Book2UNIT4HISTORYANDTRADITIONSToreadaboutthehistoryandtraditionsoftheUK;TobeabletogiveabriefintroductiontotheUK;Todebateonwhetherit’simportanttostudythehistory,andcultureofacountrybeforevisitingit;WatchthevideoandlearnabouttheUK.WarmingupWhenwementiontheUK,whatorwhowillyouthinkof?OxfordUniversityCambridgeUniversityBuckinghamPalace白金漢宮

HarryPotterbyJ.K.ROWLINGDavidBeckhamWilliamShakespeare1.Whatarethe

provincescalledinEngland?A.departmentsB.statesC.countiesLet’shaveacompetition2.Whichisthenational

flagoftheUK?A.B.C.TheUnionJack3.Whorulesthecountry?A.TheKingorQueenB.ThePrimeMinisterC.bothKingCharlesIIIKeirStarmer基爾·斯塔默4.WhichisthebanknoteoftheUK?A.

U.S.Dollar$

B.

Euros

€C.Pounds￡

5.Whichisthelongest

riverinEngland?theRiverAvonB.theRiverThames

C.theRiverSevern

6.HowmanycountriesbelongtotheUK?A.twoB.threeC.four

D.fiveEnglandWalesScotlandNorthern

IrelandSouthernIrelandReadamapWhenyoulookatamap,thinkfirstaboutwhatitshowsandwhatthemapshowsandwhatthesymbolsmean.1.Part1(Para.1)A.Originsofthenames2.Part2(Para.2)B.Introductionofthetopic3.Part3(Para.3)C.ThehistoryoftheUKandtheadvantagesofstudyingit4.Part4(Paras.4-5)D.ComparisonofthefourcountriesoftheUKMatcheachpartofthetextwithitsmainidea.

1.WhatarethefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom?Whichtwowerethefirsttobejoinedtogether?ThefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdomareEngland,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernIreland.EnglandandWaleswerethefirsttwotobejoinedtogether.Readthetextandanswerthequestions.(P40.2)2.Accordingtothetext,whataretwochief

advantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountry?Thetwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountryaretohelpyouunderstandmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditionsandtomakevisitingitmoreenjoyable.Readthetextagainandcompletethetimeline.20thcentury11thcentury16thcentury18thcentury19thcenturyRomansarrivedAnglo-SaxonscameVikingscame1stcentury5thcentury8thcenturyNormanscameWaleswasjoinedScotlandwasjoinedIrelandwasaddedSouthernIrelandbrokeawaySortouttheinformationaccordingtothetimeline.(P40.2)When

Whathappened?Whatchanged?RomansarrivedAnglo-SaxonscameVikingscame1stcentury5thcentury8thcenturytownsandroadslanguageandwayhouseswerebuiltvocabularyandnamesoflocationsacrosstheUKWhen

Whathappened?Whatchanged?11thcentury16thcentury/18thcenturyNormansconqueredEnglandaftertheBattleofHastingscastlesbuilt,legalsystemchanged,andnewwordsfromFrenchintroducedWaleswasjoinedtoKingdomofEnglandScotlandwasjoinedtoEnglandandWales“KingdomofGreatBritain”formed/createdWhen

Whathappened?Whatchanged?19thcentury20thcenturyIrelandwasaddedthesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeaway“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland”

formed/creatednamechangedto“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”Read

Para.3carefullyandfindthesameanddifferentareasofthefourcountriesofthe

UK.ThefourcountriesThesameareasThedifferentareasEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandflag,currency,militarydefenceeducationsystem,legalsystem,tradition(nationalday,nationaldish),footballteamReadparagraph4andfillintheblanksinthechart.ThinkabouttheinfluenceofdifferentgroupsofpeopleintheUK.townsandroads5ththeEnglishlanguagenewvocabularyNamedTheNormanscastlesthelegalsystemFrenchwordsReadpara.5anddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).1.TheUKhasaninterestinghistoryandrichculture.()2.ThehistoryofLondondatesbacktoAnglo-Saxontimes.()3.ThemixofhistoryandmodernculturemakestheUKattractive.()Completethesummaryofthetextwithoneproperword.Inthe16thcentury,1.__________wasjoinedtotheKingdomofEngland.Later2.__________wasjoinedtocreatetheKingdomofGreatBritain.Thentheadditionof3.__________createdtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.Finally,thebreakingawayofthesouthernpartofIrelandinthe20thcenturyresultedintheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,whichmostpeoplecallthe4.__________,BritainorGreatBritain.Wales

Scotland

Ireland

UK

IntheUK,evidenceoffourancientpeoplescanbefound.Inthe1stcentury,the5.__________builttownsandroads.Afterwardsthe6.____________introducedthebeginningsoftheEnglishlanguage.Thenthe7.__________broughtnewvocabularyandplacenames.Lastly,the8.__________inthe11thcenturybuiltcastles,changedthelegalsystemandbroughtFrenchwordsintotheEnglishlanguage.AgoodplacetostartlearningabouttheUK'shistoryisLondon.InthiscityyoucanexplorecountlesshistoricsitesandappreciateancientrelicsfromallovertheUK.Romans

Anglo-SaxonsVikings

Normans

Discussthequestionsingroups.1.Whyisitimportanttostudythehistoryandcultureofacountrybeforevisitingit?We’dbetterknowaboutthehistoryandculture,because...Inmyopinion,...Ithinkthat...Inaword,...It’sunnecessarytoprepareanyculturalback