Unit 5 Canada The True North Fixed Collocations

Unit 5 Canada ---“The True North” Fixed Collocations Learning

Justin Bieber Avril

Niagara maple leaves The Canadian flag

measuring 5, 500 km border Canada is a multicultural country with beautiful scenery measuring 5, 500 Km from west to east. Most Canadians settle down in the border area between Canada and the USA.

Rather than take the plane, Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train to cross the whole continent in Canada from west to east. With their baggage, they went to catch the cross-Canada train-“The True North” in Vancouver is a large and urban city surrounded by mountains and seas.

Read and classify. 1 border multicultural ['bɔ: də] ['mʌltɪ'kʌltʃərəl] scenery ['si: nərɪ] 3 2 urban ['ɜ: bən] 4 measure rather than ['meʒ settle down ə] surround n. n. adj. /adv. [sə'raʊ nd] vi. /vt. phrase

surround (vt. ) 包围，环 1. They have surrounded the building with police. surround sb. /sth. with sb. /sth. 2. The lake is surrounded by/with trees. sth. /sb. be surrounded by/with sth. ★ surrounding (adj. ) 周围的 surroundings (n. ) 环境，周围的事物

surround (vt. ) 包围，环 surrounded by/with green trees 1. The garden is large, __________ on all sides（四面绿树环绕）. was 2. Around 100 newsmen visited a round city which ______ surrounded (surround) by beautiful mountains. After ______ surroundings visiting it, they spoke highly of the _________ (surround) so much that they would like to settle down here.

rather than 宁可A也不愿B sth. 1. I will have a cold drink rather than hot coffee in hot summer. A B do sth. 2. Students will watch TV rather than do homework on Sunday. A B doing sth. 3. He was busy writing a letter rather than reading news paper. A B ★Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train to cross the whole continent rather than take the plane. = Rather than take the plane, Li Daiyu and Liu Qian took the train to cross the whole continent.

rather than 宁可A也不愿B read (read), she sat there to write. 1. Rather than ____ dancing 2. The little girl likes drawing rather than ______ (dance). 3. She rather than you ____ is (be) going camping tomorrow. ★ sb. rather than sb. 4. He is teacher _____________. （而不是 rather than a doctor 医生）

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