Unit2 The United Kingdom-Using language（1）
PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY
What is London famous for?
Have you ever been to London?
Big Ben
London Tower Bridge
British Museum
Hyde Park
London Eye
Reading
Fast reading (skimming)

How did Zhang Pingyu plan her tour?
How many days did she make her tour? And what sites in London did she see?
First, she made a list of the sites she wanted to see. Then she planned her trip.
4 days.
the Tower
St Paul’s Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Big Ben
Buckingham Palace
Greenwich
Highgate Cemetery
Karl Marx’s statue
the Library of the British Museum
Windsor Castle
the 1st day:
the 2nd day:
the last day:
the next day:
London
the Tower
Karl Marx’s statue
Greenwich
Buckingham
Palace
Big Ben
Westminster
Abbey
St Paul’s
Cathedral
British Museum
Pictures
It was built long ago by________ _______. This ____,_____,_____ tower had remained standing for one thousand years.
It remained part of a ____ _______ and _____ combined.
Norman invaders
solid
square
stone
royal
prison
palace
It was built after the _____ ____ of London in_____.
terrible fire
1666
It contained ______ in memory of ____ ______ and ______.
statues
writers
dead poets
This is the famous clock--_____ ______.
Big Ben
Buckingham Palace is the _______ house in London.
Queen’s
Greenwich Clock sets____ _______ time. The longitude line is an _________ line diving the_______ and _______ halves of the world.
the world
imaginary
Eastern
Western
Karl Marx’s statue is in ______ _________.
His tomb is marked with the following quotes: "WORKERS OF ALL LANDS UNITE" and "THE PHILOSOPHERS HAVE ONLY INTERPRETED THE WORLD IN VARIOUS WAYS - THE POINT HOWEVER IS TO CHANGE IT".
Hightgate Cemetery
In the British Museum display many _________ from ________ _______.
treasures
different cultures
delight; fancy; surprised;
splendid
very interesting; statues in memory of poets and writers
famous and very loud
Careful Reading
What comments did she make on the following sites?
strange that he lived and died in London
thrilled by; proud to see the Chinese pottery
old; famous; imaginary; useful for navigation
Many other words can be used to express“ nice” or “ is”.
nice
is
smart, clean, excellent, exciting, famous, beautiful, grand, great, huge, special , unusual, amazing, wonderful, splendid…
appear, be built, stand, lie, remain, stay, look, sound, become, keep, grow
1. sightseeing n. 观光
I am here for sightseeing.
Some people like to lie on the beach, but I prefer sightseeing.
I returned to my homeland on a sightseeing tour.

sightsee v. 观光 sightseer n.观光客, 游客
go sightseeing 观光, 游览
Language points
2. delight: n. 快乐, 高兴
She ran back home with delight.
He takes great delight in painting.
To our delight, our football team won.
v. 给与乐趣; 使高兴
He delighted the audience with his performance.
delighted adj.
be delighted to do
pleasure, delight, enjoyment, joy, fun这些名词均含“愉快、快乐、高兴”之意。
pleasure: 最普通常用词，常指不表露出来的
满意或喜悦情绪，也指强烈的愉快或兴
奋感。
delight: 指强烈的、活泼的、显而易见的快
乐和高兴。
enjoyment: 比pleasure, joy和delight的语气
轻，但更着重行为或乐事的本身，而不
是感情。
joy: 语气强于pleasure，多指情感充溢，
喜形于色的强烈的欢乐情绪。
fun: 普通用词，指任何能给予喜悦的娱乐，
或指娱乐本身。
3. in memory of 纪念 …
The museum was built in memory of the great writer – Lu Xun.
We named the lake Rebecca in memory of her.
in honor of 为纪念…，为向…表示敬
意，为…庆祝
in celebration of 为庆祝 …
4. …, so Pingyu had a photo taken
standing on either side of the line.
had a photo taken是have sth. done的结构。
standing on either side of the line是现在分词短语作状语，表示伴随状态。
5. It is strange /necessary/ natural/ important/ a pity… +that (should) + v. (虚拟语气)
1)You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman (should) be so rude to a lady.
2) It is strange that he ___ so much about me.
A. knows B. knew
C. has known D. know
D
6. thrill
vt. 使激动, 使胆战心惊
The film thrilled the audience.
It's a sight that never fails to thrill me.
She was thrilled with terror when she saw the scene of the murder.
n. 兴奋,激动;恐怖
He felt a thrill when he got into the theater.
Fill in the blanks with the phrases in the box.

