Unit2TheUnitedKingdomLanguagePoints1Newwordsconsistvi.组成,一致dividevt.分配,分开puzzlen.难题;谜vt.使迷惑debatevi.&n.争论,辩论clarifyvt.澄清,阐明relationn.关系;联系breakaway显然的;表面上的unionn.滑动;滑跤legaladj.租用;雇佣conveniencen.插入;嵌入collectionn.做出反应;回应constructvt.建造;构造;创立influencevt.影响,改变n.影响,势力,有影响的人或事Explanation1.HowmanycountriesdoesUKconsistof?大不列颠由多少个国家组成?consistvi.在于,存在于,组成,构成,一致,适合习惯搭配:consistof由…组成,由…构成,包括(注意:不能用于被动语态和进行时态)=bemadeupofconsistin基于,在于,存在…之中Coalconsistsmostlyofcarbon.煤大部分由碳组成。Thisclubconsistsofmorethan200members.这个俱乐部由200位以上的会员构成。2.Englandcanbedivideintothreemainareas.英国可以分成三大部分.divide意为“把一个整体分成若干个部分”常与into,among,between搭配divideinto把…分成dividesth.amongsb.在…分配dividesth.withsb.与…分担divide…by…用…除以辨析:divide,separatedivide划分;把整体分成若干部分,破坏了宾语的完整性.separate分隔;把原来连在一起或靠近的分隔开来,没有破坏宾语的完整性,只是将宾语分开.Theworldisdividedintofivecontinents.Let’sdividethecakeintothree.Heseparatedthebigeggsfromthesmallones.Thegrindingmachine(碾谷机)separatesthegrainfromthehusk(糠).1.Theapplewas_______intotwo.2.We_______themoneyequally.3.Oxygencanbe_________fromwater.4.TheTaiwanStrait_________TaiwanfromFujian.试一试divideddividedseparatedseparates3.Thereisnoneedtodebateanymoreaboutwhydifferentwordsareusedtodescribethefourcountries:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIsland.对于用来描述英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰这四个国家的词语,现在已经没有争辩的必要了。(1)句型:Thereisnoneedtodosth.没有必要做某事Thereisnoneed(foryou)tocomeifyoudon’twantto.如果你不想来,那就没有必要来了.Isthereanyneedtoexplainanyfurther?还有必要作进一步的解释吗?(2)句中why引导宾语从句,作介词about的宾语debatev.&n.①辩论,讨论debateaboutsth.对某事进行辩论,讨论Whataretheydebating(about)?Wearejustdebatingwhattodonext.Afteralongdebate,theHouseofCommonsapprovedthebill.经过长时间的讨论,众议院通过了这项法案.4.YoucaneasilyclarifyanyproblemsifyoustudyBritishhistory.如果你学习了英国历史,很容易就能弄清楚任何问题。clarifyvt.澄清,讲清楚;阐明vi.澄清,清楚,明了;易懂事Couldyouclarifythequestion?你能解释这个问题吗?Hismindsuddenlyclarified.他的头脑突然清醒了.拓展:clarificationn.5.However,justastheyweregoingtogetIrelandconnectedtoformtheUnitedKingdom,theSouthernpartofthatcountrybrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.然而,正当他们打算把爱尔兰也同另外三个国家联合起来形成联合王国的时候,爱尔兰的南部却分离出去了.breakv.(broke,broken)<习惯搭配>:breakaway破坏、出故障、分解、脱离breakdown抛锚,出故障,身体跨了,削弱breakinto闯入,突然发出breakout(战争、瘟疫、火灾)爆发breakoff中断breaktherules违反规则breaktherecords打破记录6.Englandisthelargestofthefourcountriesandforconvenienceitisdividedroughlyintothreezones.在这四个国家中,英格兰最大,为了方便起见,它大致被分为了三个地区.conveniencen.方便,便利Ikeepmyreferencebooksnearmydeskforconvenience.为了图方便,我把参考书放在书桌前.<习惯搭配>atyourconvenience在您方便的时候forconvenience’ssake为了方便起见makeaconvenienceofsb.(乘机)利用某人convenientadj.适合需要的,方便的<拓展>aconvenientplace/timeItisaninconvenienttimetocome.Ican’tseehimnow;it’snotconvenient.Willitbeconvenientforyoutostartworktomorrow?7...