海南省农垦实验中学高二英语备课组张雪檀Newwordsandexpressions1.组成，一致consistvi.2.分配，分开dividevt.3.难题；谜；使迷惑puzzlevt.&vi.4.争论，辩论debatevt.5.澄清，阐明clarifyvt.6.关系；联系relationn.7.挣脱；脱离breakaway8.同盟；联盟unionn.9.法律的；合法的legaladj.10.便利；方便conveniencen.11.收藏品；珍藏collectionn.12.建造；构造construcevt.13.影响，改变；influencevt.&n.Unit2TheUnitedKingdomLet’senjoysomepicturesoftheUnitedKingdom.Doyouknowthem?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。BuckinghamPalace白金汉宫RoyalGreenwichObservatory格林威治皇家天文台AbriefintroductiontotheUKDoyouknowmoreabouttheUK?AbriefintroductiontotheUKTheUnitedKingdomisagreatcountry.Ithasalonghistory.ItconsistsofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.GreatBritainismadeupofthreecountries,thatis,England,ScotlandandWales.SotheUnitedKingdomisactuallycomposedoffourcountries:England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.Londonisitscapital.The2012OlympicGameswasheldinthecity.ThisisthefamousHeathrowAirport.Ifyouwanttovisitthecountry,youcangotoLondonbyair.Ifyouleaveat11:15BeijingtimefromBeijingairport,youwillgettoLondonHeathrowAirportatabout15:10Londontime.BeijingissevenhoursearlierthanLondon.ThiswasthePrimeMinisteroftheUK.AndthiswastheQueen.Thequeenistheheadofstate,butit’sinnameonly.ThemostpowerfuloneisthePrimeMinister,whocontrolseverythingintheUK.Thereare23provincesinChina.ButinEngland,peopledon’tusetheword“province”.Instead,theyusetheword“county”.TherearemorethaneightycountiesintheUK.TheRiverThamesisthelongestriver.TheUnitedKingdomHowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUK?Let’shaveaquiz.ABCDE1.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.1.What’sthefullnameoftheUK?2.WhichisthecapitaloftheUK?3.Englandisdividedintothreemainareas.Doyouknowwhattheyare?TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.London.Thesouth,themidlandsandthenorth.MoreknowledgeabouttheUKEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandtheUK=+++theRepublicofIrelandtheUnitedKingdomthenationalflagoftheUKWhereisthecapitalofeachcountryoftheUK?ScotlandWalesCardiffBelfastEnglandLondonNorthernIrelandEdinburghReadingReadingSkill1:prediction(预测)Readthetitleandthemap,andguesswhatthecontentofthereadingpassagemightbeabout.ReadingSkill2:Para.1.ExplainsthejoiningofEnglandandWales.Para.2.Statestopictobeexaminedinthereading.Para.3.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcentreintheUK.Para.4.Explainswhattheterm“GreatBritain”meansandhowitcameabout.Para.5.Explainsdifferencesinthefourcountries.Para.6.ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.Readthetextquicklyandmatchthefollowing.ReadingSkill3:WhichcountriesmakeuptheUK?England,Wales,Scotland,NorthernIreland.1.WhichcountriesformGreatBritain?England,Wales,Scotland.2.WhenwasWaleslinkedtoEngland?Inthethirteenthcentury.3.WhenwereEngla...
