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1. Which is the national flag of Canada?

A. B.

C. Q D.

2. What is the capital of Canada?

A. B.

Vancouver Toronto

C. D.

Calgary Ottawa

3. What is the national animal of Canada?

A. B.

Beaver Grizzly bear

C. D.

Polar bear Penguin

4. What is the Canadian leader called?

A. President

B. Prime Minister

C. Governor

D. King

the French-speakingprovince ----Quebec

languageslanguages Official languages:

English and French

the TV and radio in

French;

French restaurants;

teaching in schools

be done in French.Radio and television programmes in 80 languages across Canada.

Complete the sentences:

1. Canada encourages people to keep _________________.

2. Canada is a mixture of ____________ and races.

3. If you live in the province of Quebec, you’re_______________ French.

their own customs

expected to speak

many cultures

4. Native Indians and Inuit are trying to _______________________.keep their languages alive

ListeningListening

5. More than ______ languages are used in radio and TV programmes.

80

6. The families______________________________________ are usually all mixed up.

who have lived in Canadafor a long time

7.Is Canada a multicultural country?

Yes.

Toronto

Continue the two girls’ route to Canada in Reading . Ⅱ

the CN Tower.

Niagara Falls

Chinatown

Old Montreal

St. Lawrence River St. Lawrence River

Part1 (Para1-4) trip to TorontoPart2 (Para5-7) trip to Montreal

Reading Ⅱ— “The True North” From Toronto To Montreal

Task 1: Skim the passage and divide it into _____ parts.

Fast reading

2

Task 2:

Please find out the mentioned time during their trip in this text.

Fast reading

the next morning

around noon

late that night

at dawn the next morning

they spend the afternoon

the night

they saw beautiful maple trees and realized that fall had come.

they arrived in Toronto.

the train left.

they arrived in Montreal.

in the lovely shops and visiting the artists in their workplaces beside the water.the train was speeding down to the East Coast.

1. What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?

2. Why is there good Cantonese food in Toronto?

3. Which language do people speak at the station?

4. What three things show us that Montreal is a French city?

Task 3:Read the passage again and answer the following questions.

Careful reading

1. What can sometimes be seen from the CN Tower in Toronto?The misty cloud that rises from Niagara falls.

Because most of the Chinese people there come from the South China, especially Hong Kong.

2. Why is there good Cantonese food in Toronto?

French.

3. Which language do people speak at the station?

Good coffee, good bread and good music, also the signs and ads are in French.

4. What three things show us that Montreal is

a French city?

Places Information

CN Tower very tall

Niagara Falls misty cloud rose from it

home of basketball teamsCovered stadium

① (In Toronto: Para1--4)

Careful reading

Task 4: Detailed information

② (In Montreal: Para 5--7)

The feature of Old Montreal city:

•be close to __________•many _______ shops•can visit artists in______________•lies on the ___________ river

the waterlovely

their workplacesSt Lawrence

Toronto is the most _______and _______ city in Canada. There is the tall ___ ______and the famous______ _____,which is beautiful with_____ cloud that _____from it. There is also a ________ stadium and three ___________where you can get good Cantonese food. Montreal has a French culture. People speak both _______ and English. There were _____and ____in French. It’s nice to sit in a café, looking over the ______ St Lawrence River.

wealthy biggest

CN Tower

Niagara Falls misty

rises covered

Chinatowns

French signs

ads

broad

Retell the passage and fill in the blanks.

Discussing and speaking:

They saw in Canada:

They heard in Canada:

maple trees the CN tower Niagara Falls

the covered stadium

Chinatown

the St Lawrence River

get Cantonese food People speak French everywhere at the station

signs and ads in French

Most of people speak both English and French.

The city has French culture and traditions.

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Writing:

Write a short report about what the two girls saw in Canada.

Part1: Introduce your reports topic

Part2: Present what they saw in Canada.Part3: Write a short conclusion

summary:

Canada is a multicultural country, which is a mixture of many cultures and races.

Write a short passage to report what Li Daiyu and Liu Qian saw in Canada.

Harvest what you have in Fall !!!