Unit 5 The British Isles

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Unit 5 The British Isles
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I. Pre-reading

• 1.Stimulating our imaginations and memories
• 2. Building up of our vocabulary

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Brainstorming
castles
Wales
Shakespeare
Ireland
scenery
Beatles
history
Great Britain
culture
geography
French
The British Isles
languages
Scotland
fashion
food
Fish and chips
politics
model
climate
Tony Blair
rainy
sports
queen
Big Ben
Beckham
cold
mild
Manchester United
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The National Flags of UK and Ireland
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The British Museum
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The Buckingham Palace
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Hyde Park
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The Speakers Corner in Hyde Park
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The Big Ben in the Parliament
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Cambridge University
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Oxford University
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The map of transportation on the British Isles
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II. During-reading(1)

• 1. Skimming for the gist

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The statement of the key idea
The components
The British Isles
The climate
The culture and languages
The history
The languages today
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II. During-reading(2)

• 2. Scanning for the details of the information

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The key ideaReading skill (1) Idea clue

• 1. The idea that England is _____.
• 2. Peoples view of the British culture is ______.

• 1. The fact that Great Britainis still _____ to
  many.
• 2. Within Great Britain , there has been a _____
  movement to make the most of
• cultural ________.

past
unknown
narrow
growing
diversity
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• The Components
• Reading skill(2) Making a chart

The British Isles
Scotland
Britain
Ireland
Isle of Man
Wales
England
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The climate of the British IslesReading skill
(3) Place clue
Mild
Cold throughout the year Receives more rain
Rains a lot
Rains a lot, but the temperatures more pleasant
A gap of 9 degrees
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The map of the UK and part of the European
mainland
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The culture and languagesReading skill(4) Time
clue
Influenced
mainland
settled
native
mountainous
inland
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conquered
ended
throughout
accents
European
Welsh
Irish
threatened
value
generation
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The history of the British Isles
Conquered
In 1283
Wales
England
In 1536
EnglandWales
I. of Man
In 1707
EnglandWalesScotland
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EnglandWalesScotland Ireland
EnglandWalesScotlandN. Ireland
?
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The introduction to IrelandReading skill(5)
Making notes

• A large island
• Northern Ireland UK
• The rest of the island
• the Republic of Ireland
• Capital Dublin
• Languages Irish
• English as well

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The introduction to Wales

• Population 3 million
• Languages 20 of the population
• Welsh
• Said to be an ancient fairy land

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III. Post-reading

• Extensional tasks

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1.The 2004 Conference of the British Isles

• Topic
• Mutual Understanding and More Developing

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• We are all representatives from all walks of
  life, please speak as
• a geography teacher
• a weather forecast reporter
• an English teacher
• a history teacher
• Queen of England
• Prince/princess of Wales
• Prime Minister of the UK
• president of the Republic of Ireland
• an European descendent in UK
• Beckham

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• 2. Extensional work(1) outside the classroom
• Write a report on the geography, history,
  climate, culture, food, education, people, etc.
  in your hometown, Xuyi, to your English
  pen-friend in UK.

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2. Extensional work(1) outside the classroom

• Look up the new words in the reading material for
  their usage.

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Language points

• 1. Appositive clauses
• The idea thatis past.
• The fact that
• The news that
• The conclusion that
• The discovery that
• The result that

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• 2. The view of the British culture
• the opinion on
• the idea of
• the report on/about
• the news of
• 3. Be unknown to

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• 4. A growing movement
• a developing country
• the rising sun
• 5. , which is
• , who is

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• 6. The climate
• mild, sunny, foggy
• 25 degrees centigrade
• on the Celsius
• on the Fahrenheit
• 7. Influencehave an effect onhave an impact on

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• 7. Settle a problem
• settle in England
• settle in the countryside
• settle ones home
• settle down
• 8. Form a basis of

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• 8. Mountainous
• continuous
• anxious
• melodious
• pious
• 9. End up with---start with/begin with
• end in

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• 10. Rule---ruler
• govern---governor
• conquer---conquerer
• 11. Local accent

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• 12. Be of great valuebe very valuable
• be of great use
• be of great importance
• be of the same size
• be of an age