1、Unit 5Canada“The True North”Period 2Reading要点讲解课Learning Aims1 Learn and master some important new words and expressions2 Understand some useful sentence patterns3 According to the context，use new words，expressions and difficult sentences correctlyWords and expressions multicultural quiz prime minis
2、ter rather than continent baggage chat scenery eastward 多种文化的 测验；问答比赛 首相；丞相 与其；不愿 洲；大陆 行李聊天；闲聊 景色；风景 向东 surround harbour measure aborad settle down manage to do catch sight of have a gift for 包围；围绕 海港测量；衡量；判定 在船、飞机、火车或公共汽车 上 定居；平静下来；专心于 设法做 看见；瞥见对有天赋 within border slight slightly urban westward upwa
3、rd Canadian 在之内 边界；国界；边沿 轻微的；微小的 稍稍；轻微地城市的；市镇的 向西 向上地；上升的 加拿大人句子背背译译 1 Rather than take the aeroplane all the way,they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.2 Some people have the idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days,but they forget the
4、fact that Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast.3 People say it is Canadas most beautiful city，surrounded bymountains，and the Pacific Ocean.4.It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,some measuring over 90 metres.5 That afternoon aboard the train,the cousins settled down in thei
5、r seats.Earlier that day,when they crossed the Rocky Mountains,they managed to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.6 Many of them have a gift for riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.1.rather than 与其;不愿；而不是【语境领悟】He is a teacher rather than
6、 a writer.与其说他是一位作家,倒不如说他是一位教师。Id like to go there by air rather than by train.我愿意乘飞机去那里,而不是乘火车去那儿。You rather than I are going to go camping.【名师点津】(1)rather than 是并并列连列连词词,意“而 不是;与其说；是而不是”,它连接 的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动词、动名词等。(2)rather than 连接两个并列名词或代词作主语时,谓语动词的单复数与rather than 之之前的前的名名词词或或代代词词的单复数一致
7、。【归纳拓展】would rather do.than do.would do.rather than doprefer to do.rather than do宁愿而不愿 宁愿而不愿宁愿做而不愿做2 我宁愿踢足球,也不愿意待在家里玩游戏。(一句多译)a.I play football play games at home.b.I play football play games at home.c.I play football play games at home.would ratherthanwouldrather thanprefer torather than 2.surround
8、 vt.包围;围绕【语境领悟】Tall trees surround the lake.=The lake is surrounded with/by tall trees.湖边高树环绕。【归纳拓展】(1)surround.with.用包围be surrounded with/by.被包围/环绕(2)surrounding(3)surroundingsadj.周围的;附近的n.环境;周边事物.【即学活用】用 surround 的正确形式填空。The lake is surr_oun_ded with trees and so its surroundingarea looks beautifu
9、l.And Id like to bring up my children in such healthy s_u_r_rou_n_d.ings那个湖被树木环绕着,因此它周围的地区看上去很漂亮。我乐意 在这样健康的环境中抚养我的孩子们。3.measure vi.&vt.测量;衡量;判定;n.计量制;计量 单位;措施【语境领悟】Each of its ears measured about 11.5 inches long.Education shouldnt be measured only by examination results.They call on people and the
10、government to take measures to fight against it.【名师点津】measure 意为“有长 (宽、高、重)”长 ,为不及物动词,没有被动形 式 当措施用时常用复数形式。【归纳拓展】(1)measure.by.用来衡量be measured by/in用来衡量/计算(2)take measures to do sth.采取措施做某事【即学活用】填空1Our classroom measuresseven metres wide.我们的教室七米宽2 We should take some measu_re_s(measure)to solve these
11、 difficulties 3 Time is measured_ bythe hour.时间按小时计算。4.settle down 定居;平静下来;专心于【语境领悟】The teacher tried to settle his students down.(She came from the city last year and settled down in the mountain village.()The noise outside stopped me settling down to my lessons.【归纳拓展】settle down to(doing)sth.开始注意某
