Unit2

TheUnitedKingdomWarmingup＆ReadingWarmingupDothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowaboutUK?1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeD.four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhoursbemadeupofdirectflight3.WhorulestheUK:ThePrimeMinisterorthequeen?ATheQueenBThePrimeMinisterCBoth4.WhataretheprovincesCalledinEngland?AcountriesBdepartmentsCstates5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?ATheRiverAvonBTheRiverThamesCTheRiverSevern

TheQueen’spositionisCeremonial:OpeningParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.VSThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionandthelaws.ThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338KmandtheRiverSevernis290Km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.Pre-reading1.CanyounamethecapitalcitiesoftheUK?2.Englandcanbedividedintothreemainareas.Doyouknowwhattheyare?3.WhatdoyouknowaboutanycitiesortownsintheUK?Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

2.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom?Whatarethey?

AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.Four.TheyareEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.SkimmingUKContains________,________,Scotlandand________________.Inthe13thCentury_______waslinkedto________.In1603_______andWaleswerejoinedto_________.OrganizationEnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandSometimeLater__________Irelandbrokeawayand__________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand_________.Thus________comeintobeing.Englandthe________ofthefourcountries,consistsofthe_______,________and________ofEnglandScotlandSouthernNorthernEnglandtheUKlargestSouthMidlandsNorthLondonthegreatest________treasureofall,has_________,art__________,theatres,parksand________.ThefourgroupsofinvadersaretheRomans,____________,_________andNormans.historicalmuseumscollectionsbuildingsAnglo-SaxonsVikingsComprehending1TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom,whichcountryisleftout?Why?Wales,itisusuallyassumedtobepartofEnglandEnglandScotlandIrelandUnionJack2.WhatthreecountriesdoesBritishAirwaysrepresent?1__________2__________3____________NorthernIrelandScotlandEnglandTheVikingsdidn’tinfluenceLondon.3.WhichgroupofinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?Thepassagecandivideintothreeparts,writedownthemainideaofeachpart.

Para1-3WhatEnglandinclude;aboutGreatBritain;theUK.

Part1:EnglandWalesPart1HowUKwasformedInthe13thcenturyADEnglandWalesisusuallyassumed(被認為是)tobepartofEngland.ScotlandIn1603GetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdomNorthernIrelandOnlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdomPara4-5

ThegeographicdivisionofEnglandintozones,theirsimilaritiesanddifferences.

Part2:Para6ThecultureimportanceofLondon.

Part3:TheRomans---Anglo-Saxon---Vikings---Normans---townsandroadslanguageandgovernmentvocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthcastlesandwordsforfoodHowdoyouthinktheUnitedKingdombegantobeformed?