We _______________ the good news that our team won the first.
2. We set up a monument ____________ the heroes.
3. We are very excited to see so many products from China __________ here.
in memory of; on show; be thrilled at
on show
were thrilled at
in memory of
7. It looked splendid when first built!
从句是一个省略句，主语与主句的主语一致时, 可省略相同成分。
When ____________________, he went red.
asked why he was late
when first built = when it was first built
Generally speaking, __ according to the directions, the drug has no side effect.
A. when taking B. when taken C. when to take D. when to be taken
2) Unless ____ to speak, you should remain silent at the conference. A. invited B. inviting C. being invited D. having invited
B
A
Listening
members of the Royal Family
Look at the list of English kings and queens. Tick the ones you hear about.
2.
King Edward Ⅳ 1461-1483
King Edward Ⅴ 1483-1483
King Richard Ⅲ 1483-1485
King Henry Ⅶ 1485-1509
King Henry Ⅷ 1509-1547
Edward Ⅵ
1547-1553
Mary
1553-1558
ElizabethⅠ
1558-1603
Listen to Part 1 and then answer the questions.
3.
Which king on the list was one of the princes in the Tower? How do you know?

Who had the two princes killed?
Later Edward Ⅴ. We know this because both were princes; both wore young boys; their uncle was Richard who later became King Richard III.
King Richard III killed the princes because he wanted to become king.
Listen to Part 2 and fill in the blanks below.
4.
ZP: Who _____________ to the Tower as a prisoner?
G: A _________ queen. In the 1550s Queen ________ sent her sister, _______ Elizabeth, to the _________ as a prisoner.
ZP: __________! Why did she do that?
G: She __________ Elizabeth was a traitor. So she sent Elizabeth _________ a special gate called “________ Gate”. That only __________ to very bad people.
came
future
Mary
Princess
Tower
Strange
thought
through
Traitors’
happened
Speaking
Excuse me… I’m afraid I can’t follow you.
Please, can you speak more slowly?
I beg your pardon?
Pardon?
What did you mean by …?
I didn’t understand …
I’m sorry but could you repeat that?
When you have problems understanding the guide, these phrases may help you.
In pairs choose one interesting building or attraction in your hometown or home village. One of you will be the tourist and the other the tour guide. Practise the dialogue. You may use the expressions above.
A sample dialogue

A: Excuse me. Are you a guide?
B: Yes, I am. Can I help you?
A: Can I ask you a question about the Temple of Heaven?
B: Of course. What do you want to know?
A: What is this Temple for?
B: The Emperor came to pray for good
crops and a good harvest for the
country. He made offerings to the God
and asked him for help.
A: Please can you speak more slowly? I’m
afraid I can’t follow you.
B: I’m sorry. I’ll speak more slowly. This
is the Hall where the Emperor made
his sacrifices to the Gods. You may not
go in but just look through the door.
A: What did you mean by making
sacrifice?
B: He killed many animals after making
prayers. He also dressed in special
clothes.
A: I beg your pardon? Special clothes! I
thought his clothes were always
special! What were they?
B: They were clothes kept just for this
occasion. He changed in a special
yellow room and came out to go to
pray to the Gods.
A: I see. When did this stop?
B: When the Emperors stopped ruling
China.
A: Thank you. You have been most
helpful.
Writing
Persuasive writing is a type of writing where your main goal is to persuade or convince someone to do something that you want them to do.
Use several points to support your opinion through the use of statistics, comparison, and so on.
Using persuasive writing, write a poster to introduce a place of interest you are familiar with.
Surf the Internet to get more information about the UK and prepare a speech on certain aspects of the country.
Finish Reading Task in workbook.
Homework