The United Kingdom
Unit 2
How much do you know about
the UK?
Try this quiz and find out.
Let’s have a quiz.
When you mention England,what or who will you think of?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1. Which flag is the national flag of the UK?
Union Jack
2. Which is the national flower of the UK?
A. Cherry
B. Rose
C. Peony (牡丹)
B. Redbreast 知更鸟
3. Which is the national animal of the UK?
A. Beaver 海狸
C. Bald eagle 秃头鹰
4. How many countries does the UK
consist of ?
A. two
B. three
C. four

5. Which city will host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games?
A. Paris
B. Moscow
C. New York
D. London
6. How long does it take to fly from Beijing
to London Heathrow Airport?
A. about 6
hours
B. about 10
hours
C. about 16
hours
Beijing
London Heathrow Airport
London Heathrow Airport
7. Who rules the UK?
A. the Queen
B. the Prime Minister
C. both
8. What are the provinces called in England?
A. counties
B. departments
C. states
9. Which is the longest river in England?
A. the River Avon
B. the River Thames
C. the River Severn
Thames
Severn
Avon
338 km
290 km
120 km
A.
B.
C.
D.
10. Which belongs to the UK?
Statue of
Liberty
Golden
Bridge
Eiffel
Tower
Big Ben
11. Who is an English football player?
B.
D.
Beckham
Ronaldinho罗纳尔迪尼奥
German
Brazilian
A.
C.
Italian
Totti
Podolski 波多尔斯基
12Which is the bank note of the UK ?
A.
U.S. Dollar
$

B. Euros
€
C. Pounds
£
What is the full name
of the UK?
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ireland
Union Jack
Scotland
England
1. Can you name the capital cities of the
UK?
2. England can be divided into three
main areas. Do you know what they
are?
3. Do you know any cities or towns in
the UK?
Scotland
Edinburgh
E
S
England
E
S
London
Wales
Cardiff
E
S
Northern Ireland
Belfast
E
S
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
+
+
+
the Republic of Ireland
Let’s enjoy some pictures
of the United Kingdom.
Do you know them?
The British Museum 大英博物馆
Big Ben
英国伦敦议会大厦钟楼上的大钟，重13吨。
Big Ben 大本钟
Buckingham Palace 白金汉宫
St Paul’s Cathedral
St. Paul’s Cathedral 圣保罗大教堂
Westminster Abbey
加冕典礼
Westminster Abbey 威斯敏斯特教堂
Tower Bridge 塔桥
London Bridge
The Tower of London
伦敦塔(Tower of London)始建于千年前。近五百年却是用作监狱直到上世纪。这里陈列有各个珠光宝气的英国皇室王冠。
Cambridge University
Oxford University
Edinburgh
William Shakespeare
Prince Charles and Princess Diana
Beckham in Manchester United
The Beatles
Fast reading
1.What happened in the 13th century?

2.When was Great Britain formed?
Wales was linked to England
in the 13th century.
in the seventeenth century
4.Which one is the largest country?
3.How the four countries work together?
The four countries work together in some areas
but they still have different institutions.
England
5.Which city is the greatest historical treasure ?
London
6. Who once invaded England in history ?
The Romans,Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans
Fast reading: Read the passage in two minutes and find out :How many parts can England be divided into? What are they?
South of England
Midlands
North of England
Homework:
Read the passage carefully to comprehend it.
Thank You!
Bye-Bye
Period Two
Unit 2
The United Kingdom
Reading
Careful reading:
1.Divide the passage into parts and tell the
main idea of each part.
Part 1 (para 1-3)
Part 2 (Para 4)
Part 3 (Para 5-6)
This part tells us how the United Kingdom formed.
This part introduces three zones of England and tells us their similarities and differences.
The history and the culture of London.
careful reading
What happened in the 13th century, the 17th century and the early 20th century?
first only England
the 13th century, England + Wales.
the 17th century ,
England + Wales + Scotland
Great Britain
Later, Great Britain + Northern Ireland
England
the United Kingdom
Part 1---the UK
Union Jack
Part 2-England
England is divided into 3 zones.
Most population settled in ___________________.
Most of the large industrial cities are in ___________________.
Nationwide,many cities have ________________________.
the South of England
the North and the Midlands
football teams and are not large
The Romans

