Unit 5 Canada —— “The true North”(Period 1 Warming up and Reading 1)
period 5 ‘the true north’from toronto to montreal
step 1. lead in: show some pictures of canada, and asks “do you know the following things in canada? ”
step 2. ss read the passage within 3 minutes to fill in the following plot.
the next morning they saw beautiful maple leaves
and realized that fall had come
around noon they arrived in toronto
late that night the train left
at dawn the next
morning they arrived in montreal
they spent the
afternoon in the lovely shop and and visiting artists
in their workshops beside the water
the night the train was speeding down to the east coast
step.3: read the passage for a second time and answer the following questions.
1. how do we know it is fall in canada?
2. what can sometimes be seen from the cn tower in toronto?
3. where does the water from the lake go?
4. why is there good cantonese food in torono?
5. which direction is the train going from torono?
6. why did the girls go to old montreal?
7. what three things show us that montreal is a french city?
step 4 language points
1.they were not leaving for montreal until later.
not …until …表示“直到…才…”,常与表示瞬间的动词连用。如: