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1、单元背景知识阅读Canada加拿大是一个移民国家，也是一个多元文化国家，幅员辽阔，资源丰富，自然景观优美，适合人类生存和居住。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?生词小贴士prosperous繁荣的CanadianShield加拿大地盾subarct

7、icclimates副极地气候confederation联邦immigration外来的移民descent血统