Unit 2 The United Kingdom

Period 2 ReadingPeriod 2 Reading

Here are some famous pictures. Do

you know their names?

英国伦敦议会大厦钟楼上的大钟，重 13吨。

Big Ben

Royal Observatory Greenwich 格林威治天文台

Cambridge University

Oxford University

Prince Charles and Princess Diana

Beckham in Manchester United

The Beatles

Task1:Predictive reading:

Reading Skill 1: prediction(预测 )

When you do some reading ,you must do some prediction, this is one of the basic skills of reading comprehension.

How do we guess or predict?

From the title ,pictures and the first paragraph.

so when you read , please read the title ,pictures and the first paragraph carefully, they may tell you what the whole passage talks about.

1.Title:Puzzles in Geography↓

puzzle refers to something that is difficult to understand.

We can say:questions in Geography about The United Kingdom

England

Wales

ScotlandNorthern Ireland

the United Kingdom

We can predict the United Kingdom is made up of England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2.Picture:

3.The first paragraph:↓

You can clarify this question if you study British history.

↓

We can predict the passage is mainly about the history of British.

• Reading Skill2: Finding topic sentence.

• Generally speaking ,the topic sentence is in the first or last sentence of each paragraph. But some paragraphs don’t have topic sentence.

Task 2:Fast reading

What is the main idea of the text? A. How many countries make up the

United Kingdom? B. Explain how England is divided into

three zonesC. The reason why London became the

cultural capital of England.D. A brief introduction to the UK about

its foundation and development based on geography, history and culture.

Task 2:Fast reading

2. Match main ideas with paragraphs

Para 1:

Para 2:

Para 3:

Para 4:

Pa

5&6:

States the topic to be examined in the reading.

Explains the importance of London as the cultural and political centre in the UK.

Explains how England is divided into three zones.

How the UK came into being.

Explains differences in the four countries.

Part 1:the UK

Part 3:London

Part 2:England

UKContains ________, ______, Scotland and ________________.

In the 13th

Century______ was linked to ________.

In the 17th century

________ and Wales were joined to _________.

England WalesNorthern Ireland

Scotland

Wales England

England

In the early 20th century

_________ Ireland broke away and _________ Ireland joined with ________ ,Wales and ________ to become _______.

SouthernNorthernEngland Scotland

the UK

Para 1.2 How was the UK formed Part 1---the UK

Task 3:Careful reading

first only England

the 13th century, England + Wales.

17th century AD , England + Wales + Scotland

Great

Britain Later, Great Britain

+ Northern IrelandEngland

the United Kingdom

Part 1---the UK

Union Jack

Para 3 In what ways are the four countries different?

They are different institutions. They have different educational and legal systems as well as football teams.

Part 1---the UK

England is divided into __ zones.

Para 4

Most population settled in ___________________.

Most of the large industrial cities are in

____________________.

Many cities have famous ___________________.

the South of England

the North and the Midlands

football teams

3

Part 2--England

Para 5&6

In the England history, there have been four sets of invaders. They are: _____________,

_______________, ____________, ___________.

the Romans

the Anglo-Saxons the Vikings the Normans

What did they leave?Part 3--London

Romans:

Anglo Saxons:

towns and roads

Language and government

the Vikings:

the Normans:

Influence the vocabulary and place-names of the North

Castles and words for food

Discussion

Can you work out why London is the capital of England, Great Britain and the UK?

Can you work out why London is the capital of England, Great Britain and the UK?1. London has a good position. It llies in the south of England.1. London has a good position. It llies in the south of England.

2. Most of the population settle in the south.2. Most of the population settle in the south.

3. London has a long history. London has its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and many oldest building. It is the centre of national government and its administration

3. London has a long history. London has its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and many oldest building. It is the centre of national government and its administration

Task 4:Word meaning guessing

You can clarify this question if you study British history.

↓There are some puzzles(questions)in geography about the United Kingdom.But if you study British history,you can make this question clear.

clarify vt.澄清，阐明

Task 5:Analysing difficult sentence

↓

It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD,the oldest building begun nby the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.

Task 5:Analysing difficult sentence

↓

It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD,the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.

→It has A,B and C.→It has A done by sb,B done by sb and C done by sb.

    When asked why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, there is no need t debate any more. You can  1______________ this question if you study British history.   

    When asked why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, there is no need t debate any more. You can  1______________ this question if you study British history.   

 clarify   clarify  

Task 6:Summary

    Now when people refer to England you find Wales 2 ______________ as well. Great Britain was the name given when England and Wales were 3___________ Scotland. Just as they were going to get Ireland 4______________ to form the United Kingdom, the southern part of that country 5____________ to form its own government. To their 6_____________ the four countries do work tofether in some areas, but they still have very different 7______________.   

includedincluded

joined to  joined to  

connectedconnected

broke awaybroke away

creditcredit

institutions  institutions  

    England is the largest of the four countries and for 8_____________ it is divided roughly into three zones. Most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England.    London with its museums, art 9______________, theatres, praks and buildings is the greatest historical treasuree of all. It is the centre of national government and its 10_______________.

    England is the largest of the four countries and for 8_____________ it is divided roughly into three zones. Most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England.    London with its museums, art 9______________, theatres, praks and buildings is the greatest historical treasuree of all. It is the centre of national government and its 10_______________.

convenience  convenience  

collectionscollections

administrationadministration

1.Read the passage again

2.Review the new words