Unit2TheUnitedKingdomWarmingUp&Reading()ⅠWhichcountryheldthe30thOlympicgamesin2012?TheUKWhatisthefullnameoftheUK?UK—UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandWarmingUpWhatdoyouknowabouttheUK?Pleasedothefollowingquiz.1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhours√√3.WhorulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?A.theQueenB.thePrimeMinisterC.both4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countiesB.departmentsC.states5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.theRiverAvonB.theRiverThamesC.theRiverSevern√√√WhenyoumentionEngland,whatorwhowillyouthinkof?EnglandPrincessDianaEnglishlanguageBigBenQueenVictoriaCambridgeUniversity…QueenElizabeththeSecond伊丽莎白二世女王Beckham贝克汉姆RoseofEnglandUnionJack英国国旗BigBen大本钟OxfordUniversity牛津大学CambridgeUniversity剑桥大学LondonTowerBridge伦敦塔桥TheRiverThames泰晤士河Englandcanbedividedintothreemainareas.Doyouknowwhattheyare?Edinburgh爱丁堡Belfast贝尔法斯特London伦敦Pre-readingAnswerthequestions.CanyounamethecapitalcitiesofthecountriesoftheUK?Cardiff加的夫unitevi.&vt.kingdomn.consistvi.consistofprovincen.divide…intoclarifyvt.accomplishvt.conflictn.Newwordsandexpressions联合；团结王国组成；在于；一致由……组成省；行政区把……分成澄清；阐明完成；达到；实现矛盾；冲突unwillingadj.breakaway(from)unionn.creditn.toone’screditcurrencyn.institutionn.conveniencen.roughadj.roughlyadv.不愿意(的)；不乐意(的)挣脱(束缚)；脱离联合；联盟；结合；协会信任；学分；赞扬；信贷为……带来荣誉；值得赞扬；在……名下货币；通货制度；机制；公共机构便利；方便粗糙的；粗暴的粗略地；粗糙地nationwideadj.全国性的；全国范围的attractvt.architecturen.collectionn.administrationn.portn.countrysiden.enjoyableadj.leaveout吸引；引起注意建筑学；建筑艺术收藏品；珍藏；收集管理；行政部门港口（城市）乡下；农村令人愉快的；使人高兴的省去；遗漏；不考虑Listening&SkimmingListenandskimthetext,andtickoutwhatarementionedinthetext.sportshistorylifestylesinvasionsGeographyLondonThebiggestcountry—EnglandculturesliteraturelanguagesfoodflagGetthemainideaforeachparagraph.Para.Mainidea12345,6Introducesthetopictothereader.Explainswhattheterm“GreatBritain”meansandhowitcameabout.Explainsthedifferencesinthefourcountries.ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcentreintheUK.Dividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.Part1:Paras1~2WhatEnglandincludes;aboutGreatBritain;theUK.Part2:Paras3~4ThegeographicdivisionofEnglandintozones,theirsimilaritiesanddifferences.Part3:Paras5~6TheculturalimportanceofLondon.Part1HowUKwasformed?Inthe13thcenturyADEnglandWalesEnglandWalesisusuallyassumed(被认为是)tobepartofEngland.13thcentury17thcenturyGetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdom20thcenturyNorthernIrelandOnlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdom20thcenturyfirstonlyEnglandthe13thcenturyAD,England+Wales.England1603,England+Wales+ScotlandGreatBritainLater,GreatBritain+NorthernIrelandtheUnitedKingdomPart2-EnglandLookatthemapofEnglandandWalesinthefollowingpage.Divideitintothreeparts.DrawlinesacrosstoshowthezonesoftheSouth,MidlandsandNorthofEngland.Nowputeachtownorcityintoitscorrectzone.Mostpopulationsettledin___________________.Mostofthelargeindustrialcitiesarein____________________________.Manycitieshave...
