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备课资料BackgroundinformationCoasttoCoasttoCoastFlankedbythePacific,AtlanticandArcticOceans,Canadaisthesecondlargestcountryintheworldintermsofarea.However,mostofthecountryisuninhabited,ascloseto90%ofits31millioninhabitantslivewithin100milesofitssouthernborderwiththeUnitedStates.Canadaismadeupoftenprovincesandthreeterritories.ItstwoofficiallanguagesareEnglishandFrenchanditsfoundingculturesareEnglish,Frenchandaboriginal.Politically,economically,andculturally,thecountryisoftendividedintosixdistinctregions.BritishColumbiaBoastingboththeRockyMountainsandthePacificOceaninitsgeography,thiswestcoastprovinceisknownforitsruggednaturalbeauty.Itsresidentsenjoyarelaxedpaceoflifeandtendtobeveryenvironmentallyconscious.BC’sprimaryindustriesareforestry,miningandtourism.Vancouver,itsmaincity,isthethirdlargestcityinthecountryandisslatedtohostthe2010WinterOlympics.ThePrairies(ortheWest)ThePrairie,orWestern,provincesareAlberta,SaskatchewanandManitoba.(Theprairiesaretheflat,grassyplainsthatcharacterizethisregion.)ThisistheagriculturalcenterofCanada,withAlbertaknownforitssizablebeefindustrywhileSaskatchewanandManitobaareknownforproducinggrainsandothercrops.Moreandmore,theseprovincesarelookingtomineralandenergyresourcesfornewsourcesofwealth.Alberta’sboomingoilindustryhasmadeitoneofthewealthiestprovincesinCanada.Calgary,itslargestcity,isoneofthefastestgrowingcitiesinthecountry.OntarioOntarioisthemostpopulousCanadianprovince.ThefinancialandpoliticalcenterofCanada,Ontarioaccountsforroughly40%ofthecountry’spopulationandeconomicactivity.Itseconomyispoweredbythemanufacturingandserviceindustries,butforestry,agriculture,miningandelectricityarealsoimportantcontributorstoitsfinancialstrength.Thecountry’scapital,Ottawa,andits“mega-city”,Toronto,areinOntario.TorontoisthefifthlargestcityinNorthAmericaandtheUnitedNationshasnameditthemostmulticulturalcityintheworld.Itisknownforitsthrivingbusinessenvironmentandfast-pacedlifestyle.QuebecOriginallysettledasNewFrance,QuebecistheonlyCanadianprovince