(
课件网) Lesson 46: Home to Many Cultures Unit 8 Culture Shapes Us 单词: percent, central, immigrant, according to, official, custom 短语: Central America 句子: （1）Although Canada has two official languages—English and French, most Canadians do not speak both. （2）It is important that people from different cultures can live together in one country. Learning Goals 1 能学会描述不同国家的不同文化。 2 Free Talk Look at the pictures below, could you please tell me which country it is Canada England Australia France Presentation THINK ABOUT IT Why are there different cultures in one country What are some of the cultural differences between different people and places in China？ In Canada，people from many cultures live together. Canada is home to many cultures. Three percent of all Canadians are First Nations people. The people of the First Nations were there before other people came to North America. Now more than half of Canadians have British or French blood. The rest are from every part of the world：Asia，Africa，Central America，South America，Australia and other European countries. Canada became a country in 1867，and for more than a hundred years，most immigrants in the country were from Europe.In the 1970s and 1980s，that changed. According to a survey, the number of European immigrants dropped from 90 percent to 25 percent, and the number of Asian immigrants rose from 3 percent to 48 percent. Although Canada has two official languages—English and French，most Canadians do not speak both. Many immigrants speak two languages—the language of their first country and English or French. Canada welcomes cultural differences in the people who live there. So what is a Canadian？ That′s a little hard to describe. Canada does not have one culture—it has many. It is important that people from different cultures can live together in one country. Is there a Canadian food？Not really. Is there a Canadian kind of music？No. Is there a Canadian way of understanding the world？Yes. It′s that people should respect and accept one another and help one another. It′s important to keep different languages，religions and customs alive. Vocabulary percent central immigrant according to official custom n. 百分之…… adj. 中间的；中部的 n. 移民 prep. 根据；依照 adj. 官方的；正式的 n. 习惯；习俗；风俗 Central America 中美洲 Structures and Expressions Let’s do it! 1. Read the lesson and answer the questions. 1. What percent of Canadians are from the First Nations 2．What languages do most immigrants to Canada speak 3．Why are there many cultures in Canada 4．What’s the Canadian way of understanding the world Three percent. The language of their first country and English or French. Because Canada welcomes cultural differences in the people who live there. People should respect and accept one another and help one another. 2. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words. 1．He came back fro ... ...
