Unit2TheUnitedKingdomPeriod1WarmingupPre-readingReadingcomprehendingImaginationismoreimportantthanknowledge.---AlbertEinsteinWarmingupDoyoustillremember…1.WhowasJohnSnow?2.Whichcountrywashebornin?Let’sseeHowmuchyouknowaboutthiscountry—theUKBytheway,QuizIsitintheUK?YesorNo?TheStatueofLibertyBigBen圣保罗大教堂（St.Paul’sCathedral）RiverThamesRiverRhine莱茵河placesofinterestBuckinghamPalaceWhiteHouseCanyoutellwhoisnotEnglish?DavidBeckhamThePrimeMinisterTonyBlair,Theleaderoflaborparty威尔士北爱尔兰爱尔兰女作家苏格兰competitionNowyou’veknownalotaboutthiscountry.Canyouanswer…1.WhatdoesUKstandfor?1.WhatdoesUKstandfor?TheUnitedKingdomofgreatBritainandNorthernIreland.2.Howmanycountriesdoesth2.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?eUKconsistof?Four.England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.3.CanyounamethecapitalofeachcountryoftheUK?EdinburghBelfastLondonCardiffgeography4.Whorulesthecountry:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?A.TheQueenB.ThePrimeMinisterC.both5.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.counties(郡)B.departmentsC.states6.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.TheRiverAvonB.TheRiverThamesC.TheRiverSevernThePrimeMinisterTonyBlairQueenElizabethIIReadingPUZZLESINGEOGRAPHYDescribebrieflytheUKaccordingtothemap.1.TheUKissurroundedby____inallsides.2.OnthewestoftheGreatBritainlies_____________.3.OnthesouthofEnglandlies__________________.4.Onthenortheastlies_____________.5.Onthenorthis_______________________.watertheIrishSeatheEnglishChanneltheNorthSeatheNorthAtlanticOceandiscussion1.Englandcanbedividedintothreemainareas.Doyouknowwhattheyare?2.WhatdoyouknowaboutanycitiesortownsintheUK?Fastreadingskimpara1、2、3and4TowerofLondonTrafalgarSquare1.WhendidWaleslinktoEngland?2.Whathappenedin1603?3.WhatarethenamesoftheflagsofEngland,Scotland,IrelandandtheUK?Inthe13thcenturyAD.GreatBritainwasthenamegivenwhenEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland.skimandanswerNationalflagUnionJackUnionJackNationalemblemFlagofUnitedKingdomCrossofSt.George圣乔治旗(England)CrossofSt.Andrew圣安德鲁旗(Scotland)第一面米字旗CrossofSt.Patrick's(Ireland)现在的米字旗「UnionJack」or「UnionFlag」4.TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom,whichcountryisleftout?Why?5.WhatthreecountriesdoesBritishAirwaysrepresent?1_________2_________3_____________Wales,itisusuallyassumedtobepartofEnglandEnglandIrelandScotlandUnionJackEnglandScotlandNorthernIrelandsecondreadingReadpara5&6thoroughlyTheNorthTheMidlandsTheSouthofEnglandmajorcitiesharborshipbuildingcentercommercialporthomeoftheBeatleshomeofManchesterUnitedsecondlargestcityironandsteelindustrycentreGlasgowLiverpoolManchesterBirminghamtextileindustrycentre1.WhenweretheindustrialcitiesbuiltinMidlandsandNorthEngland?2.Whathappenedin1stcenturyADand1060s?Inthe19thcentury.TheoldestportwasbuiltbyRomans&theoldestbuildingwasbegunbytheAnglo-Saxons.3..WhichgroupofinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikingsdidn’tinfluenceLondon.CarefulreadingThepassagecanbedividedintothreeparts,writedownthemainideaofeachpart.Part1:para1-3WhatEnglandincludes;aboutGreatBritain,theUK.Part2:para4－5ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandintozones,theirsimilaritiesanddifferences.Part3:para6TheculturalimportanceofLondon.ThefourgroupsofinvadersTheRomans---Anglo-Saxon---Vikings---Normans---townsandroadslanguageandgovernmentvocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthcastlesandwordsforfoodAccordingtothetext,joinlinestotheri...
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