Warmingup&ReadingWarmingup&ReadingUnit2TheUnitedKingdomPeriod1warming-upandreadingAmericaEuropeAsiaAficatheUKHowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUK?WhatisthefullnameoftheUK?TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.fourEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandLet’shaveaquizThecapitalofeachcountryoftheUK:WalesCardiff加的夫EnglandLondonBelfast贝尔法斯特NorthernIrelandScotlandEdinburgh爱丁堡2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhoursB3.Whorulesthecountry?A.TheQueen.B.ThePrimeMinister.C.Both.BElizabethⅡDavidCameron4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.Counties.B.Departments.C.States.A5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.B.TheRiverAvonTheRiverThamesC.BTheRiverSevern(4km)(338km)(290km)A.B.CherryRoseC.MapleB6.WhichisthenationalfloweroftheUK?7.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?A.B.BeaverC.RedbreastBaldeagle海狸知更鸟秃头鹰8.WhichisthebanknoteoftheUK?A.B.C.U.S.Dollar$Euros€Pounds£ScotlandScotlandWaleWalessCardiffCardiffBelfastBelfastRepublicofIrelandDublinDublinEnglandEnglandLondonLondonNorthernIrelandNorthernIrelandEdinburghEdinburghEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandtheUK=+++TheUnitedKingdomconsistsofthefourcountries.Fast-ReadingGeographyPleasereadformainideafirst.AintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,history,politics,andcultureetc.Part1(Para1-3)_____________________________Part2(Para4):_____________________________Part3(Para5-6):_______________________________HowtheUKcameintobeing?Englandisdividedinto3zones.TheculturalimportanceofLondon.Dividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.Carefulreading:Part1---theUKEnglandtheUKGreatBritainEnglandWalesEnglandHowUKwasformedInthecenturyADEnglandWalesisusuallyassumed(被认为是)tobepartofEngland.WaleswaslinkedtoEnglandinthe13thcenturyAD.13thScotlandEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandin1603.Inthecentury17thGetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdom.IrelandThepartofIrelandbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.southernNorthernIrelandOnlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdom.firstonlyEnglandthe13thcentury,England+Wales.17thcenturyAD,England+Wales+ScotlandGreatBritainLater,GreatBritain+NorthernIrelandEnglandtheUnitedKingdomPart1---theUKUnionJackFlagchangs1.TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom,whichcountryisleftout?Why?Wales,itisusuallyassumedtobepartofEngland.EnglandScotlandIrelandUnionJackEx.22.Inwhatwaysarethefourcountriesdifferent?Theyaredifferentininternationalrelations.Theyhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasfootballteams.3.WhatthreecountriesdoesBritishAirwaysrepresent?1)England2)Scotland3)NorthernIrelandPart2-EnglandtheNorthofEnglandtheSouthofEnglandtheMidlandsEnglandisthelargestofthecountriesanditisdividedintothreezones.Part2-EnglandEnglandisdividedinto3zones.Mostpopulationsettledin___________________.Mostofthelargeindustrialcitiesarein____________________________.Nationwide,manycitieshave____________________________.theSouthofEnglandtheNorthandtheMidlandsfootballteamsandarenotlargeWhydidcapitalLondonbecometheculturalcenterofEngland?TherearealotofhistoricaltreasureinLondon.WhyaretheresomanyhistoricaltreasuresinLondon?Londonhasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvaders.Part3--LondonPara5--InvadersIntheEnglandhistory,therehasbeenfou...