Unit5TheBritishIslesReadingTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(NationalFlag)1.WhatdoestheUKstandfor?Theletters“UK”standfor“TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritishandNorthernIreland.2.TalksthabouttheUK.CapitalCityOfficialLanguageMainReligion（宗教）LondonisthecapitaloftheUKandofEngland.EnglishChristianityEnglandScotlandWalesN.IrelandIrelandTheBritishIslesTheUnitedKingdomScotlandEnglandWalesNorthernIrelandGreatBritainIrelandTheBritishIslesReadthepassagecarefullyanddecidewhetherthefollowingsentencesaretrueorfalse:FFTF()1.ManypeoplearoundtheworldstudyEnglish,andtheyknowalotaboutBritishculture.()2.GreatBritainismadeupoffourcountries.()3.TheIslandofBritainisseparatedfromFrancebytheEnglishChannel.()4.Scotlandiscolderthroughouttheyear,butreceiveslessrain.()5.ThesouthernpartofIrelandisnowanindependentrepublic.()6.Inmoderntimes,peoplethroughouttheBritishIslesonlyspeakEnglish.TFPara1Para2Para3Para4-5Para5Para6Para7Matchtheparagraphsandtheirtopics:Matchtheparagraphsandtheirtopics:ClimateHistoryCultureandinfluenceLanguageFrenchinfluenceBriefintroductionlocationBriefIntroductionLocationClimateCultureHistoryLanguagesSpeakers’CornerSpeakers’CornerBigBenBigBenTheTheTowerofTowerofLondonLondonEnglandEnglandstandsforstandsforonlyonlyTheideathatEnglandstandsforFishandChips,Speakers’CornerandtheTowerofLondonispast.Thoughmanypeoplearoundtheworldstudyitslanguage,theirviewofBritishcultureissometimesnarrow.ThefactthatGreatBritainismadeupofthreecountriesisstillunknowntomany.WithinGreatBritainformanyyearsnow,therehasbeenagrowingmovementtomakethemostofitsculturaldiversity(文化多样性)—toseeitasitreallyis:anationofdifferentcountriesheldtogetherbyacommonlanguageandculture.TextText::1.-----Scotland2.-----England3.-----Wales4.-----NorthernIreland5.-----Ireland6.-----EnglishChannel7.-----NorthSea8.-----theAtlanticOcean9.-----IrishSea10.-----London1111.-----IsleofManBritishIsles:_________________________offthewestcoastofEuropePara2.EnglishChannel20miles=33.18kilometers1.IsitpossibletoswimfromtheEuropeanmainlandtoEngland?France1.Howfarisit?OnJuly29,2001,ittookZhangjian11hours55minutestoswimacrosstheEnglishChannel.BritishIsles:_____________________①England:_______________②Scotland:_______________③Wales:______________PositionofIreland:__________________PositionoftheIsleofMan:_________________________________________intheeastandsouthinthenorthinthewestintheIrishSea/betweenBritainandIrelandlieoffthewestcoastwestofBritainPara2theAtlanticOceantheNorthSeaScotlandScotland(colder,morerain)(colder,morerain)Para3.What’stheclimateoftheBritishIsleslike?Itismildwithalotofrain.TheBritishIsles:________________________Scotland:_____________________EnglandandWales:_______________coldestmonths:_______________________warmestmonths:_______________________ClimatemildwithalotofraincolderandreceivesmorerainrainsalotJanuaryandFebruaryJulyandAugustPara.31.WhatformedthebasisofEnglish?2.WhatinfluencedthecultureoftheBritishIsles?3.Wheredidthenativepopulationmove?4.Whathappenedin1066?5.WhospokeFrench?Culture&FrenchinfluencePara4&51.WhatinfluencedthecultureoftheBritishIsles?ThecultureofthepeopleoftheBritishIsleswasinfluencedbythecultureofthepeopleontheEuropeanmainland.2.WhatformedthebasisforEnglish?PeoplefromdifferentpartsofnorthernEuropewhosettledinEnglandbroughttheirowncultureandlanguage.TheirlanguagesformedthebasisforE...
