(2)Who will take part in the Calgary Stampede?

A. Cowboys from Stampede.

B. People from Canada.

C. Anyone who has a gift for riding.

D. Cowboys from all over the world.

(3)Which of the following statements is true?

A. One can cross Canada in less than five days by train.

B. Many people think Calgary is the most beautiful city in Canada.

C. In fact, the population of Canada is more than thirty million.

D. Ocean ships cannot reach Thunder Bay.

(4)Which of the following shows the right route of the cousin’s travel?

A. Toronto→Calgary→Vancouver→Thunder Bay

B. Vancouver→Calgary→Thunder Bay→Toronto

C. Vancouver→Thunder Bay→Calgary→Toronto

D. Toronto→Thunder Bay→Calgary→Vancouver

Suggested answers: (1)D　(2)D　(3)C　(4)B

2)Use the information from the reading passage to fill in the table below.

Basic Facts about Canada

Distance from east to west coast

Oceans on the east and the west coast

Population

Where most Canadians live

Location of the largest fresh water supply

Key points about Vancouver

Key points about Calgary

Key points about Thunder Bay

3)Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

(1)Which continent were the cousins crossing?

(2)Why were they not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?

(3)Why is the population of Vancouver growing so rapidly?

(4)What happens at the Calgary Stampede?

(5)How are ocean ships able to reach the center of Canada?

(6)What are some of Canada’s greatest natural resources?

3. Reading and discussing

Read the passage a third time and then work in pairs to discuss these questions.

1)Which part of the reading passage interests you most?

2)If someday you go to Canada, where will you go? Why?

(Let students have enough time to read the passage carefully and discuss the questions with their partners. Encourage them to expand their answers according to their own experiences. )

4. Dealing with language points

Help students analyze some difficult, long and complex sentences and guess the meanings of some new words and expressions. Encourage them to try to deal with the language points in the context. Give them explanations if necessary.

5. Listening and reading aloud

Ask students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. Tell them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebook after class as homework. Read them aloud and try to learn them by heart.

Collocations: be on a trip to, rather than, take the aeroplane, all the way, take the train, at the airport, on the way to, chat about, as well as, less than, aboard the train, settle down, manage to do, catch sight of, be famous for, have a gift for, thousands of, in prizes, be amazed to do, at the top of, be surprised at, because of, fresh water

→Step 4 Consolidation

Give students 10 minutes or so and let them do the following:

1. Work in pairs and fill in the table about the type of writing and summary of the idea.

A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”

Type of writing

Main idea of the passage

Main idea of Paragraph 1

Main idea of Paragraph 2

Main idea of Paragraph 3

Main idea of Paragraph 4

Main idea of Paragraph 5

Suggested answers:

A TRIP ON “THE TRUE NORTH”

Type of writing This is a piece of narrative writing.

Main idea of the passage Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went on a trip to Canada, visiting their cousins and enjoying the beautiful scenery across the whole continent of Canada from west to east.

Main idea of Paragraph 1 Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada.

Main idea of Paragraph 2 Having arrived in Vancouver, the most beautiful city in Canada, they were to be taken to catch “The True North”, the cross-Canada train.

Main idea of Paragraph 3 Settling down in their seats in the train, they enjoyed the wild scenery while crossing the Rocky Mountains to Calgary.

Main idea of Paragraph 4 While arriving at Thunder Bay, they learn more about Canada, its population, resources, etc.

Main idea of Paragraph 5 The train rushed towards Toronto while they were sleeping.

2. Complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank and then retell the whole story.

Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were on a ______________ across Canada. Instead of taking the aeroplane ______________ the way, they would cross the whole continent of Canada in a ______________ after arriving Vancouver by air.

Danny Lin waited ______________ them at the airport and gave them a brief ______________ about Canada, the second ______________ country in the world and Vancouver, the most beautiful city of the country, while taking them to ______________ the train, “The True North”.

Having settled ______________ in the seats, they looked out of the window ______________ the wild scenery, the mountain goats, and grizzly bears. They went by the city of Calgary and ______________ in Thunder Bay, a city at the ______________ of the Great Lakes, learning more about Canada of its population resources and so ______________. Their last stop is Toronto, one of the southernmost cities in Canada.

Keys: trip; all; train; for; introduction; biggest; catch; down; at; arrived; top; on

→Step 5 Homework

1. Learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.

2. Read the reading passage again and try to retell the passage.

教学反思：本次课，课堂气氛还比较好，但是学生还是不怎么敢用英语表达，讨论的时候部分学生没有很活跃，在今后的课堂中还应该积极的引导学生运用口语的能力，而且要给以一些提示，让学生有话可说，不是去学习英语的信心。

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