Unit 2 The United Kingdom

The first period

• Have you ever heard of Guy Fawkes

Night?

• What do you want to know about it?

• It is celebrated in Britain on November 5th. People will have firework parties and burn cloth dolls of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.

In the 17th century, there were two kinds of Christian in Europe, Catholic and Protestant, and they were often at war with each other. Guy Fawkes was a Catholic, but the government of England usually supported Protestant. So Fawkes and his Catholic friends decided to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James. But before they could do anything, their plan was discovered. Guy Fawkes was caught and killed. And King James made November 5th into a yearly celebration so that people will not forget this “disaster”.

Make up a dialogue betweenFawkes and Catesby

F: How can we enter the Houses of Parliament?

C: Maybe we can buy a house close to it. These days houses usually have cellars. If we get the cellars connected with the Houses of Parliament, it will be convenient for us to get into it. F: Good idea! Then we can store a lot of gunpowder in the cellar. When the king and his advisers are in the Parliament for a meeting on November 6th, we will light the gunpowder to start the fire. C: That’s it. Let’s go to look for such a house at once. We don’t have much time left. F: I agree with you. Let’s go.

True or false statements:• ( ) 1. King James was a Catholic.

• ( ) 2. King James was frightened of Catholics.

• ( ) 3. King James supported Protestants.

• ( ) 4. He punished Guy Fawkes.

• ( ) 5. Guy Fawkes talked to King James.

True or false statements:• ( ) 6. The king thought the Catholics

wanted to kill him.

• ( ) 7. The king rewarded Guy Fawkes.

• ( ) 8. The king thought there were too few Catholics.

• ( ) 9. The king’s friends abroad were Protestants.

The second period

King Edward Ⅳ

King Edward V(the son of Edward IV)

King Richard Ⅲ(the uncle of Edward V)

King Henry Ⅷ

his son

his daughter Mary

his daughterElizabeth

The Tower of London

Can such a royal palace be a prison? Who had been prisoners in it?

King Edward V and his brother, Elizabeth I

A. These two princes were ______ and ______ six hundred years ago. They had come to London for the older brother to be crowned ______ after his father, King Edward IV, ______. He was only thirteen years old. His wicked uncle, Richard, was supposed to ______them both, but instead he had them ________ while they were _________.

B. In the 1550s when queen Elizabeth I was still a ______, her sister, Queen Mary, brought her to the Tower as a ______ because she thought Elizabeth was a traitor. She __________ through a special gate __________“Traitors Gate”. That only __________to very bad people. brothers, lived, King, died, look after, killed, asleep, princess, prisoner, went in, called, happened

Places to visit/see

The Tower of London

St Paul’s Cathedral

Westminster Abby

Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

Greenwich

Karl Marx’s statue

The British Museum

Comments

Buckingham Palace St Paul’s Cathedral

The third period

Cross of St George (England) Cross of St Patrick (Ireland)

Cross of St Andrew (Scotland) Union Jack or Union Flag

Main idea of each part:

• Part 1 (Para 1-Para 4) :How the UK developed into 4 countries.

• Part 2 (Para 5): Division of England into 3 zones, which have different characteristics.

• Part 3 (Para 6) :Culture and history of London.

Language points

1. consist of ＝ be made up of 由……组成 ( 没有进行时） 2. separate ... from 把联合在一起或靠近的人或物分离出来divide...into 把整体分为若干部分3. break away (from sb / sth) 脱离；破除…4. convenience: n. 方便；便利 convenient: adj.5. attraction n. attract v. attractive adj. unattractive adj. attractively adv. 6. influence

The Fourth Period一、作宾语补足语的过去分词与宾语之间的关系 1. 及物动词（短语）的过去分词用作宾语补足语时，

宾语即是过去分词的逻辑宾语，宾语和过去分词之间存在逻辑上的被动关系。

2. 少数不及物动词如 go, change, fall 等的过去分词作宾语补足语时，仅表示动作完成。

3. 动词 seat, hide, dress 等的过去分词作宾语补足语一般表示状语而不表示被动的意义。

二、需用过去分词作宾语补足语的情况1. 表示“意欲；命令”的动词如 like, want,

wish, order 等2. 感官动词 see, hear, notice, observe, watch,

feel, find 等3. 使役动词 have, get, make, leave, keep 等4. “with ＋宾语＋过去分词”结构中，过去

分词用作介词 with 的宾语补足语。

三、掌握“使役动词 have + 宾语＋过去分词”的几种含义

1. 意为“主语请别人做某事”。 2. 意为“主语遭遇、遭受某一不愉快、不测

的事情”。 3. 意为“使完成某事”，事情既可以是别人

做完，也可以由主语参与完成。

四、区分过去分词作宾语补足语与现在分词作宾语补足语

一般说来，过去分词作宾语补足语时，宾语是动作的承受者；现在分词作宾语补足语时宾语是动作的执行者。试比较：

• I found him lying on the grass just now. 我刚才发现他躺在草坪上。

• I found him knocked down by a car. 我看到他被车撞了。

The fifth period

Presentation: Present what you have discovered about the United Kingdom.

Writing

Introduce a historical or a culturalsite in your hometown to some foreigners who have come to your hometown for the first time. You should write in an exciting way.

Show the Ss some well-written passages or beautiful sentences for them to appreciate.

Self-assessmentI have learned ______ well.A. Guy Fawkes NightB. Some stories that happened in the Tower of LondonC. Some interesting places to visit in LondonD. The history of the UKE. How to use the past participle as the object complementF. Some useful words and expressions