Unit2TheUnitedKingdom——readingI.LeadinginandwarmingupAmapofBritainTheUnitedKingdom=theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(China=thePeople’sRepublicofChina)II.Warmingup:Questions:WhatdoyouknowabouttheUK?(Ithinkyousurelyknowsth.aboutthiscountry,anyvolunteers?JustthinkWhenwetalkaboutacountrywhatitemsdoweusuallymention?)Capital:London(DoyouknowthecapitalofthecountriesoftheUK?)Area:over(morethan)240,000sq.km.(abouttwohundredandfortythousand)Language:EnglishPopulation:(about)59,000,000(fiftyninemillion)Flag:UnionJackNaturalresources:ironandcoalTimedifference:EighthourslaterthanBeijinghourTheUKisanislandcountrysurroundedbytheAtlanticOcean.ItissituatedinNorthwesternEurope,lyingtothenorthofFranceandthewestoftheNetherlandsandDenmark.Nowlet’sdoaquizandfindouthowmuchmoreyouknowabouttheUK.1.Whorulesthecountry?A.TheQueenB.ThePrimeMinisterC.Both(bythewaywhoisthepresentQueenandMinisteroftheUN?////Elizabeth&Blair)(itmayappeartoanoutsiderthattheQueenhasanimportantroleinrulingthecountry.However,thisisnotso.Herpositionisceremonial:openingParliament,welcomingHeadsformothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain,etc.TheMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledtheCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmaketheimportantpoliticaldecisionsandthelaws.))2.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countiesB.provincesC.states(County=alargeareathatincludesseveraltownsandtheirsurroundingcountrysideandformsaunitoflocalgovernment（英国的）郡；Theyhavelocalgovernmentpowersfortheirarea.用心爱心专心ThecountiesofBritainaremuchsmallerthanprovincesinChina.ButinAmericacounty=isthelargestunitbelowthelevelofastate（美国的）县（州一下最大的行政区）3.WhichisthemostimportantriverinEngland?WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.TheRiverAvonB.TheRiverThamesC.TheRiverSevernThames(338km)LondonliesontheRiverThames.Severn354kmThelongestriver4.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.fourTheUnitedKingdomconsistsofEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.Youhavedonegoodjobs.AndNowlet’slearnmoreaboutthisinthefirstreadingpassage.(p9)ReadingI.Fastreading1.Readthetextquicklyandfindthemainideaofeachparagraph(Maybethereisatopicsentenceineachparagraph)Para1Whypeopleusedifferentwordstodescribethefourcountries(historyreason)statesthetopictobeexaminedinreading.(引起下文)leadsinthetextPara2HowisWaleslinkedtoEngland.(HowWalesandEnglandunited)(WhatEnglandincludes)explainsthejoiningofEnglandandWales.Para3HowGreatBritainandtheUnitedKingdomcameintobeing.(WhyonlyNorthernIrelandjoinedtotheUnitedKingdom.)explainswhattheterm“GreatBritain”meansandhowitcameabout.Para4Therelationshipamongthefourcountries(similaritiesanddifferences)explainsdifferencesinthefourcountriesPara5Somethingaboutthelargestandmostimportantcountry----England.explainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.Para6Somethingaboutthegreatesthistoricalcity----LondonexplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcentreintheUK.2.Letstrytodividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.Part1(Para1-4):Itexplainswhyandhowthefourcountries(….)united/developedasabigone.用心爱心专心Theyhavesimilaritiesanddifferencesaswell.Part2(5):ItshowshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.Andthecharacteristicofeachpart.Part3(6):ItexplainswhyLondonbecamethetreasureofallandhowitisinfluencedbysomeinvaders.(Howgreatitis/whyLondoniscall“thegreatesthis...
