外研社版高三选修 10

Module6 the maple leaf country

Words and Expressions

totem图腾

salmon 鲑鱼，大马哈鱼

seal海豹

porpoise鼠海豚

windsurfing帆板运动

suburb城郊，近郊

cuisine菜肴

minority少数民族

Words and Expressions

culturally

racially

diverse

shellfish

harmony

metropolis

magnet

adv. 文化地，文化方面地adv. 种族地adj. 多种多样的n. 甲壳类水生动物n. 和谐n. 大城市n. 有吸引力的地方

fusion

not to mention

prosperous

microcosm

multiculturalism

diversity

full-scale

n. 融合更不用说adj. 繁荣的，富足的n. 缩影，微观缩影n. 多元文化论n. 多样性adj. 完全的，彻底的

Words and Expressions

Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the words given in the box.

diverse inhabitant skilful evidence harmony

dramatic minority prosperous microcosm

Vocabulary

1. The __________ in this district make their living mainly by farming.2. There wasn’t enough ________ to prove him guilty.3. There are ________ changes in the international situation.4. Shanghai is a _________ of highly developed cities in China.5. Mr. Smith is doing a __________ business.

inhabitants

evidence dramatic

microcosmprosperous

6. He is not very ______ with his chopsticks.7. His tastes are in ＿＿＿＿ with mine.8. Nobody agrees with me and I’m in a _______ of one.9. The wild life in Africa is extremely ______.10. He looked at his twelve children with ______ pride. 11. A country's future ________ depends, to an extent, upon the quality of education of its people.

skilfulharmony

minority

diverse

evidentprosperity

Fast reading

Part 1: Vancouver is one of the most culturally and racially diverse cities in Canada and the world.Part 2: There has been a Chinese community in Vancouver for more than 200 years.

Key sentences of the two parts

Careful reading

Vancouver - the Symbol of Multicultural Canada

Topics Detailed information

First nations people

They lived mainly on products from the sea and the land. Some of them were also good at making tools, ornaments and carvings from copper, stone, bone and wood.

Changes the city has seen

Europeans arrived and brought in some new ways of living. People of different ethnic groups lived in harmony.

The different ethnic communities

Chinatown, Little India, Little Italy, South American, East India, Japanese communities, French-speaking community

Sports and activities

Restaurants

People can go skiing in the mountains and windsurfing in the sea on the same day.

Restaurants mix so many global cuisines and create a new global menu.

1 What do you think makes Vancouver different from other big Canadian cities?

2 Where do you think the main multicultural influence comes from—Asia or Europe?

3 Why do you think there are so many Chinese people living in Vancouver?

After reading Part 1

1 The population of Vancouver is _______. (a) 200,000 (b) 2,000,000 (c) 20,000,0002 The ethnic mix of the population in Vancouver: _________. (a) most born in Canada (b) 25 ％ born outside Canada (c) nearly half of all adults born outside Canada3 The ethnic minority districts include _________. (a) a Chinese district (b) a British district (c) an Italian district (d) an Indian district

1 200 years ago, nearly a quarter of the population of Vancouver were Chinese.

2 Now, nearly 20 ％ of the population is Chinese.3 Chinatown in Vancouver is bigger than Chinatown in San Fran

cisco.4 There are seven major Chinese newspapers, radio and TV stati

ons.5 They started building the Sun Yat-sen Garden in 1985.

Part 2After reading

cuisine diverse fusion gateway metropolis microcosm minority prosperous skiing windsurfing

1 ______ is a sport that you do on water.2 A _________ is something small that contains the features

or qualities of something bigger.3 _________ is another word for a big city.4 _______ is a French word which we use to mean the food from a particular region.5 _______ is the process by which different ideas or styles

combine to form something new.

Skiingmicrocosm

MetropolisCuisine

Fusion

Vancouver is one of the most _________ and ______ diverse cities in Canada and the world. With a population of nearly two million, the city is Canada’s fastest-growing _________. Vancouver’s success at mixing so many global cuisines is _______ of its success at mixing so many nations into one city. Canada is a microcosm of the world, where all cultures and languages are __________. Chinatown is _______ around the Chinese Cultural Centre.

culturally racially

metropolis

symbolic

represented situated

Cloze Test

Describe Vancouver in your own words.

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