Unit 4 History and Traditions Reading and 必修第二册-3高中英语课件

Unit4HistoryandtraditionsWhatisthenameofthecountry?Britain?theUK?GreatBritain?England?lead-inLookatthetitleandmap,readtheparagrapg1quickly,pleasemakeaprediction:Whatisthetextabout?Pre-readingWHAT’SINANAME?ThetextisaboutandoftheUK.historycultureWhatisthegenre(语篇类型)ofthetext?A.Narration(叙述文)

B.Argumentation(议论文)

C.Exposition(说明文)

Part1（1-2）：TheoriginofthenameoftheUK.Part2（3）：Thesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthefourcountry.Part3（4-5）：Thehistory,traditionsandcultureoftheUnitedKingdom.Task2：Matchtheparagraphwithitsmainidea.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5A.Thefourgroupsofpeople

inthehistoryoftheUK

B.Introducethepuzzleaboutthefournames

C.MorehistoryandcultureoftheUnitedKingdom

E.Thesimilaritiesanddifferences

ofthefourcountries

D.Theformation

andnamesoftheUnitedKingdom

WHAT'SINANAME?TheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,Britain,England—manypeopleareconfusedbywhatthesedifferentnamesmean.Sowhatisthedifferencebetweenthem,ifany?GettingtoknowalittlebitaboutBritishhistorywillhelpyousolvethispuzzle.Para.1

Inwhatorderispara.2beorganized?Timeorder.Inthe16thcentury,thenearbycountryofWaleswasjoinedtotheKingdomofEngland.Later,inthe18thcentury,thecountryScotlandwasjoinedtocreatetheKingdomofGreatBritain.Inthe19thcentury,theKingdomofIrelandwasaddedtocreatetheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.Finally,inthe20thcentury,thesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeawayfromtheUK,whichresultedinthefullnamewehavetoday:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Mostpeoplejustusetheshortenedname:“theUnitedKingdom”or“theUK”.PeoplefromtheUKarecalled“British”,whichmeanstheUKisalsooftenreferredtoasBritainorGreatBritain.Para.2

Inwhatorderisthisparagraphorganized?IntimeorderHowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?TwoThreeFourFive16thcenturyEngland18thcentury19thcentury20thcenturyWalesEnglandScotlandEnglandtheKingdomGreatBritainGreatBritainIrelandTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandthesouthernpartofIrelandTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandbejoinedtobejoinedtobeaddedtobreakawayfromPara.2HowdidUKcomeintobeing?Review:GreatBritaintheUnitedKingdomItsfullnameis_______________________________________________________,commonlyknownasthe

UnitedKingdom

(UK).theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandPara3:Choosethebestanswers.1.Thefourcountries-England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandworktogetherinsomeareasexceptthat_____.A.theyusethesameflagB.theyhavethesameeducationsystemsC.theysharethesamecurrencyD.theyhavethesamemilitarydefenceThefourcountriesthatbelongtotheUnitedKingdomworktogetherinsomeareas.Theyusethesameflag,knownastheUnionJack,aswellassharethesamecurrencyandmilitarydefence.However,theyalsohavesomedifferences.Forexample,England,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernIrelandallhavedifferenteducationsystemsandlegalsystems.Theyalsohavetheirowntraditions,liketheirownnationaldaysandnationaldishes.AndtheyevenhavetheirownfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!Para.3

Para.3SimilaritiesanddifferencesSimilarities:;;

.Differences:andsystems;andorcompetitions.Howdoesthewriterdevelopthisparagraph?evenfootballteamsflagcurrencymilitarydefenceeducationallegaltheirowntraditionsComparison&ContrastUnionJackPoundTheUnitedKingdomhasalongandinterestinghistorytoexplore,whichcanhelpyouunderstandmuchmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditions.AlmosteverywhereyougointheUK,youwillbesurroundedbyevidenceoffourdifferentgroupsofpeoplewhotookoveratdifferenttimesthroughouthistory.Thefirstgroup,theRomans,cameinthefirstcentury.Someoftheirgreatachievementsincludedbuildingtownsandroads.Para.4

Next,theAnglo-Saxonsarrivedinthefifthcentury.TheyintroducedthebeginningsoftheEnglishlanguage,andchangedthewaypeoplebuilthouses.TheVikingscameintheeighthcentury,leftbehindlotsofnewvocabulary,andalsothenamesofmanylocationsacrosstheUK.ThelastgroupweretheNormans.TheyconqueredEnglandafterthewell-knownBattleofHastingsinthe11thcentury.TheyhadcastlesbuiltallaroundEngland,andmadechangestothelegalsystem.TheNormanswereFrench,somanyFrenchwordsslowlyenteredintotheEnglishlanguage.Para.4

When?Whathappened?Whatchanged?VikingscameAnglo-SaxonscameRomansarrived11thcentury16thcentury18thcentury19thcentury20thcentury1stcenturytownsandroads5thcenturylanguageandthewaypeoplebuilthouses8thcenturyvocabularyandnamesoflocationsacrosstheUKNormansconqueredEnglandaftertheBattleofHastingscastlesbuilt,legalsystemchanged,andnewwordsfromFrenchintroducedWaleswasjoinedtoKingdomofEnglandScotlandwasjoinedtoEnglandandWales“KingdomofGreatBritain”wasformed/createdIrelandwasadded“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland”wasformed.thesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeawaythenamechangedto“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”Para4FillintheblankThereissomuchmoretolearnabouttheinterestinghistoryandcultureoftheUnitedKingdom.Studyingthehistoryofthecountrywillmakeyourvisitmuchmoreenjoyable.ThecapitalcityLondonisagreatplacetostart,asitisanancientportcitythathasahistorydatingallthewaybacktoRomantimes.Therearecountlesshistoricsitestoexplore,andlotsofmuseumswithancientrelicsfromallovertheUK.TheUKisafascinatingmixofhistoryandmodernculture,withbothnewandoldtraditions.Ifyoukeepyoureyesopen,youwillbesurprisedtofindthatyoucanseebothitspastanditspresent.Para.5

What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardsthestudyingthehistory?NeutralIndifferentFavorableDoubtfulPara.4-5Accordingtothetext,whataretwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountry?①understandmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditions②makevisitingitmoreenjoyable.Careful-reading:ReadfordetailsEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandCanyounamethecapitalcitiesofthecountriesoftheUK?HowaboutthecapitaloftheUK?LondonCardiff（卡迪夫）Edinburgh（爱丁堡）Belfast（贝尔法斯特）LondonisthecapitaloftheUK.The2012OlympicGameswasheldthere.DiscussionWHAT'SINANAME?Inaname,thereis_________________.ahistoryculture&traditionpoliticsgeography…Discussthequestioninpairs.Whyisitimportanttostudythehistoryandcultureofacountrybeforevisitingit?Studyingacountry’shistoryandculturebeforevisitingitisimportantbecauseitwillhelpyouunderstandtheplacebetterandhaveamoreenjoyableexperience.Youwillbeabletointeractbetterwiththepeopleandtheircultureandhavearicherexperience.Activity5:DiscussionCompletetheconversationabouttheUKusingthephrasesintheircorrectforms.A:Icannev