This book is written and published for celebrating the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. For this 150 years old great country, it has many incredible stories to tell
◆ Read about the explorers who first came looking and the battles that were fought with the natives they met over land.
◆ Learn how the country was settled by the many immigrants, including the Chinese, who helped to grow it.
◆ Discover little known and interesting facts about Canadas culture, sports and symbols.
◆ Find out what Canadians love about their country and who they consider to be their heroes.
The easy-to-read and fascinating stories in this book highlight a special moment from each of the 150 years that Canada has been a country. Its quite readable for both native English speakers and ESL learners all over the world.
關於作者:
《O,Canada!》 凯伦史密斯(Karen Smith),加拿大出生并长大。大学毕业后开始游历世界,在五个国家工作和生活过。在伦敦生活期间,她获得TESOL(Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)证书。后移居澳大利亚,在悉尼从事六年的国际学生英语教学,并加入澳大利亚国籍。
此后她回到加拿大,在位于北极圈的育空地区工作,担任一家教育机构的经理,给成人讲授英语阅读与写作。她还来到乌干达,做了八年的志愿者,帮助当地妇女儿童接受教育。凯伦为中国读者写作了多部图书,目前居住于加拿大西部美丽的海滨城市维多利亚。
目錄:
1 A Country Is Born 1867
2 The Maple Leaf Forever 1868
3 Turn of the Tide 1869
4 Where Money Grows on Trees 1870
5 Signed, Sealed and Delivered 1871
6 A Home Away from Home 1872
7 The Mountie Always Gets His Man 1873
8 The Better to See You With 1874
9 Give Me a Call Sometime 1875
10 The Great White North 1876
11 Play Ball 1877
12 To Have and to Hold 1878
13 Fair Play 1879
14 Canada Is On Song 1880
15 Shop till You Drop 1881
16 A Cotton Picking Good Idea 1882
17 Take Your Medicine 1883
18 Is the Train on Time? 1884
19 Fight the Good Fight 1885
20 Hey there Cowboy 1886
21 For the Birds 1887
22 A Borderline Decision 1888
23 I Will Vote for That 1889
24 Canadas Ship has Come In 1890
25 A Slam Dunk 1891
26 A Bricks and Mortar Business 1892
27 With Child 1893
28 Out in the Cold 1894
29 That Sounds Like a Great Idea 1895
30 There Is Gold in Those Hills 1896
31 Search High and Low 1897
32 To Drink or not to Drink 1898
33 A Star Is Born 1899
34 Selling Canada 1900
35 A Barrel of Fun 1901
36 Can You Hear Me Now? 1902
37 Lets Go for a Drive 1903
38 Paddle Your Own Canoe 1904
39 A Right of Passage 1905
40 A Good Read 1906
41 A Belt of Wheat 1907
42 Every Book Is a Friend 1908
43 That Ice Is Mine 1909
44 I Promise to do My Best 1910
45 Park Yourself Here 1911
46 Do You Understand? 1912
47 Zip Her Up 1913
48 Hollywood of the North 1914
49 As I Live and Breathe 1915
50 That Took Ages 1916
51 United We Stand 1917
52 Cover Your Mouth 1918
53 Strike Out 1919
54 I Will School You 1920
55 Our Ship has Come In 1921
56 How to Live Like an Inuit 1922
57 Down to a Science 1923
58 Up in the Air 1924
59 The Light of Night 1925
60 Seeing Snakes 1926
61 Work of Art 1927
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115 We Give You Our Right Arm 1981
116 A Sign of the Times 1982
117 I am Immune to That 1983
118 Like a Three Ring Circus 1984
119 War and Peace 1985
120 Boat People 1986
121 One for the Money 1987
122 A Womans Body Is Her Own 1988
123 World Wide Web 1989
124 Get Along Little Doggies 1990
125 The Unhappy, Lucky Ones 1991.
126 Canary in a Coal Mine 1992
127 Bad Blood 1993
128 We Trade with One Voice 1994
129 Just Say No 1995
130 Sent from My Wireless 1996
131 The Human Tsunami 1997
132 Where theres Smoke, theres Fire 1998
133 First Nations, First Territory 1999
134 Fresh off the Boat 2000
135 Grounded at Gander 2001
136 We Cant Bear It 2002
137 Keeping the Peace 2003
138 Midnight Sun 2004
139 Out of the Closet 2005
140 Sorry Is Hard to Say 2006
141 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 2007
142 Just Like a Human 2008
143 Canadas Stonehenge 2009
144 Seeing Flying Cigars 2010
145 Will Canada Go Green? 2011
146 Watch this Space 2012
147 A Dead Loss 2013
148 A Fish Tale 2014
149 An Old Drink of Water 2015
150 Canada has a New Leader 2016
Strong, Proud, Free 2017