ReadingandthinkingChinatheUnitedKingdomWhatdoyouknowabouttheUK?:Fullname

ShortnameLocationCountriesTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

InthewestofEuropeFour:England,Scotland,Wales,NorthernIreland(Great)Britain,theUKChinatheUKLanguageReligionCapitalCurrencyRiverRulerNationalflagEnglishCatholicism(天主教)LondonpoundtheThames(泰晤士河)PrimeMinister(首相)TheUnionJack(英國國旗)the4countriesthatmakeuptheUKWalestheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandUnionJackWhatdothedifferentsymbolsandcolorsstandfor?Theredspotstandsfor__________.Thesmallcirclesstandfor_________.Differentcolorsstandfor_________________________.thecapitalbigcitiesdifferentregionsorcounties

Whenlookingatamap,thinkfirstaboutwhatitshowsandwhatthemapshowsandwhatthesymbolsmean.VideoTimeP.40ThemapshowstheBritishIsles,theIslandswhichmakeuptheGreatBritain(England,Scotland,andWales)andIreland(IrelandandNorthernIreland).ItisusedtoshowthefourdifferentcountriesthatmakeuptheUKandsomeofthemajorcities.P.40

ThefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdomareEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.EnglandandWaleswerethefirsttwotobejoinedtogether.Thetwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountryaretohelpyouunderstandmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditionsandtomakevisitingitmoreenjoyable.Readthetext,listening.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutthe_______ofitsdifferentnames,its__________,_______,__________,and_______.formationhistorytraditionscultureoriginsPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5A.ThefourgroupsofpeopleinthehistoryoftheUKandthechangestheybroughtB.Introducethepuzzleaboutthefournames

C.Thesignificanceofstudyingthehistoryofacountry

E.Thesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthefourcountries

D.TheformationandnamesoftheUnitedKingdom

ReadingforstructureMatchtheparagraphwithitsmainidea.Similarities:_____;________;________________Differences:___________and__________systems;___________________andeven______________forcompetitions.currencyflageducationlegaltheirowntraditionsmilitarydefencefootballteamsTheUKisacountryofcountries.ReadPara.2andsortouttheinformationaccordingtothetimeline.16thcenturyEngland18thcentury19thcentury20thcenturyWalesEnglandScotlandBritainGreatBritainGreatBritainIrelandTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandRepublicofIrelandTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandBritainWhatisthedifferencebetweenBritain,GreatBritainandtheUnitedKingdom?GreatBritain

theUnitedKingdomBritishIslesP.41ReadParagraph4andsortouttheinformationaccordingtothetimeline.When?Whathappened?Whatchanged?RomansarrivedAnglo-SaxonscameVikingscame

11th

century

1stcentury5thcentury8thcenturyNormansconqueredEnglandaftertheBattleofHastings

townsandroadslanguageandthewayhouseswerebuiltcastlesbuilt,

legalsystemchangedandnewwordsfrom

FrenchintroducedvocabularyandnamesoflocationsacrosstheUKP.41When?Whathappened?Whatchanged?16thcentury18thcentury19thcentury20thcenturyWaleswasjoinedtoKingdomofEnglandScotlandwasjoinedtoEnglandandWalesIrelandwasaddedThesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeaway“KingdomofGreatBritain”formed“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland”formednamechangedto“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”P.41P.41aswellasbelongtoaddedtojoinedtobrokeawaykeepyoureyesopenLanguagestudy學習和使用英語時，務必隨時注意時態和主謂一致！！！confusevt.

使(某人)困惑，把(某人)弄糊涂→把……弄混淆、弄錯(?Awith/and

B)表達：他常常言行不一，使我不解。黃鉞What

hesaysanddoesoftendisagree,whichconfusesme.她丈夫常常把她跟他的雙胞胎妹妹弄混了。龔晨鈺Herhusbandoftenconfusesherwithhertwinsister.不要混淆是非。胡靜雲Don’tconfuserightand/withwrong.meanvt.

(詞句、符號等)表示……意思，意思是……

→(某人)想表達的意思是……；

(某事、事物)意味著……→(某人)意欲、打算→當真、說到做到、說話算數e.g.Tounderstandasentence,youmustknowwhateachwordinitmeans.(meansth./that…)

Idon’tknowwhatyou

meanbydoingso？(意思是說)

Yournewjobwill

mean

travellingallovertheworld.(意味著)

Iamsorry.Ididn’tmean

tohurtyou.(meantodosth.意圖)Asaleader,youhavetomeanwhatyousay.(說到做到、說話算數)他的意思是他不打算盡快結婚。徐鈺珊Whathemeansisthathedoesn’tmeantogetmarriedassoonaspossible.ifany=ifthereisany(differencebetweenthem)

此處為承前省略，并且if條件從句為非肯定，因此不用some(類似：ifever)表達：請改正錯誤，要是有的話。張雨湘Pleasecorrectthemistakes,ifany.他沒有多少錢借給你，即使有的話。肖驥Hedoesn’thavemuchmoneytolendtoyou,ifany.我很少求助于人，即使有過的話。余奧Iseldomturntoanyoneforhelp,he18thcenturyGreatBritaininthe16thcenturyBritainin

the19thcenturyBritishIslesinthe20thcenturytheUnitedKingdomresultin…導致、造成(接結果)resultfrom…由……造成(接原因)e.g.Trafficaccidentsresult

inalotofdeathseveryyear.

