Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 1　Warming up and reading)

Unit 5　Canada—“The True North”(Period 1　Warming up and reading)

unit 5　canada—“the true north”

单元要览类别课程标准要求掌握的项目话题geography: multicultural society; canada词汇quizn. 测验; 问答比赛mixturen. 混合（物）; 混合状态canadiann. 加拿大人　adj. 加拿大的; 加拿大人的aboardprep. &adv. 在船、飞机、火车或公共汽车上ministern. 大臣; 部长maplen. 枫; 枫树continentn. 洲; 大陆frostn. 霜; 霜冻baggagen. 行李confirmvt. 证实; 证明; 批准chatvi. & n. 聊天; 闲聊wealthyadj. 富有的sceneryn. 景色; 风景distancen. 距离; 远方eastwardadv. 向东　adj. 向东的; 朝东的mistn. 薄雾westwardadv. 向西　adj. 向西的; 朝西的mistyadj. 有薄雾的; 模糊的upwardadv. 向上地; 上升地adj. 向上的; 上升的boothn. 公用电话间; 货摊; 售货亭surroundvt. & vi. 包围; 围绕schoolmaten. 同学; 校友harborn. 海港approximatelyadv. 接近; 大约measurevt. &vi. 测量; 衡量; 判定　n. 计量制; 计量单位; 措施downtownadj. 市区的　adv. 在市区; 往市区bushn. 灌木（丛）; 矮树（丛）dawnn. 黎明; 拂晓; 破晓eaglen. 鹰buffetn. 自助餐; 饮食柜台withinprep. 在……之内broadadj. 宽阔的; 广泛的bordern. 边界; 国界; 边沿vt. & vi. 与……接壤; 接近nearbyadv. 在附近　adj. 附近的; 邻近的slightadj. 轻微的; 微小的traditionn. 传统; 风俗slightlyadv. 稍稍; 轻微地terrifyvt. 使恐怖; 恐吓impressvt. 使印象深刻; 使铭记terrifiedadj. 恐惧的; 受惊吓的impressiveadj. 给人深刻印象的; 感人的pleasedadj. 欣喜的; 高兴的topicn. 话题acren. 英亩mixvt. &vi. 混合; 调配urbanadj. 城市的; 市镇的短语prime minister 首相; 丞相catch sight of 看见; 瞥见rather than 与其; 不愿have a gift for 对……有天赋settle down 定居; 平静下来; 专心于in the distance 在远处manage to do 设法做at dawn 在黎明的时候重要句型1. rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to vancouver and then take the train west to east across canada. (rather than. . . )2. the thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting. (noun clause as the appositive)3. going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and thousands of lakes and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. (present participle used as adverbial)4. skiing in the rocky mountains and sailing in the harbour make vancouver one of canada’s most popular cities to live in. (make+o+o. c. )5. it is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measuring over 90 metres. (“pronoun+doing” used as adverbial)6. because of the great lakes, they learned, canada has more fresh water than any other country in the world. (more. . . than any other. . . )功能direction&positionwhere is. . . ? 　in what direction is. . . ? 　how does one go to. . . ?how far is. . . ? 　is it nearby? 　is. . . close to. . . ? 　is. . . far from. . . ?