Unit2TheUnitedKingdomWhatisthefullnameoftheUK?UK——TheUnitedKingdomoftheGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.DescribebrieflytheUKaccordingtothefollowingmap.IrishseaEnglishChannelNorthAtlanticOceanWarmingupWorkinpairs.DothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowabouttheUnitedKingdom.1.Whorulesthecountry:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?A.TheQueenB.thePrimeMinister2.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countiesB.departmentsC.states3.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.TheRiverAvonB.TheRiverThamesC.TheRiverSevernOxfordUniversityCambridgeUniversityLondonBridgeLondonBridgeTheTowerofLondonTheBigBenPleasereadformainideafirst.1.Whenyoureadthetext,readthetitle“PuzzlesinGeography”first.Canyouguesswhatthetextisabout?2.Pleasereadthewholetextasfastasyoucan,andtrytofindout(orconclude)themainideaofeachparagraph.Paragraph5--6Part1:AbouttheUKPart2:AboutEnglandPart2:AboutLondonParagraph1--3Paragraph4Paragraph1PartsofUKParagraph2HowdidEnglandandWalesjointogetherandhowdidBritainandUKcomeintobeingParagraph3AdministrationofUKParagraph4ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandandcharacteristicsofeachzoneParagraph5-6ThecultureofLondonWalesEnglandScotlandNorthIrelandtheUnitedKingdom13thcentury16031916Part1—AbouttheUKThefullnameofEnglandisthe______________ofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itconsistsoffourparts,theyare__________,__________,_________and________________,peoplealwaysthink______isapartofEngland.TheflagoftheUKiscalledthe________________.Thefourcountrieshavedifferent___________and_____________aswellasdifferent_______________.UnitedKingdomEnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandWalesUnionJackeducationallegalsystemsfootballteamsFillintheblanksPart2--AboutEnglandNorth:Midlands:South:largeindustrialcitieslargeindustrialcitieswerebuiltin19thcenturyMostofthepopulationsettledtherehistoricaltreasuresmuseumsartcollectionstheatresparksbuildingsTheoldestbuildingbuiltbythe…inthe1060s.Theoldestcastleconstructedby…rulersin1066.Theoldestportbuiltbytheromansinthe1stcentury.Part3--AboutLondonMaketheinvadersinorderaccordingtothetimetheRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormanstheRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormansTheRomansTheAnglo-SaxonsTheVikingTheNormanslefttheirlanguageandtheirgovernmentlefttheirtownsandroadsleftcastlesandwordsforfoodinfluencedthevocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthNowlet’sreadfordetailedinformation.TheUkcontainsfourcountriesEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.Inthe13thcenturyWaleswaslinkedtoEngland.In1603EnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland.SometimelaterSouthernIrelandbrokeawayandNorthernIrelandjoinedwithEngland,WalesandScotland.ThustheUKcameintobeing.Englandthelargestofthefourcountries,consistoftheSouth,theMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Londonthegreatesthistoricaltreasuresofall,hasmuseums,artcollections,thetheatres,parksandbuildings.ThefourgroupsofinvadersaretheRomans,Anglo-Saxons,VikingsandNormans.HADRIAN'SWALLThemostprominentandimportantmonument(遗迹)leftbytheRomansinBritain,itspansthewidthofthecountry.ThehighestroadbuiltbytheRomansinEngland.TheRomansSpringBathTheRomansTheAnglo-SaxonschurchTheVikingstheJorvikVikingCentre,forauniqueinsightintothelifeoftheVikings.BuiltbytheNormansaround1100,itwasthelargestNormankeepeverbuiltColchesterCastleItwasbuiltbytheNormansinthe12thCenturySt.Peter'sCathedral.GodmershamParishChurch,originallybuiltbytheNormans.
