2. Can you name the capital cities of the countries of the UK?

London, Edinburgh (爱丁堡(英国城市名)), Cardiff, ['kɑ:dif] (加的夫(英国港市)Belfast[,bel'fɑ:st](贝尔法斯特(北爱尔兰首府)

Step 5 Fast-reading

1. Ask the students to read the map and the text on P10，Ss read the passage within 4 minutes to find the answers to comprehending(理解;包含;由…组成)1.

1) The Union Jack flag(英国国旗;联合王国国旗)unite [ju?'na?t]( 使…混合;使…联合;使…团结)the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? (忽视，不考虑;被遗忘)Why?

Wales. It is usually considered to be part of the England.

2) What three countries does British Airways(英国航空公司)represent? [repr?'zent](代表;表现;描绘;回忆;再赠送)

England, Scotland and Wales

3) Which group of invaders didn’t influence London?

The Vikings(维京人;北欧海盗(Viking的复数) )didn’t influence London，it influence the vocabulary of the North.

2. Text structure analysis(结构分析)

Have the students find out the topic sentences of each paragraph (段落;短评;段落符号)

1st paragraph

Why are different words used to describe England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?

2nd paragraph

First there was England.

3rd paragraph

Great Britain was the name given when England and Wales were joined to Scotland.

4th paragraph

The four countries are still very different.

5th paragraph

England is the largest of the four countries.

6th paragraph

The greatest historical treasure of all is London.

Ask the students to divide the passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each part

Part1 (para1-4) What the UK includes and how the UK formed and more detailed information about the four countries in the UK

Part2 (para5) The geographical division of England into three zones: their similarities and differences

Part3(para6) The cultural importance of London

3. Careful reading

1. Have the students put the events happening to the form of the UK into the right order.

1) First there was England.

2) In the 13th century AD, Wales was linked to England.

3) Three centuries later Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom.

2. Have the students identify the invaders and their influences on The United Kingdom—the UK.

The Romans in the 1st century AD

The Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s

The Vikings

The Normans

Towns and roads

Language and government

Vocabulary and place-names

Castles and words for food

3. Have the students look at the map of England and Wales. Draw lines

across to show the zones of the South, Midlands and North of England.

North: Leeds, York, Sheffield, and Manchester

Midlands: Coventry, Birmingham

South: Reading, London, Brighton, Plymouth

Step 4 Summary

Have the students use the information to write a short summary of the passage

Possible version: The writer examines how the UK developed as an administrative unit. It shows how England is also divided into three zones. It explains why London became the cultural capital of England.

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