Unit2TheUnitedKingdomWarmingupDothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowabouttheUK.1.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.About6hoursBabout10hoursCabout16hoursBeijingLondonHeathrowAirportLondonHeathrowAirport2.Whorulesthecountry:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?A.TheA.TheQueenB.thePrimeMinister•3.whataretheprovincescalledinEngland?•A.countiesB.departmentsC.states4.WhatisthefullnameoftheUK?A.TheUnitedKingdomoftheGreatBritainandnorthernIreland.B.TheUnitedKingdomoftheGreatBritainandIreland5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.TheRiverAvonB.TheRiverThamesC.TheRiverSevernreadingPuzzlesingeographyDescribebrieflytheUKaccordingtothefollowingmap.IrishseaEnglishChannelNorthAtlanticOceanMatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.A.ExplainsthejoiningofEnglandandWales.B.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcenterintheUKC.StatesthetopictobeexaminedinthereadingD.Explainsdifferencesinthefourcountries.E.Explainswhattheterm“GreatBritain”meansandhowitcameaboutF.ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5Para6Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingeachparagraph.Para1:WhatarethefourcountriesofUK?England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandPara2:WhenwasWaleslinkedtoEngland?Inthe13thcenturyAD.Para3:1.Whendidthename“GreatBritain”appear?WhenEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland.Ithappenedin1603whenKingJamesofScotlandbecameKingofEnglandandWalesaswell.2.Inthephrase“thesouthernpartofthatcountry”,whatcountrydoesitmean?ItmeansthesouthernpartofIreland.3.WhatarethedifferencesamongtheflagsoftheUK?TheflagofEnglandisacross,theflagsofScotlandandIrelandarebothlikeafork.TheflagoftheUK,isthecombinationofthethreeflags.Thatistosay,theUKisacombinationofthethreecountries:England,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.4.WhichcountryisleftoutintheflagoftheUK?Wales.ItisusuallyassumedtobepartofEngland.EnglandScotlandIrelandTheUKPara4:1.Whatareadothefourcountriesworktogether?Ininternationalrelations2.Whatarethefourcountries’differences?TheyhavedevelopeddifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup.1.LookatthemapandthemaponP11,finishtheexercise.Para5:North:Leeds,York,Sheffield,ManchesterMidlands:Coventry,BirminghamSouth:Reading,London,Brighton,Plymouth2.WhatarethefeaturesoftheSouth,theMidlandsandNorthofEngland?MostofthepopulationsettledintheSouth,butmostofthelargeindustrialcitiesintheMidlandsandNorthofEngland3.WherecanyoufindmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture?InolderbutsmallertownsfirstbuiltbytheRomans.Para6:1.HowmanyinvadersinvadedEngland?Fourinvaders:theRomans(54BC-450AD),theAnglo-Saxons(450AD--),theVikings(789AD--)andtheNormans(1066AD--).2.HowdidthefourinvadersinfluenceEngland?BecausetheRomanslefttheirtownsandroads;theAnglo-Saxonslefttheirlanguageandtheirgovernment;theNormansleftcastlesandwordsforfood.ButtheVikingsinfluencedthevocabularyandplace–namesoftheNorth.3.WhichgroupofinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikingsPart1(Para.1):.StatesthetopictobeexaminedinthereadingPart2(Para.2—5):ExplainshowtheUKcameabout,thedifferencesbetweenthefourcountriesandbetweenthreezonesofEngland.Part3(Para.6):ExplainstheimportantroleLondonplaysasaculturalandpoliticalcenteroftheUK.Countries/CapitalofUKInformationfromthetextEnglandWalesGreatBritainNorthernIrelandLondonIrelandEngland:ThefirstcountrypeoplethinkofwhenspeakingoftheUKandthelargestofthefourcountries.Itisrou...
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