Unit2TheUnitedKingdom

readingPuzzlesingeographyDescribebrieflytheUKaccordingtothefollowingmap.IrishseaEnglishChannelNorthAtlanticOceanMatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.A.ExplainsthejoiningofEnglandandWales.B.ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcenterintheUKC.StatesthetopictobeexaminedinthereadingD.Explainsdifferencesinthefourcountries.E.Explainswhattheterm“GreatBritain”meansandhowitcameaboutF.ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5Para6Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingeachparagraph.Para1:WhatarethefourcountriesofUK?England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandPara2:WhenwasWaleslinkedtoEngland?Inthe13thcenturyAD.Para3:1.Whendidthename“GreatBritain”appear?WhenEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland.Ithappenedin1603whenKingJamesofScotlandbecameKingofEnglandandWalesaswell.2.Inthephrase“thesouthernpartofthatcountry”,whatcountrydoesitmean?ItmeansthesouthernpartofIreland.3.WhatarethedifferencesamongtheflagsoftheUK?TheflagofEnglandisacross,theflagsofScotlandandIrelandarebothlikeafork.TheflagoftheUK,isthecombinationofthethreeflags.Thatistosay,theUKisacombinationofthethreecountries:England,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.4.WhichcountryisleftoutintheflagoftheUK?Wales.ItisusuallyassumedtobepartofEngland.EnglandScotlandIrelandTheUK

Para4:1.Whatareadothefourcountriesworktogether?Ininternationalrelations2.Whatarethefourcountries’differences?TheyhavedevelopeddifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup.1.LookatthemapandthemaponP11,finishtheexercise.Para5:North:Leeds,York,Sheffield,ManchesterMidlands:Coventry,BirminghamSouth:Reading,London,Brighton,Plymouth2.WhatarethefeaturesoftheSouth,theMidlandsandNorthofEngland?MostofthepopulationsettledintheSouth,butmostofthelargeindustrialcitiesintheMidlandsandNorthofEngland3.WherecanyoufindmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture?InolderbutsmallertownsfirstbuiltbytheRomans.Para6:1.HowmanyinvadersinvadedEngland?Fourinvaders:theRomans(54BC-450AD),theAnglo-Saxons(450AD--),theVikings(789AD--)andtheNormans(1066AD--).2.HowdidthefourinvadersinfluenceEngland?BecausetheRomanslefttheirtownsandroads;theAnglo-Saxonslefttheirlanguageandtheirgovernment;theNormansleftcastlesandwordsforfood.ButtheVikingsinfluencedthevocabularyandplace–namesoftheNorth.3.WhichgroupofinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikingsPart1(Para.1):.

Statesthetopictobeexaminedinthereading

Part2(Para.2—5):ExplainshowtheUKcameabout,thedifferencesbetweenthefourcountriesandbetweenthreezonesofEngland.Part3(Para.6):

ExplainstheimportantroleLondonplaysasaculturalandpoliticalcenteroftheUK.Countries/CapitalofUKInformationfromthetextEnglandWalesGreatBritainNorthernIrelandLondonIrelandEngland:ThefirstcountrypeoplethinkofwhenspeakingoftheUKandthelargestofthefourcountries.Itisroughlydividedintothreezones:theSouthofEngland,MidlandsandtheNorth.

Wales:ThefirstcountrythatwaslinkedtoEnglandinthe13thcenturyanditisincludedwhenpeoplerefertoEngland.

GreatBritain:ThenamegivenandusedwhenEngland,WalesandScotlandwerejoinedtogether,whichtookplacein1603,whenScotlandKingJamesbecameKingofEnglandandWales.NorthernIreland:TheNorthernpartofIrelandthatwasjoinedtotheGreatBritaintobecometheUnitedKingdom,whichwasshowntotheworldintheflagcalledUnionJack.London:ThecapitaloftheUKandEnglandaswell.Itcontainsthegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall,withitsmuseums,artcollections,theatres,parksandbuildings.Ithastheoldestport,buildingandcastleandithasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvadersofLondon.Ireland:Thesouthernpartofthatcountry–IrelandorSouthernIreland,whichbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernmentandacountryindependentofNorthernIreland,whichispartoftheUK.Languagepoints:1.consistvi.1)由……組成;由……構(gòu)成(與of連用，不用于進(jìn)行式）２）在于；存在于；以……為主（與in連用，無(wú)被動(dòng)式）委員會(huì)由七名成員組成．Thecommitteeconsistofsevenmembers.Waterconsistsofhydrogenandoxygen.水由氫和氧構(gòu)成．什么才算是幸福呢？

