Unit4HistoryandTraditionsReadingandthinkingLearningobjectivesInthisclass,youwill1.ToreadthetextandlearnaboutthehistoryofthenameoftheUK2.Toknowtheadvantagesoflearningthehistoryofacountry.3.Toknowhowtodescribehistorythroughtimeorder.Leading-in1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?Whatarethey?2.WhatistheofficialnameoftheUK?3.TheruleroftheUKiscalled4.TheflagoftheUKiscalled5.ThemoneyusedintheUKiscalledFour.TheyareScotland,England,NorthernIrelandandWalseTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandThePrimeMinisterTheUnionJackPoundBackgroundknowledgePre-reading:Lookatthemap,whattypeofmapisit?AtrafficmapAweathermapAresourcemapAnadministrativezoningmap√thebigcitythecapitalDifferentcolorsstandfordifferentregionsorcountries.Whatinformationcanweinferfromthismap?What’sInAName?Whatcanweknowfromthetitle?Whatcanweinferfromthetitleandthemap?Let’sreadthepassagetocheckyourguess!Pre-reading:Lookatthetitle,what’sit?1.WhatarethefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom?Whichtwowerethefirsttobejoinedtogether?2.Accordingtothetext,whoaretwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountry?Fastreading(3mins)Task1.Readthetextquicklyandanswerthequestions:Underlinetheanswersonyourbooks.1WhatarethefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom?Whichtwowerethefirsttobejoinedtogether?Answerthequestions：ThefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdomareEngland,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernIreland.EnglandandWaleswerethefirsttwotobejoinedtogether.2Accordingtothetext,whoaretwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountry?TheUnitedKingdomhasalongandinterestinghistorytoexplore,whichcanhelpyouunderstandmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditions.(Paragraph4)

Studyingthehistoryofacountrywillmakeyourvisitmuchmoreenjoyable.(Paragraph5)Task2Readthetextquicklyandmatchthemainidea.A.Thehistory,traditionsandcultureoftheUnitedKingdom．C.Thefourcountriesworktogetherinsomeareas．Part1(Para1－2)Part2(Para3)Part3(Para4－5)B.TheoriginofthenameoftheUK．Task3.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutthe__________ofitsdifferentnames,its__________,________,________,and_________.formationhistorytraditionsculture.originsReadthetextagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.?WhatarethecountriesthatmakeuptheUK??Whatarethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthesecountries?TheyareEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.Similarities:flag,currencyandmilitarydefence.Differences:educationsystems,legalsystems,traditionsandfootballteams.Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestion.?Howisthetextorganised?Thetextisorganisedaccordingtotheorderof

time.Readthetextagainandcompletethetimeline.11thcentury16thcentury18thcentury19thcentury20thcenturyRomansarrivedAnglo-SaxonscameVikingscame1stcentury5thcentury8thcenturyNormansconqueredEnglandWaleswasjoinedScotlandwasjoinedIrelandwasjoinedthesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeawayReadthetextagainandsortouttheinformationaccordingtothetimeline.When?Whathappened?Whatchanged?RomansarrivedAnglo-SaxonscameVikingscame11thcentury16thcentury

18thcentury19thcentury20thcentury1stcenturytownsandroads5thcenturylanguageandwayhouseswerebuilt8thcenturyvocabularyandnamesoflocationsacrosstheUKNormansconqueredEnglandaftertheBattleofHastingscastlesbuilt,legalsystemchanged,andnewwordsfromFrenchintroducedWaleswasjoinedtoKingdomofEngland

ScotlandwasjoinedtoEnglandandWales“KingdomofGreatBritain”formed/created

Irelandwasadded“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland”formed/createdthesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeawaynamechangedto“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”IntroducethehistoryoftheUKaccordingtothetimeline.1stcentury5thcentury8thcentury11thcentury16thcentury18thcentury19thcentury20thcenturyPart1(Para.1)

A.Originsofthenames.Part2(Para.2) B.AdvantagesofstudyingthehistoryoftheUK.Part3(Para.3) C.ComparisonofthefourcountriesoftheUK.Part4(Paras.4~5) D.Introductiontothetopic.Readthetextcarefullyandmatcheachpartofthetextwithitsmainidea.1.TheUKhasaninterestinghistoryandrichculture. (

)2.ThehistoryofLondondatesbacktoAnglo-Saxontimes. (

)3.ThemixofhistoryandmodernculturemakestheUKattractive. (

)ReadParagraph5anddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).TFTA:IcanneverrememberwhattheUKmeans!There’sEngland,Britain,_________GreatBritain!B:Well,ithelpsifyourememberthattherearefourcountriesthat___________theUK.That’swhyit’scalledtheUnitedKingdom.A:Fourcountries?Imusthavebeenasleepinthatpartofourhistoryclass!SothefirstcountrywasEngland,andtheotherswere_________that?B:Yes,right.FirstEngland,thenWales,thenScotland.ThelastcountrywasIreland,butlaterthesouthernhalfdidn’twanttobe__________theUnitedKingdom.A:Oh,Iremembernow!Thesouthernpart______________fromNorthernIreland,right?B:Yes,yougotitwellremembered!But____________________inhistoryclassnexttime!CompletetheconversationabouttheUKusingthephrasesintheircorrectforms.aswellasbelongtoaddtojointobreakawaykeepyoureyesopenaswellasbelongtoaddedtojoinedtobrokeawaykeepyoureyesopenWriteasummaryofthetextaccordingtotheclues.Wales,Scotland,Ireland,breakaway,theRomans,theAnglo-Saxons,

theVikings,theNormans,LondonInthe16thcentury,WalesbecamepartoftheKingdomofEngland.LaterScotlandjoined,whichcreatedtheKingdomofGreatBritain.TheadditionoftheKingdomofIrelandcreatedtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.ThebreakingawayofthesouthernpartofIrelandinthe20thcenturyresultedintheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,whichmostpeoplecalltheUK,BritainorGreatBritain.IntheUK,evidenceoffourancientgroupsofpeoplescanbefound.TheRomansinthe1stcenturybuilttownsandroads.AfterwardstheAnglo-SaxonsintroducedthebeginningsoftheEnglishlanguage.ThentheVikingsbroughtnewvocabularyandthenamesofmanylocations.Lastly,theNormansinthe11thcenturybuiltcastles,changedthelegalsystemandbroughtFrenchwordsintotheEnglishlanguage.AgoodplacetostartlearningabouttheUK’shistoryisLondon,wherepastandpresentmeet.Discussthequestionbelowingroups.?Whatarethetwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountry?Thetwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountryaretohelpyouunderstandmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditionsandtomakeyourvisitmoreenjoyable.Workingroupsandexplorethequestions.?Whyisitimportanttostudythehistoryandcultureofacountrybeforevisitingit??WhatimportantthingsshouldvisitorsknowaboutbeforetheycometoChina?Studyingacountry’shistoryandculturebeforevisitingitisimportantbecauseitwillhelpyouunderstandtheplacebetterandhaveamoreenjoyabl