The British Isles 新教材课件.ppt

unit 5 the british isles 1 pictures 2.questions 3. map 4. prediction 5. fast reading 6. discussion 7. homework warming up(pre-reading) look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. where is it taken? 2. is it magnificent? big ben london bridge hyde park look at the map and answer the following questions how many countries make up of the british isles? two. the united kingdom and the republic of ireland. what do the letters uk stand for? the united kingdom of the great britain and northern ireland. according the pictures and the map ,please try to guess what will the text talk about? a. art and architecture b. literature c. geographical features of british isles d. climate of british isles e. history f. european influence g. languages h. general idea of british isles discussion imagine that you are going on a four- week trip through the uk. make a travel plan in which you describe where you will go and what clothes and things you will take. william shakespeare karl marx oxford university saint pauls cathedral buckingham palace tips famous place: big ben, london bridge, buckingham palace, westminster abbey, the british museum, the speakers corner, oxford and cambridge. sport: manchester united football club. food: fish and chips, high tea. things to be taken: umbrella raincoat warm clothes. suggested answer if i can spend a four-week trip in the uk, i would of course first go to london and spend about a week there to see the tower of london, big ben, the speakers corner,and try fish&chips. i also would go to oxford and cambridge to see the famous universities. next, i would go to scotland and do some sight seeing there.from there ,i might go by boat across the irelish sea to northern ireland. then ,i would come back to britain and visit wales.it would be nice if i could go one of the song and dance festivals.at the end of the trip i would come back to london and do some more sightseeing and shopping there before coming back to china. as the climate of the british isles is mild with a lot of rain ,i think i should bring an umbrella and a raincoat and some warm clothes with me. homework q read the whole text for three times after class qpreview the language points of the text. qwrite down your travel plan . step2: 1. fast reading listen to the tape, read after the tape, and try to decide whether the following statements are true or not . (1). the british isles is made up of three countries. ( ) (2). the british isles lies off the west coast of europe. ( ) (3). the english channel is only 20 miles wide. ( ) f t f (4). the british isles is surrounded by the atlantic ocean to the east. ( ) (5). there is much rain in the british isles . ( ) (6). ireland is part of the united kingdom. ( ) (7) there are 6 languages that are considered to be native to the british isles. ( ) f t f t answer the following questions (try to find the answers in the your books) what are the most important facts of ireland? ireland is a large island in europe, northern island is part of the united kingdom while the rest of the island makes up the republic of ireland .the capital city is dublin. the first language is irelish, with english as a second language. do you know something about wales? wales is one of the countries making up the united kingdom. wales has a population of 3 million, 20%of whom can speak welsh. some people feel that wales is an ancient fairy land. paragrap h main idea questions 1 2 3 general idea about england 1.how much do people know about the the british isles? their view of british culture is sometimes narrow. geographical features of british isles do post-reading exercise 1 the climate of british isles 1.whats the main type of climate ? mild with a lot of rain 45 6 7 . european influence british culture 1.whose languages formed the basis for english? (paragraph 4) 2.how did the french influence the language of british isles? (paragraph5) history of the united kingdom 1. what was the uk made up of in 1536 and 1707 ? 2. is ireland one part of the uk? 3.what about the isle of man ? no no languages spoken thro