HotLinksUnit2TheUnitedKingdom1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.four√bemadeupofWhatarethey?Canyounamethecapitalcitiesofthecountries?LondonEdinburghCardiffNorthernBelfastSo,Whatisthenameofthecountry?England---EnglishBritain---BritishTheUnitedKingdomtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhours√directflight3.WhorulestheUK:ThePrimeMinisterorthequeen?ATheQueenBThePrimeMinisterCBoth4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?AcountiesBdepartmentsCstates5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?ATheRiverAvonBTheRiverThamesCTheRiverSevern√√√TheQueen’spositionisCeremonial:OpeningParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.VSThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionsandlaws.ThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338KmandtheRiverSevernis290Km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.6.WhichisthenationalfloweroftheUK?A.B.CherryRoseC.Maple7.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?A.B.BeaverC.Redbreast/RobinBaldeagle海狸知更鸟秃头鹰QueenElizabethⅡQueenElizabethⅡBeckhamBeckhamScotlandScotland(Colder,morerain)(Colder,morerain)ChangeableEnglishEnglishWelshWelshIrishIrishSomeSomeotherotherspokenspokenlanguageslanguagesSomeSomeotherotherspokenspokenlanguageslanguagesMoreinformationabouttheUK:Area:244,820sq.kmPopulation:59,113,439Religion:Catholicism(天主教)Capital:Londonbank-notes:poundscoins:pound,pennySomeimportantcitiesintheUK1.London:capitalcity2.Belfast:capitalofNorthernIreland3.Manchester:homeofthefootballclubManchesterUnited4.Oxford:auniversitycity5.Liverpool:homeoftheBeatles,afamousgroupofpopsingersLookatthemapoftheBritishIslesandgivethenamesoftheplaceswe’vementionedonthemap:NorthSeaTheAtlanticOceanEnglishChannelEnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandIrelandIrishSeaDublinLondonEdinburghBelfastCardiffReadingPredicting:Readthetitleandguesswhatthecontentofthereadingpassagemightbeabout.InfluencedInfluencedby?by?Whatisthetextmainlyabout?AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.SkimmingDividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.InformationabouttheUKMainideaofeachpart:Part1:_____________________________Part2:_____________________________Part3:_____________________________HowtheUKcameintobeing.ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandintozones.TheculturalimportanceofLondon.Part1UK-GeographyTheUnitedKingdomc__________ofthefourcountries:_____________,_____________,_____________,_____________.onsistsEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandPart1UK-HistoryfirstonlyEnglandthe13thcenturyAD,England+Wales.1603,England+Wales+ScotlandGreatBritainLater,GreatBritain+NorthernIrelandEnglandtheUnitedKingdomTheUnionJackflagunitestheflagsofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?ThecountryleftoutisWales.ItisusuallyconsideredtobepartofEngland.Inwhatwaysarethefourcountriesdifferent?Theyarethesameininternationalrelations,buttheyhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasfootballteams.Part2-EnglandEnglandisdividedinto3zones.theNorththeSouthofEnglandtheMidlandsPart2-EnglandEnglandisdividedinto3zones.Mostpopulationsettledin___________________.Mostofthelargeindustrialcitiesarein___________________.Manycitieshavefamous___________________.theSouthofEnglandtheNorthandtheMidlandsfootballteams•WhydidcapitalLondonbecometheculturalcenterofEngland?TherearealotofhistoricaltreasureinLondon.•WhyaretheresomanyhistoricaltreasuresinLondon?Londonhasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvaders.Part3-LondonPart3-InvadersIntheEnglandhistory,thereareseveralinvasions.Theyare:___________,_____________,____________,___________.theRomanstheAnglo-SaxonstheVikingstheNormansWhatdidtheyleave?Romans:Anglo-Saxons:townsandroadsLanguageandgovernmenttheVikings:theNormans:Influencethevocabularyandplace-namesoftheNorthCastlesandwordsforfoodWhichgroupoftheinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikingsTheyleft…InthehistoryoftheUK,therearesomeimportantinvasions.Thoseinvadersruledthecountryforsometime.Theybroughtpainstothelocalpeople,butatthesametime,theyalsobroughtsomethingnewtothecountry,whichisimportantformakingupitshistory.IstheinvasiongoodorbadtothecountryBritain?
