Fast reading(快速阅读).pptVIP

Unit 5 Canada—The True North Zheng Lihua Lead-in Q1.Do you like traveling? Q2.What is the longest trip you have ever taken? Q3.Have you ever been abroad? Q4.Which country would you like to visit most? Why? Warming Up Work in pairs, try to answer this quiz and find out “How much do you know about Canada?” The answers are : Pre-reading: Q1. Do you know which country uses this national flag? Q2.Which continent is Canada in? Q3.How large is it? Pre-reading Q4.Which country is its neighbor? Pre-reading 5.If you take a trip to Canada, what do you expect to see? 6.What three words would you use to describe Canada? Step 1. Fast reading(快速阅读） Tasks: ( 6 minutes) Task 1. Get the general idea of the passage. Task 2. Underline the 7 main places mentioned in the text. Task 3.Draw the route that two girls have traveled. Step2: Scanning(寻读) Task 1. Find the answers to these questions on Page35. 1.They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to travel across Canada． 2.They are crossing the North America. 3. “The True North” is the train that runs through Canada. 4.People want to live in Vancouver because it is very beautiful. They can ski in the Rocky Mountains and sail in harbor. 5.Cowboys compete in riding wild horses, and some of them can win thousands of dollars. ６. Wheat grows in the centre of the country. 7.Ships are able to reach the centre because they can follow the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. 8. Canada has water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests. Task 2. Correct the wrong sentences according to the passage. 1.The girls went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal. 2.Danny Lin was going to drive them to Vancouver. 3.You can cross Canada in less than fives days by bicycle. 4.The girls looked out of the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys. 5.Thunder Bay is a port city in the south of Canada, near Toronto. Listening and fill the blanks Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train i