必修三《Unit 6 Geography Section 4： READING FOR MEANING》优秀教案

必修三《Unit 6 Geography Section 4： READING FOR MEANING》优秀教案

its population, about 33.8 million, is only about one-fifth of Russia's.

Nearly 90% of Canadians live within 200 km of the border with the

United States, which means that Canada contains vast expanses

(宽阔的区域) of wilderness to the north. Canada's native peoples

make up less than two percent of the population.

The weather is different from area to area. In the north, the

winters are long and hard, with snow for six months of the year. The

temperature can fall to －60 ℃. The west coast of Canada is the

warmest place in winter. The average January temperature is 3 ℃，

and in July it is 18 ℃. Here it rains a lot every month of the year.

Plants grow well all the year round and the parks and gardens are

famous for their flowers.

Canada has one third of the world's supply of fresh water. There

are five great lakes in the south, and there are many others, especially

in the north. Most of the electricity is produced by water. The country

has a great deal of coal, oil and natural gas, and these are all exploited

(开发) for energy.

Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading — Pre-reading

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A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH①”

Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to② Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal on the Atlantic coast③. Rather than④ 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 ⑤that they could cross the whole continent⑥ was exciting.

Their friend, Danny Lin, was waiting at the airport. He was going to take them and their baggage⑦ to catch “The True North”， the cross-Canada train. On the way to the station, he chatted⑧ about their trip. “You're going to see some great scenery⑨. ⑩Going 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.?”

①THE TRUE NORTH有两个含义：一是它的本义“真正的北方”，即加拿大是地球上最北端的国家之一；二是指横贯加拿大东西部的一列火车的名字。

②be on a trip to去某地旅行(表状态)

go on a trip to去某地旅行(表动作)