HotLinksUnit2TheUnitedKingdomHowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUK?WhatisthefullnameoftheUK?theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthIreland大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.fourEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandLet’shaveaquiz2.whichplaceofinterestdoesnotbelongtoLondon?A.BigBenB.LeaningTowerC.LondonTowerD.BuckinghamPalaceB5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.B.TheRiverAvonTheRiverThamesC.BTheRiverSevern(4km)(338km)(290km)A.B.CherryRoseC.MapleB6.WhichisthenationalfloweroftheUK?7.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?A.B.BeaverC.RedbreastBaldeagle海狸知更鸟秃头鹰8.WhichisthebanknoteoftheUK?A.B.C.U.S.Dollar$Euros€Pounds£9.Whorulesthecountry?A.TheQueen.B.ThePrimeMinister.C.Both.TheQueen’spositionisceremonial:openingParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.ThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionandthelaws.无实权的,礼仪性的10.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.departmentsB.statesC.countiesReadingPuzzlesingeography1.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom?B.ExplainhowEnglandisdividedintothreezonesC.ThereasonwhyLondonbecametheculturalcapitalofEngland.D.AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.1.SkimmingD2.MatchmainideaswithparagraphsPara1:Para2:Para3:Para4:Pa5&6:Statesthetopictobeexaminedinthereading.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonastheculturalandpoliticalcentreintheUK.ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.HowtheUKcameintobeing.Explainsdifferencesinthefourcountries.MindMapPart1:AbouttheUKPart2:AboutEnglandPart2:AboutLondonParagraph1-3Paragraph4Paragraph5-6Part1(Para1-3)_____________________________Part2(Para4):_____________________________Part3(Para5-6):_______________________________HowtheUKcameintobeing?Englandisdividedinto3zones.TheculturalimportanceofLondon.3.Themainideaofeachpart.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?Whatarethey?2.ScanningPara1-GeographyEngland?英国?Britain?英国???theUnitedKingdom?英国?????IhavemanypuzzlesabouttheUK.Canyouhelpme?PuzzleOnePuzzleThreePuzzleTwoPuzzleFourPuzzleFivePuzzleone:Howdidthe“TheUnitedKingdom”comeintobeing?Para.1-2UKContains________,______,Scotlandand________________.Inthe13thCentury______waslinkedto________.Inthe17thcentury________andWaleswerejoinedto_________.(GreatBritain)EnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandIntheearly20thcentury_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand________tobecome_______.SouthernNorthernEnglandScotlandtheUKPart1theUK(para.1-2)Carefulreading:First:England=EnglandIn13thcentury:England=_______+EnglandInthe17thcentury:GreatBritain=______+_____+_____EnglandWalesScotlandInthe20thcenturyTheUK=________+_______+________+___________EnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandWales13thcenturyWaleswaslinkedtoEnglandinthe13thcenturyAD.Walesisusuallyassumed(被认为是)tobepartofEngland.17thcenturyEnglandandWales___________Scotlandinthe17thcenturyandthenamewaschangedto__________GreatbritainwerejoinedtoTheEnglishtriedtogetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdomIntheearly20thcenturyNorthernIrelandOnly___________joinedwithGreatBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdom20thcenturyNorthernIrelandUnionJackthe13thcentury17thcenturyADLaterTheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?ThecountryleftoutisWales.ItisconsideredtobepartofEngland.Puzzletwo:Howdothefourcountriesworktogetherandhowaretheydifferent?Para.3TheUK=England+Wales+Scotland+NorthernIrelandSimilarities(worktogether)_________________and______________________Differences_______________________,Howdothefourcountriesworktogetherandhowtheyaredifferent?thecurrencyInternationalrelationseducationalandlegalsystems;footballteamsTotheircredit,...worktogether…forexample;However….differentinstitutions…aswellasPara.3Puzzlethree:HowcanEnglandbedividedintothreedifferentzones?Para.4LookatthemapofUK.Englandcanbedividedintothreezones:Whatarethey?theNorththeMidlandstheSouthPara.4Mostofthepeoplelivein_______________.Mostofthelargeindustrialcitiesarein_____________________________Nationwide,manycitieshave_________________________________theSouthofEnglandtheNorthandtheMidlandstheNorththeMidlandstheSouthfootballteamsandarenotlargePara.4IndustrialcitiesPuzzlefour:HowwasLondoninfluencedbysomeoftheinvaders?Para.5historicaltreasuresmuseumsartcollectionstheatresparksbuildingsLondonisthecentreof_______________andits____________.Theoldestportbuiltby_________inthe1stcenturyTheoldestbuildingbuiltby_________inthe1060s.Theoldestcastleconstructedby_________rulersin1066.AboutLondonnationalgovermentadministrationtheRomanstheAnglo-SaxonsNormanrulerstheRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormanslefttheirtownsandroadslefttheirlanguageandtheirgovernmentinfluencedthevocabularyandplace–namesoftheNorthleftcastlesandwordsforfoodWhatarethefourinvaders?Whatdidtheyleave?WhichgroupoftheinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikings.Puzzlefive:WhydidcapitalLondonbecometheculturalcenterofEngland