Unit 5 Canada—“The True North”
Listening, Speaking and Writing Listening
Step 1 Listening 1 Listen to the tape and then Complete these sentences with correct information.
2 Hand out the listening material and listen to the tape ,then ask them to complete the paage Step 2 Listening on 69 Listen to the tape and do the True or False
1.Friends in Canada invited the two cousins to dinner at a restaurant.
False 2.They could not talk about all the geography of China because it is too big.
True 3.China is over 7,000 kilometres from east to west.
False 4.Many rivers in China come from the mountains in the west.
True 5.The Gobi Desert is like the gralands in Canada.
False 6.The Great Wall cannot keep the dust of the desert away from Beijing.
True 7.Canadian people cannot talk with their neighbouring country because they do not speak English.
False 8.Both China and Canada have world-famous waterfalls.
False Step 3 Listening text Listen to the tape again and complete the paage Step 4 Homework
Read the listening text and remember the information about Canada
Speaking and writing Step 1 Warming up Show the students some questions to discu Which official language do you think most people speak? Why do you think so? Why would you want to know that? Is it important to know that? Why is the Chinese language growing so fast in Canada? Can you answer the question “ what is a Canada?” Step 2 Talking on page69 Imagine that you and your partner are Li Daiyu and Liu Qian.You have visited many places from west to east as well as Iqaluit.What would you talk about when you travel? Step 3 Writing Write a report for Li Daiyu or Liu Qian First give the sample of the report Step 4 Writing Task on Page74 Show the map of China and discu something of the map Then give the sample to the students Sample Tour Plan Step 5 Homework 1.Write a paage.Introduce our hometown to the visitors.In what direction is it of the capital of our province? What does a visitor can see and hear in our hometown? 2.Finish summing up on Page40 after cla.
