Listening,Unit 5 Canada “The True North”,Listen to the text.,Using Language,WHAT IS A CANADIAN?,I am a Canadian and very _ of my country. However, people sometimes dont know what being Canadian really _. People who come to Canada are _ to be proud of their own culture and keep their own _. Except for the Native Indians, everybody else who lives here came from another country or their _ did. Canada is a _ of many cultures,Listen again and fill in the blanks.,proud,means,encouraged,customs,ancestors,mixture,and races. It is _ we call a multicultural country. We have _ official languages, French and English. Even though we encourage people to keep their own customs, we _ everyone to learn French or English in order to _ in Canada. If you live in the province of Quebec, you are expected to speak _. However, the Native Indians and,two,expect,French,what,live,the Inuit of Canada are still _ to keep their languages alive. You can hear some of their languages in the names of _ and _ as well as cities. “Canada” means “village”. Toronto and Ottawa are also Native Indian names. There are _ and television programmes, _ and magazines in over _ different languages across Canada, and the Toronto city,trying,rivers,lakes,radio,80,newspapers,government offers help to people in _ languages. Many of our _ cities have areas where people from the same culture live near each other there might be a _, a Little Italy, a Korea Town and so on. However, people whose _ have lived in Canada for a long time are usually all _ up. My own family is a mixture of English, Native,70,big,Chinatown,families,mixed,Indian and French. My neighbours family is Chinese, German and _! When I say that I am proud to be a Canadian, maybe you can help me _ what a Canadian is.,African,decide,Workbook-Listening,A COMPARISON OF CHINA AND CANADA,Li Daiyu and Liu Qians Canadian friends asked them to tell them something about China. The two cousins decided to present a short report together, comparing China and Canada.,LD = Li Daiyu LQ = Liu Qian,Listen to the text.,LD: China is a very large country. Its about _ square kilometres in area, and _ kilometres from east to west. Its so big that its difficult to _. Perhaps its easier to compare it to _. LQ: China has many of the _ mountains in the world. Theyre in the _ of the country, as they are in,Listen again and fill in the blanks.,9,600,000,5,000,describe,Canada,highest,west,Canada, but China has more mountains where many great _ begin. LD: China has _ countries to the north, Mongolia and Russia, unlike Canada, which has no countries to its _, but only the Arctic ice and snow. LQ: China has _ neighbouring countries. Its borders are over _ kilometres long. Canada, however, has only _ neighbour, the USA to the south. Both Canadians and Americans,rivers,two,north,fourteen,20,000,one,speak English, but its _ so easy for Chinese to talk with their neighbours, even if they live close to the _. LD: Chinas Gobi Desert, in the _ of China, is very special. There is nothing _ in Canada. In winter and spring sometimes the cold _ blows dust southward from the Gobi Desert to the northern parts of China. Even the Great Wall cannot keep out the _.,border,not,northwest,similar,air,dust,LQ: Both China and Canada have _ rivers and many lakes as well as busy _ cities on the Pacific Ocean. China is famous for the _ longest river in the world, the _ River, and Canada has the famous Niagara _. LD: Canada, _, has nothing like Chinas southern island of Hainan. While it is _ and _ in,long,port,third,Changjiang,Falls,freezing,snowing,however,Mohe in north China on the Chinese-Russian border, people nearly _ kilometres south in Hainan can sit on the _ in the sunshine. LQ: There is _ to sit on the beach in winter in Canada!,5,500,beach,nowhere,Listen to the text.,Workbook-Listening Task,THREE GREAT CANADIANS,Listen again and fill in the blanks.,A great jazz piano _ is a Canadian! One of the greatest Canadian _ is world-famous for his jazz music. Oscar Peterson is a piano player _ Montreal. He has made over _ recordings and CDs and has played with the _ jazz musicians in _. Although he is quite _ now, he still goes on tour with his music group.,player,musicians,from,150,greatest,old,history,A brave _ researcher is a Canadian! Dr Nancy Olivieri, a _ doctor from Toronto, has become famous for refusing to support a _ that she was working on. A big drug company paid her to do the research, _ when she found that the drug was dangerous to children, she made a public _. The drug company and the hospital _ she worked said,medical,childrens,drug,but,report,where,they woul