Unit5TheBritishIsles(reading)BritainWhatcountrydoesEnglishcomefrom?Whichcountrydoesthenationalflagbelongto?What’sthemap?theBritishIslesScotlandEnglandWalesBritain+northernIreland=theUKtheUK+theRepublicofIreland=theBritishIslesDoyouknowhowmanypartstheBritishIslesismadeupof?Whatisthetextabout?theBritishIslesPara1historyPara2languagesPara3climatePara4/5culturePara6briefintroductionPara7location(Fastreading1)Matchtheparagraphsandtheirtopics(4minutes).Fastreading2(8minutes)Skimthetextandfindoutthetopsentencesforeachparagraph.Para.1:Para2:Para3:Para4:.ThefirstsentenceThefirstsentenceThefirstsentenceThefirstsentence做题技巧?Para5:Para6:Para7:ThefirstsentenceThefirstsentenceThefirstsentence(Carefulreading1)Readthepassagecarefullyanddecidewhetherthefollowingsentencesaretrueorfalse(7minutes):FFTF()1.ManypeoplearoundtheworldstudyEnglish,andtheyknowalotaboutBritishculture.()2.GreatBritainismadeupoffourcountries.()3.TheislandofBritainisseparatedfromFrancebytheEnglishChannel.()4.Scotlandiscolderthroughouttheyear,butreceiveslessrain.alittlethreemore()5.PeoplefromdifferentpartsofnorthernEuropesettledinEngland,sothecultureofthepeopleoftheBritishIsleswasinfluencedbythem.()6.ThesouthernpartofIrelandisnowanindependentrepublic.()7.Inmoderntime,peoplethroughouttheBritishIslesonlyspeakEnglish.()8.TheEuropeanmainlandhashadagreateffectonthecultureofthepeopleintheBritishIsles.TFTTLookatthemapoftheBritishIslesandgivethenamesofthefollowingplacesonthemap(2minutes):EnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandIrelandScotlandEnglandWalesNorthernIrelandIrelandCarefulreading2(10minutes):Readfordetailsandfillintheform(8minutes):HeadingsGeographyDetailsPositionofBritishIsles:PositionofEngland:PositionofScotland:PositionofWales:PositionofIreland:LieoffthewestcoastofEuropeInthesouthandeastInthenorthInthewestWestofBritainClimateTheBritishIsles:Scotland:EnglandandWales:mildcoldRainsalotHistory1536:1707:Irelandusedtobe:Andnowis:NorthernIreland:EnglandandWalesformedtheUnionScotlandjoinedtheunionPartoftheUKAnindependentrepublicPartofUKFillintheblanksafterreading(8minutes):ItisnotrighttothinkthattheBritishIslesmeanstheUnitedKingdom.TheBritishIslesisagroupofislandsthatliesoffthe________coastofEurope.Thelargestislandiscalled_________,whichconsistsof________kingdoms:_____________inthenorth,_______inthewestandEnglandinthe________.TheislandjustwestofBritainiscalled_________.IrelandIslandismadeupwestBritainthreeScotlandWalesSouthandeastIrelandof______countries.TheRepublicofIrelandisan_____________country,whiletheNorthernIreland________totheUK.BetweenBritainandIreland,intheIrishSea,liesthesmall______ofMan.TheclimateoftheBritishIslesis____withalotof______.ThecultureofthepeopleintheBritishIsleshasreceivedmanyinfluencesfromthe___________mainland.independentbelongsIslemildraintwoEuropeanHomework1.Readthetextagaintofindoutandunderlinethedifficultsentencesthatyoucan’tunderstand.2.Recitetask4.Thankyou
