Unit 2 The United Kingdom話題單詞1kingdomn王國2nationn民族，國家3geographyn地理4landmarkn地標性建筑5symboln象征6defendv保護，保衛(wèi)7gainv得到，獲得8ancientadj.古老的9traditionaladj.傳統(tǒng)的10coastaladj.沿海的11historicadj.歷史上著名的12boundaryn分界線，邊界13canaln運河；管道14ceremonyn典禮，儀式，禮節(jié)，禮儀15coastn海岸，海濱話題短語1atonetime一度，曾經2belocated/situated in/liein位于3besurroundedby被所環(huán)繞4bemadeupof由組成5befamous/wellknownfor以聞名6haveapopulationof有人口7beseparatedfrom把分離8givewayto讓位于；給讓路9gotopieces崩潰，瓦解；身體垮臺10inadvanceof在的前面；超過11inthecourseof在期間，在過程中12placesofinterest名勝13inthelongrun從長遠來看，最后14undertheleadershipof在領導/關心下15behindthetimes落在時代后面話題佳句1TheUKliesinthenorthwestofEuropeandisseperatedfromtheEuropeContinentbyEnglishChannel.英國位于歐洲西北部，英吉利海峽把它與歐洲大陸分開。2TherearealotofattractionsintheUK，whosebeautyisreallybeyonddescription.英國有許多旅游勝地，其美景難以用語言描述。3ItscapitalcityLondonisthelargestandmostinternationalcityofEurope，anditstransportationisveryconvenient.首都倫敦是歐洲最大和最具國際特色的城市，交通很便利。佳作背誦假定你是李華，計劃暑假期間去英國學習英語，為期六周。下面的廣告引起了你的注意，請給該校寫封信，詢問有關情況(箭頭所指內容)。ENJOYARELAXINGSTUDYBREAKINBEAUTIFULLANCASTERLANGUAGECENTREANDCOLLEGEOFARTSUNIVERSITYOFLANCASTERlanguagesEnglishFrenchSpanishArtsPoliticsSociologyHistory注意：1.詞數(shù)100左右；2可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。參考詞匯：住宿accommodationDearSirorMadam，ImLiHua，astudentfromChina.IexpecttogotoBritainforanEnglishcoursethissummer.Ihavereadyouradandwouldliketoknowmoreaboutthesixweekcourse.First，pleasetellmewhenthecoursewillstartsothatIcanmakepreparationsinadvance.Second，howmanystudentsarethereinaclass？Ibelieveclasssizewillmattermost.Third，howmanyclasshoursdowehaveduringaweek? Ihopewecanhavefreetimetogosightseeingafterclass.Fourth，Iwonderhowmuchyouchargeusforthecourse.Finally，whichtypeofaccommodationdoyouoffer，ahostfamilyoraschooldormitory?Idappreciateyourresponseassoonaspossible.Yours，LiHua識記思考運用1核心單詞weddingn.婚禮，結婚errorn錯誤；差錯sightseeingn.游覽，觀光nationwidead.全國范圍內的，全國性的foldvt.折疊；對折unfoldvt.打開；拆開arrangev.安排，布置arrangementn安排，布置unitevi.&vt.聯(lián)合；團結unitedadj.團結的；聯(lián)合的unionn聯(lián)合；聯(lián)盟；結合；協(xié)會conveniencen便利；方便convenientadj.方便的roughadj.粗糙的；粗暴的roughlyadv.粗略地；粗糙地attractvt.吸引；引起注意attractionn吸引；吸引力attractiveadj.有吸引力的delightn快樂；喜悅vt.使高興；使欣喜delightedadj.高興的；快樂的accomplishvt.完成；達到；實現(xiàn)2閱讀單詞faxn.傳真plusprep.加，加上uniformn.制服portn.港口，碼頭clarifyvt.澄清；闡明dividevt.分，劃分provincen.省communismn共產主義conflictn矛盾；沖突tenseadj.心煩意亂的，緊張的administrationn管理，行政部門statuen雕像，塑像vt.用雕像裝飾creditn信任；學分；贊揚；信貸；信譽institutionn(慈善、宗教等性質的)公共機構；學校royaladj.皇家的，王室的，國王的，女王的historicaladj.歷史的，歷史上的；基于史實的splendidadj.壯麗的；輝煌的possibilityn可能(性)possibleadj.可能的；合理的arrangevt.籌備；安排；整理arrangementn布置；整理descriptionn描寫；描述describevt.描述；形容；描繪consistvi.組成，一致consistentadj.一致的legaladj.法律的；合法的illegal(反義詞)違法的currencyn貨幣；現(xiàn)金currentadj當前的；通用的；流通的；流行的availableadj.