Unit 2 The United Kingdom
三亚一中 田欣灵
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Task1:Quiz 1.What does UK stand for?
The United Kingdom of great Britain and Northern Ireland. 2. How many countries does the UK consist of? Four. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 3. Can you name the capital of each country of the UK?
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geography
Belfast Cardiff
Edinburgh London
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4.Who rules the country: the Prime Minister
√ or the Queen? A. The Queen B. The Prime Minister C. both
√5.What are the provinces called in England? A. counties (郡) B. departments C. states
castles and words for food
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Task4:Main Idea of each paragraph Para1--- Put forward a question Para2--- How the UK came into being Para3--- Their common and different things Para4--- General description of England Para5--- London’s historical treasures Para6--- The evidence of invaders in
England By the 13th
century
England
Wales
In the 13th century
Linked to England
England
Scotland In the 17th Linked to
Great
century
England ,Wales Britain
Northern In the early Linked to Ireland 20th century England,Wales
√ 6.Which is the longest river in England? A. The River Avon B. The River Thames C. The River Severn
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Task2: Development of the UK
Country When
Combination Name
7.Where do most population live? They live in the south.
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8.What historical treasures are there in London?
Museums art collections theatres parks buildings
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9. Four groups of ilnvaders
Invaders What they left for the UK
The Romans
The Anglo Saxons
The Vikings
The Normans
Towns and roads
language and government
vocabulary and placenames of the North
In the 19th century. 6.What happened in the1st century AD and 1060s? The oldest port was built by Romans & the oldest building was begun by the Anglo-Saxons
and ScotΒιβλιοθήκη andFlagThe Union Jack
The UK
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Task3:Questions
1. What are the names of the flags of England, Scotland, Ireland and the UK?
Cross of St.George Cross of St. Andrew Cross of St. Patrick's
the countryside
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Homework
Practice reading the text Learn some sentences by heart
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(England)
(Scotland)
(Ireland)
Flag of the United Kingdom
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2.What different situations do the countries have? Northern Ireland,Scotland ans England have different educational system,legal system and football teams for competitions.
3.Which country is the largest?
England is.
4.How many zones is England divided into? Three zones: the South, the Midlands and the North.
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5. When were the industrial cities built in Midlands and North England?