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1、單元背景知識(shí)閱讀Canada加拿大是一個(gè)移民國(guó)家，也是一個(gè)多元文化國(guó)家，幅員遼闊，資源豐富，自然景觀優(yōu)美，適合人類生存和居住。ThesecondlargestcountryinareaafterRussia,CanadahascoastlinesontheAtlantic,ArcticandPacificOceans,givingitthelongestcoastlineofanycountry.Inarea,CanadaisslightlylargerthantheUnitedStates,buthasonly11percentasm
2、anypeople.Itisagriculturallypoorwithfewpeoplebutrichinmineraldepositsandforests.TheCanadianShieldstretchesfromtheArctictotheGreatLakesandLabrador,cuttingthecountryinhalfandcontributingtoadivisionbetweeneasternersandwesterners.TheCanadianShieldandwesternmountainsexperienc
3、esubarcticclimates,resultinginanearemptynorth—about75percentofCanadianslivewithin100milesoftheUSborder.Francepioneeredsettlement,butBritaingainedcontrolin1763.In1867theBritishNorthAmericaActunitedEnglish-speakingUpperCanada(Ontario)andFrench-speakingLowerCanada(Quebec)wi
4、thNovaScotiaandNewBrunswickinaself-governingconfederation—withindependencein1931.Canadaisamulticulturalsocietydependentonimmigrationforgrowth.Some28percentareofBritishdescent,23percentclaimFrenchdescent,2percentareoriginalpeoples—otherminoritiesincludeItalians,Germans,Uk
5、rainians,andChinese.Canada'spopulationishighlyurbanized,withmostpeoplelivinginfourareas:southernOntario,Montréalregion,VancouvercityandsouthernVancouverIsland,andtheCalgary-Edmontoncorridor.Theurbaneconomyhasalargemanufacturingbase,andtheNorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement(N
6、AFTA)hasbroughtaneconomicboom—about80percentofCanada'stradeiswiththeUS.Openquestions:1.WhydowesayCanadaisamulticulturalcountry?2.WhydoesCanadahavethelongestcoastline?3.Doyouknowthefirstfivecountriesinareaintheworld?Whatarethey?生詞小貼士prosperous繁榮的CanadianShield加拿大地盾subarct
7、icclimates副極地氣候confederation聯(lián)邦immigration外來的移民descent血統(tǒng)
