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Unit 5 Canada — “The True North”导学案
Period 1 Warming up and reading
Step 1 Warming up
Answer the quiz on page33.
Step 2 Pre-reading:
Answer the questions in Pre-reading on page33.
Step 3 While –reading
(1). What is “The True North”?

(2) TRUE OR FALSE
1. Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to Canada to see their relatives in Montreal.
2. You can’t cross Canada in less than five days by train.
3. Thunder Bay is a port city at the top end of the Great Lakes, near the centre of the country.
4. The girl looked out the windows and saw Native Indians and cowboys.
5. The population of Canada is over 30,000,000.

（3）Read the text quickly and quietly to fill in the blanks and match the main idea of the 3 parts
Part 1 What they really saw and felt after boarding the train
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Part 2
Para(s)__ Brief introduction of their trip

Part 3
Para(s)___ Their chat on their way to the station

Period 2 Language points in Readding1
重点单词和短语
1. rather than... 是……而不是……；与其……不如……；不愿
[典例]
1). He ran rather than walked. 他是跑的而不是走的。
2).Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price与其让蔬菜烂掉，他半价把它们卖掉。
[重点用法]
do A rather than do B = rather than do B, sb. does A 某人不做B却做A
A rather than B 是A而不是B
would rather do A than do B = would do A rather than do B 宁可做A而不做B
prefer to do A rather than do B 最喜欢做A而不做B
would rather sb. did/had done sth. 宁愿某人做某事
注意：rather than表示客观事实，它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。
[练习] 根据句子意思及要求填空或翻译。
1). He came running all the way ______ ______walking.
2). Rather than ______ (ride) on a crowded bus, he always prefers ______ (ride) a bicycle.
3). I’ d rather you ______ ______ (not come) yesterday.
4). She likes to keep things in the house ______ ______ throw them away, though many are useless.
5). I think Tom, ______ ______ you, ______(be) responsible for it.
6). 他宁愿死也不愿在街上乞讨。_____________________________________________

2. surround vt.&vi. 包围；围绕 surrounding adj. 周围的 surroundings (常用pl.)环境
[典例]
1). Trees surround the pond.
2). The house was surrounded by high walls.
[重点用法]
surround...with... 用……包围…… be surrounded by/with... 周围都是……
[练习] 用surround的短语或其适当形式填空。
1). _______ by a group of children, he felt happy.
2). There is no such kind of modern hospital in the ________ areas.
3). She has always been _______ _______fashionable friends.
4). She hopes to bring up her children in healthy _______.
5). With the house_______, the thief couldn’t flee and was caught.

3. measure vi.&vt. 测量；衡量；判定 n.[c,u] 尺寸；量具；计量单位；措施
[典例]
1). Can you measure accurately with this ruler?
2). It’ s hard to measure his ability when we haven’ t seen his work.
3) The nation should take measures to reduce the loss.
[重点用法]
measure A by B 用B衡量A sth. measures 2 metres by 4 metres 某物长4米宽2米
measure sb. for a suit = make a suit to sb’ s measure 给某人量身做一套衣服
take measures/action 采取措施
[练习] 用measure的短语填空或翻译句子。
1). The tailor made a suit ______ _______ _______.
2). Success isn’ t _______ _______ how much money you have.
3). 我们教室的尺寸是长10米宽6米。
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4）我们必需立刻采取措施解决问题。
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4. settle down 舒适地坐下或躺下； 定居；平静下来；专心于
[典例]
1). She settled down in an armchair to read her book. 她舒适地坐在单座沙发上看书。
2). When are you going to marry and settle down? 你什麽时候结婚过上安定生活?
[短语归纳] 与settle相关的短语：
settle down to (doing) sth … 静下心来做……，专心于…… settle (down) in ... 在……定居下来
settle a dispute/an argument/an issue 解决一争端/争论/问题

[练习] 根据句子意思及要求填空或翻译。
1). Something is disturbing him, so he can’ t ______ ______ ______ (安下心来) his work.
2). He finally settled down to ______ (do) his homework.
3). They have finally ______ _______ ______ Canada.

5. manage to do sth. 设法做……
【辨析】
manage to do sth.= succeed in doing sth. difficult 设法做成某些困难的事
try to do sth. = seek to do sth. 设法做某事（不一定做成）
attempt to do sth.= try to so sth. difficult设法做某些困难的事（不一定做成）.
【练习】根据句子意思用manage，try，attempt， 的适当形式填空。
1). He was stubborn, but we _______ to persuade him.
2). He _______ to swim across the river, but failed.

