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AfterReadingBeforeReadingWhileReading1Watchandsay3BigBen

BuckinghamPalaceOxfordUniversityWilliamShakespearLondonBridgeintheDaytime↓↑LondonBridgeatnightEdinburghScotlandIrelandNationalFlagofBritainNationalFlagofIrelandThe

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ofBritainandIrelandNationalEmblemofBritainNationalEmblemofIrelandTheNationalEmblemsofBritainandIreland

BeforeReadingWhileReadingAfterReadingTextOrganizationFurtherUnderstanding11

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TextOrganizationPart1(Para1)Part2(Para2-5)Part2(Para6)Parts&Para(s)ThreewaysofroomreservationBritainandIrelandseparatedbytheIrishSeathefourcountriesofUKTheweatherinBritainandIreland1.WhatisthenameoftheseathatseparatesBritainandIreland?2.WhatdothelettersUKstandfor?3.HowmanycountriesistheUKmadeupof?Whatarethey?ItistheIrishSea.TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Fourcountries.TheyareScotland,Wales,EnglandandNorthernIreland.Questionandanswer4.What’sScotlandfamousfor?5.WhatisthefirstlanguageinNorthWales?AretheymanycoalminesinWales?6.WhichisthelargestcountryinBritain?Whereisit?Itisfamousforitsbeautifulcountryside.ItisWelish.Notnow,Thereusedtobe.ItisEngland.ItisinthesoutheastofBritain.Questionandanswer7.What’sthepopulationofLondon?8.WhatkindoflanddoesEnglandhave?Ithasapopulationofsevenmillion.Flatlandwithsomehillsinthenortheastandcentreofthecountry.9.WhatarethetwocountriesinIreland?NorthernIrelandandRepublicofIreland.Questionandanswer10.WhereistheRepublicofIreland?IsaseparatecountryorpartoftheUK.11.WhatistheweatherlikeinBritain?12.DoesitoftensnowinIreland?ItisinthesouthofIrelandanditisaseparatecountry.Itisneithertoocoldinwinternortoohotinthesummer.Itiscolderinthenorth,warmerinthesouth,drierintheeastandwetterinthewest.No,ItseldomsnowsinIreland.Questionandanswer

_______________ofthetwoislandsisBritain，which__________theeastofIreland(Para.1)

FurtherUnderstandingThelargerliesto1.Thewatchisthecheaperofthetwo.這塊手表是兩個中比較便宜的。2.Heistheolderofthetwo.他是這倆個中年紀大的那個。3.Heisthebetterofthetwo.他是這兩個中比較好的。

Notesthe+比較級+of+the+two表示

兩者中比較...的Notes[巧學(xué)助記]in，on，to表示方位時的區(qū)別如下：BisintheeastofACisontheeastofADistotheeastofA①Thereisariverin_the_north_ofourvillage.我們村莊北面有一條小河。②In_the_south/west/north/east_of_the_cityisthehospital.醫(yī)院在城南/西/北/東部。1.Englandis______the_______ofScotland.Itis_____the_______ofBritain.2.Irelandis_____the_____ofEngland.3.Londonis_____the____ofCardiff.4.Walesis_____the_____ofEngland.Itis____the_______ofScotland.ScotlandistothenorthofEngland;It’spartofBritain.to/onsouthinsouthtowesttoeastonwesttosouthEnglandScotlandIrelandWalesNorthernIrelandLondonTheMapofBritainandIreland

FurtherUnderstandingTheletter“UK”___________________“TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIsland.”(Para.2)

standforstandfor意為“代表、象征，意味著”是指用字母、數(shù)字或符號來表示一個單詞、名字或某個概念的縮寫形式。如：GMTstandsforGreenwichMeanTime.GMT表示格林尼治平均時間。。Notes

FurtherUnderstandingTheUK___________________fourcountries.(Para.2)

ismadeupofbemadeupof“用……構(gòu)成或組成的”，指人、物皆可，指結(jié)構(gòu)成分。例：Ourclassismadeupofsixgroups.我們班是由六個小組組成的。Notes

FurtherUnderstandingScotlandhasmanylakesandmountainsand________________itsbeautifulcountryside.(Para.2)

isfamousforbefamousas和befamousfor的區(qū)別和用法:befamousfor因……而聞名/出名“befamousfor”表示某人“以某種知識技能，作品或特征而出名”，表示某地“以某種特產(chǎn)或特征出名”，或表示某事“以其內(nèi)容、特征、價值等而被人所知”。如：

Notes1.ChinaisfamousfortheGreatWall.中國因長城而聞名。2.Heisfamousforhisgreatinventions.因為他的偉大發(fā)明，他出名了。3.Now

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紐約以高樓大廈而聞名。4.He

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他因他的小說而出名。

Notesbefamousas”表示“以……而出名”的意思，或確切地說，是“作為……而出名“的意思，主要是表示人“以某種身份或職業(yè)而出名”，或表示某地方“作為什么產(chǎn)地或地方而出名”，或表示某事物“以某種形式而出名”。如：

Notes1.MarkTwinwasfamousasachildren-storywriter.馬克·吐溫作為兒童故事作家而著稱。

2.Thisbookisfamousasareferencebook.這本書作為參考書而出名。

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FurtherUnderstandingThere————————bealotofcoalminesinthesouth,butmanyofthemhavebeenclosed,or————————beclosed.usedtoareabouttousedtodo解釋成過去常常做某事（但現(xiàn)在不做了）beusedtodoingsth/beusedtosth是指習(xí)慣于做某事（現(xiàn)在還在做）。usedto是“過去常常做什么”后接動詞原形，beusedto是“習(xí)慣做什么”后接名詞和動名詞(ing)。

NotesNotesbeabouttodo:表即將做某事.e.gTheplaneisabouttotakeoff.但不能與時間狀語連用,不能說Iamabouttodomyhomeworktomorrow.只能和when從句連用Iwasabouttodomyhomeworkwhenmyfathercamein.

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FurtherUnderstandingLondon———————————of7million.（Para4）hasapopulationofhaveapopulationof意為“人口為。。?！崩洌篒ndiahasapopulationofmorethan1billion.印度人口超過10億人。

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BeforeReadingWhileReadingAfterReading12DiscussionMarkthemap③________________①________________⑤________________⑦________________⑩________________⑨________________②________________⑧________________⑥________________

④________________Matchthenumbersonthemapwiththefollowingwords:ScotlandEdingburghEnglandLondonWalesCardiffNorthernIrelandBelfastDublinRepublicofIrelandDiscussion1.WhydoBritishwritersandpoetsoftenwriteaboutnaturalscenes?2.WhydoBritishpeopleliketotalkaboutweatherandoftentakeumbrellasandraincoatwiththem?3.“O,Wind,ifwintercomes,canspringbefaraway?---Odetothewestwind(西風(fēng)頌）byShelley

萬事具備，只欠東風(fēng)。---acommonChinesesayingWhydotheBritishpreferthewestwindwhileweChineseprefereastwind?1.Why