Unit2TheUnitedKingdomUnit2TheUnitedKingdomBuckinghamPalace白金汉宫WindsorCastle温莎城堡RoyalGreenwichObservatory格林威治皇家天文台WestminsterAbbey,England威斯敏斯特教堂BigBenOxfordUniversityCambridgeUniversity牛津大学建立时间不详,因为那并不是一个独立的事件,它可以追溯到1096年于那里开始的教学。牛津产生了4位英国国王,46位诺贝尔奖获得者,25位英国首相,3位圣人,86位大主教以及18位红衣主教。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。Salisbury'sworld-famousStonehenge,situatedonthespreadingSalisburyPlain.1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.fourEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandLet’shaveaquizCountrylanguagecapitalUKWalesEnglish/ScottishLondonNorthernIrelandDublinEnglish/WelshCardiffScotlandEnglandRepublicofIrelandEnglishEnglish/IrishEnglish/IrishEdinburghBelfast2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhours3.Whorulesthecountry?A.TheQueenB.ThePrimeMinisterC.both特蕾莎·玛丽·梅TheresaMaryMayElizabethⅡ4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countiesB.departmentsC.statesTheLocalGovernmentActof1972dividedEnglandoutsideLondoninto45countiesofwhich6aremetropolitancounties.5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.B.C.AvonSevernThames6.WhichisthenationalflowerofEngland?A.B.CherryRoseC.Maple7.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?A.B.BeaverC.RedbreastBaldeagle海狸知更鸟秃头鹰ReadingPuzzlesingeographyWhatdoesthistitlemean?地理之谜Let’sguesswhatthepassageisabout.•Readthepassageanddoexercise1onpage11.•1.ThecountriesthatmakeupGreatBritainare______.•England,WalesandScotland•2.IfwespeakofEnglandwemean_____.•EnglandandWales.•3.TheUnitedKingdomincludes______.•England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland•4.ThepartofIrelandthatseparatedfromEnglandiscalled______.•RepublicofIreland•5.Londonisthecapitalcityof____.•England/GreatBritain/theUK.•Nowtrytodividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.•Part1•Paragraphs1,2,&3•Part2–Para.4•Part3–Para.5&6Part1.HowtheUKwasformedinhistory.Part2.HowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.(ThegeographicdivisionofEngland)Part3.TheculturalimportanceofLondonCarefulReadingPart1.TheformationoftheUK•1.HowdidthefourcountriesjointogethertoformtheUK?•_________________________________________________________________________________________EnglandWaleswaslinkedtoEnglandEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandEngland,WalesandScotlandgotNorthernIrelandconnected.EnglandInthe13thcenturyADWalesScotlandin1603DidtheygetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdom?NorthernIrelandOnlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdomEnglandScotlandIrelandUnionJack2.TheformationoftheflagoftheUK?TheflagofEnglandiswhitewitharedcross.TheflagofIrelandiswhitewitharedcross.TheflagofScotlandisbluewithawhitecross.TheflagoftheUKisthecombinationofthethreeflags.Thatis,theUKisacombinationofthethreecountries:England,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.•TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagsofthreecountriesintheUK.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?•Walesisleftout.BecauseWaleswaslinkedtoEnglandinthe13thcentury,sowhenpeoplerefertoEngland,Walesisusuallyincludedaswell.Footballteam•FAPremierLeague英格兰足球超级联赛1992年成立•同城大战:•英格兰曼彻斯特:曼联/曼城;•英格兰伦敦:阿森纳———托特纳姆热刺———切尔西———西汉姆联———南安普顿———查尔顿———水晶宫———女王公园巡游者•英格兰利物浦:利物浦-----埃弗...