Get Ready for the Class

1
Get Ready for the Class

• Form groups and find your group leader .
• Number each paragraph in your reading material.
• Get your attention ready.

2
Unit 2 The United Kingdom
3
Are you English?
Sorry, are you from England?
No, Im not. Im British.
No, Im from Britain.
4
Fast Reading
What is the text mainly about?
Tip To get the main idea quickly, to read the
first or the last sentence of each paragraph.
A brief introduction to the UK .
Match each part with its main idea
The structure of the passage.
England is divided into 3 zones.
Part1(para.1-3) Part2(para.4)
Part3(para.5-6)
UK
England
London
The cultural importance of London.
How did the UK come into being?
5
Careful Reading
Part 1
How the UK was formed
Scotland
Ireland
England
Wales
6
England
Wales
In the 13th century AD
7
In the 17th century AD
Scotland
In the 13th century AD
Great Britain
8
Ireland
get Ireland connected to form the United Kingdom
9
Northern Ireland
southern part of Ireland broke away
10
work together

work independently
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Scotland
you find Wales included..
11
Part2
England is divided into 3 zones
for convenience
writers opinion
Its a pity that
industrial
most of the population
12
where
historical architecture
13
Part3
The cultural importance of London.
London London
cultural
political
historical
14
invaders What did they leave?
Romans
language and government
Vikings
castles and new words for food
15
Part3
The cultural importance of London.
London London
cultural
political
historical
museums, art collections, theatres, parks,
buildings
national government and administration
the oldest port, building, castle
16
invaders What did they leave?
Romans
language and government
Vikings
castles and new words for food
pains
something new
towns and roads
What do you think of these invaders?
Anglo-Saxons
vocabulary and place-names of the North
the Normans
Which group of the invaders did not influence
London?
17
(No Transcript)
18
Fill in the blanks. The full name of Britain
is the ______ ________ of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland .It consists of four parts
,which are _________,______,______ and
_____________. people always think ______ is a
part of England. The flag of the UK is called the
__________ .The four countries have 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 _________cities in the
_________and the North. ________ ,the capital of
the UK, was influenced by some ________ and was
the greatest __________ treasure.
United
Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Wales
Union Jack
institutions
England
divided
industrial
South
into
Midlands
London
historical
invaders
19
Group work
Going to The UK
1.Choose one part that interests you most in our
passage. 2.More information about the UK.
20
Assignment
1.Read the passage and review what you have
learned in this period 2.Go to the library or
surf the internet to know more about the UK.
http//britain.com/ http//www.theuktoday.co.uk/

http//www.bbc.com/
21
(No Transcript)
22
(No Transcript)
23
(No Transcript)
24
(No Transcript)
25
(No Transcript)
26
(No Transcript)
27
(No Transcript)