可利用的；有用的availabilityn有效性；可利用thrillvt.使激動；使膽戰(zhàn)心驚thrillingadj.令人激動的thrilledadj.激動的；興奮的architecturen建筑學，建筑設計，風格architectn建筑師；設計師enjoyableadj.令人愉快的；使人高興的enjoyv欣賞；喜愛enjoymentn樂趣；享樂furnishedadj.配備好裝備的；帶家具的furnishvt.裝備；(用家具等)布置(房間、公寓)；提供exhibitn展覽，陳列；vt.呈現(xiàn)；陳列；vi.展出exhibitionn展覽；展出；展覽品(會)用上面所給單詞的適當形式填空1Severalfirmswereunited (unite)toformonecompany.2ProfessorLiwasverydelighted (delight)withtheresults.3Ihavetofindaconvenient (convenience)locationfortheshelves.4Historicalbuildingsarebothattractive (attract)andimportanttothemajorityofpeople.5Sinceeverythinghasbeenarranged (arrange)well，thepartywillbeginat8oclockasplanned.6Theresultsareconsistent (consist)withtheearlierresearch.7ItisthoughtthatthesceneryoftheWestLakeisbeautifulbeyonddescription (describe)8Anotherpossibility (possible)isthatwewillgotoMexicoinstead.9Thankyouforwritingandallowingmetoclarify (clarify)thepresentposition.10Helikescollectingstampsandnowhehasalargecollection(collect)ofvariousstamps.1“高興”家族速覽delightn快樂，高興vt.使高興，使欣喜；delightedadj.喜歡的，高興的；delightfuladj.令人高興的happyadj.愉快的，高興的；happinessn快樂，幸福joyn歡樂，高興；joyfuladj.快樂的，高興的gladadj.高興的，歡喜的pleasev(使)高興；pleasedadj.高興的，滿意的；pleasuren高興，滿意merryadj.歡樂的，愉快的；merrilyadv.快樂地2后綴ence必備名詞集錦consequence后果，結果convenience方便dependence依靠difference不同emergence緊急情況existence存在intelligence聰明influence影響3以“ity”為后綴的名詞速記possibilityn可能性abilityn能力popularityn受歡迎；普及；流行personalityn性格；個性；人格nationalityn國籍；民族；族minorityn少數(shù)民族；少數(shù)；少數(shù)派；少數(shù)人4前綴a高頻表語形容詞大全alike相同的；類似的asleep睡著的alive活的；有活力的awake醒著的afraid害怕的ashamed羞愧的5僅“一字之差”的單詞statue雕像status身份；地位affect影響effect影響；效果adapt適應adopt收養(yǎng)sweat汗水sweet甜的march前進match比賽expand擴張expend花費識記思考運用1動詞介詞/副詞o把分成breakaway(from)掙脫(束縛)；脫離leaveout省去；遺漏；不考慮breakdown (機器)損壞；破壞consistof由組成2toones名詞toonescredit為帶來榮譽；值得贊揚；在名下toonesdelight/joy使某人高興的是toonessurprise使某人驚奇的是3in名詞(of)inmemoryof為了紀念infavourof支持inneedof需要insupportof支持4其他形式taketheplaceof代替用左欄所給短語的適當形式填空1Ourclassisdividedintotwogroupsduringthediscussion.2Thecommitteeconsistsoftenmembers.3ItismuchtohercreditthatMarycontinuedtoworkinspiteofallthedifficulties.4ThetownwasnamedafterMr.Smith，inmemoryofhisgreatcontributionstoitsdevelopment.5Thiswordiswronglyspelt.Youhaveleftoutaletter.6Computershavetakentheplaceofhumanbeingsinmanyfieldssofar.7TheTVbrokedownagain，whichmademeveryunhappy.8Taiwanisneverallowedtobreakawayfromthemainlandanyway.ItisknowntoallthatitbelongstoChina.1“動詞away”必備短語一覽blowaway吹走breakaway擺脫carryaway拿走，使入迷dieaway逐漸消失，減弱giveaway背棄，贈送putaway收起來，存起來washaway沖走takeaway拿走throwaway扔掉turnaway把打發(fā)走2“toonesn”必備短語薈萃toonesastonishment/surprise令某人驚奇的是toonesdisappointment令某人失望的是toonesregret使某人感到遺憾的是toonesshame使某人慚愧的是在解讀中學懂，在仿寫中學通背原句學句型練仿寫1.YoumustkeepyoureyesopenifyouaregoingtomakeyourtriptotheUnitedKingdomenjoyableandworthwhile.