Unit 2 The United Kingdom

The royal family

The industrial revolution

Encyclopedia(百科全书）

geography

literature

sports

languages

history

food

Paragraphs

Part 1: About the_____

Part 2: About_______

Part 3: About_______

Paragraph 1-3

Paragraph 4

Part 4: Advice for__________________________visitors to the United Kingdom

Paragraph 5

Paragraph 6

UK

England

London

UK

England

London

Puzzles in Geography

EnglandWales

ScotlandNorthern

Ireland

How many parts is the UK made up of?

Part 1-About the UK

How many countries does the UK

consist of?

England

Wales

Scotland

Great

Britain

Northern Ireland

England

the United

Kingdom

be linked to be joined to be connected tobreak away

How did the four countries

join each other to form the UK?

When we refer to England, we are talking about ________ and ________ at the same time.

Great Britain

The United Kingdom Great Britain and

education, legal systems, football

The UK has four countries. In which of the following areas do they work together?

the currency, international relations

To their credit (make sb worthy of praise)

Part 2-About 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 North and the Midlands

football teams

Why did capital London become the

cultural center of England?

Why are there so many historical

treasures in London?

What did the invaders leave for

England?

Part 3-About London

There are a lot of historical treasures in

London.

London has been influenced by some invaders.

In the England history, there are several

invasions. The invaders are: ___________,

__________________, ___________, _____________.the Romans

the Anglo-Saxons the Vikingsthe Normans

What did they leave?

Romans:

Anglo-Saxons:

towns and roads

Language and government

The tower bridge

in London

the Vikings:

the Normans:

Influenced the vocabulary

and place-names of the North

Castles and words

for food

Mind Map

Part 1: About the UK

Part 2: About England

Part 3: About London

Part 4: Advice for visitors to the UK

What does the UK ________?How was the UK________?

How do the four countries work?

The three_______ of England.

The great________________in London and the ________of England.

formed

consist of

zones

historical treasureinvaders

CHINA

If you are editors(编辑 )of the National Geographic

magazine, edit an article about China/the US…

DISCUSS IN

GROUPS

Why do we choose the country

What we’ll write about the country(as much information as possible)

Writing order: what to write first, what second, and what to write last.

Homework1.Read the words and expressions in passage one and try to memorize them.

2. Write a short passage of 120 words to introduce the country you chose in class.

THANK YOU!