广东地区高中英语必修5Unit2WarmingupReading课件

Unit2

TheUnitedKingdomWarmingup＆ReadingWarmingupDothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowaboutUK?1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeD.four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhoursbemadeupofdirectflight3.WhorulestheUK:ThePrimeMinisterorthequeen?ATheQueenBThePrimeMinisterCBoth4.WhataretheprovincesCalledinEngland?AcountriesBdepartmentsCstates5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?ATheRiverAvonBTheRiverThamesCTheRiverSevern

TheQueen’spositionis

Ceremonial:OpeningParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.VSThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionandthelaws.ThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338KmandtheRiverSevernis290Km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.Pre-reading1.CanyounamethecapitalcitiesoftheUK?2.Englandcanbedividedintothreemainareas.Doyouknowwhattheyare?3.WhatdoyouknowaboutanycitiesortownsintheUK?Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

2.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom?Whatarethey?AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.Four.TheyareEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.SkimmingUKContains________,________,Scotlandand________________.Inthe13thCentury_______waslinkedto________.In1603_______andWaleswerejoinedto_________.OrganizationEnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandSometimeLater__________Irelandbrokeawayand__________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand_________.Thus________comeintobeing.Englandthe________ofthefourcountries,consistsofthe_______,________and________ofEnglandScotlandSouthernNorthernEnglandtheUKlargestSouthMidlandsNorthLondonthegreatest________treasureofall,has_________,art__________,theatres,parksand________.ThefourgroupsofinvadersaretheRomans,____________,_________andNormans.historicalmuseumscollectionsbuildingsAnglo-SaxonsVikingsComprehending1TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom,whichcountryisleftout?Why?Wales,itisusuallyassumedtobepartofEnglandEnglandScotlandIrelandUnionJack2.WhatthreecountriesdoesBritishAirwaysrepresent?1__________2__________3____________NorthernIrelandScotlandEnglandTheVikingsdidn’tinfluenceLondon.3.WhichgroupofinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?Thepassagecandivideintothreeparts,writedownthemainideaofeachpart.

Para1-3WhatEnglandinclude;aboutGreatBritain;theUK.

Part1:EnglandWalesPart1HowUKwasformedInthe13thcenturyADEnglandWalesisusuallyassumed(被认为是)tobepartofEngland.ScotlandIn1603GetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdomNorthernIrelandOnlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdomPara4-5

ThegeographicdivisionofEnglandintozones,theirsimilaritiesanddifferences.

Part2:Para6ThecultureimportanceofLondon.

Part3:TheRomansAnglo-SaxonVikingsNormanstownsandroadslanguageandgovernmentvocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthcastlesandwordsforfoodHowdoyouthinktheUnitedKingdombegantobeformed?

Geographicallyandnaturally,WaleslinkedtoEngland,toScotlandformedGreatBritain.SouthernIrelandbrokeawayandNorthernIrelandjoinedwithGreatBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdom.Newwordsconsistvi.组成，一致dividevt.分配，分开puzzlen.难题；谜vt.

使迷惑debatevi.&n．

争论，辩论clarifyvt.澄清，阐明relationn.关系；联系breakaway

显然的；表面上的unionn.滑动；滑跤legaladj.

租用；雇佣

conveniencen.

插入；嵌入

collectionn.

做出反应；回应constructvt.建造；构造；创立influencevt.影响，改变

n.影响，势力，有影响的人或事Explanation1.HowmanycountriesdoesUKconsistof?

大不列颠由多少个国家组成？

consistvi.在于，存在于，组成，构成，一致，适合习惯搭配：consistof

由…组成，由…构成，包括（注意：不能用于被动语态和进行时态）

=bemadeupofconsistin

基于，在于，存在…之中Coalconsistsmostlyofcarbon.煤大部分由碳组成。Thisclubconsistsofmorethan200members.这个俱乐部由２００位以上的会员构成。2.Englandcanbedivideintothreemainareas.

