Unit2TheUnitedKingdom(TheUK)Step1:Pre-ReadingDescribetheUKbrieflyaccordingtotherightmap1.TheUKissurroundedby______inallsides.2.OnthewestoftheGreatBritainlies_____________.3.OnthesouthofEnglandlies__________________.4.Onthenortheastlies_____________.5.Onthenorthwestis_______________________.6.EnglishChannelseparates___from_______.ButChannelTunnellinksUKtoFrance.GeographicalPositionwaterTheIrishSeaTheEnglishChannelTheNorthSeaTheNorthAtlanticOceanUKEurope1.WhatisthemainideaofthetextA.HowmanycountriesmakeuptheUnitedKingdom?B.ExplainhowEnglandisdividedintothreezonesC.ThereasonwhyLondonbecametheculturalcapitalofEngland.D.AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture.Step2:Fastreading:(Paragraph1---3)ThehistoryanddevelopmentoftheUKSomedetailsofEnglandPart1:2:SkimmingPart2:Part3:TheculturalandpoliticalimportanceofLondon(Paragraph4)(Paragraph5,6)(Dividethepassage)Thepassagecanbedividedintothreeparts,writedownthemainideaofeachpart.Step3carefulreadingpart1:para1,2,and3TowerofLondonTrafalgarSquare特拉法加广场UKContains________,______,Scotlandand________________.Inthe13thCentury______waslinkedto________.Inthe17thcentury________andWaleswerejoinedto_________.EnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandIntheearly20thcentury_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand________tobecome_______.SouthernNorthernEnglandScotlandtheUK1.Part1HowwastheUKformedCarefulreadingtheUnitedKingdomInthe17thcenturyWalesEnglandScotlandInthe13thcenturyIntheearly20thcenturytheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandNorthernIrelandWalesisusuallyassumed(被认为是)tobepartofEngland1.WhyisthereonlyNorthernIrelandjoinedtheGreatBritain?Becausethesouthernpartofthatcountrywasunwillingandbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.2.Inwhatwaysarethefourcountriesdifferent?Theyhavedifferentinstitutions.Forexample,Theyhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasfootballteams.Part1—answerthefollowingquestions2.Paragraph1—3：questionsFlagofUnitedKingdomCrossofSt.George圣乔治旗(England)CrossofSt.Andrew圣安德鲁旗(Scotland)CrossofStPatrick圣帕特里克旗(Ireland)3.WhatarethenamesoftheflagsofEnglandScotland,IrelandandtheUK?NationalflagUnionJackUnionJack4.TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom,whichcountryisleftout?Why?Wales,itisusuallyconsideredtobepartofEnglandEnglandIrelandScotlandUnionJackLookatthemapofEnglandandWalesinthefollowingpage.Divideitintothreeparts.DrawlinesacrosstoshowthezonesoftheSouth,MidlandsandNorthofEngland.Nowputeachtownorcityintoitscorrectzone.Part2:Readpara4thoroughly1.Englandcanbedividedintothreemainareas.Doyouknowwhattheyare?2.WhatdoyouknowaboutanycitiesortownsintheUK?NorthMidlandsSouthNorth:LeedsYorkManchesterSheffieldMidlands:BirminghamCoventrySouth:ReadingLondonBrightonPlymouthEnglandisdividedinto__zones.Part2-EnglandMostpopulationsettledin___________________.Mostofthelargeindustrialcitiesarein____________________.Manycitieshavefamous___________________.theSouthofEnglandtheNorthandtheMidlandsfootballteams3Paragraph4Part3:LondonIntheEnglandhistory,therehavebeenfoursetsofinvaders.Theyare:_____________,_______________,____________,___________.theRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormansWhatdidtheyleave?Paragraph5--6TheRomansTheAnglo-SaxonTheVikingsTheNormanstownsandroadslanguageandgovernmentvocabularyan...