6. catch sight of 看见；瞥见
[典例]
He was happy to catch sight of an eagle flying in the sky.
[短语归纳] sight短语：
lose sight of 看不见；不再看见 keep sight of 使能看得到；保持看得到的距离
at the sight of 一看到（就） in/within sight 可以看见；在视线内
out of sight 看不见；在视线外 have good/poor sight/eyesight 视力好/差
[练习] 用sight的短语填空。
1). _ ______ ______ _______ his mother, the boy stopped crying.
2). She watched the train until it went ______ ______ ______.
3). I ______ ______ ______ my former teacher just now, but very soon he turned a corner and I ______ _______ ______ him.
4). Be sure to ______ ______ ______ your luggage while you’ re at the airport.

7. have a gift for... 对……有天赋
[典例]
1). He has a gift for music.
2). You have the gift/talent to learn foreign languages.
[重点用法]
have a gift for (doing) sth.= have the gift to do sth. 对……有天赋；有做某事的才能
a man of excellent gifts一个非常有才华的人 a gifted/talented person 一个有天赋的、有才华的人
[练习] 翻译句子。
1). 他天生有着讲故事的才能。
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2). 我羡慕他有着作为老师的天赋。
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8. mix vt.&vi. 混合；调配 mixture n.[u,c] 混合（物）；混合状态
[典例]
1). The chemist mixed (up) some medicine for me.
2). Oil and water don’ t mix. 油和水不能混合。
3). Oil won’ t mix with water. 油不能和水混合。
[词语归纳] mix的短语：
mix A and/with B 把甲与乙拌和起来 mix sth. up 把某物拌和；混淆某物
mix sth. in/into 把某物掺进去 be/get mixed up in sth. 卷入某事
[练习] 用mix的短语的适当形式或介词填空。
1). Don’ t try to ____ business ______ pleasure.
2). Mix the eggs ______ the flour.
3). I don’ t want to ______ ______ ______ in the affair.

重点句子
1. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres. 那里空气湿润，因而树木长得相当高，有的超过90米。
[解释]1. so...that 如此……以致于，后跟结果状语从目，常用too to或enough to来变为简单句，如：
She was so angry that she couldn’ t say a word. = She was too angry to say a word. 她太气愤以致于说不出话来。

[解释]2. some measuring over 90 metres 是独立主格结构：
独立主格结构由名词或代词加上其他成分构成，在语法上是一个独立的短语，不是句子，相当于状语从句，可表示时间、原因、条件、行为、方式或伴随情况。其构成：名词(代词) + 现在分词/过去分词/形容词/副词/不定式/介词短语，如：
(1) 作时间状语 The meeting over, they left the hall.
(2) 作原因状语 My watch having been lost, I didn’t know what time it was.
(3) 作条件状语 Time permitting, I shall go to the cinema with you.
(4) 描述伴随行为或补充说明 Mary entered the room, his hands in his pockets.
[练习] 根据句子意思完成句子或翻译。
1). She is _______ lovely a girl _______ all of us like very much.
2). They are _______ little worms _______we can’ t see them with our eyes.
3). The test ________ (finish), we began our holiday.
4). Weather ________ (permit), we are going to visit you tomorrow.
5). He came into the room, his ears _______ _______ _______ (冻得发紫).
6). He came out of the library, a book _______ _______ _______ (夹在胳膊下).

2. There is more fresh water in Canada than in any other country in the world. 加拿大的淡水量比世界上其他任何一个国家都多。
[解释] (1) 用比较级表示最高级，同一范围内比较时，常用“主语+动词+比较级+than any other+单名”或“主语+动词+比较级+than any of the other+复名”。
(2) 不同范围内比较，常用“主语+动词+比较+than any+单名”。
[练习] 句子翻译。
1). 他是班里最高的。
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2). 中国比非洲任何一个国家都大。
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Period 3 Reading 2
1. Read the passage quickly and match the main ideas with the parts.
Part 1 (Para 1- 4) The trip from Toronto to Montreal ended. At night they left by train.
Part 2 (Para 5- 6) At noon they arrived in Toronto and visited many places.
Part 3 (Para 7) The next morning they got to Montreal and spent one day
2 TRUEOR FAISE

1) Toronto is the biggest and most wealthy city in Canada. ( )
2) The two cousins visited Canada in autumn. ( )
3) Around noon they paid a visit to Lin Fei and had a good meal at the Pink Pearl. ( )
4) Ottawa is about 400 kilometres northwest of Toronto. ( )
5) Most people of Montreal speak both English and French ,but the city has French culture and traditions. ( )
3. Do the Exercise 1 on Page 39.