要使你的英國之行愉快且值得，你就必須留心觀察?！発eep/make賓語賓補”結構。為了讓魚兒在河里自由自在快快樂樂地游來游去，我們必須讓河水保持干凈。Wemustkeeptherivercleaninordertomakethefishinitswimfreelyandhappily.2.Worriedaboutthetimeavailable，ZhangPingyuhadmadealistofthesitesshewantedtoseeinLondon.由于擔心時間不夠，張萍玉早就把她想要在倫敦參觀的地點列了清單。過去分詞短語作狀語。在森林中迷了路，我們不得不待在原地等待幫助。Lostintheforest，wehadtoremainwherewewere，waitingforhelp.3.Itlookedsplendidwhenfirstbuilt!剛建成的時候，它看起來真是金碧輝煌！狀語從句的省略。剛被引入市場時，這些產品就取得了巨大的成功。Whenfirstintroducedtothemarket，theseproductsenjoyedgreatsuccess.4.ItseemedstrangethatthemanwhohaddevelopedcommunismshouldhavelivedanddiedinLondon.這似乎是一件怪事：這位發(fā)展了共產主義的人竟然在倫敦生活過，并且在倫敦去世。Itseemedstrangethat.“似乎有點兒奇怪”，shouldhavedone此處表示對過去發(fā)生的事情感到驚訝。看起來很奇怪，他竟然拒絕了我們提出的行之有效的建議。Itseemedstrangethatheshouldhaverejectedthepracticalsuggestionputforwardbyus.3500詞匯語境篇先練后背，事半功倍SightseeingintheUnitedKingdomAfterthewedding，mycousinandhiswifewenttotheUnitedKingdomfornationwidesightseeing.HefaxedalettertomeinEnglishyesterday.1.Tomydelight，henolongermadeanytenseerror.Andhis2.description(describe) roughlyclarifiedmyquestionsabouttheUKitscurrency，itsadministration，theinstitution3.whichdividesitintofourprovinces，andthehistorical4.conflicts (conflict) andquarrelswhenSouthernIrelandbrokeawayfromtheUK.5Unwilling(will) toleaveoutanyattraction，mycousinarrangedhisenjoyablejourneycarefully.Oneattractiveplacehevisitedwasacastlein6.thecountrysideofScotland，whichliesnearaport.ItusedtobetheheadquartersoftheCommunismUnionbutbrokedown7.duringthewar.Findingnothingcouldtaketheplaceofthis8.splendid(splendidly) architecture，peopleaccomplishedrebuildingitin1952.9.Itwastotheircreditthatallfurnishedroomsareconsistentwithwhattheyusedtobe.Mycousin10.wasthrilled(thrill) byitscollectionsconsistingofstatuesplusroyaluniformsfoldedinglasstanks.Thoughtherewasnopossibilitytobuysomeoftheseexhibits，itwasconvenienttotakephotos，whichhesentmealongwithhisfax.Notes：SouthernIreland/sn alnd/n南愛爾蘭headquarter/hedkw：t/n指揮部；司令部；總部；總店conveniencen便利；方便(教材原句)Englandisthelargestofthefourcountries，andforconvenienceitisdividedroughlyintothreezones.英格蘭是四個國家中最大的，為方便起見，它大致可劃分成三個地區(qū)。拓展詞：convenientadj.方便的；便利的inconveniencen不方便；不便inconvenientadj.不方便的(1)forconvenience為了方便起見atonesconvenience在某人方便的時候fortheconvenienceof.為了方便conveniencefood/store便利食品/便利店(2)ifitisconvenient(to/foryou)如果(你)方便的話Itisconvenientforsb.todosth.某人方便做某事要點釋疑(1)convenience意為“方便；便利”時，為不可數(shù)名詞；作“便利的事物；便利設施”講時為可數(shù)名詞。(2)convenient作表語用時，主語不能是人，常用于Itisconvenientforsb.todosth.句型。(1)Ifitisconvenientforyou，canwehavethelessoninmyhouseonSundaymorningorSundayevening?若你方便，我們周日早還是晚在我家上課？