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课件网) Unit 7 Know Our World Lesson 42 North America Pair-work What do you know about North America … What do you know about other places around the world Warm-up There are millions of football fans on the grass. million [ m lj n] n. 百万 millions of 成百上千万 Lead in Many people are having fun on the square. square [skwe ] n. 平方；广场；正方形 on the square 在广场上 The Rocky Mountains are one of the most famous places in the world. Rocky [ r ki] Mountains 落基山脉 Spanish [ sp n ] adj. 西班牙（人）的 n. 西班牙语 Spain 西班牙 There are many Spanish cultures around the city. Mexican [ meks k n] n. 墨西哥人 adj. 墨西哥（人）的 Mexico 墨西哥 Mexican food is different from Chinese food. New words million square Rocky Mountains Spanish Mexican n. 百万 n. 平方；广场；正方形 落基山脉 adj. 西班牙（人）的 n. 西班牙语 n. 墨西哥人 adj. 墨西哥（人）的 Listen and answer the questions. 1. Which country has a larger population, Canada or Mexico 2. What’s the third most common language in Canada 3. Which country has the largest population in North America Mexico. Chinese. The U.S. Listening Li Ming wrote a report about North America. North America is a large continent, but it has only three main countries. Canada is the farthest north. To the south of Canada is the United States. The U.S. is north of Mexico. Together, these three countries cover about 24 million square kilometres. Text Reading Text About 550 million people live in North America. That is a large population, but smaller than that of China. The Great Lakes are the largest bodies of fresh water in the world. The Rocky Mountains are the biggest mountains in North America. Text Canada is the biggest of the three countries in area, but it has the smallest population—about 35 million. People speak many languages in Canada. Most speak English or French, but the third most common language is Chinese! The U.S. is also a very large country, and its population is much larger than any other country in North America. It has a population of more than 315 million. The U.S. is often called America. People in the U.S. are called Americans. Most Americans speak English, and many speak Spanish. Of course, there are a lot of Chinese speakers in the U.S., too—more than 2 million! Text Mexico is smaller than both Canada and the U.S. Most of the people there speak Spanish. It has a population of more than 110 million. Mexican people love their country, but many leave to live and work in the U.S. The capital city of Mexico is Mexico City. It is a very big city. Text Text This is map of North America. 1. To the south of Canada is the United States. (1). 此句是倒装句。此句的主语是the Uni ted States，to the south of Canada作表语，此句可转换为： The United States is to the south of Canada. 其中to the south of...意思是“在……的南方”，to要用在方位名词前。 e.g. Japan is to the east of China. 日本位于中国的东边。 Language Points in 表示A地在B地的范围之内。 China ... ...
