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A. Origins of the names B. Advantages of studying the history of the UK C. Comparison of the four countries of the UK D. Introduction of the topic.
Careful Reading
Read the text and answer the questions. 1. What are the four countries of the United Kingdom? The four countries of the United Kingdom are England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. 2. Which two were the first to be joined together? England and Wales were the first two to be joined together. 3. According to the text, what are two chief advantages of studying the history of a country? The two chief advantages of studying the history of a country are to help you understand more about the country and its traditions and to make visiting it more
—Marcus Garvey
Prep for Reading
scend, scens, scent=climb, 表示”爬,攀” ascend v 登上,爬上(a 向上+scend) ascend v 登上,爬上(a 向上+scend) descend v 下降,传下(de向下+scend=向下爬) transcend v 超越,胜过(trans超过+scend=爬过去=超越) descendant n 子孙,后代(descend传下+ant人=传下的人=后代)
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1.Who rules the country: the Prime Minister or the Queen?
A. The Queen B. The Prime Minister C. both 2.What are the provinces called in England? A. counties (郡) B. departments C. states 3.Which is the longest river in England? A. The River Avon B. The River Thames C. The River Severn 4. What does “Brexit” mean?
What do the different symbols (e.g. icons, circles, spots) and colours stand for? The small circles stand for big cities, the red spot stands for the capital and different colours stand for different regions or countries.
Careful Reading
Read Para. 3 carefully and find the same and different areas of the four countries of the UK.
The four countries
England Wales
Scotland Northern Ireland
A: Four countries? I must have been asleep in that part of our history class! So the first country was England, and the others were ___a_d_d_e_d_t_o__ that?
Battle of Hastings
castles built, legal system changed, and new words from French introduced
Wales was joined to
16th century Kingdom of England
/
18th century
Careful Reading
Timeline
1st
5th
11th century
18th century
20th century
century century 8th century
16th century
19th century
Romans
arrived Anglo-Saxons
came
Vikings came Normans
A: I can never remember what the UK means! There’s England, Britain, ___a_s_w_e_l_l_a_s___ Great Britain!
B: Well, it helps if you remember that there are four countries that ___b_e_l_o_n_g_t_o__ the UK. That’s why it’s called the United Kingdom.
vocabulary and names of locations across the UK
Careful Reading
Sort out the information according to the timeline.
When
What happened?
What changed?
Normans conquered 11th century England after the
B: Yes, right. First England, then Wales, then Scotland. The last country was Ireland, but later the southern half didn’t want to be ___j_o_in_e_d__to__ the United Kingdom.
Scotland was joined to England and Wales
“Kingdom of Great Britain” formed / created
Careful Reading
Sort out the information according to the timeline.
the Anglo-Saxons
conquer
was
joined
joined Ireland was added
Southern Ireland
broke away
the Vikings
Careful Reading
Sort out the information according to the timeline.
When What happened?
What changed?
1st century Romans arrived towns and roads
Anglo-Saxons 5th century came
language and way houses were built
8th century Vikings came
Prep for Reading
Discuss the questions in pairs. Look at the map, can you tell me what type of map it is? The map shows the British Isles, the islands which make up the Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and Ireland (Ireland and Northern Ireland). What is it used for? It is used to show the four different countries that make up the UK and some of the major cities.
Prep for reading
根据,按照,取决于, 据…所说 对…感到迷惑 如果有什么的话(如果那样) 解决难题 把…和…连接或联结起来 在18世纪 脱离;背叛;逃脱 导致 把…称为… 属于 同(一样也);和;还 军事防御 例如
according to be confused by if any(if so) solve a puzzle join…to… in the 18th century break away from sb./sth. result in refer to…as… belong to as well as military defence for example
Quick Reading
Read the text and match each part of the text with its main idea.
1. Part 1 (Para. 1) 2. Part 2 (Para. 2) 3. Part 3 (Para. 3) 4. Part 4 (Paras. 4-5)
When
What happened?
What changed?
19th century
Ireland was added
“United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” formed / created
20th century
name changed to “United the southern part of Kingdom of Great Britain Ireland broke away and Northern Ireland”
Test for Reading
Complete the conversation about the UK using the phrases in their correct forms.
as well as belong to add to join to break away keep your eyes open
The same areas
flag, currency, military defence
The different areas
education system, legal system, tradition (national day, national dish), football team
2019新人教版
Unit 4
History And Traditions
Listening and Speaking & Language Points
课前准备：课本，学案。积累本，双色笔
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots
Prep for reading
教育/法律体系 被…包围 接管,掌管 在不同历史时期 留下 使得某事/物被(他人)做 对….做出改变 成为…的一部分,影响, 进入 追溯到 一直 全英国 留心;留意
education /legal systems be surrounded by take over at different times throughout history leave behind have sth. done make changes to enter into date back to all the way all over the UK keep your eyes open for