Environmentalpollutionoftenresults

fromhumanactivities.refertosth.…as…把……叫作……；稱……為……表達：中國父母總喜歡把幼小的子女稱為寶貝。付鈺涵Chineseparentsalwaysliketorefertotheiryoungchildrenasbabies.戀愛中的女孩喜歡男友稱其為“親愛的”。葉子馨Girlsinloveoftenliketobereferred

to

as“baby/honey”bytheirboyfriends.likeprep.

像、類似

→例如、像

表達：像玻璃、紙和塑料這樣的東西都可回收利用。林可Thingslikeglass,paperandplasticcanallberecycled.像武漢這樣的城市過去二十年變化巨大。金政

CitieslikeWuhanhavebeengreatlychangedinthelast2decades.whichpron.

(引導非限定性定語從句時替代主句)這e.g.Theskillsusedinpaper-cuttinghavespreadtodifferentpartsoftheworld,whichhelpstheartdevelopandtakeondifferentlocalcolors.

表達：他過去一年進步很大，這讓他父母很高興。周靚倩Hehasmadegreatprogresslastyear,whichpleasedhisparentsgreatly.過去幾十年中國飛速發展，這使美國覺得受到挑戰。陳歡

Chinahasdevelopedrapidlyinthepastdecades,whichtheUSfeelschallengesit.takeover

(overadv.)

接管、接任→接手；接替

表達：1997年中國接管了香港。雷天龍ChinatookoverHongKongin1997.你度假期間誰接手你的工作？張卓妍

Whowilltakeoveryourworkwhenyou’reonvacation?leavebehind

(behindadv.)留下、忘記拿走→遺留、留下；割斷與……的聯系e.g.Thereisanumbrellaatthebusstop.Someonemusthaveleftitbehind.(落下)Neverleaverubbishbehindwhereveryougo.表達：他去辦公室取他落下的鑰匙。王蓓Hehasgonetohisofficetofetchthekeys(that)heleftbehind.每一個民族應該珍惜其歷史留下的東西。方佳豪

Everynationshouldvaluewhatitshistoryhasleftbehind.had+賓語+過去分詞作賓補

(自己主動)完成……；請某人做某事；遭受……e.g.You’dbetterhaveyourworkfinishedbeforeyougotobedeveryday.(自己干完)Everyyearshewillhavesomenewclothesmade

tohermeasure.(請人做)Inthecaraccident,hehadhislegsbroken.(意外遭受)表達：在客人來之前，女主人常常先把飯做好。陳銘偉Thehostessoftenhasthemealpreparedbeforetheguestsarrive.他家房子遭受破門而入之后他請人把門修復了。張卓妍

Hehadthedoorrepairedafterhehadhishousebrokeninto.接過去分詞作賓補的使役動詞有：get,have,keep,leave和make

ahistorydatingallthewaybacktoRomantimes可以追溯到羅馬時代的歷史

靜態動詞也可以用現在分詞短語作定語表示謂語發生的同時存在的靜態特征，相當于一個謂語動詞用一般體的定語從句(thatdatesback…)e.g.Theyoftenmeetwithproblems

requiring(=thatrequires)allkindsofsolutions.Therewillbeanexhibitionfeaturing(=thatfeatures)paintingsbyPicasso.Isthereadrinkcontaining(=thatcontains)variousvitamins?表達：那位老人住在一幢清朝建的房子里。王韶涵Theoldmanlivesinahousedating(=thatdates)backtotheQingDynasty.美國是一個由50個州組成的多民族國家。周方鈺

TheUnitedStatesisamulti-ethniccountryconsisting(=thatconsists)of50states.

句中不定式作定語，表示還沒有發生的將來時間的主動行為e.g.Themeetinghasbeengoingonfortwohours.Doyouhaveanythingelsetosay?

IstillhavealotofworktofinishbeforeIgohome.表達：我們還要做些實驗才能得出結論。汪盼Westillhavesomeexperimentstoconductbeforewecandrawaconclusion.這個劇本在拍成電影之前還有些東西要改編。徐嘉瑩

Thereisstillsomethingtoadaptintheplaybeforeitismadeintoafilm.英國因歷史與現代文化交融、新舊傳統并存而富有魅力。(字面:英國是一種既有新傳統又有老傳統的歷史與現代文化的結合物。)mix

n.

兩種以上的東西組成的混合體e.g.Thetownisafascinatingmixofoldandnew.(小鎮融合古今，魅力無窮。)

TheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,Britain,England—manypeopleareconfusedby1._____thesedifferentnamesmean.Inthe16thcentury,thenearbycountryofWales2._________(join)totheKingdomofEngland.Inthe19thcentury,theKingdomofIrelandwasaddedtocreatetheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.Finally,thesouthernpartofIreland3.______(break)awayfromtheUK,whichresultedinthefullnametoday.However,mostpeoplejustusethe4._________(shorten)name:theUK.Thefourcountries5.____belongtotheUnitedKingdomworktogetherinsomeareas.TherewerefoursetsofinvadersandthelastgroupweretheNormans.Theyhadcastles6._____(build)allaroundEnglandandmadechanges7.__thelegalsystem.Studyingthehistoryofthecountrywillmakeyourvisitmuchmore8.________(enjoy).ThecapitalcityLondonis9.___ancientportcitythathasahistory10.______(date)backtoRomantimes.

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