READING 4ºB

¡Hola chicos y chicas de 4ºB!

A continuación comparto con vosotros un texto en el que conoceremos un poco más sobre Canadá, algo de geografía y sus gentes. Cualquier duda de vocabulario recordad, primero miramos el entorno de la palabra, es decir, las palabras que la rodean, ¿qué puede significar esa palabra? y si aún así no sabemos el significado podemos recurrir a un diccionario online o en papel si tenemos en casa. Recordar también tratar de dar respuestas un poco elaboradas, no limitarnos a un Yes, it is; muchas veces el propio texto o la pregunta nos ayudan a elaborar esta respuesta.

Un saludo.

Canada is the second biggest country in the world, after Russia - measured by total area! But most of the people live close to the US-Canada border where the main cities are, cities such as Vancouver, Montreal or Quebec. But is Ottawa the capital of Canada.

The Canadian people are called Canadians. Most of the Canadian families are from England and France and that why Canada has two official languages: English and French. Almost half of the population can speak both languages, but the majority of Canadians speak English as first language.

Among the aboriginal people in Canada are the Métis, the First Nations People and the Inuit. The indigenous people in northern Canada are called 'Inuit'. Inuit people, which were called 'eskimos' previously.

The inuit live today in modern houses but still build igloos, especially when hunting. The inuit children go to the community's schools, but there are no universities in the North. So if the children decide to go on studying, they have to leave their communities and move to university cities. In the Inuit language, writing text was only begun in the 19th century before they mainly used symbols for writing. 

Some curious things about Canada are:

-Canada's longest river is the McKenzie River in the North West. The river is 4,241km long.

-The highest mountain in Canada is with 5,959m the Mount Logan in the Yukon Territory at the border with Alaska.

-  -Canada has the largest waterfalls by water volume. These are the Niagara Falls.

QUESTIONS:

1.  Is Canada the bigest country in the world?

2.  What is the capital of Canada?

3.  What name do the people of Canada receive?

4.  What are the official languages in Canada?

5.  Did the Inuits live in southern Canada? Where did they live?

6.  What is the name of the other group of aboriginal people in Canada?

7.  What was the name of the Inuit houses?

8.  When did the Inuits start using writing text? What did they use before?

9.  What is the longest river in Canada? Where is that river?

10.  What is the highest mountain in Canada? Where is that mountain?