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人教版高中英语必修3教案Unit5Canada
人教版高中英语必修3教案
Unit5Canada-----“TheTrueNorth”
TheunitintroducesthestudentstosomebasicinformationaboutCanada,itsgeography,itscultureanditspopulation.Canadaisabigcountry.ItisthesecondlargestcountryintheworldafterRussia.Itisalsoabeautifulcountry,especiallyinAutumn,youcanseemapleleavesinhundredsofdifferentcolors.Canadaisamulticulturalcountryaswell,withcitizensfromEuropean,AsianandAfricancountries.
Theunitisessentiallydescriptive,althoughsomequestionscanbeintroducedaboutdifferentcultures.
ThefunctionalitemsdealingwithdirectionandlocationscanbeeasilyappliedtodescriptionsofChinaandotherworldgeography.
Fourlakes:
Lakesuperior(苏必利尔湖),LakeHuron(休伦湖),LakeErie(伊利湖)andLakeOntario(安大略湖).
Totalarea:
about9,984,670squarekilometers
Population:
about32,227,000,verysparselypopulatedcountry
Languages:
English59.3%(official),French23.2%(official),other17.5%
Administrativedivisions:
10provincesand3territories
Sports:
Canada`smostpopularsportsincludeswimming,icehockey,cross-countryandAlpineskiing,baseball,tennis,basketballandgolf.IcehockeyandlacrosseareCanada`snationalsports.
Thenationalemblems(标志,徽章)ofCanada:
TherearetwonationalemblemsofCanada.OneistheCanadianbeaver,acleverandhardworkinganimalthathasthickfurandawideflattail.Itcutsdowntreeswithitsteeth.ThesecondemblemistheCanadianmapleleafthatisinthemiddleofthenationalflagwhichisconsideredanofficialsymbolofCanada.Thebesttimetoseetheleavesisautumnwhenthemapleleavesturnhundredsofdifferentcolors.Asthesayinggoes,“IfyouhaveneverseenCanadainthefall,youhaveneverknownthemeaningofbrightlycolored.”
NiagaraFalls:
Itissaidthat“ifyouhaven`tbeentoNiagaraFalls,youcannotbesaidtohavebeentoCanada”.ThreereasonsmakeNiagaraFallsexceedalltheotherfallsintheworld:
Firstofall,ithasaverylonghistoryasatouristattraction.Secondly,itprovidesauniquesighttotourists.Thirdly,beingsituatedontheCanadian-USborder,itisveryeasyfortouriststogetthere.Asalotofyoungcouplescomeheretocelebratetheirhoneymoon,itisknownas“thehoneymooncapitaloftheworld”.
Thefirstperiod:
WarmingupandReading
Importantpoints:
letthestudentsreadthepassageandlearnaboutthegeography,population,maincities,naturalbeauty,andnaturalresourcesofCanada.Gettstudentstolearndifferentreadingskills.
Difficultpoints:
developstudents`readingabilityandenablethemtolearnaboutsomebasicinformationandtalkaboutCanada.
ThepassagedescribesatripacrossCanadabytrain.Thenameofthetrain“theTrueNorth”istakenfromalineinCana`snationalanthem.
Step1Leading-inandWarmingup
1.ShowthemamapofCanadaandtalkaboutCanada.Thenaskthemsomequestions:
1).WhatkindofcountryisCanada?
(Canadaisamulticulturalcountry.)
2).Howlargeisit?
(Itisthesecondlargestcountryintheworld.Itcoversanareaof9.984.670squarekilometers.ItisabitbiggerthanChina.)
3).WhatelsedoyouknowaboutCanada?
(varyanswers.)
2.Makeaquiz:
HowmuchdoyouknowaboutCanada?
1).Whatlanguage(s)doCanadiansspeak?
A.EnglishB.EnglishandGerman
C.EnglishandFrenchD.EnglishandSpanish
2).WhatisthecapitalofCanada?
A.VancouverB.TorontoC.CalgaryD.Ottawa
3).WhatisthenationalanimalofCanada?
A.BeaverB.GrizzlybearC.PolarbearD.Penguin
4).WhatistheCanadianleadercalled?
A.PresidentB.PrimeMinisterC.GovernorD.King
5).HowmanyGreatLakesarethereinCanada?
A.4B.3C.5D.6
Answers:
CDABA
Step2Pre-reading
1.Letstudentsdiscussthefollowingquestions:
1).Whatisthelongesttripyouhaveevertaken?
2).IfyoutakeatriptoCanada,whatdoyouthinkyoumightseethere?
3).WhatthreewordswouldyouusetodescribeCanada?
2.HavestudentsturntoPage34andlookatthetitleofthereadingpassageandthepicturesandpredictwhatthepassageisabout.Thenhavethestudentsreadthepassagequicklytoseeiftheyareright.
Step3Reading
Fastreading:
readthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.
1).Whatisthepassageabout?
(Itisaboutatripoftwogirls,andittellsussomeinformationaboutCanada.)
2).Whatis“TheTrueNorth”?
(ItisthetrainthatgoesacrossCanada/thecross-Canadatrain.)
3).Howmanycitiesarementionedinthetext?
Whatarethey?
(Five.TheyareMontreal,Vancouver,Calgary,ThunderBayandToronto.)
2.Intensivereading:
readthetextcarefullytounderstandthemainideaofeachparagraphandimportantdetails.
Choosethebestanswerstoeachquestion.
1).Asyougoeastwards,youcanseethefollowingthingsexcept------.
