广东省中山市高中英语-Unit-2-The-United-Kingdom第2课件

Unit2

TheUnitedKingdomPeriod1&2WarmingupandReadingIEnglandWhenyoumentionEngland,whatorwhowillyouthinkof?Brainstorming:Englishlanguage……ManchesterUnionBigBenQueenVictoriaCambridgeUniversityPrincessDianaWarmingup–I(2m)BeckhamroseofEnglandRiverThamesWhatdoyouknowaboutUK?WhatisthecapitaloftheUK?Warmingup–II(2m)quiz1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhours3.Whorulesthecountry:thePrimeMinisterorthequeen?theQueenB.thePrimeMinisterC.bothWarmingup–III(4m)4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countriesB.departmentsC.states5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.theRiverAvonC.theRiverSevernB.theRiverThamesUnitedKingdomEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandPuzzlesinGeographyReadingSkimthetext,andtickoutwhatarementionedinthetext.geographyhistory

thebiggestcountry–Englandinvasions

culturesfoodlanguageslife

stylessportsLondonflagliteratureSkimmingPara.Mainidea12345,6Introducesthetopictothereader.Explainswhattheterm“greatBrain”meansandhowitcameabout.Explainsthedifferencesinthefourcountries.ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcentreintheUK.Getthemainideaforeachparagraph.WhenwastheEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland?WhythereisonlyNorthernIreland?Whichoneisthelargestofthefourcountriesandhowmanyzonesisitdividedinto?Answerthefollowingquestions.Reading–II(3m)1.Ithappenedin1603whenKingJamesofScotlandbecameKingofEnglandandWalesaswell.2.Becausethesouthernpartofthatcountrybrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.SoonlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithEngland.3.Amongthefourcountries,Englandisthelargestofthefourcountriesanditisdividedintothreezones.LookatthemapofEnglandandWalesinthefollowingpage.Divideitintothreeparts.DrawlinesacrosstoshowthezonesoftheSouth,MidlandsandNorthofEngland.Nowputeachtownorcityintoitscorrectzone.Reading–III(2m)NorthMidlandsSouthReadthepassageandfillinthefollowingform:1.TheUnionJackflagunitesthethreeflagsofthreecountries:1)_____________;2)_____________;3)_____________.2.WhatthreecountriesdoesBritishAirwaysrepresent?1)_____________;2)_____________;3)_____________.3.Thefourgroupsofinvaders:1)_____________;2)_____________;3)_____________;4)_____________.EnglandNorthernIrelandScotlandEnglandScotlandNorthernIrelandtheRomanstheNormanstheVikingsAnglo-SaxonsReading–IV(5m)Fillintheblanks.

ThefullnameofEnglandisthe______________ofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itconsistsoffourparts,theyare__________,__________,_______and________________,peoplealwaysthink______isapartofEngland.TheflagoftheUKiscalledthe___________.UnitedKingdomEnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandWalesUnionJackPost-readingThefourcountrieshavedifferent___________and___________aswellasdifferent_____________._______isthelargestofthefourcountriesanditis__________threeparts.Mostofthepeoplesettledinthe______,butmostofthelargeindustrialcitiesinthe_________andthe______.ThecapitaloftheUKis________,ithasmanygreatplacesofinterest.EnglanddividedintoSouthMidlandsNorthLondoneducationallegalsystemsfootballteamsFourstudentsinagroup,discussandusetheinformationabovetowriteashortsummaryofthepassage.(anypossiblerelatedsummaryfromthestudentsarewelcomed)ThewriterexamineshowtheUK______________________________________.ItshowshowEngland___________________________.ItexplainedwhyLondon______________________________.developedasanadministrativeunit(行政单位)isalsodividedintothreezonesbecametheculturalcapitalofEnglandPossiblesummaryReading–VPairwork(3m)Whatisthewritingstyle?Whatisthemainideaofthetext?

1.WritingstyleThetextiswritteninnarrativestyle,whichintroducestothelearnershowtheUKwasformedgeographicallyandhistorically,mainlydealingwithEnglandandtheotherthreecountries,whichnotonlyworktogetherasaunioninmanyaspectsbutalsodeveloptheirownadministrativesystems.ItalsointroducesthefourinvaderswhoinfluencedtheUKlanguage,place-names,vocabularyandsystemofgovernment.2.Mainidea

Thetextmainlyexplainstothelearnershowthefourcountries,England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandformedtheUK,andhowtheyworktogetherandhowtheyaredifferent.ItalsointroduceshowEnglandcanbedividedintothreedifferentzonesgeographicallyandhowLondonwasinfluencedbysomeofthefourinvadersculturallyandhistoricallyandhowtheevidenceoftheinvasionscanbefoundaroundthecountrysideofGreatBritain.DiscussionWhatsimilarityistherebetweentheinvasionsoftheRomansandtheNormans?WhatsimilarityistherebetweentheinvasionsoftheAnglo-SaxonsandVikings?WhydoesLondononlyhaveevidencefromthreeofthefourinvaders?WhatgeographicalfactorsmakeitdifficulttoinvadeEnglandsuccessfully?Reading–VI(4m)MoreinformationabouttheUK:Area:244,820sq.