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1NewHorizonCollegeEnglish3Unit1IPURPOSE1.TellstoriesaboutLordWilliamsandthesecretagentAlbertbyworkingoutthequestionsofthetexts;2.Learnhowtobudgetyourexpensesproperly;3.Learntoscanapassage;4.Writeaparagraphcombinedwithageneralviewpoint,specificdetailsandaconcludingsentence;5.Learnthelanguagepoints..IIIMPORTANTANDDIFFICULTSPOTS1.WordsandlanguagepointsinSectionAandSectionB;2.Sentences:L1,L4,L7,L11(SectionA);L12,L22,L35(SectionB)3.TextStructuresofSectionAandSectionBIIIPROCEDURE1.Pre-readingactivities(Backgroundinformation(introduction);2.Readingtasks(Structureanalysis);Mainideaoftheparagraphs;languagepoints;discussionquestions;3.Writingskillstudy;4.Feedback(GroupworkandExercises).IVTIMENEEDEDSectionA:90Mins;SectionB:45Mins;ExercisesofSectionA45MinsSECTIONATHEEXPENSIVEFANTASYOFLORDWILLIAMSPARTONE:PRE-READINGACTIVITIESBackgroundknowledge1.TomintoulTomintoulisavillagewhichisthebasecampforclimbersandwalkersinthearearoundtheriversAvonandLivet.Nearby,CromdaleandtheLadderHillsforeshadowtheCairngormMountains.Pleasevisitthewebsite(the2otherthreeareEngland,WalesandNorthernIreland).FormingthenorthernpartoftheislandofGreatBritain,Scotlandis31,510squaremilesinarea,274mileslongfromNorthtoSouth,andvariesinbreadthbetween24and154miles.TheofficiallanguageisEnglish,althoughGaelicisspoken,primarilyintheNorthandWestofScotland.Scotlandisdividedintothreemainregions:theHighlands,theMidlandValleyandtheSouthernUplands.MostofthepopulationandthemajorityofScotland’sindustryislocatedwithintheMidlandValley.Scotlandincludes787islands,ofwhichmostbelongtogroupsknownastheHebrides,OrkneyandShetland.Only62exceedthreesquaremilesinarea.Scotlandiswellknownforitsmountainousandbeautifulscenery.MuchoftheuplandwithintheUKiscontainedwithinthebordersofScotland,alongwiththehighestpeaks.GovernmentinScotlandisinfourtiers.AnewScottishParliamentwaselectedin1999,followingdevolutionofpowersfromtheUnitedKingdomParliamentinLondon.TheScottishParliamentissupportedbytheScottishExecutivebasedinEdinburgh.TheScottishGovernmentisledbyaFirstMinister.Scotlandalsohasitsownbankingsystemanditsownbanknotes.EdinburghisthesecondfinancialcenteroftheUKandoneofthemajorfinancialcentersoftheworld.Scotlandhasgivenrisetomanymorefamouspeople,notableinthearts,literature,thesciencesandasinventors,philosophers,architectsandsoon,thanwouldbeexpectedforacountryofsuchmodestsizeandpopulation.Pleasesee(CID).NamedafterashortstreetinLondon,thesiteofapalaceusedinthe12thcenturyasaresidenceofvisitingScottishkings,itbecameLondon’spolicecenterin1829.NewandseparateheadquartersfortheMetropolitanPolicewerebuiltin1890alongtheThamesembankmentandwerereferredtoasNewScotlandYard.In1967,NewScotlandYardmovedtonewheadquarters,alsointheWestminsterarea.ToreadmoreabouthowLondon’sScotlandYardgetsitsname,pleasevisit://://(IRA)AnationalistorganizationdevotedtotheintegrationofIrelandasacompleteandindependentunit.OrganizedbyMichaelCollinsfromremnantsofrebelunitsdispersedaftertheEasterRebellionin1916,itwascomposedofthemoremilitantmembersoftheIrishVolunteers,anditbecamethemilitarywingoftheSinnFéinparty.3In1969theIRAsplitintotwogroups,themajority,or“officials”,advocatingaunitedsocialistIrelandbutdisavowingterroristactivities,andthe“provisionals”,claimingterrorismasanecessarycatalystforunification.The“provisionals”thenbeganasystematicterroristcampaigninNorthernIreland.Pleasevisit://(15km)westofBerwick-upon-Tweed.Ithasa12thcenturychurchandapapermillestablishedin1842.FormoreinformationaboutChirnsideandtheScottishBordersingeneral,pleasevisitthewebsiteat:1Whydoesthetitle“LordWilliams”promptlaughter?2Howbigisthevillage?3DoesMr.Williamslookdishonest?Why?4Whatisthetruththatnovillagershaveeverguessed?5HowmuchdidWilliamsstealfromhisdepartmentandhowmuchdidthepourintothevillage?6.Whatwasthestolenmoneyoriginallyfor?7.HowdidWilliamsspendhisstolenmoney?PARTTHREEADetailedStudyofthePassageLanguagePoint1Tomintoul,Scotland—OnSaturdaynightatTheGrouse'sNest…(Para.1)Atthebeginningofanewsreportweusuallyhavethenameoftheplacewheretheeventtookplace.Forexample:NewYork––OnTuesdayafternoon,Septemb