课件14张PPT。Unit 5 Canada———The True North”学 习 目 标 展 示背 景 知 识 链 接Canada Canada，the second largest country in area after Russia，has coastlines on the Atlantic，Arctic and Pacific Oceans，giving it the longest one.In area，Canada is slightly larger than the United States，but has only about 11 percent as many people.It is agriculturally poor with few people but rich in mineral deposits① and forests.The Canadian shield② stretches③ from the Arctic to the Great Lakes and Labrador，cutting the country in half and contributing to a division between easterners and westerners. The Canadian shield and western mountains experience subarctic climates，resulting in a near empty north.Most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border.France pioneered settlement，but Britain gained control in 1763.In 1867 the British North America Act united English-speaking Upper Canada (Ontario) and Frenchspeaking Lower Canada (Quebec) with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in a self-governing confederation—with independence in 1931. Canada is a multicultural④ society dependent on immigration for growth.Some 28 percent are of British descent,23 percent claim French descent,2 percent are aboriginal people—other minorities include Italians，Germans，Ukrainians and Chinese. Canada's population is highly urbanized，with most people living in four areas：southern Ontario，Montreal region，Vancouver city and southern Vancouver Island，and the Calgary-Edmonton corridor.The urban economy has a large manufacturing base，and the North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) has brought an economic boom⑤—about 80 percent of Canada's trade is with the US.加拿大 加拿大在面积上是世界第二大国家，仅次于俄罗斯。它临近大西洋、北冰洋和太平洋，所以拥有最长的海岸线。加拿大的面积比美国稍大一点儿，但是只有美国人口的百分之十一左右。它的农业从业人口很少，但矿藏和森林资源丰富。加拿大地盾从北冰洋延伸到五大湖和拉布拉多，把加拿大一分为二，这也是划分东部人和西部人的一个因素。 加拿大地盾和西部山区为副极地气候，导致北部几乎无人居住。大多数加拿大人居住在靠近美国几百千米以内的边境地带。法国人首先定居加拿大，但是1763年英国获得控制权。1867年《英国北美法案》把讲英语的上加拿大(即安大略省)和讲法语的下加拿大(即魁北克省)以及新斯科舍省和新不伦瑞克省联合起来，成为一个自治联邦，该联邦于1931年独立。 越来越多的外来移民使得加拿大成为一个有多种文化的社会。大约28%的人口是英国血统；23%的人声称是法国血统；2%的人是土著人。其他的少数民族包括意大利人、德国人、乌克兰人和中国人。 加拿大人口高度城市化。大部分的人居住在四个地区：南部的安大略省、蒙特利尔区、温哥华市和南温哥华岛，以及卡尔加里—埃德蒙顿走廊。城市经济有很大的加工制造基地。《北美自由贸易协议》带来了经济繁荣。加拿大约80%的贸易是同美国进行的。Notes ①deposit n．(地下自然形成的)沉积物；沉积层 ②shield n．盾；盾牌 ③stretch v．延伸；绵延 ④multicultural adj.多种文化的 multi-为前缀，意为“多”。再如：multicoloured多彩的；多色的 ⑤boom n．繁荣 Task Why is Canada a multicultural society? Canada is a multicultural society dependent on ... ...
