1、,where am I?,Britain,America,France,Australia,A red maple leaf,Niagara Falls,February in Canada,The CN tower and the lake,Canada,Canada is the second largest country in the world.Canada is a multicultural country.,1. What language (s) do Canadians speak?A. EnglishB. English and GermanC. English and
2、FrenchD. English and Spanish,2. What is the capital of Canada? A. B. Vancouver Toronto C. D.Calgary Ottawa,3. What is the national animal of Canada?B. Beaver Grizzly bear C. D.Polar bear Penguin,4. What is the Canadian leader called? President Prime Minister Governor King,5. How many “Great Lakes” a
3、re there in Canada? 4 3 5 6,A Trip On “The True North“,1. What is the passage mainly about? (Pay attention to the title and the topic sentence.),The passage is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.,2. What is “The True North”?,“The True North” is the train that go
4、es across Canada.,Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.,Vancouver,Rocky Mountains,Calgary,Thunder Bay,Lake Superior,Toronto,Answer questions according to the paragraph 1.,1. Which continent are the cousins crossing?,North America.,2. Why are they not flying directly to the Atlanti
5、c coast?,Because they want to travel across Canada.,Language points,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.她们不想一路乘飞机，她们决定先飞到温哥华，再从西海岸乘火车横穿加拿大到达东海岸。,rather than 意为“是而不是；与其不如”。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
6、、不定式、动词等。,(1) 连接两个名词或代词 He is an explorer rather than a sailor. 与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。,You rather than I are going to go camping. 是你而不是我要去要野营。,rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。,注意！,(2) 连接两个形容词 The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如 说它漂亮。,
7、(3) 连接两个介词(短语)或动名词 We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall. 我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。 She enjoys singing rather than dancing. 她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。,(4) 连接两个分句 We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。 (5) 连接两个不定式 I decided to write rather than (to) telepho
8、ne. 我决定写信而不打电话。,注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。如: Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。,I should thank you _ that you should thank me.A. because B. rather than C. for D. as,B,看 一 例:,Homework,Read the text carefully and underline what you do not understand, then discuss with your group members.,
