The United Kingdom

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Reading

Where will the 2012 Olympic Games be held ?

Lead in

Let’s have a quiz

1. What are the provinces called in England ?

A. departments

B. states

C. counties

2.Which is the national flag of the UK?

A.

B.

C.

A. U.S. Dollar $

B. Euros €

C. Pounds £

3.Which is the bank note of the UK ?

4.Which is the national flower of the UK?

A. cherry

B. rose

C. maple

A. B.

River Avon River ThamesC. River Severn

5.Which is the longest river in England?

A. two

B. three

C. four D. five

England

Wales

ScotlandNorthern

Ireland

Southern Ireland

6.How many countries does the UK consist of ?

Puzzles in Geography

Para 1:

Para 2:

Para 3:

Para 4:

Pa 5&6:

Skimming

How England is divided into three zones.

Differences in the four countries

Importance of London

Introduction to the topic

How the UK came into being.

Read while listening to the tape and match main ideas with paragraphs

rules

Scanning

Answer the following questions with your partner.

one student should give us the answers, the other student can spell the maps or pick out the words from the box .

Northern Ireland

the United Kingdomin the 17th century

WalesEngland

Scotland

England

in the 13th century

Great Britain

in the early 20th century

How was the UK formed?(para.2)

How is England divided into 3 zones? (para.4)

Most population settled in ___________________.

Most of the large industrial cities are in _____________________.

the South of England

the North and the Midlands

Who are the four sets of invaders?( para. 5)

They are: ___________, ______________, ____________, ___________.

the Romans the Anglo-Saxonsthe Vikings the Normans

What did they leave?

Romans:

Anglo-Saxons:

towns and roads

language and government

the Vikings:

the Normans:

vocabulary and place-names of the North

castles and words for food

1. The Union Jack flag unites the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why?

2. Why did only Northern Ireland join the Great Britain?

3. In what ways are the four countries different ?

Discuss in groups and then answer the questions

2. Why did only Northern Ireland join the Great Britain?

1. The Union Jack flag unites the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why?The country left out is Wales. It is usually considered to be part of England.

Because the southern part of that country broke away to form its own government. Only Northern Ireland joined England.

3. In what ways are the four countries different?

They are different in international relations. They have different educational and legal systems as well as football teams.

Translate these sentences into Chinese.

1. You can easily clarify any problems if you study British history.

如果你学习了英国历史 , 很容易就能弄清楚任何问题。2.Happily this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland

became King of England and Wales as well .令人庆幸的是，当苏格兰的詹姆斯国王成为英格兰和威尔士的国王时，这三个国家和平地实现了联合。

Practice

3. However, these industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not have the historical attractions of other places.然而 , 这些在十九世纪建立起来的工业城市却没有其他地方所具有的历史魅力。

4. If you look around the British countryside, you will find evidence of all these invaders.

如果你在英国的乡村四处走走的话 , 就会发现这些入侵者的痕迹。5.You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom worthwhile.如果你想使你在英国的旅程有意义 , 你必须睁大双眼。

The UK consists of England ______, Scotland and ___________.

In the 13th century, _____ was linked to ________.

In the 17th century, _________and Wales were joined to ________

In the early 20th century, ________ Ireland broke away and ________Ireland joined with _______, Wales and _______ to become _______.

England, the ______ of the four countries, consists of the ______, ________ and ______ of England.

London, the greatest ________ treasure of all, has ________, art collections, theatres, parks and _________.

The four groups of invaders

are the Romans, _____________, _______ and Normans.

Wales Northern Ireland

Wales England

England Scotland.

Southern Northern

England Scotland the UK

largest South

Midlands North

historical museumsbuildings

Anglo - Saxons Vikings

Retell the passage

1.What can we learn from this passage?2.What’s your puzzles during the reading?

Conclusion

Task 1.Write a summary of the text.

Task 2. Prepare a debate:

Is the invasion good or bad to a country?