a trip on “the true north”. step 1 pre-reading what is the longest trip you have ever taken ? i...
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Step 1 pre-reading
What is the longest trip you have ever taken ?
I have taken the longest trip to Hongkong
I have taken the longest trip to Kunming
I have taken the longest trip to Shanghai
……
Would you like to take a trip to Canada?
How would you like to get there ?
By bike /ship /train /plane/bus/ …
What do you expect to see there ?
What do you expect to see there ?
Brainstorming
CanadaRocky Mts
Great lakes
cities
Grizzly bear
waterfall
downtown
wood
A trip to Canada on the train
A trip on the cross- Canada train
Step 2 fast-reading
• How many people are there in the passage ? What are they ?
• What places did they pass through on the train ?
Li Daiyu , her cousin liu Qian and their cousin’s friend Danny Lin
the traveling route of the two girls.
Van
couv
er
Rocky m
ountainCalgary
Thunder Bay
Toronto
Lake Superior
The Atla
ntic co
ast
Rocky M
ts.
The city of Vancouver
Rocky mountains
Lake Superior
Step3 careful-reading
1.Why do many people want to live in Vancouver ?
2.What happens at the Calgary Stampede ?
3. Look at the map of Canada . Why would ships be able to reach the centre of Canada ?
1.Why do many people want to live in Vancouver ?
It is beautiful / it is surrounded by mountains and ocean/they can ski in the mountains and sail in the harbor
2.What happens at the Calgary Stampede ?At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horsed/can win thousand of dollars for riding wild horses
3. Look at the map of Canada . Why would ships be able to reach the centre of Canada ?
• Ship are able to reach the centre of Canada because they can follow the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to go there
Read the passage by yourselves and retell it
Rocky mountains
Calgary
Thunder Bay
Lake Superior
Vancouver
see Mountain goats and a grizzly bear
Calgary Stampede\ festival \cowboys \have a gift for\win
Most beautiful\
surrounded\population increasing
\harbor\forests
At the top end of \
Port \be close to
Torontoship\Fresh water
Fill in the blank and retell the story Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train in C
anada from _____ to _____ . Their cousins’ friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “____ _____ ______” . Canada is the ________ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from ______ to _______. As they go ________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is ___________ by mountains on the north
west east
The True North second
coast coasteastward
surrounded
Retell (5m)
and east. When the cousins ________ _______ in the seats, they looked out of the window. They saw mountain goats and even a _______ bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North America ______ _____ _____ ______ working with animals. Then they ______ _______ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy port. It is ______ ____ the center of the country.
settled down
grizzly
have a gift forwent through
close to
You are asked to tell something about Canada as a tourist guide by a news reporter . Please make a conversation with your group
interview
Homework
Surf the Internet to find more information Canada.