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Unit 2 The United Kingdom

reading

A brief introduction to the UK

The United Kingdom is a great country. It has a long history. It consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Great Britain is made up of three countries, that is, England, Scotland and Wales. So the United Kingdom is actually composed of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

London is its capital. The 2012 Olympic Games was held in the city.

This is the famous Heathrow Airport. If you want to visit the country, you can go to London by air.

If you leave at 11:15 Beijing time from Beijing airport, you will get to London Heathrow Airport at about 15:10 London time. Beijing is seven hours earlier than London.

This was the Prime Minister of the UK.

And this was the Queen. The queen is the head of state, but it’s in name only. The most powerful one is the Prime Minister, who controls everything in the UK.

There are 23 provinces in China. But in England, people don’t use the word “province”. Instead, they use the word “county”. There are more than eighty counties in the UK.

The River Thames is the longest river.

Unit 2

The United Kingdom

How many countries does the UK

consist of?

two

three

four

2. How long does it take to fly from

Beijing airport to London Heathrow

Airport?

about 6 hours

about 11 hours

about 16 hours

3. Who rules the UK: the Prime

Minister or the Queen?

the Queen

the Prime Minister

both

Can you name the capital cities of the

countries of the UK? What do you know about any other cities or towns in the UK?

2. England can be divided into three main

areas. Do you know what they are?

3. Look at the title and pictures in the reading passage and predict what it is about. Then skim it to see if you were right.

1. Match the main idea of each paragraph.

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

B. States the topic of the

passage.

C. Explains differences in

the four countries.

A. Explains what the term “Great Britain” means and how it came about.

Para 4

Para 5

Para 6

D. Explains the importance of

London as a cultural and

political center in the UK.

E. The evidence of the invaders

can be found in the British

countryside.

F. Explains how England is

divided into three zones.

2. What is the main idea of the text?

How many countries make up the United

Kingdom.

B. Explain how England is divided into

three zones.

C. 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, etc.

Which countries make up the UK?

England,

Wales,

Scotland,

Northern Ireland.

1. Which countries form Great Britain?

England, Wales, Scotland.

2. When was Wales linked to England?

In the thirteenth century.

3. When were England and Wales joined

to Scotland?

In the seventeenth century.

4. When did Southern Ireland break away

and Northern Ireland join with England

Scotland and Wales to form the UK?

In the early twentieth century.

Scotland

Wales

Southern

Northern

England

Scotland

the United Kingdom

Read Para 2, complete the form.

Cross of St George (England)

Cross of Andrew (Scotland)

Cross of St Patrick (Ireland)

Union Jack

Wales

1. Which areas do the four countries

work together?

In the currency and international relations.

2. What are the four countries’

differences?

They have developed different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup.

England can be divided into

_____ parts.

They are:

________________

____________

_________

_____________

three

North of England

Midlands

South of England

2. What are the features of the South?

Most of the population settled in the South.

3. What are the features of the Midlands and

North of England?

Most of the large industrial cities are in the

Midlands and North of England.

4. Where can you find more about British

history and culture?

In older but smaller towns first built by the Romans.

Para 5 mainly tells us ______.

A. museums B. invaders

C. government D. the Vikings

2. In the history of England, there has been four sets of invaders. They are:

__________________, __________________,

__________________,

__________________.

the Romans

the Anglo-Saxons

the Vikings

the Normans

2. What did the Four Invaders leave for

England?

the

Romans

the

Anglo-Saxons

the

Vikings

the

Normans

left their towns and roads

left their language and their government

influenced the vocabulary and place names of the North

left castles and words for food

Divide the text into three parts according to the main ideas given.

Part 1 (Para _____ )

Part 2 (Para ____ )

Part 3 (Para _____ )

How the UK came into being?

England is divided into 3 zones.

The cultural importance of London.

1-3

4

5 - 6

2. Read the text again and choose

the best answer.

(1) England and Wales were joined to

Scotland in the ______ century.

A. thirteenth B. seventeenth

C. early twentieth century D. 1060s

(2) From Para. 4, we know that

____________________________.

A. England, Wales and Scotland form

Great Britain.

B. most of the population settle in the

north.

C. the cities are as large as those in China.

D. British people love football very much.

(3) We can draw a conclusion that ______.

A. none of the cities in England are as big

as those in China.

B. the four countries work together in the

currency and legal system.

C. every city in England has historical

architecture built by Romans.

D. evidence of different invaders can be

found all over the UK.

The full name of England is the ______

_________ of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland. It consists of four parts, they are

________, _________, ______ and

________________. People always think

______ is a part of England. The flag

of the UK is called the ___________.

United

Kingdom

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Wales

Union Jack

3. Fill in the blanks with proper words.

The four countries have different __________ and _____ _______ as well as different _______ ______. ________ is the largest of the four countries and it is ______ ____ three parts. Most of the people settled in the ______, but most of the large industrial cities in the _________ and the ______. The capital of the UK is _______, which has many great places of interest.

educational

legal

systems

football

divided

Midlands

North

England

into

South

London

teams

1

Complete the sentences using the words in the box.

England Wales Scotland

Northern Ireland

Republic of Southern Ireland

1. The countries that make up Great Britain are __________________________.

2. If we speak of England we mean ____________________.

England, Wales and Scotland

England and Wales

3. The United Kingdom includes ________

__________________________________.

4. The part of Ireland that separated from England is called ___________________

______ >>>>>>内容过长，仅展示头部和尾部部分文字预览，全文请查看图片预览。<<<<<< North

Midlands

South

Leeds, York,

Sheffield,

Manchester

Coventry,

Birmingham

Reading, London,

Brighton, Plymouth

Possible summary:

The writer examines how the UK developed as an administrative unit. It shows how England is also divided into three zones. It explains why London became the cultural capital of England. [文章尾部最后500字内容到此结束,中间部分内容请查看底下的图片预览]

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