哦加拿大1867-2017加拿大150个难忘的故事(英文版)[OCanada150unforgettablestoriesfrom1867to2017]
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2017年恰逢加拿大建国150周年庆之际,谨以此书纪念加拿大建国150周年。本书为全英文版,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,通过本书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。
内容简介
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.
作者简介
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。