Unit2TheUnitedKingdom(Reading)Step1.Lead-in1.Londonbecomesthefocusoftheworld.VideoNews：JacquesRoggeannounced:“Thegamesofthe30thOlympiadin2012willbeheldinthecityofLondon.”News:LondonHitBySeveralTerroristBombBlastsb:2.AskSs(1)WhywasGreatBritainabletobeatoutfourotherworldclasscities?(2)HaveyoueverbeentotheUK?(3)What’sthefullnameoftheUK?(theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland)(4)CanyougiveussomeinformationabouttheUKingeography,literature,politics,sports,sightseeingandsoon?Possibleanswersandnewwords:Geography:Scotland,England,Wales,NorthernIrelandLiterature:Shakespeare,Shelly,CharlesDickens…Sports:ManchesterUnited,Beckham,Owen…Politics:KarlMarx(communism),capitalism…3.TheimportanceofGreatBritainespeciallyasanEnglish-speakingcountry.Workinpairs.DothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowabouttheUK.(Page9WarmingUp)1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?Whatarethey?2.WhorulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?3.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?4.WhichisthelongestriverintheEngland?5.DoesSouthIrelandbelongtoBritain?(Answers:1.Four.Theyare:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.2.ThePrimeMinisterFurtherinformation:ItmayappeartoanoutsiderthattheQueenhasanimportantroleinrulingthecountry.However,thisisnotso.Herpositionisceremonial:openingParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain,etc.ThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledtheCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamenteachfromadifferentpartofthecountrymaketheimportantpoliticaldecisionsandthelaws.3.Counties(furtherinformation:ThecountiesofBritainaremuchsmallerthanprovincesinChina.Theyhavelocalgovernmentpowersfortheirarea.CountieshaveseveralMembersofParliament，dependingonthesizeoftheirpopulation.LargetownssuchasReadinghavetwoMPsandthelargestcityinEnglandoutsideLondon,whichisBirmingham,hastenMPs.)4.TheRiverThames.Step2.GuessingandcommonknowledgeofBritain1.GathersomebriefinformationfromSsaboutWarmingUp.Thenshowthefollowingpicturestothewholeclasstoleadinthetext.QueenElizabethII;MichaelOwen;BigBen;theRiverThames;LondonTowerBridge;NationalFlag;multiculturalsociety;BritishCommonwealth2.Nationalanthem—GodSavetheQueen(Songfrom:http://www.chevening.com.cn/britainintro/ukanthem.htm)3.Nationalflower—roseStep3.Guessingthemainideaofthetext.1.NationalflagThemaincolorsareblueredandwhite.ThedesignlooksliketheChinesecharacter“mi”.TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagsofthreecountriesintheUK.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?Readthetextquicklytofindouttheanswer.Showtheflags:UnionJackorUnionFlag;CrossofStAndrew(Scotland)CrossofStPatrick(Ireland);CrossofStGeorge(England)2．AsktheSstoreadthetitle“PuzzlesinGeography”andlookatthepictures,thenguesswhatthepassagemaybeabout.AskoneortwoSstogivetheirpointofview.Step4.Reading1.Fast-readingLetSsreadthetextquicklytofindouttheanswertothefollowingquestion:WhatdoestheNationalflagstandfor?(skimming)(TheUnionJackflagunitesthethreeflagsofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom.)ThenaskSstoscanthearticletofindouttheanswer.AskSstopayattentiontothefourpartsofGreatBritain.(scanning)2.LetSsreadthetextonceagain.(1)Task1:AskSstonamethefourpartsoftheUK.(2)Task2:DivideGKintothreeparts.DrawlinesinthetoshowthezonesoftheSouth,MidlandsandNorthofEngland.(North:Leeds,York,Sheffield,Manchester;Midlands:Coventry,Birmingham;South:Reading,London,Brighton,Plymouth)(3)Task3:ScanningAc...
