人教课标高二必修5Unit2,AbriefintroductiontotheUK,TheUnitedKingdomisagreatcountry.Ithasalonghistory.ItconsistsofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.,GreatBritainismadeupofthreecountries,thatis,England,ScotlandandWales.SotheUnitedKingdomisactuallycomposedoffourcountries:England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.,Londonisitscapital.The2012OlympicGameswasheldinthecity.,ThisisthefamousHeathrowAirport.Ifyouwanttovisitthecountry,youcangotoLondonbyair.,Ifyouleaveat11:15BeijingtimefromBeijingairport,youwillgettoLondonHeathrowAirportatabout15:10Londontime.BeijingissevenhoursearlierthanLondon.,ThiswasthePrimeMinisteroftheUK.,AndthiswastheQueen.Thequeenistheheadofstate,butit’sinnameonly.ThemostpowerfuloneisthePrimeMinister,whocontrolseverythingintheUK.,Thereare23provincesinChina.ButinEngland,peopledon’tusetheword“province”.Instead,theyusetheword“county”.TherearemorethaneightycountiesintheUK.,TheRiverThamesisthelongestriver.,HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?twothreefour,2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingairporttoLondonHeathrowAirport?about6hoursabout11hoursabout16hours,3.WhorulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?theQueenthePrimeMinisterboth,4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?countiesdepartmentsC.states,5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?theRiverAvontheRiverThamestheRiverSevern,,,CanyounamethecapitalcitiesofthecountriesoftheUK?WhatdoyouknowaboutanyothercitiesortownsintheUK?2.Englandcanbedividedintothreemainareas.Doyouknowwhattheyare?3.Lookatthetitleandpicturesinthereadingpassageandpredictwhatitisabout.Thenskimittoseeifyouwereright.,,1.Matchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3B.Statesthetopicofthepassage.C.Explainsdifferencesinthefourcountries.A.Explainswhattheterm“GreatBritain”meansandhowitcameabout.,Para4Para5Para6D.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcenterintheUK.E.TheevidenceoftheinvaderscanbefoundintheBritishcountryside.F.ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.,2.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom.B.ExplainhowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.C.ThereasonwhyLondonbecametheculturalcapitalofEngland.D.AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.,,WhichcountriesmakeuptheUK?England,Wales,Scotland,NorthernIreland.,1.WhichcountriesformGreatBritain?England,Wales,Scotland.2.WhenwasWaleslinkedtoEngland?Inthethirteenthcentury.,3.WhenwereEnglandandWalesjoinedtoScotland?Intheseventeenthcentury.4.WhendidSouthernIrelandbreakawayandNorthernIrelandjoinwithEnglandScotlandandWalestoformtheUK?Intheearlytwentiethcentury.,Inthe13thCentury______waslinkedtoEngland.Inthe17thCenturyEnglandandWaleswerejoinedto__________.Intheearly20thCentury_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith_________,Walesand_________tobecome____________________.ScotlandWalesSouthernNorthernEnglandScotlandtheUnitedKingdomReadPara2,completetheform.,CrossofStGeorge(England)CrossofAndrew(Scotland)CrossofStPatrick(Ireland)UnionJack,Wales,1.Whichareasdothefourcountriesworktogether?Inthecurrencyandinternationalrelations.2.Whatarethefourcountries’differences?TheyhavedevelopeddifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup.,Englandcanbedividedinto_____parts.Theyare:__________________________________________________threeNorthofEnglandMidlandsSouthofEngland,2.WhatarethefeaturesoftheSouth?MostofthepopulationsettledintheSouth.3.WhatarethefeaturesoftheMidlandsandNorthofEngland?MostofthelargeindustrialcitiesareintheMidlandsandNorthofEngland.,4.WherecanyoufindmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture?InolderbutsmallertownsfirstbuiltbytheRomans.,Para5mainlytellsus______.A.museumsB.invadersC.governmentD.theVikings2.InthehistoryofEngland,therehasbeenfoursetsofinvaders.Theyare:__________________,__________________,__________________,__________________.theRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormans,2.WhatdidtheFourInvadersleaveforEngland?theRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormanslefttheirtownsandroadslefttheirlanguageandtheirgovernmentinfluencedthevocabularyandplace–namesoftheNorthleftcastlesandwordsforfood,,Dividethetextintothreepartsaccordingtothemainideasgiven.Part1(Para_____)Part2(Para____)Part3(Para_____)HowtheUKcameintobeing?Englandisdividedinto3zones.TheculturalimportanceofLondon.1-345-6,2.Readthetextagainandchoosethebestanswer.(1)EnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandinthe______century.A.thirteenthB.seventeenthC.earlytwentiethcenturyD.1060s,(2)FromPara.4,weknowthat____________________________.A.England,WalesandScotlandformGreatBritain.B.mostofthepopulationsettleinthenorth.C.thecitiesareaslargeasthoseinChina.D.Britishpeoplelovefootballverymuch.,(3)Wecandrawaconclusionthat______.A.noneofthecitiesinEnglandareasbigasthoseinChina.B.thefourcountriesworktogetherinthecurrencyandlegalsystem.C.everycityinEnglandhashistoricalarchitecturebuiltbyRomans.D.evidenceofdifferentinvaderscanbefoundallovertheUK.,ThefullnameofEnglandisthe_______________ofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itconsistsoffourparts,theyare________,_________,______and________________.Peoplealwaysthink______isapartofEngland.TheflagoftheUKiscalledthe___________.UnitedKingdomEnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandWalesUnionJack3.Fillintheblankswithproperwords.,Thefourcountrieshavedifferent__________and____________aswellasdifferent_____________.________isthelargestofthefourcountriesanditis__________threeparts.Mostofthepeoplesettledinthe______,butmostofthelargeindustrialcitiesinthe_________andthe______.ThecapitaloftheUKis_______,whichhasmanygreatplacesofinterest.educationallegalsystemsfootballdividedMidlandsNorthEnglandintoSouthLondonteams,OnPage11,1Completethesentencesusingthewordsinthebox.EnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandRepublicofSouthernIreland1.ThecountriesthatmakeupGreatBritainare__________________________.2.IfwespeakofEnglandwemean____________________.England,WalesandScotlandEnglandandWales,3.TheUnitedKingdomincludes__________________________________________.4.ThepartofIrelandthatseparatedfromEnglandiscalled____________________________.5.Londonisthecapitalcityof____________________________.England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandRepublicofSouthernIrelandEngland/GreatBritain/theUK,1.TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagsofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?ThecountryleftoutisWales.ItisusuallyassumedtobepartofEngland.2Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.,EnglandUnionJackIrelandScotland,2.WhatthreecountriesdoesBritishAirwaysrepresent?1_______2________3______3.WhichgroupofinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikingsdidn’tinfluenceLondon.WalesScotlandEngland,3LookatthemapofEnglandandWalesinthefollowingpage.Divideitintothreeparts.DrawlinesacrosstoshowthezonesoftheSouth,MidlandsandNorthofEngland.Nowputeachtownorcityintoitscorrectzone.,NorthMidlandsSouth,North:Midlands:South:Leeds,York,Sheffield,ManchesterCoventry,BirminghamReading,London,Brighton,Plymouth,Possiblesummary:ThewriterexamineshowtheUKdevelopedasanadministrativeunit.ItshowshowEnglandisalsodividedintothreezones.ItexplainswhyLondonbecametheculturalcapitalofEngland.,1.Getreadytoretellthetextinyourownwords.2.Goover“LearningaboutLanguage”1,2and3onpages12.3.Do“Discoveringusefulstructures”1and2onpages13.Homework,
