1. Unit 2 The United Kingdom
（Reading）
Zu Lilin
from Jiashan No.2 Senior High School

2. River Cam

3. Test your British knowledge
Challenge yourself
Test your British knowledge

4. Team A Team B 7 6 8 1 2 4 3 10 9 5 9 11 challenge yourself PK
Apples mean wisdom.
Do you want to be smarter?
Team A
Team B PK

5. Let’s do a quiz What’s the full name of the UK?
_______________________________
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6. Britain is separated from France
by_________.
A. the English Channel
B. Strait of Dover
C. The Suzie Channel

7. Let’s do a quiz What are the provinces called in England ?
A. departments
B. states
C. counties

8. Which is the national flag of the UK?
A B. C.
The Union Jack

9. Who rules the country? A. The Queen B. The Prime Minister Elizabeth Ⅱ
C. both
Elizabeth Ⅱ
David William
Donald Cameron

10. Which is the national flower of the UK?B.
Cherry Rose
C Maple

11. Which is the national animal of the UK?B.
Beaver (海狸) C.
Redbreast(知更鸟）
Bald eagle（秃鹰）

12. The Capital of Scotland is ________,
which is well known for its natural beauty.
A. Cardiff
B. Edinburgh
C. Dublin
D. London
Wales
Republic of Ireland
England

13. Which is the longest river in England?B.
River Avon River Thames C.
River Severn

14. London Heathrow Airport
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
London Heathrow Airport
direct flight
Beijing

15. Let’s have a quiz How many countries does the UK consist of ? A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Southern Ireland
England
Wales

16. Reading
Puzzles in Geography
Read the title and the map , guess what the content of the reading passage might be about.

17. D 1. Fast reading What is the text mainly about?
A. How many countries make up the United Kingdom?
B. Explain how England is divided into three zones
C. The reason why London became the cultural capital of England.
D. A brief introduction to the UK about its geography, history and culture, etc. D

18. Divide the passage into three parts according to the main idea of each part.

19. What England includes; about Great Britain; the UK.
Part 1 (para__-__) 1 3
What England includes; about Great Britain; the UK.
Part 2 (para__-__) 4
The geographic division of England into zones, their similarities and differences.
Part 3 (para__-__) 5 6
The cultural importance of London.

20. How many countries does the UK consist of ? What are they?
Part 1
How many countries does the UK
consist of ? What are they?
The united kingdom ______ ___ ____ countries.
consists of
four
Para 1-Geography

21. Read Para 2 and fill in the blanks.
Wales was linked to England in _______________.
In the 17th century, 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.
the 13th century
England
Wales
Scotland
Great Britain
Ireland
the United Kingdom
broke away
Northern Ireland

22. 演示联合王国的形成过程(How UK was formed)
England

23. In the 13th century , Wales was linked to England.
演示联合王国的形成过程(How UK was formed)

24. In the 17th century, Scotland was joined to England and Wales.
演示联合王国的形成过程(How UK was formed)

25. Get Ireland connected to form the United Kingdom
演示联合王国的形成过程(How UK was formed)
Get Ireland connected to form the United Kingdom

26. That’s how the UK came into being.
演示联合王国的形成过程(How UK was formed)
Only Northern Ireland joined with Britain to become the United Kingdom

27. The Union Jack flag unites the flag of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why?
The country left out is Wales. It is usually thought to be part of England.
Scotland
Ireland
Union Jack
England
COMPREHENDING.

28. England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Republic of Southern Ireland
Consolidation
Complete the sentences using the words in the box.
England Wales Scotland
Northern Ireland Republic of Southern Ireland
The countries that make up Great Britain are _________ _____________________.
If we speak of England we mean ___________________.
The United Kingdom includes ___________________
______________________________.
4. The part of Ireland that separated from England is called _____________________________.
5. London is the capital city of ______________.
England,
Wales and Scotland
England and Wales
England ,Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland
Republic of Southern Ireland
England/Great Britain/the UK

29. In what ways are the four countries different?
Para 3-differences
In what ways are the four countries different?
institutions
They have very different_________. For example, they have different ___________ and ____________as well as____________.
educational
legal systems
football teams

30. Part 2 England is divided into 3 zones. Para 4-England Leeds York
Sheffield
Manchester
the North
Coventry
Birmingham
the Midlands
Reading
London
Brighton
Plymouth
the South of England

31. football teams Para 4-England England is divided into 3 zones.
Most population settled in _______________.
Most of the large industrial cities are in _______________________________.
Many cities have famous ____________.
the South of England
the Midlands and the North of England
football teams

32. What did they leave? Part 2 Para 5 - Invaders
In the England history, there has been four
sets of invaders. They are: ___________,
__________________, ______________,
______________.
the Romans
the Anglo-Saxons
the Vikings
the Normans
What did they leave?

33. Romans:
towns and roads
Anglo-Saxons:
Language and government

34. the Vikings: the Normans:
Influence the vocabulary and place-names of the North
the Normans:
Castles and words for food

35. Which group of the invaders did not influence London?
The Vikings

36. Summary 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 _______ ______.
United
Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Wales
Union
Jack

37. The four countries have different ___________ and ____ _______ as well as 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 industrial cities in the _________ and the ______. The capital of the UK is ________, it has many great places of interest.
educational
legal
systems
football
teams
England
divided into
South
North
Midlands
London

38. Can you work out why London is the
Discussion
Can you work out why London is the
capital of England, Great Britain and
the UK?
Check Student’s overall understanding of the text.

39. Homework
Read the text again and find out some words, expressions and sentence structures that seem difficult to you.
Use the information to write a short summary of the passage.
Finish exercises 1-3 on P12-13.

40. Goodbye!