Canada-" The True North" 编号004

【学习目标】1. Through series of activities , the students will be able to

1. speak out the Chinese 1meanings of the words & phrases and pronounce them correctly .

2. use the words & phrases correctly

【教学重点】Enable the students to grasp the usages of such important new words and expressions as urban , mix , confirm , wealthy , in the distance ; booth , downtown , approximately, dawn, broad , tradition ,terrify, pleased , impress and so on .

【教学难点】How to enable the students to grasp the usages of key words and understand some difficult and long sentences.

【知识链接】rather than， baggage , chat , surround , measure , aboard , settle down , manage to do , catch sight of , have a gift for , within , border , slight

【自主预习】 Reading comprehension

I. Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.

1. What is the main idea of this part?.

A. The whole travel in Canada of the cousins

B. What they have done and seen during the trip in Toronto and Montreal.

C. The cousins' feelings about Canada.

D. The delicious food and beautiful sights in Toronto and Montreal.

2.Which city is the wealthiest one in Canada?.

　A. Toronto B. Montreal. C.Vancouver D.Calgary

3.What have the cousins not seen in Toronto?

A. The tall CN Tower B. The misty cloud that rose from the great Niagara

C. The covered stadium D. The broad St Lawrence River.

4.What are the things that show Montreal is a French city?

①Cantonese food ②French language ③culture and traditions ④good bread

A.①②③④ B.①②③ C.①② ④ D.②③④

5.If you want to enjoy Cantonese food, which city will you prefer?

　A. Toronto B. Montreal. C.Vancouver D.Calgary

【自学检测】

用下列所给词的适当形式填空：

mix as far as confirm impress in the distance pleased wealthy terrify at dawn go on a tour 1.The river runs_______the national park.

2.I went to Rome just for________,not on business.

3._______we left the small town so that we could get to the destination before dusk.

4.He could see the shape of the hill_______.

5. Last summer he_______in Europe with his wife.

6.His manner at the party made a deep_____on me.

7.Twenty years later,I had_____feelings when seeing my hometown.

8.It has been____that there lived many kinds of dinosaurs millions of years ago..

9.This is a magazine with a _______of photos.

10.Some passers-by were____by the sudden shot.

【预习疑问】

【课堂探究】

Task 1 Read the text carefully again and fill in the blanks to answer the questions about the passage.