Unit 5 Canada----

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Period 1 warming up listening and speaking
Unit 5 Canada---- The True North
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Step 1
Warming up
Which country has the second biggest area in the
world ?
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CANADA ? CHINA ? USA ? CUBA ?
Canada
Do you know something about the country Canada ?
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Warming-up--II----discussion (2m)
Find out the location of Canada
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Task 2 quiz

• 1. What language(s) do Canadians speak ?
• A .English B. English and German .
• C. English and French D. English and Spanish

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Quiz

• 2. What is the capital of Canada?
• A. B.
• Vancouver Toronto
• C. Q D.
• Calgary Ottawa

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• 3. What is the national animal of Canada?
• B.
• Beaver Grizzly
  bear
• C. D.
• Polar bear Penguin

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4. What is the leader of the country called?
A. President B. Prime Minister C. Queen
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• 5. How many Great Lakes are there in Canada and
  what are they?
• Lake Superior
• Lake Huron
• Lake Erie
• Lake Ontario
• Lake Michigan

refer to the map on page 33
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conclusion

• You score two points for each correct answer .10
  is best , 8 is good and 6 is ok.

• How many scores have you got ?

Canada is a multicultural country like China . It
is the second largest country in the world
. There are some similarities and differences
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Step 2 Listening

• 1.Pre-listening
• Brainstorming

There are some similarities and differences
between China and Canada
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Brainstorming
Large area
Beautiful
similarities
Rich in wood

Lies in the north globe

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Brainstorming
Long coast in China
Small population in Canada
differences
Cold in winter in Canada
Sand and desert in China
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2.First-- listening

• After listening ,decide which statements
  are true and which are false .

1.Friends in Canada invited the two cousins to
dinner at a restaurant . 2. They could not talk
about all the geography of China because it is
too big . 3. China is over 7,000 kilometers from
east to west .
F
T
F
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4.Both China and Canada have world-famous
waterfalls.5.Canadian people cannot talk with
their neighboring country because they do not
speak English
F
F
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3 .Second - listening
Compare China to Canada
similarities differences differences
similarities China Canada

Large country difficult to talk about High
mountains in the west Have long rivers and many
lakes
More mountains and highlands where many great
rivers have their sources nothing in the great
Gobi Desert Has 15 neighboring countries Not
easy to talk with all their neighbors Different
climates
1.No beach can be sit in winter. 2 .has only one
country USA. 3.cold
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Find two places that are a long distance from
your home and explain to your partner where they
are and how to get there .present your
conversation to the class . You may answer the
questions like these .How far is ? Where
is?In what direction is ?How does one go to
?Is close to ?Is far from?
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Use these expressions to help you

• In the north /south of
• East/west of
• On the border
• to the south/ east /northwest of
• Within kilometers of
• Away from
• On the west /east
• Along the coast
• Go northward

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Sample dialogue (students living in
kunming)A I need to go to Qingdao .in what
direction is it from here ?B Qingdao is
northeast of here ,on the east coast .A Is it
far from Beijing?B Its a little southeast of
Beijing . You need to take an overnight train
.A How does one go from Kunming to Qingdao ?B
I think you go northward to Xian ,then continue
to Beijing . Perhaps you could also take a ship
from Shanghai and go north along the coast .A
Is Qingdao close to Harbin ?B No , Harbin is
north of Qingdao and in the northeast of China
.A Thanks . I think I will go to Harbin this
time. It is southeast of here and will be warmer
now . Also its within a few hundred kilometers
of here . Qingdao is too far north . Harbin is
also a good choice , but maybe ill wait and go
in the summer