Canada-" The True North" 编号002

【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 rather than， baggage , chat , surround , measure , aboard , settle down , manage to do , catch sight of , have a gift for , within , border , slight , 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】 名词性从句-:宾语从句、表语从句; 主语从句

【自主预习】

Words chat，surround， measure， border，slightly ,aboard Expressions rather than, settle down, catch sight of, in the distance Patterns 1. Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on the Atlantic coast.

2. Rather than taking the airplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver.

3. It is the second biggest country in the world and as you go eastward, you will see mountains, and pass by thousands of lakes, forests and wide rivers as well as cities.

4. That afternoon in the train the cousins settled down in their seats.

5. Many of them have a gift for working with animals and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes.

【自学检测】

I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。

1. Passengers checked their b______ before boarding the plane.

2. My kids spend hours _______ (闲聊) on the phone to their friends.

3. We began our ________ (向东的) journey at dawn.

4. The government was urged to take _________ (措施) to fight the spread of AIDS.

5. They were the last two to go a______ the ship.

6. They were near the ______ (边界) between France and Germany.

7. The boss decided to pass over his ______ (轻微的) mistakes.

8. In some developing countries more and more people are migrating to u____ areas.

9. The police s_________ the house after a murder happened last night.

10. During the windstorm the ships stayed in the h______.

II. 用适当的介词或副词填空

1. On second thought, I want to go on a trip with my classmates ___ Florida.

2. The friends met occasionally to chat _____ the good old days at school.

3. It's a wonder that all 225 people ___________ the aircraft were still alive after the accident.

4. After working abroad for several years, Tom wants to settle _____ in Britain.

5. Cars race at high speeds as top racecar drivers compete for millions of dollars __ prizes.

6. He lives in a house _______ a mile of the station.

7. Electric current cannot go _______ insulation (绝缘体), just as water cannot go through iron.

8. We were surprised ___ finding the house empty.

9. It is dangerous to rush _______ the street if you don't watch out for the cars

10. I will see some beautiful birds if I walk ___________ a rainforest.

【预习疑问】