[00:00.78]Unit 5 English and English-speaking Countries
[00:05.59]Lesson 19
[00:09.91]Exercise 1.2
[00:13.04]Hi,Yang Yang
[00:14.32]Thank you for your e-mail.
[00:16.47]I'm really happy that we met each other
[00:18.74]on the Internet.
[00:20.39]How are your English classes going?
[00:23.00]Have you learned a lot?
[00:25.16]In your last e-mail,
[00:27.23]you asked me if students in Canada
[00:29.28]learn a foreign language.
[00:31.24]This depends on where you live in the country
[00:33.73]and your school.
[00:35.44]I live in Vancouver,
[00:37.38]and here most students start learning
[00:39.54]a foreign language
[00:40.85]when they are in primary school.
[00:43.46]Others start in junior high school.
[00:45.70]Because both English and French
[00:48.45]are official languages in Canada,
[00:51.32]most English-speaking students learn French,
[00:54.60]but you can learn other languages,too.
[00:57.71]In my school you can choose either Chinese
[01:00.23]or French, or both..
[01:02.75]I chose to learn Chinese.
[01:05.24]I have a lot of Chinese friends
[01:07.19]and I really like Chinese culture.
[01:10.68]My younger sister is also learning Chinese.
[01:14.18]This way we can talk to each other in Chinese
[01:18.28]and our parents won't understand!
[01:20.92]In Vancouver,
[01:22.34]there are also a lot of language schools..
[01:25.72]If someone wants to learn a foreign language,
[01:28.87]he can go to these schools
[01:30.45]after regular classes.
[01:32.92]Most language schools offer Chinese classes.
[01:36.51]Also,many Chinese parents send their children
[01:39.50]to Chinese language schools
[01:41.75]so they won't forget their native language.
[01:45.01]You told me that learning English is difficult
[01:48.22]I think learning any foreign language
[01:50.67]is difficult.
[01:52.17]Chinese is also difficult for me,
[01:54.83]but we shouldn't give up.
[01:56.77]Next time I send you e-mail
[01:58.52]I'll try to write in Chinese
[02:00.80]and you can reply in English.
[02:03.55]This way, we'll help each other
[02:05.94]in learning a foreign language!
[02:07.90]I'd also like to know
[02:09.36]what it is like to learn English in China.
[02:12.60]Could you tell me about it?
[02:14.35]I'm looking forward to reading your e-mail.
[02:17.12]Cheers.
[02:18.21]Paula
[02:24.34]Exercise 2.1
[02:27.34]Native peoples have been living in Canada
[02:30.14]for thousands of years,
[02:32.13]but the French were the first Europeans
[02:34.55]to arrive in Canada in the 1500s.
[02:37.86]About 100 years later,
[02:40.06]the British arrived ,and both nations,
[02:43.23]the French and the British,
[02:45.48]lived peacefully for about 100 years.
[02:49.10]Then , in 1745,
[02:51.60]the British took some French land,
[02:54.14]and both nations fought against each other
[02:56.70]for the right to rule Canada.
[02:59.20]The French lost ,
[03:00.85]and in 1763 Canada became British.
[03:05.35]Because of the history of both the French
[03:07.61]and the British,
[03:08.91]today Canada has two official languages:
[03:12.55]French and English.
[03:14.57]About 24% of the population speak French
[03:18.67]as a native language and another
[03:20.65]60% speak English as a native language.
[03:24.66]The rest speak other languages like Chinese,
[03:27.74]Arabic, etc...
[03:29.41]as a native language and speak either English
[03:32.46]or French as a second language.
[03:35.61]Today, the population of Canada is about 32
[03:39.64]million and the total area is about
[03:42.39]10 million sq.km.
[03:44.88]The capital city of Canada is Ottawa
[03:47.79]and other large cities
[03:49.63]include Toronto and Vancouver.
[03:52.04]The symbol of Canada is a maple leaf
[03:54.92]and it is also found in the center
[03:57.21]of the Canadian flag.
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