1. WELCOME TO SUON COLLEGE
SUON SYMBOLIZES THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PROVINCE
OF JIANGSU AND THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
欢迎来到苏安学院
苏安 代表了江苏省和安大略省之间的合作关系

2. BEGIN YOUR VISIT TO SUON BY LEARNING
MORE ABOUT CANADA AND TORONTO
首先我们来了解一下加拿大和多
伦多

3. GEOGRAPHY OF CANADA:
· CANADA IS ORGANIZED INTO TEN PROVINCES AND THREE NORTHERN
TERRITORIES – ONTARIO IS THE MOST POPULATED REGION OF THE
COUNTRY
· AT 3.85 MILLION SQ. MILES CANADA IS THE SECOND LARGEST
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BEHIND RUSSIA AND AHEAD OF CHINA
加拿大的地理概况 :
· 加拿大被区划为个省和个北部的领地 – 安大略省是全国人
口最密集的省份
· 加拿大国土面积为 385 万平方英里，是全世界国土面积第二大的
国家。仅次于俄罗斯，但比中国要大。

4. COASTLINES/BORDERS/HIGHWAYS:
· CANADA HAS THE LONGEST COASTLINE IN THE WORLD AND OUR
BORDERS TOUCH THREE OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS – THE ATLANTIC,
PACIFIC AND ARCTIC
· CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES SHARE THE LONGEST
UNDEFENDED BORDER IN THE WORLD – INCLUDING THE BORDER
BETWEEN CANADA AND THE STATE OF ALASKA
海岸线 / 边境线 / 高速公路 :
· 加拿大有着全世界最长的海岸线 (151,600 英里 ) ，并且边境和
三个大洋接壤– 大西洋，太平洋和北冰洋
· 加拿大和美国分享着世界上最长的无防卫的边境线 – 包括和阿拉
斯加的边境线，美加之间的总边境线长达 5,525 英里

5. · CANADA IS HOME TO THE LONGEST STREET IN THE WORLD - YONGE
STREET BEGINS IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO AND STRETCHES 1896
KILOMETRES INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO
· CANADA IS ALSO HOME TO THE WORLD’S LONGEST HIGHWAY - THE
TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY WHICH RUNS FROM VICTORIA, BRITISH
COLUMBIA ON THE PACIFIC COAST TO ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND ON
THE ATLANTIC COAST.
· 加拿大有着全世界最长的街道 - 央街，起始于多伦多市中心，并
且一直延伸到 1896 公里以外的安大略北部。
· 加拿大同时有着全世界最长的高速公路 - 加拿大高速公路
TRANS 从西至东把太平洋沿岸最西端的 BC 省的维多利亚和大
西洋沿岸的纽芬兰的圣约翰斯连接起来

6. WATER RESOURCES:
· THE FIVE GREAT LAKES, WHICH CANADA SHARES WITH THE UNITED
STATES, ARE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF FRESH WATER IN THE WORLD
AND CONTAIN 9%OF THE WORD’S RENEWABLE WATER SUPPLY
NIAGARA FALLS IS ONE THE LARGEST WATERFALLS IN THE WORLD
AND A POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION
水资源 :
· 美国和加拿大共享的五大湖，是世界上最大的淡水资源并且占
据了全世界 9% 的可再生水资源
· 尼亚加拉瀑布是世界上最大的瀑布，同时也是著名的旅游景点

7. NATURAL RESOURCES:
· HALF OF CANADA IS COVERED WITH FOREST WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING
SINCE 1/10 OF THE WORLD’S FORESTS ARE LOCATED IN CANADA
· CANADA IS A LEADING SUPPLIER OF ENERGY INCLUDING OIL AND
NATURAL GAS AND ONE OF THE WORLD’S LEADING PRODUCERS OF COPPER,
ZINC, NICKEL, ALUMINUM, POTASH AND GOLD
自然资源：
· 加拿大一半的国土面积被森林覆盖着，全世界 1/10 的森林位于加
拿大境内
· 加拿大是重要的能源供应国，包括石油和天然气。同时也是世界上
重要的铜、锌、镍、铝、碳酸钾和金的生产国

8. TIME ZONES: THERE ARE SEVEN TIME ZONES IN CANADA AND A
DIFFERENCE OF 4 ½ HOURS BETWEEN ST. JOHN’S NEWFOUNDLAND ON
THE EAST COAST AND VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA ON THE WEST
COAST i.e. 6 a.m. and sunrise on the Atlantic coast but 1:30 a.m. in the middle of the
night on the Pacific coast.
时区 :
· 加拿大总共有六个时区，从东海岸的纽芬兰圣约翰斯到西海岸
的 BC 省温哥华，东西跨度 4.5 小时

