LondonBridgeLondonBridgeTheTowerofLondonTheBigBen牛津大学建立时间不详，因为那并不是一个独立的事件，它可以追溯到1096年于那里开始的教学。牛津产生了4位英国国王，46位诺贝尔奖获得者，25位英国首相，3位圣人，86位大主教以及18位红衣主教。成立于1209年，是世界十大学府之一，73位诺贝尔奖得主出自此校。DavidBeckhamBuckinghamPalace白金汉宫RoyalGreenwichObservatory格林威治皇家天文台1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.fourEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandLet’shaveaquiz2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.About6hoursBabout10hoursCabout16hoursBeijingLondonHeathrowAirport3.Whorulesthecountry?A.TheQueenB.ThePrimeMinisterC.both4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countiesB.departmentsC.states5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.TheRiverAvonB.TheRiverThamesC.TheRiverSevernThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338kmandtheRiverSevernis290km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.6.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?A.B.BeaverC.RedbreastBaldeagle海狸知更鸟秃头鹰7.WhichisthebanknoteoftheUK?A.U.S.Dollar$B.Euros€C.Pounds£Pre-readingCanyounamethecapitalcitiesofthecountriesoftheUK?ScotlandEdinburghEnglandLondonWalesCardiffNorthernIrelandBelfastRepublicofIrelandDublinESIrishSeareadingPleasereadformainideafirst.Pleasereadthewholetextasfastasyoucan,andtrytofindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.HowdidEnglandandWalesjointogetherandhowdidGreatBritainandUKcomeintobeingThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandandcharacteristicsofeachzonePartsofUKAdministrationofUKThecultureofLondonParagraph2Paragraph1Paragraph3Paragraph5--6Paragraph4WalesEnglandScotlandNorthIrelandtheUnitedKingdom13thcentury17thcentury20thcenturyPart1—AbouttheUKParagraph1--3England13thcentury17thcenturyGetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdom20thcenturyNorthernIrelandOnlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithGreatBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdom20thcenturyPart1—AbouttheUKParagraph1--32.Whatareadothefourcountriesworktogether?Thecurrencyandinternationalrelations3.Whatarethefourcountries’differences?TheyhavedevelopeddifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup.Part1—AbouttheUKParagraph1--31.TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?ThecountryleftoutisWales.ItisusuallyconsideredtobepartofEngland.ThefullnameofEnglandisthe______________ofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itconsistsoffourparts,theyare________,__________,_________and________________,peoplealwaysthink______isapartofEngland.TheflagoftheUKiscalledthe______________.Thefourcountrieshavedifferent____________and_____________aswellasdifferent_______________.UnitedKingdomEnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandWalesUnionJackeducationallegalsystemsfootballteamsFillintheblanksPart1—AbouttheUKParagraph1--3Part2--AboutEnglandNorth:Midlands:South:largeindustrialcitieslargeindustrialcitiesMostofthepopulationsettledthereParagraph4WherecanyoufindmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture?InolderbutsmallertownsfirstbuiltbytheRomans.historicaltreasuresmuseumsartcollectionstheatresparksbuildingsTheoldestbuildingbuiltby…inthe1060s.Theoldestcastleconstructedby…rulersin1066.Theoldestportbuiltby…inthe1stcentury.Part3–AboutLondonParagraph5--6MaketheinvadersinorderaccordingtothetimetheRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormanstheRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormansPart3–AboutLondonParagraph5--6TheRomansTheAnglo-SaxonsTheVikingTheNormanslefttheirlanguageandtheirgovernmentlefttheirtownsandroadsleftcastlesandwordsforfoodinfluencedthevocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthTheinfluenceoftheinvadersWhichgroupofinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?Nowlet’sreadfordetailedinformation.TheUkcontainsfourcountriesEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.Inthe13thcenturyWaleswaslinkedtoEngland.In1603EnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland.SometimelaterSouthernIrelandbrokeawayandNorthernIrelandjoinedwithEngland,WalesandScotland.ThustheUKcameintobeing.Englandthelargestofthefourcountries,consistoftheSouth,theMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Londonthegreatesthistoricaltreasuresofall,hasmuseums,artcollections,thetheatres,parksandbuildings.ThefourgroupsofinvadersaretheRomans,Anglo-Saxons,VikingsandNormans.Task2:matchthefollowingusefulwordsaccordingtotheirEnglishmeaning.V.bemadeupof;becomposedof----consistofV.separate----divide~into~V.causesth.tobecomeclearoreasiertounderstandconsistdivideclarifybreakaway(from)escapesuddenly.legaladj.oforbasedonlawn.Thequalityofbeingusefulandconvenientn.actionorpowerofattractingn.agroupofobjectsthathavebeencollected.V.build,setup,establish.relationn.relatedto,orconnectionbetweenpeople,things,oreventsconstructcollectionattractionconveniencedebateV&n.arguewithsb.
