dollars. Ships are able to reach the centre of Canada because they can follow the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. Canada has abundant fresh water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests Which of the following is described as the most beautiful city in Canada? A. Vancouver B. Calgary C. Toronto D. Montreal Feedback quiz (2m) 2. What does the word “slightly” in the text mean? a bit a lot greatly lightly 3. Why did they begin to realize two days later that Canada is quite empty? Because they found nobody on their way. Because there are only thirty million people living on such a huge land and most of them live within the areas of the USA border. There are too many lakes in Canada. Because Canada is surrounded by Oceans on three sides. 4. Which of the following statements is true according to the text? Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to see their cousins i