高中英语必修5unit2-reading课件

人教课标高二必修5Unit2AbriefintroductiontotheUKTheUnitedKingdomisagreatcountry.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.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUK?Trythisquizandfindout.Let’shaveaquiz.1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.about6hoursB.about10hoursC.about16hoursBeijingLondonHeathrowAirport3.WhorulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?A.theQueenB.thePrimeMinisterC.bothHerpositionisceremonial:openingParliament,welcomingheads,goingontours.ThePrimeMinistertogetherwithministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionsandthelaws.4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countiesB.departmentsC.states5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.theRiverAvonB.theRiverThamesC.theRiverSevernThames泰晤士河Severn赛文河Avon埃文河338km290km120kmA.B.C.D.6.WhichflagisthenationalflagoftheUK?UnionJack7.WhichisthenationalfloweroftheUK?A.CherryB.RoseC.Peony(牡丹)B.Redbreast知更鸟8.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?A.Beaver海狸C.Baldeagle秃头鹰Let’senjoysomepicturesDoyouknowthem?RiverThames泰晤士河LondonTowerBridge伦敦塔桥theHouseofParliament国会大厦BigBen大本钟BuckinghamPalace白金汉宫LondonEye伦敦眼StPaul’sCathedralRoyalGreenwichObservatory（格林威治天文台）WestminsterAbbey,England威斯敏斯特修道院OxfordUniversityCambridgeUniversityStonehengeInformationabouttheUKSkimthetext,andtickoutwhatarementionedinthetext.Geography(地理)historyEnglandinvadersculturesfoodlanguageslifestylessportsLondonflagliterature(文学)LondonEnglandgeographyculturesportslanguageflaginvadershistory→Whatisthetextmainlyabout?AnintroductionoftheUnitedKingdomaboutits__________,________,_________.Fast-Readinggeographyculturehistory1.Matchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3B.Statesthetopicofthepassage.C.Explainsthedifferencesofthefourcountries.A.HowtheUnitedKingdomcameintobeing.Para4Para5Para6D.Londonisthegreatesthistoricaltreasure.E.TheevidenceoftheinvadersintheBritishcountryside.F.ExplainsEnglandisdividedintothreezones.WhichcountriesmakeuptheUK?England,Wales,Scotland,NorthernIreland.2.WhichcountriesformGreatBritain?England,Wales,Scotland.1.WhenwasWaleslinkedtoEngland?Inthethirteenthcentury.3.WhenwereEnglandandWalesjoinedtoScotland?Intheseventeenthcentury.4.WhendidSouthernIrelandbreakawayandNorthernIrelandjoinwithEnglandScotlandandWalestoformtheUK?Intheearlytwentiethcentury.Inthe13thCentury______waslinkedtoEngland.Inthe17thCenturyEnglandandWaleswerejoinedto__________.Intheearly20thCentury_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith_________,Walesand_________tobecome____________________.ScotlandWalesSouthernNorthernEnglandScotlandtheUnitedKingdomReadPara2,completetheform.ScotlandWalesCardiffBelfastRepublicofIrelandDublinEnglandLondonNorthernIrelandEdinburghEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandtheUK=+++Part1-GeographyTheUnitedKingdomconsistofthefourcountries.Para1CrossofStGeorge(England)CrossofAndrew(Scotland)CrossofStPatrick(Ireland)UnionJackWales1.Whichareasdothefourcountriesworktogether?thecurrencyandinternationalrelations.2.Whatarethefourcountries’differences?differenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup.1.Englandcanbedividedinto_____parts.Theyare:__________________________________________________threeNorthofEnglandMidlandsSouthofEngland2.Whatarethefeatures(特征)oftheSouth?MostofthepopulationsettledintheSouth.3.WhatarethefeaturesoftheMidlandsandNorthofEngland?MostofthelargeindustrialcitiesareintheMidlandsandNorthofEngland.4.WherecanyoufindmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture?olderbutsmallertownsfirstbuiltbytheRomans.•WhydidcapitalLondonbecometheculturalcenterofEngland?TherearealotofhistoricaltreasureinLondon.•WhyaretheresomanyhistoricaltreasuresinLondon?Londonhasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvaders.LondonIntheEnglandhistory,thereareseveralinvasions.Theyare:___________,_______________,___________,___________.theRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormansWhatdidtheyleave?InvadersRomans:Anglo-Saxons:townsandroadsLanguageandgovernmenttheVikings:theNormans:Influencethevocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthCastlesandwordsforfoodWhichgroupoftheinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikingsInthehistoryoftheUK,therearesomeimportantinvasions.Thoseinvadersruledthecountryforsometime.Theybroughtpainstothelocalpeople,butatthesametime,theyalsob