必修五 2.1Unit 2 United Kingdom reading

1、新课标人教版课件系列 高中英语 必修必修5- 5-2.1 if we want to describe a country , what do we need to write about ? location /size / population / people / language / weather / flower/ resource /history / culture possible answers: geography: literature: sports: location:western europe language: ethnic groups: english,

2、welsh, scottish english 81.5%, scottish 9.6%, irish 2.4%, welsh 1.9%, ulster 1.8%, west indian, indian, pakistanis, and other 2.8% scotland, england, wales, northern ireland shakespeare, shelly, charles dickens manchester united, beckham, owen task 1 according to the text, join lines to the right an

3、swer. para. 1. explains the joining of england and wales. para. 2. states topic to be examined in the reading. para. 3. explains the importance of london as a cultural and political centre in the uk. para. 4. explains what the term “great britain” means and how it came about. para. 5. explains diffe

4、rences in the four countries. para. 6. explains how england is divided into three zones. task 2 answer the following questions: 1.when did wales link to england? 2.what happened in 1603? 3.what are the names of the flags of england, scotland, ireland and the uk? in the 13th century ad great britain

5、was the name given when england and wales were joined to scotland. see under the flag. look at flag of united kingdom flag of united kingdom cross of st george聖喬治 旗 (england) cross of st andrew聖安 德魯旗 (scotland) 第一面米字旗 why do you know the flag called the union jack? cross of st. patricks (ireland) 現在

6、的米字旗 union jackor union flag task 3 1 finish comprehending 1 and 2 answer the questions 1. the union jack flag unites the three flags of three countries in the united kingdom. which country is left out? why? _ _the country left out is wales. it is usually assumed to be part of england. 2. what three

7、 countries does british airways represent? 1._ 2. _ 3. _ 3. which group of invaders did not influence london? englandscotland northern ireland the vikings. they only influenced the vocabulary and the place names of the north. north : midlands: south: leeds, york, sheffield, manchester coventry, birm

8、ingham reading, london, brighton, plymouth does england, britain or the great britain mean the same as the uk? if not, tell the difference between them? task 4. mind map part 1: about the uk part 2: about england part 2: about london paragraph 1 -4 paragraph 5 paragraph 6 paragraph 1 parts of uk par

9、agraph 2 how do england and wales come paragraph 3 how do britain and uk come paragraph 4 administration of uk paragraph 5 the geographical division of england, the similarities and differences paragraph 6 the cultural of london task 5. whats the writing style ? the text is written in narrative styl

10、e, which introduces to the learners how the uk was formed geographically and historically, mainly dealing with england and the other three countries, which not only work together as a union in many aspects but also develop their own administrative(行政的行政的) systems. it also introduces the four invaders who influenced the uk language, place-names, vocabulary and system of government . task 6. use the information to write a task 6. use the information to write a short summary of the passage:short summary of the passage: the writer examines how the uk developed as an