Unit 2 The United KingdomPart 1. Warming upthis quiz and find out how much you know about the UK.be known as…作为…而出名be known for…因。

而出名Kate is well-known as a poet, but nor for speeches.2. How many countries does the UK consist ofconsist vi.组成；在于；一致】consist with...与……一致be consistent with...与……一致运用完成句子(1)这个俱乐部由大约50 名会员组成。

This club ____________ about 50 members.(2)理论应与实践相一致。

Theory should ______________________________ practice.(3)这个计划妙就妙在简明扼要。

The beauty of the plan _______________ its simplicity。

(4)你的行为和你所说的不一致。

Your conduct is not _______________ what you say.consists of consist with/be consistent withconsists in consistent with3. Who rules the UK..rule （1）v.统治，管辖；控制，支配；判定，裁定rule(over) sb./sth. 统治者Alexandria ruled(over)a large empire.亚历山大大帝统治着一个庞大的帝国。

~Don’t let the desire for money rule your life.不要让追求金钱的欲望控制了你的生活。

He lets his heart rule his head. 他感情用事。

It is up to the court to rule on this matter.这件事由法院来裁定。

（2）n. (官方的或公认的)规则，章程，规章，条例It’s against the rule to handle the ball in football.用手触球在足球比赛中是违反规则的。

Part 2. Pre-reading, reading and comprehending1. England can be divided into three main areas.divide...into 把……分成·divide sth.(out/up) between/among sb.把某物分配给某人divide A by B A 除以B辨析divide...into/separate...from(1)divide...into 是把一个整体分割成若干部分。

(2)separate...from separate指把原来连在一起或靠近的人或物分离开来，常与from连用。

运用完成句子(1)我们分成几个小组吧。

Let's ________________________ several groups.|(2)孩子们，你们把这个蛋糕分了吃吧。

Children, ________ the cake up between/among you.(3)如果你把二十除以四，那么商是五。

If you ________ 20 ________ 4, the answer is 5.(4)台湾海峡把台湾岛和福建省分隔开。

The Taiwan Strait _____________ Taiwan Island _________Fujian Province.divide ourselves into divide divide y separates from2. You can clarify this question if you study British history.如果你学习了英国历史,就能弄清楚这个问题。

|词语归纳clarify vt.阐明; 解释vi.变得清晰clarification (n.)阐明，解释，澄清clarify one’s position/stand 澄清某人的立场when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.这是“find ＋宾语＋宾语补足语”的结构。

有此用法的还有keep。

find + 宾语+过去分词/现在分词/副词/介词短语/形容词/名词We found a group of children playing on the playground. (doing作宾补)?We have found him a dishonest person. (名词作宾补)I'm so glad to find you in. (副词作宾补)We found the shop closed.(done作宾补)根据中文提示完成句子(1) I found ___________(钱包被偷了) when I got to the cinema.(2) When the little boy woke up, he found ________(自己躺在医院里)．my wallet stolenhimself lying in the hospital~this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.高兴的是当苏格兰的James国王成为英格兰和威尔士的国王时，这三个国家和平地实现了联合。

,the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government.然而，爱尔兰南部并不愿意,因此脱离出去建立了自己的政府。

◆词语归纳break away from 逃脱，摆脱，破除，改掉break down 崩溃，身体垮了，（计划）失败，（机器等）坏了break into 强行闯入break in 插话break up 破碎,破裂,（会议）结束，学期结束…break off中断,断绝break out爆发，突然发生用break短语的适当形式填空The poor man was so unlucky. A month ago, some strangers (1)_________ his house and took him onto a truck. He didn't know who they were and where they would go. All the connection with his family was(2) _________. After some days' drive, the truck suddenly (3)___________. And he caught the chance to (4)___________________ the strangers.broke into broken off broke down break away fromtheir credit the four countries do work together in some areas currency and international relations),..值得赞扬的是，虽然这四个国家的确在一些方面共同合作，例如在货币和国际关系上，……do/did/does + 动词原形结构用来加强谓语动词的语气，相当于“的确；真的；务必”Do come early next time."He did go there with his brother yesterday.即时强化练习：翻译下面句子1)务必记住带一束花来。

.【答案】Do remember to bring a bunch of flowers.2) 那药对病人真的有效果。

.？【答案】The medicine does have some effect on the patient.短语to one's credit 值得表扬的是on credit 赊购；赊账do someone credit (或do credit to someone) 为某人增光；给某人带来荣誉The work did credit to all of us.那项工作为我们所有人带来荣誉。

根据语境猜词义(1) Do you place any credit in the government's story|(2) He hasn't enough credits to get his degree.(3) They established a credit for 100, 000 dollars in favour of me.(4) Although the invention was mine, I was given no credit for it.A. 信任B. 借款；贷款C. 赞扬，荣誉，功劳D. 学分is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.在这四个国家中,英格兰最大,为了方便起见,它大致被划分为三个地区。

（1）convenience n. 方便,便利的事物,方便的时候,便利品convenient adj. 方便的,便利的@inconvenient adj.不方便的注意：convenient做表语时，主语不能是人。

it is convenient for do sth.方便某人做某事at one’s convenience 在……方便的时候for the convenience of 为……方便起见be convenient to sb.对某人方便for (the sake of) convenience 为了方便起见make a convenience of sb.(乘机)利用某人—if it suits one’s convenience 如果对某人方便convenience food/store 方便食品/便利店◆即学即练根据括号内的汉语提示完成句子。