英国可以分成三大部分．

divide意为“把一个整体分成若干个部分”常与into，among,between搭配

divideinto把…分成

dividesth.amongsb.在…分配

dividesth.withsb.与…分担

divide…by…

用…除以辨析：divide,separatedivide

划分；把整体分成若干部分，破坏了宾语的完整性．separate

分隔；把原来连在一起或靠近的分隔开来，没有破坏宾语的完整性，只是将宾语分开．Theworldisdividedintofivecontinents.Let’sdividethecakeintothree.Heseparatedthebigeggsfromthesmallones.Thegrindingmachine(碾谷机）

separatesthegrainfromthehusk（糠）.1.Theapplewas_______intotwo.2.We_______themoneyequally.3.Oxygencanbe_________fromwater.4.TheTaiwanStrait_________TaiwanfromFujian.试一试divideddividedseparatedseparates3.Thereisnoneedtodebateanymoreaboutwhydifferentwordsareusedtodescribethefourcountries:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIsland．

对于用来描述英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰这四个国家的词语，现在已经没有争辩的必要了。（１）句型：Thereisnoneedtodosth.没有必要做某事Thereisnoneed(foryou)tocomeifyoudon’twantto.如果你不想来，那就没有必要来了．Isthereanyneedtoexplainanyfurther？还有必要作进一步的解释吗？（２）句中why引导宾语从句，作介词about的宾语

debate

v.&n.

①辩论，讨论debateaboutsth.对某事进行辩论，讨论Whataretheydebating(about)?Wearejustdebatingwhattodonext.Afteralongdebate,theHouseofCommonsapprovedthebill.经过长时间的讨论，众议院通过了这项法案．

4.YoucaneasilyclarifyanyproblemsifyoustudyBritishhistory.

如果你学习了英国历史，很容易就能弄清楚任何问题。clarify

vt.

澄清，讲清楚；阐明vi.澄清，清楚，明了；易懂事Couldyouclarifythequestion？

你能解释这个问题吗？

Hismindsuddenlyclarified.他的头脑突然清醒了．拓展：clarificationn.5.However,justastheyweregoingtogetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdom,theSouthernpartofthatcountrybrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.

然而，正当他们打算把爱尔兰也同另外三个国家联合起来形成联合王国的时候，爱尔兰的南部却分离出去了．breakv.(broke,broken)

＜习惯搭配＞：breakaway破坏、出故障、分解、脱离breakdown抛锚，出故障，身体跨了，削弱breakinto闯入，突然发出breakout（战争、瘟疫、火灾）爆发breakoff中断breaktherules违反规则breaktherecords打破记录

6.Englandisthelargestofthefourcountriesandforconvenienceitisdividedroughlyintothreezones.

在这四个国家中，英格兰最大，为了方便起见，它大致被分为了三个地区．convenience

n.方便，便利Ikeepmyreferencebooksnearmydeskforconvenience.

为了图方便，我把参考书放在书桌前．＜习惯搭配＞atyourconvenience

在您方便的时候forconvenience’ssake

为了方便起见makeaconvenienceofsb.（乘机）利用某人

convenient

adj.

适合需要的，方便的＜拓展＞aconvenientplace/timeItisaninconvenienttimetocome.Ican’tseehimnow;it’snotconvenient.Willitbeconvenientforyoutostartworktomorrow?7.Althoughthefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareas(forexample,ininternationalrelations),theyarestilldifferent.

尽管这四个国家在某些方面（如国际关系方面）是合作的，但它们还是不同的．注意:worktogether是一个习惯用语，不能按字面意思直译．work在此处的被译为“起反应，起作用”由动词work

构成的词组：workwell做得好workin/into渗透，渗入workatsomething从事workout算出workone’swillon/uponsomebody将某人的意志强加给别人8.However,theseindustrialcitiesbuiltinthenineteenthcenturydonothavethehistoricalattractionsofotherplaces.然而,这些在十九世纪建立起来的城市却没有其它地方所具有的历史魅力.attraction

n.

１）吸引，引力；２）吸引人的东西；喜闻乐见的东西；精彩节目attractive

adj.有吸引力，诱人的attractionofgravity重力Hecan’tresisttheattractionoftheseaonhotday.酷热的夏天他经不住海的诱惑．Abigcityoffersmanyandvariedattractions.大城市有多种多样吸引人的东西．Whataretheprincipleattractionsthisevening?今天晚上的拿手节目是什么？9.ButLondonhasbeeninfluencedonlybysomeinvadersofEngland.但是伦