高中英語Unit 2 The United Kingdom Reading 教學課件

Unit2TheUnitedKingdomReadingPuzzlesingeographyMatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.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.EnglandScotlandIrelandTheUK

Para4:1.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):.

Statesthetopictobeexaminedinthereading

Part2(Para.2—5):ExplainshowtheUKcameabout,thedifferencesbetweenthefourcountriesandbetweenthreezonesofEngland.Part3(Para.6):

ExplainstheimportantroleLondonplaysasaculturalandpoliticalcenteroftheUK.England:ThefirstcountrypeoplethinkofwhenspeakingoftheUKandthelargestofthefourcountries.Itisroughlydividedintothreezones:theSouthofEngland,MidlandsandtheNorth.

Wales:ThefirstcountrythatwaslinkedtoEnglandinthe13thcenturyanditisincludedwhenpeoplerefertoEngland.

GreatBritain:ThenamegivenandusedwhenEngland,WalesandScotlandwerejoinedtogether,whichtookplacein1603,whenScotlandKingJamesbecameKingofEnglandandWales.NorthernIreland:TheNorthernpartofIrelandthatwasjoinedtotheGreatBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdom,whichwasshowntotheworldintheflagcalledUnionJack.London:ThecapitaloftheUKandEnglandaswell.Itcontainsthegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall,withitsmuseums,artcollections,theatres,parksandbuildings.Ithastheoldestport,buildingandcastleandithasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvadersofLondon.Ireland:Thesouthernpartofthatcountry–IrelandorSouthernIreland,whichbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernmentandacountryindependentofNorthernIreland,whichispartoftheUK.TheRomansThethreesetsofinvadersTheAnglo-SaxonschurchTheVikingsMakeashortsummaryofthepassage.ThepassagemainlyclarifieshowtheUKdevelopedasanadministrativeunionandshowshowEnglandisdividedintodifferentzonesaccordingtoitsgeographicalposition.ItalsoexplainshowLon