英美概况unit 17.ppt

Unit 17 The Country and its people Area 9 984 670k㎡ Population 34.1million(2010 estimate) Languages English/French Government parliamentary democracy Official Head of State Queen Capital City Ottawa Welcome to Canada/Bien venu au Canada A brief introduction of Canada (the geography, population, culture, economy, languages etc.) 1) the second largest country in size with a small population, 2) has spectacular scenery of mountains, oceans, forests and prairies 3) has a lively and rich culture 4) one of the Big Seven(US, UK. Germany, France, Japan, Italy and Canada) in economy; has the best standards of living 5) most Canadians live in the south of the country, along the 49th parallels 6) two official languages: English and French 7) first become a political entity (政治实体) in 1867 and did not assume its present shape until 1949 (直到1949年才具有目前的规模)　(National Day: July 1st ) ? The regions of Canada motto: Canada stretches “from sea to sea” with the Pacific Ocean along the west coast and the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast Canada stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Canada has the longest coastline in the world,243000 kiometeres. Canada and the United States share the longest undefended national boarder in the world. Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. The North Canadian North now consists of three administrative territories—the Yukon (育空地区) , the Northwest Territories and Nunavat（努勒维特地区 a territory carved from eastern part of the original Northwest Territories in 1999）. Nowadays,the northern economy is developing its oil and gas desposits,and the Inuit peoples depend on arts and crafts as well as hunting for their livelihood. The west the western-most province is British Columbia ( 布列颠哥伦比亚省) with 3 major mountain ranges running through it BC is Canada’s 2nd largest producer of hydroelectric power. The prairies The prairie provinces of Alberta(阿尔伯塔省), Saskatchewan(萨斯喀彻温省)and Mani