Unit5TheBritishlslesI.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnitHowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUK?DoyouwanttoknowmoreabouttheBritishIsles?AfteryouhavelearntUnit5,you'vesuretofindthatyou'relearnedmoreaboutthistopic.Thewholeunitisarrangedtobetaughtinfourperiods.Inthefirstperiod,wewilldealwithWarmingup,ListeningandSpeaking.Inwarmingup,bytalkingaboutEnglishcities,food,sports,placesofinterest,schooleducation,geography,etc.,thestudents'desiretoknowmoreaboutBritaincanberaised.Thelisteningmaterialprovidesdetailedinformationforthestudentstocatch.Whilelistening,thestudents'abilitytolistenwillbeimproved.Speakingincludesthreetopics,andthestudentscanexpressvariousopinionsfreely.Eachtopiccanbediscussedfromdifferentsides.IsEnglisheasyordifficulttolearn?Howcanwelearngeographywell?What'syouropinionaboutthedevelopmentofacountry?Thestudentscanreachanagreementonthepoints.Meanwhile,theirabilitytospeakEnglishcanbegreatlyimproved.Thewholetext,includingPre-reading,ReadingandPost-reading,isdealtwithinthesecondperiod.Thestudentswilllearnsomeusefulinformationwhichmayperhapsbeunknowntothembefore.Thestudentsarerequiredtoreadthetextanddodifferentkindsofexercises,inthecourseofwhichtheirreadingabilitywillbeimproved.Inthethirdperiod,WordStudyandGrammarNounClauses(1),arearrangedforthestudents.Theycanpractiseusingsomeusefulwordsandgetagoodcommandofthenounclauses.Iftheteachercangivemoreexercisesinaddition,theresultwillbemuchbetter.Integra-tingskills,includingReadingandWriting,arearrangedinthefourthperiod.ReadingisapassageaboutDanielDefoe'svisittoSalisburyinsouthernEngland,wherehesawruralsceneryaswellasalargeandfinecity.Thesheepinthefield,beautifulrivers,highhills,oldrelics,hightowersandlocalproductsgavehimadeepimpression.Atlast,studentsarerequiredtoreadthepassageandwriteapassageabouthishometown,introducingthelandscape,culturalrelics,people'slife,tradeetc.Theycanusewhatthey'velearnedfromthetexttodescribewhattheywanttosaysoastoimprovetheirwritingability.Besides,thestudentswilllearnplentyofusefulwordsandexpressionsfromtheunit.II.TeachingGoals1.TalkabouttheUKandIreland.2.Practiseexpressingagreementanddisagreement.3.LearnaboutNounClauses(1).4.Writeadescriptionofatownandthecountryside.III.TeachingTime:FourperiodsIV.BackgroundInformation1.BritainBritainliesoffthenorth-westcoastofmainlandEurope.ItsfullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.GreatBritaincomprisingEngland,ScotlandandWales.AlthoughBritainisaunitarystate,1theconstituentcountrieshaveseparatenationalidentities,variationsincultureandtradition,anddifferentphysicalcharacteristics.Withanareaofsome242000sq.km(93000sq.mil.),Britainisjustunder1000km(about600miles)fromthesouthcoasttotheextremenorthofScotlandandjustunder500km(300miles)acrossinthewidestpart.Englandispredominantlyalowlandcountry,withuplandregionsinthenorth(suchasthePennineChain.tileCambrianmountainsandtheYorkshiremoorlands)andthedownsincentralsouthernEngland,whicharelowchalkhillranges.Walesisacountryofhillsandmountains,thehighestbeingSnowdonat1085m(3560ft).Britain'shighestmountain,BenNevis(1343m,4406ft),isinthecentralhighlandsofScotland,whichcontainslargeareasofwild,unspoiltlandscape.NorthernIrelandisatitsnearestpointonly21kin(13miles)fromScotland.Ithasa488km(303mile)borderinthesouthandwestwiththeIrishRepublic.AtitscentreliesLoughNeagh,Britain'slargestfresh-waterlake(396sq.km153sq.miles).Britainhasfre...