新视野大学英语课件_Book3－1The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams.pptVIP

Unit 1 The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams Background Information（1） Scotland Scotland is one of four constituent nations which form the United Kingdom (the other three are England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Forming the northern part of the island of Great Britain, Scotland is 31,510 square miles in area, 274 miles long from North to South, and varies in breadth between 24 and 154 miles. The official language is English, although Gaelic is spoken, primarily in the North and West of Scotland. Background Information（1） Scotland is divided into three main regions: the highlands, the Midland valley and the Southern Uplands. Most of the population and the majority of Scotland’s industry is located within the Midland Valley. Scotland includes 787 islands, of which most belong to groups known as the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. Only 62 exceed three square miles in area. Background Information（2） Scotland Yard The headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th century as a residence of visiting Scottish kings, it became London’s police center in 1829. New and separate headquarters for the Metropolitan Police were built in 1890 along the Thames embankment and were referred to as New Scotland Yard. Background Information（2） In 1967, New Scotland Yard moved to new headquarters, also in the Westminster area. To read more about how London’s Scotland Yard gets its name, please visit /askhtml Text Structure Analysis:  From the beginning “Lord Williams” clearly had a great amount of wealth. A few villagers were suspicious of him but most saw nothing that aroused doubts until later. All agreed that he injected a great amount of money into the village. His money was used to restore many properties. Many people thought him charming and considerate and did not suspect h