9. WEATHER/CLIMATE:
· CANADA IS OFTEN PERCEIVED AS BEING EXTREMELY COLD. BECAUSE
OF THE COUNTRY’S SIZE, HOWEVER, THE WEATHER DIFFERS GREATLY
ACCORDING TO LATITUDE
· IN TORONTO THERE ARE FOUR DISTINCT SEASONS AND TEMPERATURES
USUALLY RANGE FROM -10°C TO 28°C
天气 / 气候 :
· 加拿大总是被以为是极寒之地。因为国家面积之大， 天气根据纬
度，变化很大。
· 多伦多有着明显的四季，温度范围从 -10°C 到 28°C

10. WINTER SPORTS:
· THE TEMPERATURE IN WINTER IS OFTEN BELOW FREEZING AND IT SNOWS
REGULARLY
· WINTER SPORTS ARE VERY POPULAR AND ICE HOCKEY IS BY FAR THE MOST
POPULAR SPORT. MANY BOYS IN CANADA DREAM OF PLAYING PROFESSIONAL
HOCKEY FOR TEAMS LIKE THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS OR THE MONTREAL
CANADIENS AND MANY GIRLS DREAM OF PLAYING IN THE OLYMPICS
• CANADA HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST GOLD MEDALS (14) EVER WON AT
THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN ONE YEAR
冬季运动：
· 冬季的温度总是在冰点以下并且经常下雪
· 冬季运动非常风靡，冰球运动是目前最受欢迎的运动。加拿大很多男
孩梦想着能为多伦多枫叶队或是蒙特利尔加拿大人队这样的职业冰球队
效力。

11. POPULATION:
· CANADA’S POPULATION TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 34 MILLION PEOPLE WHICH IS
LESS THAN 2.5% OF THE POPULATION OF CHINA – CANADA IS ONE OF THE LEAST
DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD AT LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE PER SQ.
MILE
ALMOST 90% OF CANADIANS LIVE WITHIN A SHORT DRIVE OF THE AMERICAN
BORDER AND 1 IN 4 CANADIANS LIVE WITHIN 100 MILES OF TORONTO, CANADA’S
LARGEST CITY
人口 :
· 加拿大人口总数约为万，甚至比中国人口总数的
还少。 加拿大是人口最稀少国家之一，每平方英里不足 10 人 .
近 90 ％的加拿大人居住在 1OO 英里的美国边境线周围；接近四分之一
的加拿大人居住在多伦多，多伦多是加拿大面积最大的 城市。

12. LANGUAGE:
· FRENCH AND ENGLISH ARE CANADA’S TWO MAIN OFFICIAL LANGUAGES-
FRENCH IS THE MAIN LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC AND
ENGLISH IN THE REST OF CANADA
· CANADA IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD WITH IMMIGRANTS FROM EVERY COUNTRY ON EARTH SPEAKING
OVER 100 LANGUAGES
语言 :
 法语和英语是加拿大的两个官方语言 - 法语是魁北克省主要的
语言，而英语是加拿大其他地方的主要语言
 加拿大被认为是全世界最元化的国家之一，因为这有来自地球
上每个国家的移民，操着多种不同的语言

13. RELIGION AND LIFE EXPECTANCY:
· IN THE 2001 CENSUS 43% OF CANADIANS DESCRIBED THEIR RELIGION AS
CATHOLIC AND 23% AS PROTESTANT.
· A GROWING # OF CANADIANS DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS NON-RELIGIOUS OR
AS NON-CHRISTIAN
· THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF CANADIANS IS ALMOST 82 YEARS
WHICH RANKS EIGHTH HIGHEST IN THE WORLD
宗教信仰和预期寿命 :
• 2001 调查显示 43% 的加拿大人宗教信仰为天主教， 23% 为新教
。
 越来越多的加拿大人自我标榜为无神论者或者是非基督徒。

14. THE HISTORY OF CANADA:
· THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE OF HUMAN ACTIVITY IN NORTH AMERICA DATES
FROM 20,000 YEARS AGO IN CAVES IN THE NORTHERN YUKON REGION OF
CANADA
· THE ATLANTIC COAST OF CANADA WAS FIRST SETTLED BY VIKINGS AROUND
A.D. 1000 AND THE FIRST DOCUMENTED EUROPEAN TO BE BORN IN CANADA
WAS A VIKING BOY NAMED “SNORRI”
加拿大历史 :
 北美人类活动最早期的证据可以追溯到两万年前加拿大育空地区
北部的洞穴中
 加拿大大西洋沿岸最早在公元年有维京人定居，并且记
载最早在加拿大出生的欧洲人是个维京男孩，名叫“ SNORRI”

