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Unit2TheUnitedKingdomWarmingup＆ReadingWarmingupDothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowaboutUK?1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeD.four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhours√√bemadeupofdirectflight3.WhorulestheUK:ThePrimeMinisterorthequeen?ATheQueenBThePrimeMinisterCBoth4.WhataretheprovincesCalledinEngland?AcountiesBdepartmentsCstates5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?ATheRiverAvonBTheRiverThamesCTheRiverSevern√√√TheQueen’spositionisCeremonial(仪式的）:OpeningParliament（议会）,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.VSThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionandthelaws.ThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338KmandtheRiverSevernis290Km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.1.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?2.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom?Whatarethey?AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.Four.TheyareEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.SkimmingUKContains________,________,Scotlandand________________.Inthe13thCentury_______waslinkedto________.Inthe17thcentury_______andWaleswerejoinedto_________.OrganizationEnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandIntheearly20thCentury__________Irelandbrokeawayand__________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand_________.Thus________comeintobeing.Englandthe________ofthefourcountries,consistsofthe_______,________and________ofEnglandScotlandSouthernNorthernEnglandtheUKlargestSouthMidlandsNorthLondonthegreatest________treasureofall,has_________,art__________,theatres,parksand________.ThefourgroupsofinvadersaretheRomans,____________,_________andNormans.historicalmuseumscollectionsbuildingsAnglo-SaxonsVikingsComprehending1TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom,whichcountryisleftout?Why?Wales,itisusuallyassumedtobepartofEnglandEnglandScotlandIrelandUnionJackThepassagecandivideintothreeparts,writedownthemainideaofeachpart.Part1:Para1-3HowUKwasformedEnglandWalesPart1HowUKwasformedInthe13thcenturyADEnglandWalesisusuallyassumed(被认为是)tobepartofEngland.ScotlandInthe17thcenturyGetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdomNorthernIrelandOnlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdomPara4-5ThegeographicdivisionofEnglandintozones,theirsimilaritiesanddifferences.Part2:Para6ThecultureimportanceofLondon.Part3:TheRomans---Anglo-Saxon---Vikings---Normans---townsandroadslanguageandgovernmentvocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthcastlesandwordsforfood•ItisnotnecessarytodebateanythingmoreabouttheUnitedKingdom.It(1)________ofEngland,Scotland,NorthernIrelandand(2)________．Inspiteofthedifferent(3)__________(education)andlegalsystems,thefourcountriesworktogetherinsomeareas.England,whose(4)________isLondon,isdivided(5)________threepartsforconvenience.Mostpopulationliveinthesouthandmostindustrialcities(6)__________(locate)intheMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Go(7)________(old)butsmallertowns,(8)________youwillfindmoreaboutBritishhistoryandcultureconvincingyouthat(9)________UnitedKingdomiswellworth(10)________(visit)．consistsWaleseducationalcapitalintoarelocatedolderandthevisiting