作者：(加)凯伦·史密斯(KarenSmit
页数：448
出版社：天津人民出版社
出版日期：2017
ISBN：9787201122359
电子书格式：pdf/epub/txt
内容简介
2017年恰逢加拿大建国150周年庆之际，谨以《O，Canada！》纪念加拿大建国150周年。《O，Canada！》为全英文版，按时间顺序从1867年建立联邦，到2017年，每年一篇，全面讲述了加拿大的历史、文化、移民等社会问题，通过《O，Canada！》读者可以对加拿大有更深一步的了解。对于英语爱好者，也是不可多得的阅读素材。
作者简介
《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。
本书特色
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 Canada’s 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. It’s quite readable for both native English speakers and ESL
learners all over the world.
目录
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 Canada’s 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 Let’s 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)
……
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 Woman’s 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 there’s Smoke,
there’s Fire (1998)
133 First Nations, First
Territory (1999)
134 Fresh off the Boat (2000)
135 Grounded at Gander (2001)
136 We Can’t 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 Canada’s 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)