18. · EUROPEAN EXPLORERS FROM FRANCE CLAIMED PARTS OF CANADA FOR
FRANCE IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY
· IN THE MID 18TH CENTURY FRANCE AND BRITAIN FOUGHT A WAR TO
DETERMINE CONTROL OF CANADA - THE BRITISH WERE VICTORIOUS
· FRENCH RESIDENTS IN QUEBEC WERE ALLOWED TO MAINTAIN THEIR
LANGUAGE AND TODAY FRENCH AND ENGLISH ARE CANADA’S TWO MAIN
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
• 16 世纪初，来自法国的探险家宣称加拿大的部分为法国所拥有
 中叶，英法之间爆发了战争，以决定加拿大的控制权 - 结果
是英国胜利了
 魁北克的法国居民被允许保留了他们的语言，并且在今天，英语
和法语是加拿大的两大官方语言

19. CANADIAN POLITICAL ORGANIZATION:
· IN 1867 FOUR OF THE BRITISH PROVINCES IN NORTH AMERICA (ONTARIO
QUEBEC, NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK) CONFEDERATED TO CREATE
THE NEW COUNTRY OF CANADA
· THE KING OR QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN CONTINUES TO BE THE HEAD OF
STATE IN CANADA
加拿大的政治组织：
• 1867 年， 北美的 4 个英属省份 ( 安大略 , 魁北克 , 新斯科舍和新布
朗斯维克 ) 联合建立了加拿大
 英国的国王女皇继续保持加拿大国家元首的身份

20. FEDERAL (NATIONAL) GOVERNMENT:
· CANADA MAINTAINS THE BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT WITH AN ELECTED NATIONAL PARLIAMENT (CALLED THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS) AND AN APPOINTED SENATE
· THE GOVERNOR GENERAL REPRESENTS THE QUEEN IN CANADA
· THE CITY OF OTTAWA (ON THE BORDER BETWEEN QUEBEC AND ONTARIO)
WAS CHOSEN AS THE CAPITAL OF THE NEWLY CREATED COUNTRY IN 1867
联邦政府 :
· 加拿大政府保留了英国的议会制度，有着选举的联邦议会 ( 众议院 )
和任命的参议院
· 加拿大总督代表了英女皇
· 1867 年渥太华市 ( 在魁省和安省的边界上 ) 被选为新建国家的首都

21. PRIME MINISTER:
· THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS LED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, WHO IS THE
LEADER OF THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH THE MOST ELECTED MEMBERS OF
PARLIAMENT
· THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES WHO HAVE ELECTED MEMBERS
IN THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT
总理：
 联邦政府被总理领导。总理是议会里有最多议员的政党的领袖。
 在联邦议会，有五个拥有议员席位的不同政党。

22. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT:
· EACH OF CANADA’S PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES ALSO HAS A LEGISLATURE
TO DEAL WITH PROVINCIAL/TERRITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (e.g. Education, health
care, provincial highways, energy distribution)
· EACH PROVINCE IS LED BY THE PREMIER, WHO LEADS THE PROVINCIAL
POLITICAL PARTY WITH THE MOST SEATS IN THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE
(similar to the national system)
省政府：
· 每个加拿大的省份 / 领地都有一个立法机关议会处理本省 / 领地的
事务 ( 比如教育、卫生、省高速、能源分配 )
· 每个省被省长领导，省长是在省议会有最多席位的政党的领袖 ( 和
联邦系统类似 )

23. CITY (LOCAL) GOVERNMENT:
· THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS LED BY THE MAYOR
· EACH CITY AND TOWN ALSO HAS A COUNCIL OF ELECTED MEMBERS TO
DEAL WITH LOCAL MATTERS (e.g. Garbage collection, police, emergency services,
parks) – IN TORONTO THERE ARE 44 ELECTED COUNCILLORS TO REPRESENT
THE CITY’S VARIOUS COMMUNITIES
市政府：
· 市政府为市长领导
· 每个市 / 镇有选民委员会处理本地事务 ( 例如垃圾处理、警察、紧
急服务、公园 ) – 多伦多有 44 个民选议员，代表了不同社区

24. FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION:
· THE TORONTO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD IS THE FOURTH LARGEST IN NORTH
AMERICA AND THE LARGEST SCHOOL BOARD IN CANADA WITH OVER 250,000
STUDENTS AND OVER 550 SCHOOLS
· THERE IS ALSO A PUBLIC CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD SERVING
ABOUT ¼ OF THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS
免费的公共教育：
· 多伦多公立教育局是北美第四大、加拿大第一大教育局，有着
25 万学生和超过 550 所学校
· 同时也存在着一个公立天主教教育局，为 1/4 的学生服务着