(2)語境活用Itsagreatconvenience (convenient) tolivehere.Atmyconvenience，Icanvisitsomeofmyfavoritemuseums.Shoppingisconvenientto/for my wife.It is convenient for my son to go to school，for his school is only two blocks away.If Sunday is convenient (convenience) to/foryou，besuretocometogettogether.住在這里真方便。我可以抽空去參觀我所鐘愛的幾家博物館。我妻子購物很方便。我兒子上學也很方便，因為距學校只有兩個街區(qū)的距離。要是你周日有空，一定要來聚一聚。(3)寫出句子中黑體詞的漢語意思ThemostconvenientparkingisoffChurchStreet.近處的；近便的(4)單句語法填空(2018北京卷)Theconvenience(convenient) evenleadsfewerpeopletotakepublictransportanunwelcomesideeffectresearchershavealreadyfoundinride-hailing (叫車) services.attractvt.吸引；引起注意(教材原句)Itisapitythattheindustrialcitiesbuiltinthenineteenthcenturydonotattractvisitors.很遺憾，這些建于19世紀的工業(yè)城市對游客并沒有吸引力。拓展詞：attractionn吸引，吸引力；有吸引力的事物或人attractiveadj.有吸引力的；引人注意的(1)attractonesattention/mind吸引某人的注意力beattractedby被所吸引attractsb.tosth.吸引某人關注某事(2)havean/no/alittle/much attraction for sb.對某人具有/沒有/有一點/很有吸引力(3)beattractiveto對有吸引力(1)Seeingsomethingattractive(attract) seemstocausehappythinking.看到吸引人的某種東西會產生幸福的想法。(2)語境活用Thesceneryissoattractive (attract)thatitattracts (attract) manytouristsattentioneveryyear，anditwillkeeponholdingmuchattraction (attract) formoretravellers.這里的風景如此迷人以至于每年都吸引了很多游客的注意力并且將持續(xù)吸引更多的游客。(3)寫作能力提升Hewasattractedbythebeautyandhedidntwanttoleaverightnow.(用過去分詞短語作狀語改寫)Attractedbythebeauty，hedidntwanttoleaverightnow.arrangev籌備；安排；整理；布置；排列(教材原句)Sowearrangedaninterviewbetweenthefootballerandthemansupposedtobribehim.于是，我們安排這名球員和被認為行賄的人一起接受采訪。拓展詞：arrangementn安排；布置(1)arrangesth.forsb.為某人安排某事arrangetodosth.安排做某事；約定做某事arrangewithsb.todosth.與某人約定做某事arrangeforsb.todosth.安排某人做某事arrangethat.商定；安排(2)makearrangements/anarrangementfor.為做安排要點釋疑(1)表示“安排某人做某事”用arrangeforsb.todosth.而不用arrangesb.todosth.。(2)makearrangements(forsth./forsb.todosth.)中的arrangement常用復數(shù)形式。(3)arrange后接that從句時，從句用“should動詞原形”。(1)Youcantsitaroundandwaitforotherstoarrange(arrange) yourlife；ifyouwantsomething，fightforityourself.你不能閑坐著等待別人來安排你的人生；如果你想要某些東西，自己去爭取。(2)語境活用Noweverythingfortheconferencetobeheldtomorrowhasbeenarranged(已準備就緒)IhavearrangedforTomtopickup(安排Tom開車去接)theexpertsattheairport.ThenImtoarrangetomeet (安排接見)MrWang.Inaword，allthearrangementswemade(我們做出的安排)arecompleted.(3)寫作能力提升Sinceeverythinghasbeenarrangedwell，thepartywillbeginat8oclockasplanned.Everything(havingbeen)arrangedwell，thepartywillbeginat8oclockasplanned.一切都已安排好了，晚會將在八點如期開始。delightn快樂，高興，喜悅vt.&vi.(使)高興；(使)欣喜(教材原句)HerfirstdelightwasgoingtotheTower.ItwasbuiltlongagobytheNormaninvadersofAD1066.她最先想參觀的地方是倫敦塔，它是很久以前由入侵的諾曼人在公元1066年修建的。拓展詞：delightedadj.高興的，欣喜的delightfuladj.令人愉快的，使人高興的使某人(大為)高興的是take/find/havedelightin(doing)sth.以(做)為樂with/indelight高興地Itisadelighttodosth.做某事是一件令人愉快的事(2)delightsb.withsth.用某物取悅某人(3)bedelighted(1)Bedtimestoriesareoneofthedelightsofearlychildhood.睡前故事是兒時的一大樂趣。