必修五第二单元Warming up and Reading

Unit 2The United KingdomWarming up and reading

What do you think of when speaking of the UK?the Queen BBC Shakespeare London Olympic the Beatles

Buckingham Palace Tower of London

How much do you know about the UK?

A Quiz1. What’s the full name of the UK? The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

2. Which is the capital of the UK? London.3. England is pided into three main areas. Do you know what they are?

The south, the midlands and the north.

the UK =England

+Wales Scotland

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+Northern Ireland

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Scotland

North Ireland

the national flag of the UK

Where is the capital of each country of the UK?Northern Ireland Belfast

Scotland

Edinburgh

Wales England London

Cardiff

Read the title and the map, and guess what the content of the reading passage might be about.

Read the text quickly and match the following.Para. 1. Para. 2. Para. 3. Explains the joining of England and Wales. States topic to be examined in the reading. Explains the importance of London as a cultural and political centre in the UK. Explains what the term “Great Britain” means and how it came about. Explains differences in the four countries. Explains how England is pided into three zones.

Para. 4.Para. 5. Para. 6.

Read the text carefully and see how many parts the passage can be pided into. Three parts:Part 1: Paragraph 1-3 Part 2: Paragraph 4

Part 3: Paragraph 5 & 6

Write down the main idea of each part. Part 1: What England includes; about Great Britain; the UK.Paragraph 1 Parts of UKParagraph 2 How do England and Wales come Paragraph 3 How do Britain and UK come

Part 2: About England

Paragraph 4 The geographical pision of England into zones; their similarities and differences

Part 3: About London The cultural importance of London