12、事物;定下心来做某事 settle in/into安顿下来;适应(新的家、工作、环境等)使.平静)下来定居(专心于)【即学活用】1 Would you kids settle _d_ownfor a minute?你们小孩子安静一下好吗?2 He s_ettled down_t_o h_is stu_dyafter he came back.他回来以后就安下心来学习。3 I havent yet settled in my new job.我还没适应我的新工作to escape from the big fire but unfortunately,one of his armswas bro
13、ken.I _ to persuade her to stay,but she wouldnt listen.5.manage to do 设法做成【语境领悟】Though the work is very hard,we managed to finish the work ahead of time.尽管工作很难,我们还是设法提前完成了任务。I tried to look for the lost laptop,but I failed.我努力寻找丢失的手提电脑,但没有找到【归纳拓展】manage to do 设法做成 try to do 设法做，（不一定成功）【即学m活a用n a】g选e
14、 d词填空(manage/try)。Hetr_ie_d 6.catch sight of 看见;瞥见【语境领悟】*Suddenly I turned and caught sight of Tom.我一转身,忽然看到了汤姆。It was so dark that I lost sight of him。天太黑了我看不见他 Out of sight,out of mind.眼不见,心不烦 After we walked for a long time,a beautiful mountain village was in sight.【归纳拓展】in/within sight out of si
15、ght lose sight of at first sight在视野内,看得见在视野之外,看不见 不再看见,忘记,忽略初次见到,第一眼【即学活用】用 sight 短语填空。(1)I _lost s_ight _o(f 看不见)my daughter in the crowd.(2)Dont let me _catch sight o(f 看见)you doing it again!(3)I stood there until the car wasout of s_i g_h(t看不见).(4)The young couple fell in love(第一眼at first sight 7
16、.have a gift for 有天赋 In our class Mary has a gift for drawing pictures.在我们班玛丽有绘画的天赋。1.The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.(.)that 同位语从句2 It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall,some measuring over 90 metres 那儿的湿度很大,所以树长得很高,有些高 90 多米。【句型剖析】句中 some measuring
17、 over 90 metres 是独立主格结 在句中作伴随状语。名词/代词+现在分词/过去分词/动词不定式/形容词，副词/介词短语 2.As a child I was kindness.4.She invited 750 people(上船)the luxury yacht(豪华游艇）.5.You should receive a reply(在内)seven days.课堂检测 1 单词与短语 1.You canc h a_t(聊 天)to other people who are online.su_r_roun_ded(包围)by love andmeasure 3.A dipstic
18、k（量油计）is used to(测量)how much oil is left in an enginea.boardwithinhand.8.How do you(设法)keep the place so tidy?9.I happened(看见)John as he was going past our office.10.Mozart(有天赋)music even when he was very young.settle down 6.Many products are made by machine r a t h_e_r_t_h_a_n(而 不 是)by 7.One day Il
19、l wmanatntaog e to(定居)and have a family.to catch sight ofhad a gift for2语法填空My sister has a gift _f_o_r _drawing and she likes it.She always keeps pens and paper_w_i_th_i_n_her easy reach.One day,I_c a_u_g_h_t_(catch)sight of a picture drawn by her.It was a littlevillage_s_u_r r_o_u_n_d_e(dsurround)
20、by green trees.I_c_h_a_t_te_d_(chat)with her about her the picture.She told me that she preferred to live in a small village_r_a_th_e_r_than in a big city.She wanted to settled down to_d_r_a_w_in_g(draw).However,she couldnt managet_o_l_iv_e(live)in quite a _n_o_is_y_(noise)environment in big city.I
21、told her I knew a village_m_e_a_s_u_r i_n g_(measure）1000 metres by 500 metres，which she must be pleased with.She agreed to make a trip to it this holiday 4 Writing(Homework)清明节我们去桃园春游了，据下列要点适当添加删减写一篇 100 字的春游 日记（尽可能用刚学的语言点）1 想去春游的愿望终于实现了（同位语从句）2 我们不是骑车，而是走着去的（rather than）3 桃园被上千颗的桃树 环绕，风景很优美（surround by)4 我们看见了.(catch sight of)5 我们不仅欣赏了风景，有表演天赋的同学还表演了精彩的节目（have a gift for）6 回来的路上虽然很累，但我们设法克服了困难（manage to do）7 很难忘的经历，如果时间允许的话，我希望有更多这样的出游机会（独立 主格结构）
