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Unit5TheBritishIslesReadingPara1Para2Para3Para4Para5Para6Para7Matchtheparagraphsandtheirtopics:ClimateHistoryCultureLanguageFrenchinfluenceBriefintroductionlocationSpeakers’CornerBigBenTheTowerofLondonPara1BritishIsles:_____________________①England:_______________②Scotland:_______________③Wales:______________PositionofIreland:__________________PositionoftheIsleofMan:_________________________________________intheeastandsouthinthenorthinthewestintheIrishSea/betweenBritainandIrelandlieoffthewestcoastwestofBritainPara2TheBritishIsles:________________________Scotland:_____________________EnglandandWales:_______________coldestmonths:_______________________warmestmonths:_______________________ClimateMildwithalotofrainColderandreceivesmorerainrainsalotJanuaryandFebruaryJulyandAugustPara.31.WhatformedthebasisofEnglish?2.WhatinfluencedthecultureoftheBritishIsles?3.Wheredidthenativepopulationmove?4.Whathappenedin1066?5.WhospokeFrench?Culture&FrenchinfluencePara4&51.WhatinfluencedthecultureoftheBritishIsles?ThecultureofthepeopleoftheBritishIsleswasinfluencedbythecultureofthepeopleontheEuropeanmainland.2.WhatformedthebasisofEnglish?PeoplefromdifferentpartsofnorthernEuropewhosettledinEnglandbroughttheirowncultureandlanguage.TheirlanguagesformedthebasisofEnglish.3.Wheredidthenativepopulationmove?Someofthenativepopulationmovedtotheinland,mountainouspartsoftheislands,toIreland,ScotlandandWales.4.Whathappenedin1066?In1066,EnglandwasconqueredbytheFrench.5.WhospokeFrench?Theupperclasses.EnglandandWalesformedtheUnionin:___________ScotlandjoinedtheUnionin:_______Irelandusedtobe:______________andnowis:______________________NorthernIrelandis:__________________SmallerislandssuchasTheIsleofManandareruledby:___________________1536Para6History1707partoftheUKanindependentrepublicpartoftheUKtheKingofEnglandPara7languagesLanguageinmoderntimes:OlderEuropeanlanguages:Sixspokenlanguagesandtwolocalaccents:EnglishWelsh&IrishThreatened,maydisappearReadthetextcarefully,andthendothefollowingTrue&Falseexercises.()1.ManypeoplearoundtheworldstudyEnglish,andtheyknowalotaboutBritishculture.()2.GreatBritainismadeupoffourcountries.()3.TheislandofBritainisseparatedfromFrancebytheEnglishChannel.()4.Scotlandiscolderthroughouttheyear,butreceiveslessrain.FFTF()5.TheEuropeanmainlandhashadagreateffectonthecultureofthepeopleintheBritishIsles.()6.ThesouthernpartofIrelandisnowanindependentrepublic.()7.Inmoderntimes,peoplethroughouttheBritishIslesonlyspeakEnglish.()8.Usually,whenyouaretalkingwithamanfromtheGreatBritain,youhadbetternotaskhimlikethis:”AreyouEnglish?”.TTFTPostreading1.Writethenumbersinthecorrectplacesonthemap.1.NorthSea2.AtlanticOcean3.EnglishChannel4.Scotland5.Wales6.England7.NorthernIreland8.Ireland9.IsleofMan10.IrishSea11.London12.Dublin11.London3.EnglishChannelCardiff56.England8.Ireland12.Dublin9Belfast7EdinburghLocallanguagesareofgreatvaluetorecordandteachtotheyoungergenerationbecausetheyarepartofthelocalcultureandhistoryofthedifferentpeoplesintheBritishIsles.2.Whyisitofgreatvaluetorecordandteachlocallanguagestotheyoungergeneration?