(2)語境活用Muchtomydelight，mysondelights(delight)inlearningEnglish.Heisdelighted(delight)tolistentoEnglishsongsandsingafterthetapeagainandagain.Yesterdayhecamehomewithdelightanddelighted (delight)mewiththegoodnewsthathewonthefirstplaceinanEnglishcompetition.很讓我高興的是，兒子喜歡學英語了。他喜歡聽英語歌曲并且一遍又一遍地跟著唱。昨天他很高興地回到家并且告訴了我一條讓我高興的消息他在一場英語競賽中獲得第一名。consistof由組成(教材原句)HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?英國是由幾個部分(國家)組成的？(1)consistofbemadeupof由組成；由構成consistinliein存在于；在于consistwith與一致/相符(2)consistent adj.相容的；一致的beconsistentwith和一致/相符要點釋疑consistof一般不用于被動語態(tài)和進行時，其同義短語有：bemadeupof，becomposedof。(1)Successdoesnotconsistinnevermakingmistakesbutinnevermakingthesameoneasecondtime.成功并不在于從不犯錯，而在于不重蹈覆轍。(2)Lifeconsistsofnotonlysunshinebutalsohardtimes.生活中不僅有陽光，還有艱難困苦的時刻。(3)Thetruewealthdoesnotconsist/lieinwhatwehave，butinwhatweare.真正的財富不在于我們擁有什么，而在于我們是什么。(4)語境活用Lifemainlyconsists(consist) ofhappinessandsorrowwhilehappinessandsorrowconsistinstruggle.Rememberthatyourideallifedoesnotalwaysconsistwiththereality.生活主要是由快樂和悲傷組成的，而快樂和悲傷存在于拼搏之中。記住，理想的生活并不總是和現(xiàn)實相一致。(5)寫作能力提升Thecompany，whichconsistsofthreesmallfactories，declaredbankruptcyyesterdaybecauseoftheseriousfinancialcrisis.(定語從句)Thecompany，consistingofthreesmallfactories，declaredbankruptcyyesterdaybecauseoftheseriousfinancialcrisis.(分詞作狀語)由于嚴重的財政危機，這個由三家小工廠組成的公司昨天宣告破產。(6)單句語法填空(2018天津卷)Mostarealsoequippedwithautomaticfirealarmsystemsconsisting(consist)ofheatdetectors，smokedetectorsandsprinklers.Foryoursafety，nevertamperwith(胡亂擺弄)thesesystems.breakdown(機器)出故障；(計劃、希望、談判等)失敗；身體垮掉；分解(教材原句)Onmywaytothestationmycarbrokedown.在去車站的路上，我的汽車壞了。breakdown壞掉；打破；(機器)出故障breakinto闖入；打斷(話題)breakintopieces成為碎片breakout爆發(fā)breakthrough突圍；突破breakup粉碎；解散breakin打斷；訓練(1)寫出下列句子中黑體詞的含義Theelevatorbrokedownandwehadtowalkuptothetenthfloor.出故障Thecarbrokedownonthewaytotheairport.拋錨Theoldmanshealthbrokedownafteraseriousillness.(身體)垮掉Hisplanbrokedownwhenitwasputintopractice.失敗Plasticbagsaredifficulttobreakdown.分解(2)用break相關短語的適當形式填空IhearthatJimandMaryarebreakingup.LastnightsomebodybrokeintoMrWhiteshouseandtookawayalotofthings.Warmapplausebrokeoutafterhisspeech.Thesoldiersbrokethroughtheenemysdefenceworks.Theschoolhasbrokenupfortheholidays.Dadwouldoccasionallybreakinwithasuggestion.(3)單句語法填空(2018北京卷)FedericaBertocchini，co-authorofthestudy，saystheworms abilitytobreakdowntheireverydayfood-beeswaxalsoallowsthemtobreakdownplastic.leaveout省去；遺漏；不考慮(教材原句)Whichcountryisleftout?哪個國家被漏掉了？(1)leave.alone不去打擾(某人)；讓(某人)獨自待著；別碰(某物)leave.aside不予考慮；擱置一邊leavebehind留下；忘帶；遺留leavefor動身去leaveoff停止；中斷l(xiāng)eaveover留下，剩下，延后，推遲leavesb.doing讓某人一直處于某種狀態(tài)(2)be/feelleftout被冷落；覺得被忽視(冷落)beleftover剩下；殘留(1)寫出下列句子中黑體詞的含義Youveleftoutthemostimportantwordinthissentence.遺漏Youcanleaveoutthedetails, justgiveusthemainfacts.