Period 4 Language points in Reading 2
1. in the distance 在远处；在远方
[典例]
1). We can see the mountain in the distance.
2). Night fell. The hills in the distance turned dark blue.
[短语归纳] distance短语：
at/from a distance隔一段距离；距离稍远一些
keep one’s distance 保持距离，疏远 keep sb. at a distance对某人保持疏远
[练习] 用distance的短语或介词填空。
1). We can see a windmill ______ the distance.
2). The picture looks better ______ a distance.
3). He was asked many times to join the party, but he always ______ ______ ______.

2. nearby adj.附近的；邻近的 adv.在附近
[典例]
1). Her mother lived in a nearby town.
2). Her mother lived nearby.
[重点用法]
nearby作形容词时，既可放在被修饰词之后也可放在被修饰词之前。如：
There were complaints from nearby residents / residents nearby.

3. terrify vt.使恐怖；恐吓 terrified adj.恐惧的；受惊吓的 terrifying adj.（令人）可怕的
[典例]
1). He terrified his children with ghost stories. 他讲鬼故事吓坏了他的孩子。
2). Her husband’ s violence terrified her. 她丈夫的暴力使她感到恐惧。
[重点用法]
be terrified at/by sth. 被某事（物）恐吓 be terrified of sth. = be afraid of 害怕某事（物）
[练习] 用terrify的适当形式或介词填空。
1). Flying often _______ her.
2). She was terrified ______ the thought that Ronnie would kidnap Sam.
3). It was a ______ experience.

4. impress vt.使印象深刻；使铭记 impression n.[c]印象；感想 impressive adj.给人印象深刻的
[典例]
1). The sights of the city never fail to impress foreign tourists.
2). We were most impressed with/by your efficiency.
[重点用法]
impress sth. on/upon sb. = impress sb. with/by sth. 使某人铭记某事物
make/give/create an impression on/upon... 给……一个印象
have/get the impression that从句 有……的印象
[练习] 用impress的短语或介词填空。
1). Father _______ _______ me the value of hard work.
2). One candidate in particular ______ us ___ her knowledge.
3). You ______ an excellent ______ ______ us.
4). When I first met him I ______ ______ ______ ______ he was a humorous man.

5. as far as 远到，直到；至于
[典例]
1). I’ ll walk with you as far as the post office. 我陪你走到邮局。
2). I’ ve read as far as the third chapter. 我已读到第三章了。
[短语归纳] far短语：
as/so far as sb. knows 就某人所知 as far as sb. can see/tell/ remember 就某人看来/所说/所记得
as/so far as sb/sth is concerned 就某人/事物而言 far from … 毫不；一点也不； 远非
So far, so good. (谚) 到目前为止，一切都很顺利。
[练习] 用far的短语填空。
1). _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ (对我个人来说), you can do what you like.
2). The problem is _______ _______ _______ (绝非易事).
3). We’ ll go by train ______ ______ ______ (直到) London, and then take a bus.

Period 5 Writing
Ⅰ. 语法填空
根据课文内容完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：
My cousin and I travelled 1 Canada by train. We saw many beautiful 2 (风景) and wild animals from the train 3 the way 4 the Rocky Mountains. The city 5 Thunder Bay is a port in the centre of Canada. In Toronto, we went up the CN Tower and saw the 6 (薄雾) from Niagara Falls. When we arrived in Montreal, we saw many signs and ads 7 French. Then we went to Old Montreal, 8 (sit) in a typical cafe beside the St Lawrence River. We spent the afternoon doing some shopping in shops and visiting the artists in their 9 （工作场所）. People there speak English but the city has 10 (France ) culture and tradition.

Ⅱ. 重点单词和短语利用
翻译或完成下列句子，注意黑体部分要用本单元的单词，短语或句式，然后将其合并成一篇短文
1 我宁愿去澳大利亚也不愿去美国旅行

2它不仅是观光者的天堂，也是定居的好地方。
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3 去年秋天我和父母成功去澳大利亚游览了一番。
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4我们一路看到道路被绿树围绕。
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5在很短的距离内我们就看到了考拉在游玩。(within a …distance)
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6给我们印象最深刻的是道路干净整洁。
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7到澳大利亚的这次旅行使我们确定了那儿是个美好的国度
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8我觉得我们也应该采取有效措施来使我们的国家更美丽。
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联句成文：(注意使用适当的连接词)
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