高中英語(yǔ)Unit2新人教版必修5

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1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.four

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Whatarethey?Canyounamethecapitalcitiesofthecountries?LondonEdinburghCardiffNorthernBelfast

So,Whatisthenameofthecountry?

England---English

Britain---British

TheUnitedKingdom

theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhoursdirectflightquiz3.WhorulestheUK:ThePrimeMinisterorthequeen?ATheQueenBThePrimeMinisterCBoth4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?AcountiesBdepartmentsCstates5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?ATheRiverAvonBTheRiverThamesCTheRiverSevern

TheQueen’spositionisCeremonial:OpeningParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.VSThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionsandlaws.ThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338KmandtheRiverSevernis290Km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.6.WhichisthenationalfloweroftheUK?B.CherryRoseC.Maple7.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?B.

BeaverC.

Redbreast/RobinBaldeagle海貍知更鳥(niǎo)禿頭鷹QueenElizabethⅡBeckhamclimateScotland(Colder,morerain)ChangeablelanguageEnglishWelshIrishSomeotherspokenlanguagesScotishMoreinformationabouttheUK:Area:244,820sq.kmPopulation:59,113,439Religion:Catholicism(天主教)Capital:Londonbank-notes:poundscoins:pound,pennySomeimportantcitiesintheUK1.London:capitalcity2.Belfast:capitalofNorthernIreland3.Manchester:homeofthefootballclubManchesterUnited4.Oxford:auniversitycity5.Liverpool:homeoftheBeatles,afamousgroupofpopsingersBritainTheBritishIslesLookatthemapoftheBritishIslesandgivethenamesoftheplaceswe’vementionedonthemap:NorthSeaTheAtlantic

OceanEnglishChannelEnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandIrelandIrishSeaDublinLondonEdinburghBelfastCardiffPuzzlesinGeographyReadingPredicting:Readthetitleandguesswhatthecontentofthereadingpassagemightbeabout.cultureInfluencedby?Historyconqueredby...Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.SkimmingDividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.Information

abouttheUKMainideaofeachpart:Part1:_____________________________

Part2:_____________________________Part3:_____________________________HowtheUKcameintobeing.ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandintozones.Theculturalimportanceof

London.Part1UK-GeographyTheUnitedKingdomc__________ofthefourcountries:_____________,_____________,_____________,_____________.onsistsEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandPart1UK-HistoryfirstonlyEnglandthe13thcenturyAD,England+Wales.1603,England+Wales+ScotlandGreat

BritainLater,GreatBritain+NorthernIrelandEnglandtheUnitedKingdom

TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagsofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?

ThecountryleftoutisWales.ItisusuallyconsideredtobepartofEngland.

Inwhatwaysarethefourcountries

different?Theyarethesameininternationalrelations,buttheyhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasfootballteams.Part2-EnglandEnglandisdividedinto3zones.theNorth

theSouthofEnglandtheMidlands

Part2-EnglandEnglandisdividedinto3zones.Mostpopulationsettledin___________________.Mostofthelargeindustrialcitiesarein

___________________.Manycitieshavefamous___________________.theSouthofEnglandthe

North

and

the

Midlandsfootball

teamsWhydidcapitalLondonbecometheculturalcenterofEngland?

TherearealotofhistoricaltreasureinLondon.WhyaretheresomanyhistoricaltreasuresinLondon?

Londonhasbeeninfluenced

bysomeinvaders.Part3-LondonPart3-InvadersIntheEnglandhistory,thereareseveralinvasions.Theyare:___________,_____________,____________,___________.theRomans

theAnglo-Saxonsthe

Vikingsthe

NormansWhatdidtheyleave?Romans:

Anglo-Saxons:townsandroadsLanguageandgovernmentthe

Vikings:theNormans:Influencethevocabulary

andplace-namesoftheNorthCastlesandwordsforfoodWhichgroupoftheinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikingsTheyleft…InthehistoryoftheUK,therearesomeimporta