1. Get Ready for the Class find your group leader.Form groups and find your group leader. Number each paragraph in your reading material. Number each paragraph in your reading material. Get your attention ready.Get your attention ready.

2. Unit 2 The United Kingdom

3. Are you English? No, I’m not. I’m British. Sorry, are you from England? No, I’m from Britain.

4. A brief introduction to the UK. England is divided into 3 zones. The cultural importance of London. How did the UK come into being? Fast Reading What is the text mainly about? Tip: To get the main idea quickly, to read the first or the last sentence of each paragraph. Part1(para.1-3) Part2(para.4) Part3(para.5-6) UK England London Match each part with its main idea The structure of the passage.

5. Careful Reading Part 1 How the UK was formed England Wales Scotland Ireland

6. England Wales In the 13th century AD

7. Scotland In the 17th century AD Great Britain In the 13th century AD

8. …get Ireland connected to form the United Kingdom Ireland

9. Northern Ireland southern part of Ireland broke away

10. England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland ……you find Wales included….. work together & work independently the Union Jack -ed 作宾语补足语

11. Part2 England is divided into 3 zones industrial most of the population for convenience writer’s opinion It’s a pity that……

12. historical architecture where

13. London cultural political historical Part3 The cultural importance of London.

14. invadersWhat did they leave? Romans language and government Vikings castles and new words for food

15. London cultural political historical The cultural importance of London. museums, art collections, theatres, parks, buildings national government and administration the oldest port, building, castle Part3

16. invadersWhat did they leave? Romans language and government Vikings castles and new words for food Anglo-Saxons the Normans towns and roads vocabulary and place-names of the North Which group of the invaders did not influence London? What do you think of these invaders? pains & something new

17. River Thames London Eye Royal Greenwich Observatory 格林威治皇家天文台 London Bridge & River Thames Buckingham Palace 白金汉宫 Westminster Abbey, England 西敏寺 Stonehenge 温莎堡 Windsor Castle

18. Fill in the blanks. The full name of Britain is the ______ ________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.It consists of four parts,which are _________,______,______ and _____________. people always think ______ is a part of England. The flag of the UK is called the __________.The four countries have 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 _________cities in the _________and the North. ________,the capital of the UK, was influenced by some ________ and was the greatest __________ treasure. UnitedKingdom EnglandScotlandWalesNorthern Ireland Wales Union Jack Englanddivided into South Midlands London institutions industrial invaders historical

19. Going to The UK 1.Choose one part that interests you most in our passage. 2.More information about the UK.

20. 1.Read the passage and review what you have learned in this period 2.Go to the library or surf the internet to know more about the UK. Assignment http://www.bbc.com/ http://britain.com/ http://www.theuktoday.co.uk/

22. The University of Oxford University of Cambridge