Unit 2 The United Kingdom Period 1 Warming up and reading
Learning aims: 1. Develop reading ability and learn different reading skills.
2. Learn the foreign culture and know more about different cultures in the world.
3. Get to know the information about the United Kingdom.
Important point: Develop reading ability and learn different reading skills.
Difficult point: Learn the foreign culture and know more about different cultures in the world.
【使用说明与学法指导】泛读一遍第9,10页课文完成预习案。 (25mins)
预习案Previewing Case
Task1: Warming up and pre-reading(见课本P9，完成warming up的问题)
Task 2: Skim the text and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para1. A. explains what the term “Great Britain” means and how it came about.
Para2. B. Explains the importance of London as a cultural and political center in the UK.
Para3. C. Present the topic of the passage.
Para4. D. The three zones of England and their similarities and differences.
Para5-6 E. The similarities and differences among the four countries.
Task 3. Read the text quickly and fill in the form.
UK
Contains ____________, ____________, Scotland and _______________.
In the 13th
Century
____________ was linked to _____________.
In the 17th
Century
___________ and Wales were joined to ____________.
Some time later
____________ Ireland broke away and ________________ Ireland joined with
____________ ,Wales and ____________. Thus _________ come into being.
England
the ____________ of the four countries, consists of the _______________,
________ and _____ of England
London
the greatest ____________ treasure of all, has _____________, art ____________,
theatres, parks and __________.
The four groups of invaders
the Romans, ______________, ___________ and Normans.
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探究案Exploring Case
探究一Read the text carefully and answer the following questions
1. How many countries does the UK consist of? What are they?
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2. In which order does the four countries join together?
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3. What area do the four countries work together?
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4. Which zone of England has the most industrial cities?
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5. What did the four invaders leave in England?
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探究二 Sentence focus Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1. You can easily clarify any problems if you study British history.
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2. Although the four countries do work together in some areas (for example, in international relations), they are still different.
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3. However, these industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not have the historical attractions of other places.
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4. If you look around the British countryside, you will find evidence of all these invaders.
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5. You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom worthwhile.
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探究三 Summary Summarize the text in about 30 words. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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训练案 Exercise
一、语法填空
Great Britain consists of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the 13th century Wales was linked 1_______ England. In 1603, they were joined to Scotland. They were united in peace instead 2________ by war. However, just 3_________ they were going to get Ireland connected 4____________ (form) United Kingdom, the southern part of Ireland broke away, 5_______only Northern Ireland joined with England.
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England is the 6__________ (large) of the four countries and for convenience 7_________was divided into three zones: the South of England , the Midlands and the North. Most of the population 8___________ (settle) in the South, but most of the industrial cities are located in the Midlands and the North.
London is the capital city with the great 9___________ (history) treasures. It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the 1st century AD，the oldest building begun by 10___________Anglo Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.
二、课外巩固
Finish Exercise1&2 in Page 11 after class.
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