A.mountainsB.thousandsoflakes
C.forestsandwideriversD.cows
2).WhowilltakepartintheCalgaryStampede?
A.CowboysfromStampedeB.peoplefromCanada
C.AnyonewhohasagiftforridingD.Cowboysfromallovertheworld
3).Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?
A.OnecancrossCanadainlessthan5daybytrain
B.ManypeoplethinkCalgaryisthemostbeautifulcityinCanada
C.Infact,thepopulationofCanadaismorethanthirtymillion
D.OceanshipscannotreachThunderBay
4).Whichofthefollowingshowstherightrouteofthecousin`stravel?
A.Toronto→Calgary→Vancouver→ThunderBay
B.Vancouver→Calgary→ThunderBay→Toronto
C.Vancouver→ThunderBay→Calgary→Toronto
D.Toronto→ThunderBay→Calgary→Vancouver
(Theanswers:
DDCB)
3.Usetheinformationfromthereadingpassagetofillinthetablebelow.
BasicfactsaboutCanada
Distancefromwesttotheeastcoasts
5,500km
Oceansontheeastandthewestcoasts
Atlantic---east;PacificOcean---west
Population
Slightlyover30million
WheremostCanadianslive
WithinafewhundredkilometersoftheUSAborder
Locationofthelargestfreshwatersupply
Thegreatlakes
KeypointaboutVancouver
Warmestpart;Canadian`smostbeautifulcity;someoftheoldestandmostbeautifulforestsintheworld
KeypointaboutCalgary
FamousfortheCalgaryStampede
KeypointaboutThunderBay
BusyportcityatthetopoftheGreatLakes
4.Answerthefollowingquestions.
1).Whatcontinentarethecousinscrossing?
(TheyarecrossingTheNorthAmerica.)
2).WhyaretheynotflyingdirectlytotheAtlanticcoast?
(TheywanttotakethetrainfromwesttoeastacrossCanada.)
3).WhyisthepopulationofVancouvergrowingsorapidly?
(Itisbeautifulwithmountainsandoceanssurrounding.)
4).WhathappensattheCalgaryStampede?
(Cowboyscompeteinridingwildhorsesforthousandsofdollars.)
5).HowareoceanshipsabletoreachthecenterofCanada?
(TheycanfollowtheStLawrenceRiverandtheGreatLakes.)
6).WhataresomeofCanada`sgreatestnaturalresources?
(Canadahasfreshwaterfromitslakesandriversandwoodfromitsforests.)
5.Readinganddiscussing:
readthepassageathirdtimeandthendiscussthesequestions.
1)Whichpartofthereadingpassageinterestsyoumost?
(IammostinterestedinthepartaboutCalgary.IhopetovisititsomedayandseetheCalgarystampede.Iloveanimals,andIthinkitwillbeveryinterestingtoseecowboyswhohaveagiftforridingwildhorses.)
2)IfsomedayyougotoCanada,wherewillyougo?
Why?
3)根据课文内容填空
Characters
LiDailyuandLiuQian
Event
TovisittheircousinsinMontrealontheAtlanticOcean
Transport
TaketheaeroplanefirstandthentakethetrainTheTrueNorth,thecross-Canadatrain.
Canada
Location
ItborderstheUSA.
Area
5,500kilometersfromcoasttocoast.
population
Slightlyover30million.
Theplacestheyvisit
Vancouver
ItisthewarmestpartandthemostpopularcityinCanadaandtherearetheworld`soldestforests.
PeoplecanenjoyskiingintheRockyMountainswheremanykindsofwildanimalslive.
Calgary
ItisfamousfortheCalgaryStampede,wherecowboysfromallovertheworldcompetetowintheprizes.
ThunderBay
ItisabusyportatthetopoftheGreatLakes,whichisanurbanarea.
TheGreatLakes
Theyhaveplentyoffreshwater.
6.Dealingsomelanguagepoints:
Helpthemanalyzesomedifficult,longandcomplexsentencesandguessthemeaningofsomenewwordsandexpressions.Encouragethemtotrytodealwiththelanguagepointsinthecontext.Givethemsomeexplanationifnecessary.
7.Listeningandreadingaloud:
Askthemtoreadthepassagealoudtothetapeandletthempayattentiontothepronunciationofeachnewwordsandthepausewithineachsentence.
Tellthemtopickouttheusefulcollocations:
beonatripto,ratherthan,taketheaeroplane,alltheway,takethetrain,onthewayto,chatabout,aswellas,lessthan,aboardthetrain,settledown,managetodo,catchsightof,befamousfor,haveagiftfor,thousandsof,inprizes,beamazedtodo,atthetopof,besurprisedat,becauseof,freshwater
Step4Consolidation
1.Workinpairsandfillinthetableaboutthetypeofwritingandsummaryoftheidea.
ATRIPON“THETRUENORTH”
Typeofwriting
Thisisapieceofnarrativewriting.
Mainideaofthepassage
LiDaiyuandhercousinLiuQianwentonatriptoCanada,visitingtheircousinsandenjoyingthebeautifulsceneryacrossthewholecontinentofCanadafromwesttoeast.
Mainideaparagraph1
LiDaiyuandhercousinsLiuQianwereonatriptoCanada.
Mainideaparagraph2
HavingarrivedinVancouver,themostbeautifulcityinCanada,theyweretobetakentocatch“TheTrueNorth”,thecross-Canadatrain.
Mainideaparagraph3
Settingdownintheirseatsinthetrain,theyenjoyedthewildscenery