Unit 2 The United Kingdom Warming-up-Reading课件- 高二上学期英语人教新课标必修五

Unit2

TheUnitedKingdomWarmingup

andreadingBookVLearningaims:1.Tolearnsomenewwordsandexpressions2.Tolearnhowtofindkeyinformationbyskimmingandscanning.3.TolearnsomethingabouttheUK,especiallythecultureandhistory.1leadin2Warmingup&reading

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BuckinghamPalaceLondonEyeBigBenUniversityofCambridgeOxfordUniversityShakespeareTheQueenoftheUKDavidBeckham1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?

A.twoB.threeC.four2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?

A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhoursTask1:Aquiz3.WhorulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?A.theQueenB.thePrimeMinisterC.both4.

WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?

A.countiesB.departmentsC.states5.

WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?

A.TheRiverAvonB.TheRiverThamesC.TheRiverSevern

B.CherryRoseC.

Maple6.WhichisthenationalfloweroftheUK?7.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?B.

Redbreast知更鸟Baldeagle秃鹰Beaver海狸

C.8.WhichisthenationalflagoftheUK?A.B.C.Canyounamethecapitalcities

ofthecountriesoftheUK?EnglandWalesScotlandNorthern

IrelandD.LondonLondon伦敦B.Cardiff

Cardiff加迪夫A.Belfast

Belfast贝尔法斯特C.Edinburgh

Edinburgh爱丁堡1.WhendidtheEnglishgovernmentformtheUK?A.Inthe13thcenturyB.Inthe17thcenturyC.Intheearly20thcentury2.Ofthe4countries,whichoneisthelargest?ScotlandB.EnglandC.WalesD.NorthernIreland3.Whichisthegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall?A.ManchesterB.LondonC.BirminghamFastreading4.WhatisthenationalflagoftheUKcalled?A.CrossofStGeorgeB.CrossofStPatrickC.UnionJack5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTdifferentinthefourcountriesoftheUK?EducationB.FootballteamC.LawD.Thecurrency6.Whichinvaderslefttheirlanguageandgovernment?A.TheNormanB.TheRomansC.TheAnglo-SaxonD.TheVikingsPart1(Para1-3)Part2(Para4)Part3(Para5-6)WhatfourpartsoftheUK.DifferentpartsandcharacteristicsofEngland.TheculturalimportanceofLondon.Dividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.1.What'sthemainideaofthispassage?A.Thefourcountrieshaveonegovernmentbutdifferentsystems.B.It'sabouttheformationoftheUKingeographyandtheculturalimportanceofLondon.C.HowtheUnionJackcameintobeing.D.Englandisroughlydividedintothreeparts.2.Whatdoesthesecondparagraphofthepassagetellus?A.WaleswaslinkedtoEnglandinthethirteenthcentury.B.ThereasonwhythesouthernpartofIrelandwasunwillingtojointhegovernment.C.Theprocessofthecountrycameintobeing.D.TheBritishnationalflagstandsforthefourpartsofthecountry.3.Englandhasbeeninvadedbysomeinvaders.Chronologically(按时间顺序），theRIGHTorderisA.theRomans,theAnglo-Saxons,theNormansandtheVikingsB.theAnglo-Saxons,theVikings,theNormansandtheRomansC.theRomans,theAnglo-Saxons,theVikings,theNormansD.theRomans,theNormans,theAnglo-Saxons,theVikingsTrueorfalse1.OnlySouthernIrelandjoinedwithEngland,WalesandScotlandtobecometheUnitedKingdom.2.FromthepassagewecaninferthatmostcitiesinEnglandeachhaveonefootballteam,someeventwo.3.LondonhastheoldestportbuiltbytheNormansinthelstcenturyAD.4.Thefirstinvaders,theRomans,lefttheirtownsandroads.5.TheVikingsinfluencedthevocabularyandplacenamesoftheNorthofEngland.FFFTTPeoplemaywonderwhydifferentwords

(use)todescribethesefourcountriesEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland,YoucanclarifythisquestionifyoustudyBritishhiatory.ThefirstnameEngland2.

(refer)toEnglandandWales,butwhenthetwocountrieswerejoinedtoScotlandintheseventeenthcentury,thenameGreatBritainwasgiventorepresentthecountry.Withthe3.

(join)ofNorthernIreland,thecountrygotthenametheUnitedKingdom,4.

wasshowntotheworldinanewflag5.

(call)theUnionJack.areusedreferredjoiningwhichcalledOfthefourcountries,Englandisthe6.

(large)andfor7.(convenient)itisdividedroughlyintothreezones:theSouth,theNorthandtheMidlands,Mostofthepopulationsettledinthesouth,butmostoftheindustrialcitiesintheMidlandsandtheNorth.Londonisthecentreof8.

(nation)governmentanditsadministration.Therearemanymuseums,theatres,art9.

(collect)andparksinLondon.Ifyou