Unit 2 The United Kingdom

1. consist of/ be made up of How many countries does the UK consist of? How many countries ___ the UK ______ __ ___ ? ismadeup of The team consists of four Europeans and two Americans. It's a simple dish to prepare, consisting mainly of rice and vegetables.

CountryLanguageCapital UK Wales Scotland England Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland Welsh Cardiff Scottish Edinburgh English London Irish Belfast Irish Dublin 1. Can you name the capital cities of the countries of the UK?

North England Midlands South England 2. England can be divided into three main areas. Do you know what they are?

The British flag, the Union Jack, combines the flag of England, Scotland and Ireland. Which country is left out, why? Cross of St George/ St Andrew / St Patrick)

Dictation: 1. consist of, 2. debate about 3. clarify one or two points 4. break away 5. legal advice 6. for convenience 7. attraction, relation, collection 8. construct 9. influence

1. debate about… wh- Over the year we have been debating about future policy. They debated whether to build a new car park. 2. There’s no need to do sth. There's no need to go to the shops - there's plenty of food in the fridge. I understand why she was angry but there was no need to be so rude to him. There's no need to shout, for goodness' sake! Just calm down.

3. clarify: to make clearer or easier to understand. clarify issues/ a statement/ matters clarify how/ what --clause Could you clarify the first point please? I don't understand it completely.

4. break away (from) Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road. My car's been broken into twice this month. As she was talking, he suddenly broke in, saying, "That's a lie". (interrupt) He broke off a piece of chocolate. War broke out in The meeting broke up at ten to three. She's just broken up with her boyfriend.

5. relation, attraction, collection Britain enjoys friendly relations with Canada. The relation between the original book and this new film is very faint. (U) Life in London has so many attractions - nightclubs, good restaurants and so on. historical/ tourist attractions. a private art collection a valuable stamp collection

6. legal legal advice a legal requirement legal status your legal rights legal action my legal representatives (= my lawyers)

6. convenient---- convenience I like the convenience of living so near work. Just for convenience, I'm going to live at my mother's place until my new house is ready. The goods will be delivered at your convenience.

7. construct to construct a new bridge/building The walls are constructed of concrete. to construct a story/sentence/argument

8. influence She's very good at making friends and influencing people. What influenced you to choose a career as a teacher?

page When they arrived home, they found their house broken into. 2. They found the workers whitewashing the room. I saw him beaten by a group of boys. They want this done by Tuesday. He was found half buried in sand

Grammar: 过去分词作宾语补足语 find (see)/want/ have/ get sth done Page 12 Discovering structures 1. Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well. 2. To their surprise, the three countries found themselves united peacefully instead of by war. 3. You find most of the population settled in the South.

When he got home, he found …

However, just as they were going to get Ireland connected to form the United Kingdom, the southern part of the country broke away to form its own government. I'm trying to get this article finished for Thursday. We get our milk delivered.

We must have/get another key made. Laura got her shoes repaired. We’re getting the carpet cleaned. Where did you get your hair cut? Do you get your heating checked every year?

You should have your car serviced regularly. Mark usually has his suits cleaned at Superclean. We had the television repaired only last year. You’ve had your hair cut. Our neighbours are having a new garage built.

his hair / cut At the moment Trevor _______________. is having his hair cut.

her eyes/ test At the moment Melissa ________________ is having her eyes tested

his photo/ take Yesterday David ___________ had his photo taken

his bicycle repair Mike has had ________________. his bike repaired

Unpleasant experience. We had all our money stolen. The car had its mirror pulled off. Claire (whose luggage was searched in customs) Claire had her luggage searched in customs. 1. Tom (whose car was stolen from outside his house) 2. Rita (whose rent was increased by ten per cent. 3. David (whose electricity has been cut off)