unit 5 canada —— “the true north”(period 1 warming up and reading 1)
teaching aims:
1. talking about canada.
2. learn the geography, population, main cities, and natural beauty, natural resources of canada.
3. learn how to read a traveling report and pictures.
teaching aids: a computer, a project and pictures.
teaching steps:
step 1. warming up.
1. ss discuss the following questions.
1) do you like to go traveling?
2) which countries do you like to visit? why?
3) what can you see in these countries?
2.t shows some pictures of winter and invites ss to describe them.
3.get ss to talk what they know about canada.
4.t shows a map of canada and asks: 1.which continent is canada in?
2.which country is its neighbor?
3.what are the oceans canada faces?
4.how large is canada?
4. have a quiz.
step 2. pre-reading.
t: would you like to take a trip to canada?
what three words would you use to describe canada?
step 3 reading
1. shimming:
get ss to read the passage quickly and answer the following questions:
1) what is the passage mainly about?
sample:the passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about canada.
2) what is “the ture north”?
sample:“the true north” is the train that goes across canada / the cross-canada train.
3) how many cities are mentioned in the text? what are they?
sample:vancouver – calgary—thunder bay—toronto
4) what do you know about each city?
vancouver :
the warmest part of canada; the most beautiful city in canada
many asian want to live there;the trees are extremely tall.
the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world
calgary:
famous for stampede
cowboys come to compete in riding wild horses.
good at working with animals
they can win a lot of money in prizes.
thunder bay:
at the top end of the great lakes;very busy port
close to the centre of the country ,so that ocean ships can go there.
2. detailed reading:
1) get ss to read the passage again and correct the following sentences.
1. the girls went to canada to see their relatives in montreal.
(in the east of canada / on the atlantic coast of canada)
2. danny lin was going to drive them to vancouver.
(the train station to catch the cross-canada train)
3. you can cross canada in less than five days by bicycle.
(can’t)
4. the girls looked out the windows and saw native indians and cowboys.
(a grizzly bear, mountain goats and wild scenery)
5. thunder bay is a port city in the south of canada, near toronto.
(at the top end of the great lakes, near the center of the country)
period 3 learning about language
step 1: check the answers of exercise 1 on page 36
multi = many meanings
multicoloured made of many colours
multichannel having many channels
multiform existing in many forms
multinational including many nations
multistorey having many stories / storeys
multimedia using many media
multitrack made of many tracks
multifaith including many religions / faiths
multimember made of many members / people
-ward(s) = in a direction meanings
forward(s) ahead, to the front
eastward(s) to the east
westward(s) to the west
southward(s) to the south
backward(s) to the rear; to the back
outward(s) out, in a direction away
northward(s) to the north
inward(s) to the inside
toward(s) in a direction to
step 2: check the answers of exercise 2 on page 36
extremely、have a gift for、settle down、coast
surround、harbour、figure out、port、within
step3:check the answers of exercise 3 on page 36
figure out 、harbour、within、border、a gift for
settled down、surrounded 、extremely
period 4 grammar pionts
同位语从句讲义及练习
一、理解同位语从句的含义,把握同位语从句的实质
在主从复合句中作同位语的从句称为同位语从句。同位语从句一般用that,whether,what, which, who,when, where, why, how 等词引导,常放在fact,news,idea,truth,hope,problem,information,wish, promise, answer, evidence, report, explanation, suggestion, conclusion,等抽象名词后面,说明该名词的具体内容。换言之,同位语从句和所修饰的名词在内容上为同一关系,对其内容作进一步说明。
例:the news that they had won the game soon spread over the whole school.他们比赛获胜的消息很快传遍了整个学校。
析:they had won the game说明the news的全部内容,因此该句为同位语从句。
二、正确运用同位语从句的引导词,准确把握同位语从句
1.如同位语从句意义完整,应用that引导同位语从句。(即that 不充当任何成分,只起连接作用)
例:the general gave the order that the soldiers should cross the river at once.将军下达了战士们立即过河的命令。
析:the soldiers should cross the river at once是the order的全部内容,且意义完整,因此应用that引导同位语从句。
2.如同位语从句意义不完整,需增加\"是否\"的含义,应用whether引导同位语从句。(if不能引导同位语从句)
例:we\'ll discuss the problem whether the sports meeting will be held on time.我们将讨论运动会是否会如期举行的问题。
析:the sports meeting will be held on time意义不完整,应加\"是否\"的含义才能表达the problem的全部内容,因此应用whether引导同位语从句。
3.如同位语从句意义不完整,需增加\"什么时候\"、\"什么地点\"、\"什么方式\"等含义,应用when,where,how等词引导同位语从句。
例1:i have no idea when he will be back.
析:he will be back意义不完整,应加\"什么时候\"的含义才能表达idea的全部内容,因此应用when引导同位语从句。
例2:i have no impression how he went home,perhaps by bike.
析:he went home意义不完整,应加\"如何\"的含义才能表达impression的全部内容,因此应用how引导同位语从句。
4.当主句的谓语较短,而同位语从句较长时,同位语从句常后肢。
如:the thought came to him that maybe the enemy had fled the city. 他突然想到敌人可能已经逃出城了。
三、把握同位语从句和定语从句的区别,明确同位语从句和相似从句的界限
同位语从句和定语从句相似,都放在某一名词或代词后面,但同位语从句不同于定语从句。同位语从句对名词加以补充说明,是名词全部内容的体现,且名词和同位语从句的引导词均不在从句中作成分;定语从句说明先行词的性质与特征,与先行词是修饰与被修饰的关系,且名词和定语从句的引导词均在从句中作成分。
period 5 ‘the true north’from toronto to montreal
step 1. lead in: show some pictures of canada, and asks “do you know the following things in canada? ”
step 2. ss read the passage within 3 minutes to fill in the following plot.
the next morning they saw beautiful maple leaves
and realized that fall had come
around noon they arrived in toronto
late that night the train left
at dawn the next
morning they arrived in montreal
they spent the
afternoon in the lovely shop and and visiting artists
in their workshops beside the water
the night the train was speeding down to the east coast
step.3: read the passage for a second time and answer the following questions.
1. how do we know it is fall in canada?
2. what can sometimes be seen from the cn tower in toronto?
3. where does the water from the lake go?
4. why is there good cantonese food in torono?
5. which direction is the train going from torono?
6. why did the girls go to old montreal?
7. what three things show us that montreal is a french city?
step 4 language points
1.they were not leaving for montreal until later.
not …until …表示“直到…才…”,常与表示瞬间的动词连用。如: