WarmingUp&Reading[課文預(yù)讀]Ⅰ.課文理解1.What’sthemainideaofthetext?A.AbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitsgeographyandhistory.B.AbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitsfoundationanddevelopment.C.AbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitspoliticsandculture.D.Allofabove.2.Whathappenedinthe17thcentury?A.Thenamewaschangedto“GreatBritain”whenEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland.B.TheUKwasfounded.C.Englandwasdividedroughlyintothreemainareas.D.Londonbecamethegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall.3.WhichofthefollowingisthemainreasonforthesouthernpartofIrelandtobreakawayfromtheUnitedKingdom?A.Itwantedtosetupitsowngovernment.B.ItscustomsweredifferentfromthoseoftheUnitedKingdom.C.ItwasoncebadlytreatedbytheUnitedKingdom.D.ItwasrefusedbytheUnitedKingdom.4.WheredomostofthepeoplesettleinEngland?A.ThezonenearestFrance. B.ThezonenearestScotland.C.TheMidlands. D.TheNorthofEngland.5.Whichcityisthecentreofnationalgovernmentanditsadministration?A.Dublin. B.London.C.Manchester. D.Plymouth.6.WhichgroupofinvadersinfluencedtheBritishwordsforfood?A.TheRomans. B.TheVikings.C.TheNormans. D.TheAngloSaxons.答案1.D2.A2.A3.A4.A5.B6.CⅡ.正誤判斷1.TheUKincludesEngland，Wales，ScotlandandIreland.()2.Thethreecountrieswereunitedbywarinsteadofpeacefully.()3.NorthernIreland，EnglandandScotlandhavedevelopeddifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsbuttheydoworktogetherinsomeareasaswell.()4.TheRomanslefttheirlanguageandtheirgovernmenttoLondon.()答案1.F2.F3.T4.FⅢ.課文語(yǔ)法填空IfyoustudyBritishhistory,youmayfindthecountrywent1severaldifferentnames.ThefirstnameEnglandreferredtoEnglandandWales，2whenthetwocountriesjoinedScotlandin1603,thenameGreatBritain3(given)torepresentthecountry.4thejoiningofNorthernIreland，thecountrygotthenametheUnitedKingdom，5wasshowntotheworldinanewflag6(call)theUnionJack.Of7fourcountries，Englandisthe8(large)andisdividedintothreezones：theSouth，theNorthandtheMidlands.9capitalLondon，whichhasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvaders，liketheRomans，theVikings，theAngloSaxonsandtheNormans，isthegreatest10(history)treasureofallwithitsmuseums，artcollections，theatres，parksandbuildings.答案1.through2.but3.wasgiven4.With5.which6.called7.the8.largest9.Its10.historical[知識(shí)梳理]Ⅰ.核心單詞一、單詞拼寫(xiě)1.InEnglandtheparecalledcounties.2.※Theteamcofsixinvestigatorsandtwosecretaries.3.Wehaveaallwesetouttodo.4.I’mhappytocanypointsthatarestillunclear.5.Toomuchtimeisspenton(管理).6.Ata(粗略的)estimate,NigeriaisthreetimesthesizeofGreatBritain.答案1.provinces2.consists3.acplished4.clarify5.administration6.rough二、單句語(yǔ)法填空1.※Anyhelpformwillbegreatlyappreciated.Pleasegivemeareplyatyourearliest(convenient).2.Thepanyisstartinganewadvertisingcampaigntoattractnewcustomersitsstores.3.—Wouldyouliketogotothefootballgame?—Oh，sorry.Ihavearranged(see)mygrandmother.4.Lastmonthseveralfirmstoformonepany.5.Unlikethepresident，MittRomneywas(will)totakeachanceontheAmericanworker.6.(2010·江蘇)Thousandsofforeigners(attract)totheShanghaiWorldExpothedayitopened.7.(2013·福建)Oldfashionedphonesmatterwhenwirelessnetworkbreakindisasters.8.(2013·北京)Whenwesawtheroad(block)withsnow,wedecidedtospendtheholidayathome.9.(attract)bythemoviedirectedbyZhaoWei,Idecidedtoseeit.答案1.convenience2.to3.tosee4.wereunited5.unwilling6.wereattracted7.down8.blocked9.AttractedⅡ.重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)一、補(bǔ)全短語(yǔ)1.consist由……組成2.divide把……分成3.beunwillingdosth不愿意做某事4.※breakaway脫離5.one’scredit給……帶來(lái)榮譽(yù)6.leave省去；遺漏；不考慮答案1.o3.to4.from5.to6.out二、用所給短語(yǔ)的適當(dāng)形式填空divideinto；referto；beusedto；breakawayfrom；leaveout；toone’scredit；consistof1.Peoplemaywonderwhydifferentwordsdescribethesefourcountries.2.Ourcountryislikeabigfamily,fiftysixnations.3.(2014·湖北)UndernoconditionwilltheChineseallowTaiwantoChina.4.Thethievesusuallytheloot(贓物)equalshares.5.Heneverhissistersinhisletters.6.thefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareas,buttheystillhaveverydifferentinstitutions.7.(2012·陜西)Ifyoustudyinasystematicway,youwon’tanything.答案1.areusedto2.consistingof3.breakawayfrom4.divided；into5.referredto6.Toone’credit7.leave；outⅢ.寫(xiě)作句式句式運(yùn)用(完成下列句子)1.Wearegoingtoholdapartynextweekend.Pleasee(在你方便的時(shí)候).2.Icannottellyou(我多么的高興)withthebeautifulbirthdaypresentyougave.3.※Don’tworry!I(我已安排我的秘書(shū))topickyouupattheairport.4.Asisknowntous，plasticbagsare(很難分解).5puterscannot(代替)humanbrains,andnorcanothermachine.答案1.atyourconvenience/whenitisconvenient2.howdelightedIwas3.havearrangedformysecretary4.difficulttobreakdown5.taketheplaceof(＝takeone’splace)【話(huà)題語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀】Didanyonefindthenamesof“GreatBritain”，“theUnitedKingdom”，“England”and“theBritishmonwealth”whichhavethesamemeaning?Strictlyspeaking,thesenamesallrefertosomethingdifferent.Noneofthemareexactlythesameasanyoftheothers.TheBritishislesrefertothemainislandsandseveralthousandsmallonesaswell,whichyoucanseeonthemap.GreatBritain,orBritain,referstothelargerofthetwomainislands.Buttheword“Britain”isoftenusedasashortformfortheUnitedKingdomoryoucallittheUK.NowasforEngland,itreferssimplytothelargestofthethreecountriesontheislandofGreatBritain.TheUnitedKingdomisthenameofthestateandtheofficialnameofthecountry,whichmanypeoplepopularlyrefertoEngland.Finally,theBritishmonwealthistheusualnameforwhatisleftoftheBritishEmpire(帝國(guó)).ThischangeshowstheweakeningofBritishEmpireandtherisingofthenationalliberationmovementsthroughouttheworldtoday.【知識(shí)鏈接】1.consistof由……完成consistin＝liein；adj.consistent一致的beconsistentwith和……一致。學(xué)法點(diǎn)撥：consistof同義詞makeup。makeup強(qiáng)調(diào)分散的個(gè)體組成，既可用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)也可用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)bemadeupof。Thebookconsistsoffortyfivechapters＝Thebookismadeupoffortyfivechapters2.conveniencen.方便，便利forconvenience為了方便起見(jiàn)；atone’sconvenience在某人方便的時(shí)候；conveniencefood/store方便食品、便利店。拓展：adj.方便的itisconvenientforsbtodosth①Carshavebeeapopularmeansoftransport,bringinggreat(convenience)toourlife.②(2012·天津)Thesecretaryarrangeda(convenience)timeandplacefortheapplicantstohaveaninterview.答案①convenience②convenient3.breakawayfrom脫離(政黨)；打破(陳規(guī)、陋習(xí))；breakin插嘴；breakinto闖入；breakoff打斷，折斷，中斷；breakout爆發(fā)；breakthrough突破；breakup分散，(關(guān)系)破裂短語(yǔ)填空①Theroomisinamess.Itmusthavebeen.②(2012·陜西)Hehadto