25. HEALTH CARE:
ALL CANADIANS HAVE ACCESS TO FREE UNIVERSAL PUBLIC HEALTH
CARE
公共卫生：
所有加拿大公民有免费的公共医疗

26. BASKETBALL:
A CANADIAN NAMED JAMES NAISMITH INVENTED THE GAME OF BASKETBALL
篮球：
加拿大人 James, Naismith 发明了篮球比赛

27. OTHER DISCOVERIES AND 其他发现和发明：
INVENTIONS: · 加拿大人有着以下很多其他发现和发明
· CANADIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY o 电子显微镜
OTHER IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND o 胰岛素
INVENTIONS INCLUDING: o IMAX 电影
o THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE o 雪地车
o INSULIN o 电话
o IMAX FILMS o 拉链
o SNOWMOBILE o 电灯泡
o TELEPHONE o 电视
o ZIPPER o 电灶和棒球手套
o ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB
o TELEVISION
o THE ELECTRIC RANGE AND
THE BASEBALL GLOVE

28. Bethune, Henry Norman
•Surgeon, inventor, political activist (born at Gravenhurst, Ontario March 3,1890; died at
Huang Shiko, N China Nov. 12,1939)
•Bethune's fame in Canada has resulted from his status as a hero in the People's Republic
of China and the impact of this on Sino-Canadian relations.
•Chinese name: 白求恩 ; pinyin: Bái Qiúēn
•Canadian physician and medical innovator
•Bethune is best known for his service in war time medical units during the Spanish Civil War
and with the Communist Eighth Route Army (Ba Lu Jun) during the Second Sino-Japanese War
•He developed the first mobile blood-transfusion service in Spain in 1936
•He wrote that wars were motivated by profits, not principles

29. NORMAN BETHUNE
GALLERY
NORMAN BETHUNE
COLLEGIATE IN SCARBOROUGH
NORMAN BETHUNE’S
BIRTHPLACE
FIELD HOSPITAL
WORK IN CHINA

30. TORONTO:
TORONTO IS THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN NORTH AMERICA BEHIND NEW
YORK, LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO AND THE GREATER TORONTO AREA HAS
APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION RESIDENTS
多伦多：
多伦多是仅次于纽约、洛杉矶和芝加哥的北美第四大都市。大多伦
多地区大约有 600 万居民

31. TORONTO’S “CN” (CANADIAN NATIONAL) TOWER:
· THE CN TOWER IN TORONTO WAS THE WORLD’S TALLEST FREE-STANDING
STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD UNTIL 2007
多伦多国家电视塔：
· 在 2007 年之前，多伦多国家电视塔一直是世界上最高的建筑

32. TORONTO’S ETHNIC DIVERSITY:
· THE UNITED NATIONS HAS CALLED TORONTO
THE MOST ETHNICALLY DIVERSE CITY IN THE
WORLD
· TORONTO HAS A LARGE ETHNIC POPULATION
o 350,000 CHINESE
o 400,000 ITALIANS
o 127.000 GREEKS
o AND MANY OTHERS IN AREAS SUCH AS:
§ CHINATOWN
§ GREEKTOWN
§ LITTLE ITALY
§ LITTLE PORTUGAL
AND MANY OTHER GROWING ETHNIC
COMMUNITIES
多伦多种族多元化 :
· 联合国称多伦多为种族最多元化的城
市
· 多伦多有很大的种族人口
o 350,000 华人
o 400,000 意大利人
o 127,000 希腊人
o 很多在这样的区域 :
§ 唐人街
§ 希腊城
§ 小意大利
§ 小葡萄牙

33. TORONTO’S PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM:
TORONTO’S PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM IS
THE SECOND LARGEST IN NORTH
AMERICA
多伦多公共交通系统：
多伦多公共交通系统是北美第二大

34. MOVIE PRODUCTION IN TORONTO:
MANY HOLLYWOOD MOVIES ARE ACTUALLY MADE HERE AND TORONTO IS
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS “HOLLYWOOD OF THE NORTH”
多伦多的电影产业：
很多好莱坞电影实际上在此制作，并且多伦多被认为是“北方好莱坞”

35. POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN TORONTO:
· TORONTO IS HOME TO THREE OF CANADA’S LEADING UNIVERSITIES (THE
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, YORK UNIVERSITY AND RYERSON) AS WELL HOME
TO FOUR OF CANADA’S LARGEST COMMUNITY COLLEGES
· OVER HALF OF TORONTO’S WORK FORCE HAS A UNIVERSITY DEGREE OR
COLLEGE DIPLOMA
多伦多的高等教育：
· 加拿大三所顶尖高校，四所社区学院位于此 – 多伦多大学、约克大
学、瑞尔森大学等等
· 超过一半的加拿大的劳动力有着大学或学院文凭

36. TOURISM IN TORONTO:
· TORONTO IS CANADA’S LEADING TOURIST DESTINATION AND ROUTINELY
RANKED AS ONE OF THE CLEANEST, SAFEST AND MOST PEACEFUL
COSMOPOLITAN CITIES IN THE WORLD
多伦多旅游业
 多伦多是加拿大的旅游理想地，经常被排为最干净、最安全、
最平静的国际大都市

37. WELCOME TO SUON!