Period 3 “The True North” From Toronto To Montreal Step 1 Ask Ss to read the topic and ask: What two places will we go to today? Have you heard about Toronto and Montreal? Step 2 Fast reading Read fast and divide the text into two parts. Pa 1-4 Toronto Pa 5-6 Montreal Step 3 Careful reading 1.read Pa 1-4 careful and find out What is the season? How do you know?(fall red maple trees frost) places they have visited place information CN Tower tall Niagara Falls misty cloud rose from it covered stadium home of several famous basketball teams downtown Chinatown one of the three The Pink Pearl have good Cantonese food 2.read Pa5-6 and find out Do you find anything special in Montreal?(It’s a French city) What show that it’s a French city?(speak French signs and ads in French) Which places did they visit in Montreal? ①downtown lovely shops artists in workplaces ②St Lawrence River broad Step 4 :Fill in the blanks. Toronto is the most wealthy and biggest city in Canada. There is the tall CN Tower and the famous Niagara Falls, which is beautiful with misty cloud that rises from it. There is also covered stadium and three Chinatowns where you can get good Cantonese food. Montreal has a French culture. People speak both French and English. There were signs and ads in French. It’s nice to sit in a café, looking over the broad Stlawrence River. Step 5 language points 1.wealthy /wealth One percent of the people owned more than fifty percent of the wealth. He has earned a great deal of money and is now very wealthy. 2.not…until They worked until 5:00 P.M. and then quit. They didn’t stop working until 5:00 P.M. and then quit. 他們等著(不離開)直到雨止. They waited until the rain stopped. They didn’t leave until the rain stopped. 3.go on a tour / a trip / a visit /a picnic 4.in the distance The distance from my house to school is two blocks. A ship could be seen in the distance. It looks beautiful from a distance. 5.rise/raise Prices have risen quickly. He raised his voice and shouted at the boy. He rose from his chair when the door bell rang. I was raised by my aunt. 6.downtown He works in a downtown office. Let’s go downtown today. 7.as far as A young girl like her can only go as far as the river side. As far as I know, Toronto is a beautiful city. 8.It’s about four hundred kilometers northeast of Toronto… 我們學(xué)校位于公園南面500米處. Our school is 500 metres south of the park. 塔位于城市東南1000 米處 The tower is 1000 metres southeast of the city. 9.at dawn at daybreak at sunrise at sunset at noon at dusk at night at midnight 10.in small letters 用.以 He expressed his idea in simple English. A message was written in pencil. He paid me in dollars. The room is painted in bright colours. 11.be close to get close to 12.Montreal is a city with wonderful restaurants and clubs. 有條小溪,兩邊都是樹. There was a little stream with green grass and big trees on both sides. 這是個明亮的房間,金黃色的地板,粉紅色的窗簾. It’s a bright room with golden floor and pink curtains. 13.as A look of surprise came into her eyes as she read the message. As she sang, the tears ran down her cheeks. Step 6 Fill in the blanks. Last year, we went on a tour to WangShan. In the distance, we can see misty cloud rise among mountains. We climb as high as we can and look down from the top. The next morning, we got up at dawn to watch sunrise in the place which is 800 metres north of our hotel. WangShan is a place with wonderful sceneries. Step 7 Let students introduce Toronto and Montreal. Step 8 Ask students to introduce Taizhou, using words and phrases from the text. Then write it down. 單位：湖北省荊門　姓名：李國　E_mail：liguo619@