Whatdoeshappinessconsistin?ThebeautyofVeniceconsistsinthestyleofitsancientbuildings.威尼斯之美就在于它具有古代建筑物的風(fēng)格．2.puzzlen.1)謎；難題；玩具

2)迷惑；困惑（只用單數(shù)）AChinesepuzzle（中國(guó)玩具）［比喻］復(fù)雜難懂之事．Across-wordpuzzle（縱橫填字游戲）Iaminapuzzleaboutthematter.我對(duì)這件事大惑不解．beinapuzzleabout對(duì)……大惑不解vt.把……難??；使……迷惑（這個(gè)問(wèn)題使我很迷惑）Thequestionpuzzledme./Iampuzzledwiththequestion.vi.迷惑；苦思這個(gè)問(wèn)題我想了好半天．Ipuzzledoverthequestionforquiteawhile.3.clarifyvt.澄清；講清楚；闡明

vi.澄清；清楚；明了；易懂Couldyouclarifythequestion?你能解釋這個(gè)問(wèn)題嗎？他的頭腦突然清醒了．Hismindsuddentlyclarified.由動(dòng)詞work構(gòu)成的詞組:workwell做得好

workin/into滲透；滲入

workatsomething從事

workout算出

workone’swillon/uponsomebody將某人的意志強(qiáng)加于別人4.worktogether為一習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)，不能按其字面意思直譯．Work在此處應(yīng)被譯為“起反應(yīng)；起作用”5.attractionn.1)吸引；吸力2)吸引人的東西；喜聞樂(lè)見的東西；精彩節(jié)目Hecan’tresisttheattractionoftheseaonahotday.酷暑天他經(jīng)不住海的誘惑．a(chǎn)ttractionofgravitation重力大城市有多種多樣吸引人的東西．Abigcityoffersmanyandvariedattractions.今晚的拿手節(jié)目是什么？Whataretheprincipleattractionsthisevening?6.invadern.入侵者；侵略者

invadevt.侵入；侵略；擁入；擠滿Doubtsinvademymind.滿腹狐疑．Diseaseinvadesthebody.疾病侵襲身體．7.YoumustkeepyoureyesopenifyouaregoingtomakeyourtriptotheUnitedKingdomworthwhile.如果想使你在英國(guó)的旅程有意義，你必須睜大雙眼．keepone’seyesopen睜大雙眼．Worthwhileadj.值得做的；值得出力的；值得花時(shí)間的takespendcostpayIt_____himanhourtodohishomeworkintheevening.He______alotoftime(in)workingforhumanrightsandprogress.It_____between$500and$600milliontobuild.Ilikeit,butit_____toomuch.I___forthehouse.I_____Brown$500forthehorse.spenttakescostcostspaypaidtake“花費(fèi)”“占用”，主要指需要占用空間，時(shí)間，精力．主語(yǔ)可以是人也可以是物，經(jīng)常跟雙賓語(yǔ)．spend“花費(fèi)”正式用語(yǔ)，指含有特定的和有價(jià)值的目的而花金錢，時(shí)間，精力，而且通常花費(fèi)數(shù)額較大，通常主語(yǔ)是人，賓語(yǔ)可以是人也可以是時(shí)間．cost在作“花費(fèi)”講時(shí)，只能以物作主語(yǔ)，不能以人做主語(yǔ)．可跟雙賓語(yǔ)．pay“付給錢”“償還”，主語(yǔ)是人，可跟雙賓語(yǔ)．divideseparate

divide整體分為若干部分．

separate指把原來(lái)合在一起的或靠在一起的人和物分離開來(lái)．Theapplewas______intwo.We_______themoneyequally.Oxygencanbe_________fromwater.TheTaiwanStrait_________TaiwanfromFujian.divideddividedseparatedseparatesCompletethesentencesonthescreen.1.Water________(組成)ofhydrogen(氫)andoxygen(氧).2.Thequestion________(迷