UNIT 1 Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading-【金版新学案】2023-2024学年新教材高二英语选择性必修第三册同步课堂高效讲义教师用书（译林版2020）

　[背话题金句，写高分文章]　 1. As you know，Peking Opera is one of the most influential operas in China，which has a history of more than 200 years. 如你所知，京剧是中国最有影响力的戏剧之一，它有200多年的历史。 2. Empty Fort Strategy and Drunkened Concubine are famous masterpieces of Peking Opera，which will be on at many theaters in Beijing. 《空城计》和《贵妃醉酒》是著名的京剧名作，将在北京的许多剧院上演。 3. Learning that you are coming to visit China，I’d like to recommend several places of interest to you. 得知你即将来中国游玩，我向你推荐几处名胜。 4．A Chinese Classics Reciting Contest will be held in my school.Knowing that you are really into Chinese culture，I’m writing to invite you to participate in it. 我校将要举办“中华经典文学诵读比赛”，知道你对中国文化很感兴趣，我写信邀请你参加。 5. I think it is a good chance to appreciate local operas, which surely help you learn more about Chinese culture. 我认为这是欣赏当地歌剧的好机会，这无疑有助于你更多地了解中国文化。 [单元话题导入]　 Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia.It is larger than the USA and reaches nearly a quarter of the way round the earth.The distance from east to west is over 5，500 kilometres and the country covers① six of the world’s 24 time zones②.However，its population，about 37.8 million，is only about one­fifth of Russia’s. Nearly 90% of Canadians live within 200 km of the border③ with the United States，which means that Canada contains vast④ expanses⑤ of wilderness to the north.Canada’s native people make up less than two percent of the population. The weather is different from area to area.In the north，the winters are long and hard，with snow for six months of the year.The temperature can fall to －60℃.The west coast of Canada is the warmest place in winter.The average January temperature is 3℃，and in July it is 18℃.Here it rains a lot every month of the year.Plants grow well all the year round⑥ and the parks and gardens are famous for their flowers. Canada has one third of the world’s supply of fresh water.There are five great lakes in the south，and there are many others，especially in the north.Most of the electricity is produced by water.The co