【英语】Unit 2《Section Two Reading and Comprehending》课

theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandFullnameoftheUK(大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国)theUnionJack英国国旗BigBen大本钟OxfordUniversity牛津大学CambridgeUniversity剑桥大学LondonTowerBridge伦敦塔桥TheRiverThames泰晤士河BuckinghamPalace白金汉宫StPaul’sCathedral圣保罗大教堂RoyalGreenwichObservatory格林尼治天文台ReadingPUZZLESINGEOGRAPHYWhatisthemainideaofeachparagraphtheUnitedKingdomInthe17thcenturyWalesEnglandScotlandEnglandInthe13thcenturyGreatBritainIntheearly20thcenturytheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandNorthernIrelandUKContains________,______,Scotlandand________________.Inthe13thCentury______waslinkedto________.Inthe17thcentury________andWaleswerejoinedto_________.EnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandIntheearly20thcentury_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand________tobecome_______.SouthernNorthernEnglandScotlandtheUKPart1HowwastheUKformedInwhatwaysarethefourcountriesdifferent?Theyhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasfootballteams.NorthMidlandsSouthPart2-EnglandLookatthemapofEnglandandWalesinthefollowingpage.Divideitintothreeparts.DrawlinesacrosstoshowthezonesoftheSouth,MidlandsandNorthofEngland.Nowputeachtownorcityintoitscorrectzone.Englandisdividedinto3zones.Mostofthepopulationsettledin___________________.Mostofthelargeindustrialcitiesarein___________________.Manycitieshavefamous___________________.theSouthofEnglandtheNorthandtheMidlandsfootballteams•WhydidcapitalLondonbecometheculturalcenterofEngland?TherearealotofhistoricaltreasuresinLondon.Part3-LondonThegreatesthistoricaltreasureinLondon:MuseumsartcollectionstheatresparksbuildingsRoyalGreenwichObservatoryStPaul’sCathedral•WhyaretheresomanyhistoricaltreasuresinLondon?BecauseLondonhasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvaders.Invaders：IntheEnglandhistory,therehasbeenfoursetsofinvaders.Theyare:___________,_______________,____________,___________.theRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormansWhatdidtheyleave?Romans:AngloSaxons:townsandroadsLanguageandgovernmenttheVikings:theNormans:Influencethevocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthCastlesandwordsforfoodTheinvaders’influenceonEnglandandLondonEnglandLondonTheRomansTheAnglo-SaxonsTheVikingsNoneTheNormanslefttheirtownsandroadsbuilttheoldestportinthe1stcenturyADlefttheirlanguageandgovernmentbuilttheoldestbuildinginthe1060sinfluencedthevocabularyandplace-namesleftcastlesandwordsforfoodconstructedtheoldestcastlein1066UKContains________,______,Scotlandand_______________.Inthe13thCentury______waslinkedto________.Inthe17thCentury________andWaleswerejoinedto________.EnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandConsolidation:Fillintheblanks.Sometimelater_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand________.Thus_______comeintobeing.Englandthe______ofthefourcountries,consistsofthe______,________and_____ofEnglandScotlandSouthernNorthernEnglandtheUKlargestSouthMidlandsNorthLondonthegreatest________treasureofall,has_________,art_________,theatres,parksand________.ThefourgroupsofinvaderstheRomans,____________,_______andNormans.historicalmuseumscollectionsbuildingsAnglo-SaxonsVikingsWhatisthetextmainlyabout?A.AnintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitsdevelopment.B.AnintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitsculture.C.AnintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,history,politics,andcultureetc.2HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?4IsScotlandthelargestcountryintheUK?1WhatisthefullnameoftheUK?3Whatarethey?5Whichoneisthelargestcountry?8Whichcityisthegreatesthistoricaltreasure?7Whatarethey?9WhoonceinvadedEnglandinhistory?6HowmanyzonesarethereinEngland?AContestReadthetextandtrytofindoutsomeimportantordifficultwordsandexpressions.Writeashortsummaryofthepassage.Preview“LearningaboutLanguage—Discoveringusefulwordsandexpressions”.