高中英语必修5-Unit2-The-United-Kingdom课件2(人教新课标)

1、The United Kingdom EnglandWales ScotlandNorthern IrelandEnglandWales ScotlandNorthern Irelandthe UK =+the Republic of Irelandthe United KingdomENGLANDLondonEdinburghSCOTLANDCardiff Wales Belfast Northern Ireland PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHYTask1:Predictive reading: Read the first paragraphgraph ,try to gues

2、s : Whats the topic of this passage?The United KingdomReading Skill 1: prediction(预测) When you do some reading ,you must do some prediction, this is one of the basic skills of reading comprehension.How do we guess or predict? From the title or the first paragraph, so when you read , please read the

3、title and the first paragraph carefully, they may tell you what the whole passage talks about.Task2:Fast reading: Read the passage in one minute and find out :How many parts can England be divided into? What are they?South of EnglandMidlandsNorth of EnglandThree PartsThe south of England(near France

4、)The Midlands(in the middle)The North(near to Scotland)Reading Skill2: Finding topic sentence.(找文章的主题句)Frankly speaking ,we cant finish reading the whole passage in one minute, so we must find the topic sentence of each paragraph. It can help us find out what each paragraph talks about.Generally spe

5、aking ,the topic sentence is the first or last sentence of each paragraph. And some paragraphs dont have topic sentence.Task 3:Careful readingThe Union Jack flag unites the three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why?Task 3:Careful readingThe Union Jack flag unites the thre

6、e countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why? Wales.Because Wales was linked to England in the 13th century AD. Now when people refer to England, Wales is included as well. Task4:Detailed reading.Divide the passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each part.Part

7、1:(paragraph1)States the topic to be examined in the reading text ( the UK).Part2:(paragraph2-5)Explains how the UK came about, the differences between the four countries and between the three zones of England.Part3:(paragraph6) the cultural and political importance of LondonTask8:Fill in the blanks

8、. The full name of England is the _ _ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .It consists of four parts ,they are _,_,_ and _, people always think _is a part of England.The flag of the UK is called the _ _.The four countries have different _and _ _as well as different _ _. _is the largest of the four

9、 countries and it is _ _ three parts.Most of the people settled in the _,but most of the large industrial cities in the _and the _.The capital of the UK is _,it has many great places of interest.United KingdomEnglandScotlandWalesNorthern IrelandWalesUnionJackeducationallegalsystemsfootballteamsEngla

10、nddividedintoSouthMidlandsNorthLondon1. A further study about the reading. (Page10). Find out the difficult language points in the text.2. Prepare for Learning about language.3. Finish doing Ex.1 on Page 11 &49.HomeworkTask2:Learn the following useful words according to their English meaning.(1)cons

11、ist:V.be made up of ;be composed of consist of(2)divide:V.separagraphtedivide into(3)debate:V&n.argue with sb(4)clarify:V.cause sth to become clear or easier to understand(5)relation:n.related to ,or connection between people ,things,or events.(6)legal:adj.of or based on law.(7)convenience:n.conveni

12、ent,suitable(8)attraction:n.action or power of attracting.(9)collection:n.a group of objects that have been collected.(10)construct:V.build,set up,establish.(11)break away (from):escape suddenly.London BridgeThe Tower of London伦敦塔(Tower of London)始建于千年前。近五百年却是用作监狱直到上世纪。这里陈列有各个珠光宝气的英国皇室王冠。Big Ben英国伦敦

13、议会大厦钟楼上的大钟，重13吨。The British Museum英国最大的综合性博物馆，位于伦敦Windsor Castle英国最大的城堡Westminster Abbey加冕典礼St Pauls CathedralGreenwich astronomical observatoryHighgate CemeteryCambridge UniversityOxford University EdinburghGreen fields in IrelandA mountain village in Ireland Southeastern of WalesA holiday cottage in