The Anglo-Saxon

The Vikings

The Normans
towns and roads
language and government
vocabulary and place-names of the North
castles and words for food
What did they leave?
Part 3-Invaders
Read the passage again and fill in the blanks.
The United Kingdom_______
of four countries: _________,
________, __________
and _________________.
The largest one is _______.
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
consists
Fill in the blanks.
Wales was ______to England in the thirteenth century.
In 1603 when ________ and _______ were joined to
_________, it was called ______________. However,
Just as they were going to connect ________ to form
___________________, the southern part ___________,
only _________________ joined with
England.
England
Wales
Scotland
Great Britain
Ireland
the United Kingdom
broke away
How did the United Kingdom form?
Northern Ireland
linked
Task7:Fill in the blanks.

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 ____ _____ The four countries have different ___________and _____ ______as well as different _______ ______.
United
Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern
Wales
Union
Jack
educational
legal
systems
football
teams
Ireland
______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 ______,it has many great places of interest.
England
divided
into
Midlands
South
North
London
Fill in the blanks:
If you ____ ______the British countryside you will find _______of all these invaders.You must ____your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom________and worthwhile.
look around
evidence
keep
enjoyable
______ was linked to ________.
_______ and Wales were joined to _________,called____________.
_______ Ireland broke away and ______ Ireland joined with______,Wales and_______.Thus ___________________ came into being.
The______of the four countries,consists of the _____of England,the________and the______of England
The greatest__________treasure of all,has________,art_________,theatres,parks and________.
are the Romans,____________,______and Normans.
Wales
England
England
Scotland
Great Britain
Southern
Northern
England
Scotland
The United Kingdom
largest
South
Midlands
North
historical
museums
collections
buildings
Anglo-Saxons
Vikings
Homework:
Retell the text according to some information.
Period Three
language points
Pay attention to the following sentences:

1.How many countries does the UK consist of?
consist of :由……组成
Water _____ ______hydrogen and oxygen.
be made up of:由……组成
The committee ___ ____ __ ___ seven members.
consist in 在于，存在于
The beauty of Venice consists in the style of its ancient buildings.
consists of
is made up of
1.Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.

现在，只要有人提起英格兰，你就会发现威尔士总是包括在内的。

refer—
refer to—
referred—referred—referring
提及，谈到；参考，查阅
Sentences:
1. Are you_____ ______me?
2.If you don’t know the word,____ _____the dictionary.
3.The president spoke at the meeting for nearly an hour
without_____ his notes.
A. bringing up B. referring to C. looking for D. trying on
4.The professor _____at the meeting will give us a
lecture next week.
A. referred to B.referring C.referring to
referring to
refer to
B
A
Language points
Sentences:
However, just as they were going to get Ireland connected to form the United Kingdom, the Southern part of that country broke away to form its own government.
然而，正当他们打算把爱尔兰也同另外三个国家联合起来形成联合王国的时候，爱尔兰的南部却分离出去了
break away (from ) 挣脱，从……摆脱，打破（陈套等）
e.g. The prisoner broke away from the guard.
break away from conventions 打破常规
break down （机器、车辆）坏了
e.g. The telephone system has broken down.
break into 强行闯入 break out 突然爆发
break up 分解，解散，终止，结束
break in 插嘴
Language points:
to one’s credit:
Language points:
值得赞扬；为某人增光
It’s greatly to his credit that Arthur gave back
the money he found.
亚瑟拾金不昧是非常值得赞扬的。
credit 可以作动词，表示“相信；归功于”
Do you credit what that politician said?
你相信那个政客说的话吗？
You find most of the population settled in the south.
Now when you refer to England you find Wales included as well.
Sentences:
你可以看到英国的大部分人口聚居在南部。
如今只要有人提起英格兰，你就会发现
威尔士总是包括在内。
find+宾语+过去分词
Sentences:
1.It’s a pity that the industrial cities built in the
nineteenth century don’t attract visitors.
It’s a pity that… 做某事很遗憾
过去分词作定语
Exercises:
1.We weren’t able to accomplish the goal because the plan_____.
A. broke up B. broke down
C. broke in D. broke away
2.When we reached the hotel only to find the door______
A. close B. closed C. closing
3.The invention of the industrial robot is ___ to the company.
A. due B. owing C. credited
B
B
C
Listen to the text and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.
Homework
Write the language points down on your exercisebook.