省去Dontleavemeout，please！Iwanttogothere，too.不考慮(2)用leave相關短語的適當形式填空Sheleftoutapieceofimportantdetailinherreportduetoinsufficientpreparation.BecauseIwasinagreathurry，Ileftmycoatbehindinthebus.Thenewlymarriedcoupleareleavingfortheirhoneymoon.IwentonwithmystoryjustwhereIhadleftoff.ItseemedstrangethatthemanwhohaddevelopedcommunismshouldhavelivedanddiedinLondon.奇怪的是，這位發(fā)展了共產主義的人竟然在倫敦生活過，并且在這里去世。在Itbe/seemsstrange(necessary，important，natural，apity，ashame.)that.句型中，that所引導的主語從句的謂語動詞常用“should動詞原形”這種虛擬語氣形式，should可以省略。(1)Itistruethatwemaysufferfromfailurefromtimetotime.However，itisimportantthatwe(should)notlosetheenthusiasmtokeepontrying.我們會因不時的失敗而痛苦這是事實。但是，重要的是我們不應該失去繼續(xù)嘗試的熱情。(2)單句語法填空Itisrecommendedthattheplan(should)bedelayed(delay)becauseofbadweather.Itisstrangethathe(should)havedone (do)suchsillythings.Itsagreatpitythatthefamoussinger(should)take (take)drugs.(3)寫作能力提升Itseemsthatthematterismorecomplex.(改為簡單句)Thematterseemstobemorecomplex.單詞拼寫1Itisnotnecessaryforparentstoarrange (安排)everythingfortheirchildren.2ItisthoughtthatthesceneryoftheWestLakeisbeautifulbeyonddescription (描述)3Beforestartingthenewservice，thecompanycarriedoutanationwide (全國范圍的)opinionpoll.4Wespentthedayssightseeing (觀光)andtheeveningssittinginthebarsdrinkingthelocalwine.5Hewasunwilling(不樂意)tofacethefactthathehadfailedtheexam.6Iftwopeopleorgroupsareinconflict(沖突)，theyhavehadaseriousdisagreementorargumentandhavenotyetreachedanagreement.7Difficultthoughthetaskwas，theymanagedtoaccomplish (完成)itintime.8Toclarify (澄清)somethingmeanstomakeiteasiertounderstand，usuallybyexplainingitinmoredetails.單句改錯1Myhusbandarrangedmetorideinahotairballoonformybirthday.arranged后加for2Tohisdelighting，hegotthefirstplaceinthemathsexam.delightingdelight3RainbowValleyisgreattouristattraction，drawingmanyvisitorseveryyear.is后加a4Pleasecomeandseemeforyourconvenience.forat5Thispopulationconsistsbirds，bats，frogs，snakes，etc.consists后加of6Thelibraryisdividedofdifferentzones.ofinto7Itisstrangethatheknowssomuchaboutme.knows(should)know8Theoldmanhasbeenfiredandnowayoungmantakesplace.take后加his.教材與語法填空IfyoustudyBritishhistory，youmayfindthecountrywent1.throughseveraldifferentnames.ThefirstnameEnglandreferredtoEnglandandWales,2.butwhenthetwocountriesjoinedScotlandintheseventeenthcentury，thenameGreatBritain3.wasgiven (give)torepresentthecountry.4.WiththejoiningofNorthernIreland，thecountrygotthenametheUnitedKingdom,5.whichwasshowntotheworldinanewflag6.called (call) theUnionJack.Of7.thefourcountries，Englandisthe8.largest (large) andisdividedintothreezones：theSouth，theNorthandtheMidlands.9.ItscapitalLondon，whichhasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvaders，liketheRomans，theVikings，theAngloSaxonsandtheNormans，isthegreatest10