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Unit2TheUnitedKingdomWarmingup＆ReadingWarmingupDothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowaboutUK?1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeD.four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhours√√bemadeupofdirectflight3.WhorulestheUK:ThePrimeMinisterorthequeen?ATheQueenBThePrimeMinisterCBoth4.WhataretheprovincesCalledinEngland?AcountriesBdepartmentsCstates5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?ATheRiverAvonBTheRiverThamesCTheRiverSevern√√√TheQueen’spositionisCeremonial:OpeningParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.VSThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionandthelaws.ThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338KmandtheRiverSevernis290Km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.Pre-reading1.CanyounamethecapitalcitiesoftheUK?2.Englandcanbedividedintothreemainareas.Doyouknowwhattheyare?3.WhatdoyouknowaboutanycitiesortownsintheUK?1.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?2.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom?Whatarethey?AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.Four.TheyareEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.SkimmingUKContains________,________,Scotlandand________________.Inthe13thCentury_______waslinkedto________.In1603_______andWaleswerejoinedto_________.OrganizationEnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandSometimeLater__________Irelandbrokeawayand__________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand_________.Thus________comeintobeing.Englandthe________ofthefourcountries,consistsofthe_______,________and________ofEnglandScotlandSouthernNorthernEnglandtheUKlargestSouthMidlandsNorthLondonthegreatest________treasureofall,has_________,art__________,theatres,parksand________.ThefourgroupsofinvadersaretheRomans,____________,_________andNormans.historicalmuseumscollectionsbuildingsAnglo-SaxonsVikingsComprehending1TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom,whichcountryisleftout?Why?Wales,itisusuallyassumedtobepartofEnglandEnglandScotlandIrelandUnionJack2.WhatthreecountriesdoesBritishAirwaysrepresent?1__________2__________3____________NorthernIrelandScotlandEnglandTheVikingsdidn’tinfluenceLondon.3.WhichgroupofinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?Thepassagecandivideintothreeparts,writedownthemainideaofeachpart.Para1-3WhatEnglandinclude;aboutGreatBritain;theUK.Part1:EnglandWalesPart1HowUKwasformedInthe13thcenturyADEnglandWalesisusuallyassumed(被认为是)tobepartofEngland.ScotlandIn1603GetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdomNorthernIrelandOnlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdomPara4-5ThegeographicdivisionofEnglandintozones,theirsimilaritiesanddifferences.Part2:Para6ThecultureimportanceofLondon.Part3:TheRomans---Anglo-Saxon---Vikings---Normans---townsandroadslanguageandgovernmentvocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthcastlesandwordsforfoodHowdoyouthinktheUnitedKingdombegantobeformed?Geographicallyandnaturally,WaleslinkedtoEngland,toScotlandformedGreatBritain.SouthernIrelandbrokeawayandNorthernIrelandjoinedwithGreatBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdom.Newwordsconsistvi.组成，一致dividevt.分配，分开puzzlen.难题；谜vt.使迷惑debatevi.&n．争论，辩论clarifyvt.澄清，阐明relationn.关系；联系breakaway显然的；表面上的unionn.滑动；滑跤legaladj.租用；雇佣conveniencen.插入；嵌入collectionn.做出反应；回应constructvt.建造；构造；创立influencevt.影响，改变n.影响，势力，有影响的人或事Explanation1.HowmanycountriesdoesUKconsistof?大不列颠由多少个国家组成？consistvi.在于，存在于，组成，构成，一致，适合习惯搭配：consistof由…组成，由…构成，包括（注意：不能用于被动语态和进行时态）=bemadeupofconsistin基于，在于，存在…之中Coalconsistsmostlyofcarbon.煤大部分由碳组成。Thisclubconsistsofmorethan200members.这个俱乐部由２００位以上的会员构成。2.Englandcanbedivideintothreemainareas.英国可以分成三大部分．divide意为“把一个整体分成若干个部分”常与into，among,between搭配divideinto把…分成dividesth.amongsb.在…分配dividesth.withsb.与…分担divide…by…用…除以辨析：divide,separatedivide划分；把整体分成若干部分，破坏了宾语的完整性．separate分隔；把原来连在一起或靠近的分隔开来，没有破坏宾语的完整性，只是将宾语分开．Theworldisdividedintofivecontinents.Let’sdividethecakeintothree.Heseparatedthebigeggsfromthesmallones.Thegrindingmachine(碾谷机）separatesthegrainfromthehusk（糠）.1.Theapplewas_______intotwo.2.We_______themoneyequally.3.Oxygencanbe_________fromwater.4.TheTaiwanStrait_________TaiwanfromFujian.试一试divideddividedseparatedseparates3.Thereisnoneedtodebateanymoreaboutwhydifferentwordsareusedtodescribethefourcountries:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIsland．对于用来描述英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰这四个国家的词语，现在已经没有争辩的必要了。（１）句型：Thereisnoneedtodosth.没有必要做某事Thereisnoneed(foryou)tocomeifyoudon’twantto.如果你不想来，那就没有必要来了．Isthereanyneedtoexplainanyfurther？还有必要作进一步的解释吗？（２）句中why引导宾语从句，作介词about的宾语debatev.&n.①辩论，讨论debateaboutsth.对某事进行辩论，讨论Whataretheydebating(about)?Wearejustdebatingwhattodonext.Afteralongdebate,theHouseofCommonsapprovedthebill.经过长时间的讨论，众议院通过了这项法案．4.YoucaneasilyclarifyanyproblemsifyoustudyBritishhistory.如果你学习了英国历史，很容易就能弄清楚任何问题。clarifyvt.澄清，讲清楚；阐明vi.澄清，清楚，明了；易懂事Couldyouclarifythequestion？你能解释这个问题吗？Hismindsuddenlyclarified.他的头脑突然清醒了．拓展：clarificationn.5.However,justast