高二英语必修5定稿-unit2-The-United-Kingdom(warming-upand-r

LondonBridgeTheTowerofLondonTheBigBenSt.Paul’sCathedralWestminsterAbbeyBuckinghamPalaceRoyalGreenwichObservatory格林尼治皇家天文台牛津产生了4位英国国王，46位诺贝尔奖获得者，25位英国首相，3位圣人，86位大主教以及18位红衣主教。英语世界中最古老的大学，也是世界上现存第二古老的大学。有“天才与首相的摇篮”之称的美名。牛津大学建立时间不详，它可以追溯到1096年于那里开始的教学。成立于1209年，是世界十大学府之一，73位诺贝尔奖得主出自此校。DavidBeckham•伦敦眼（TheLondonEye），或又称为千禧之轮（MillenniumWheel）是世界上首座、也曾经是世界最大的观景摩天轮，仅次于南昌之星与新加坡观景轮。它于1999年年底开幕，总高度135米（443英尺），竖立于伦敦泰晤士河南畔的兰贝斯区，面向坐拥国会大楼与大本钟的西敏市。•英国航空伦敦眼（TheBritishAirwaysLondonEye），或又称为千禧之轮（MillenniumWheel）是世界上首座、也曾经是世界最大的观景摩天轮，仅次于南昌之星与新加坡观景轮，是伦敦的地标。它于1999年年底开幕，总高度135米（443英尺），竖立于伦敦泰晤士河南畔的兰贝斯区，面向坐拥国会大楼与大笨钟的西敏市。伦敦眼共有32个乘坐舱，全部设有空调并不能打开窗。每个乘坐舱可载客约15名，回转速度约为每秒0.26米，即一圈需时30分钟。缓慢的回转速度，让摩天轮不停驶也能让乘客自由上下乘坐舱，不过老人、伤健人士等如有需要也可作暂时停止旋转。1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.fourEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandLet’shaveaquiz2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.About6hoursBabout10hoursCabout16hoursBeijingLondonHeathrowAirportdirectflight3.Whorulesthecountry?A.TheQueenB.ThePrimeMinisterC.bothTheQueen’spositionisceremonial[serɪ‘məʊnɪəl]（仪式的，礼仪的）:openingParliament[’pɑ:ləm(ə)nt]（议会；国会）,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.ThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(部长；大臣)andhisMembersofParliament(议员)maketheimportantpoliticaldecisionsandthelaws.4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.counties（郡；县）B.departmentsC.states5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.TheRiverAvonB.TheRiverThamesC.TheRiverSevernThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338kmandtheRiverSevernis290km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.Pre-readingCanyounamethecapitalcitiesofthecountriesoftheUK?ScotlandEdinburgh（爱丁堡）EnglandLondonWalesCardiff加的夫（英国港市）NorthernIrelandBelfast贝尔法斯特（北爱尔兰首府）RepublicofIrelandDublin都柏林（爱尔兰共和国的首都）ESIrish爱尔兰海readingLearningaims:1.LearnsomethingaboutUK.2.Learnthreereadingmethods.Pleasereadformainideafirst.Pleasereadthewholetextasfastasyoucan,andtrytofindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Task1Fastreadingandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.A.HowdidEnglandandWalesjointogetherandhowdidGreatBritainandUKcomeintobeing（形成）B.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcenterintheUKC.PartsofUKD.Explainsdifferencesinthefourcountries.E.TheevidenceoftheinvaderscanbefoundintheBritishcountryside.F.ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandandcharacteristicsofeachzonePara1Para2Para3Para4Para5Para62.Dividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.Part1:WhatEnglandincludes;aboutGreatBritain;theUKPart2:ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandintozones;theirsimilaritiesanddifferencesPart3:TheculturalimportanceofLondonWhatisthemainideaofthetextA.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom?B.ExplainhowEnglandisdividedintothreezonesC.ThereasonwhyLondonbecametheculturalcapitalofEngland.D.AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture.主旨大意题ReadingmethodsTogetthemainidea,weshould1)readthetitle.2)readthefirstparagraph3)readthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtoeachparagraph.Para1:WhatarethefourcountriesofUK?England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandTask2Carefulreading词意猜测题Whatdoesthewordinbold(黑体字）clarifyinthefirstparagraphmeans?A.TowritedownB.B.ToputdownC.TocausesthtobecomeclearoreasiertounderstandReadingmethodsToguessthemeaningoftheword,weshouldnotthinkaboutthemeaningwelearnedbutreadthesentencesbeforethewordandafterthewordandthenguess.Inthe13thCentury________waslinkedto________.Inthe17thCentury________andWaleswerejoinedto________.Intheearly20thCentury_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand________tobecome____________________.ScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandSouthernNorthernEnglandScotlandtheUnitedKingdomReadPara2,completetheformEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandbelinkedtointhe13thcenturyADbejoinedtojoinedwithSouthernIrelandbrokeawayGreatBritain1603TheUnitedKingdomFlagofUnitedKingdomCrossofStGeorge聖喬治旗(England)CrossofStAndrew聖安德魯旗(Scotland)第一面米字旗WhydoyouknowtheflagcalledtheUnionJack?CrossofSt.Patrick's(Ireland)現在的米字旗「UnionJack」or「UnionFlag」TheUnionJackflagunitesthreecountries.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?Wales.BecauseWaleswaslinkedtoEnglandinthe13thcenturyAD.NowwhenpeoplerefertoEngland,Walesisincludedaswell.Para3:1.Whatareadothefourcountriesworktogether?Inthecurrencyandinternationalrelations2.Whatarethefourcountries’differences?TheyhavedevelopeddifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup.WalesEnglandScotlandNorthernIrelandtheUnitedKingdom13thcentury17thcentury20thcenturyPart1—AbouttheUKParagraph1--3ThefullnameofEnglandisthe______________ofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itconsistsoffourparts,theyare________,__________,_________and________________.Peoplealwaysthink______isapartofEngland.TheflagoftheUKiscalledthe______________.Thefourcountrieshavedifferent____________and_____________aswellasdifferent_______________.UnitedKingdomEnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandWalesJackeducationallegals