Unit2TheUnitedKingdomPeriod1Warming-up&Listening2012OlympicGames•Whichcitywillholdthe30thSummerOlympicGamesafterthe2008BeijingOlympics?•London•ThecapitaloftheUnitedKingdomBrainstorming•Politics•Economy•Culture•Geography•History•Militaryaffairs•Education•DiplomatismWhenwetalkedaboutacountry,whatwillweusuallymention?DothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowabouttheUK.BritainName•1.WhatisthefullnameoftheUnitedKingdom?•TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland2.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.four3.Whatarethey?England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandGeographyNationalFlag•4.HowistheNationalFlagofUKlike?Whatdoesitstandfor?patronsaint5.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.about6hoursB.about10hoursC.about16hours6.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.theRiverAvonB.theRiverThamesC.theRiverSevernThamesSevernAvonTheRiversThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbuttheRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338kmandtheRiverSevernis290km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.NationalFlower•7.WhatisUK’sNationalFlower?•Rose.•8.WhatarethelanguagesspokeninUK?•English,Welsh,Irish,Scotsandsoon.9.Whorulesthecountry:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?PoliticsA.theQueenB.thePrimeMinisterC.bothTheQueen’spositionisCeremonial:OpeningParliament,welcomingheadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.HMQueenElizabethIIThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionsandthelaws.GordonBrownPolitics10.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.counties郡B.departmentsC.statesFamousPersons•11.Whoiscalled“theroseofEngland”?•PrincessDiana.•12.WhoisthegreatestdramatistofBritain?•Shakespeare.Population•Data:•85.67%Britishwhitepeople•6.47%whitepeoplefromothercountries•4.00%peoplefromsouthAsia•2.00%Blackpeople•1.20%mixed-blood•0.80%otherraces•Fromthis,wecansayUKisamulticulturalcountry.Listening•HowdidthepeoplefromothercountriesbecomethecitizenofUK?•ListeningtextonPage48.•1.HowmanywaysaretheretobecomeaBritishcitizen?•Three•2.WhichgroupofBritishcitizenshasthelargestnumber?•PeoplewithBritishparentsorborninBritain.•3.HowhavetheBlackBritishcontributedtotheBritishculture?•Withtheirmusicandfood.Homework•1.预习P10.11。•2.学海导航——课前自测、课前导入。•3.预习同步精讲。Reading•Between17thto19thcentury,BritainonceruledmanyothercountriesincludingHongKongofChina.•ButdoyouknowEnglandhadbeeninvadedbyothernationsaboutacenturyago?•ReadPara5&6.History•1.HowmanytimeshadBritainbeeninvadedbyothers?•Four.•Whataretheinvaders?•TheRomans,theAnglo-Saxons,theVikings,theNormans.Reading•2.HowdidthefourinvadersinfluenceEngland?•BecausetheRomanslefttheirtownsandroads;theAnglo-Saxonslefttheirlanguageandtheirgovernment;theNormansleftcastlesandwordsforfood.ButtheVikingsinfluencedthevocabularyandplace–namesoftheNorth.Reading•3.WhatdidtheinvadersleaveforLondon?•TheoldestportbuiltbytheRomans.•TheoldestbuildingbegunbytheAnglo-Saxons.•TheoldestcastleconstructedbytheNormanrulers.Homework•1.小张学英语报完型和阅读。www.themegallery.com
