必修五Unit 2 Section Ⅰ Warming Up Reading — Pre解析.pptVIP

Unit 2 Step 1 SectionⅠ Step 2 Step 3 When people mention England, what will appear before your eyes？Please read the passage and try to find the answer. England covers almost two-thirds of the southern areas of the island of Great Britain.It is home to the world’s largest financial (金融) centre.Besides, there are some other facts about England.England is bordered by Scotland to the north and to the west, it is bordered by Wales.It takes its name during the fifth and the sixth century. It has rainfall all year around in England.The seasons are always changing in temperature.Temperatures rarely fall below －5℃ or rise above 30℃.The weather is therefore wet, due to the wind from the Atlantic Ocean, which lies to the southwest of England. England is the second largest economy in Europe.It is the fifth largest economy in the world.It is also the largest of the four economies of the United Kingdom.It exports goods, with beef being one of the main goods it exports.England is also home to the London Stock Exchange (伦敦证券交易所) which is the largest stock exchange in Europe and is the main stock exchange in the United Kingdom. The main industries in England are chemical industry, arms industry and the hardware industry (五金业). London, capital of England imports materials like tea, sugar, butter, meat and various metals.Tourism is the sixth largest industry in the United Kingdom. England is a country with the largest population in the world.Its population is almost three times as big as that of Australia and California.However, England is seventy-four times smaller than the United States of America and fifty-nine times smaller than Australia. The English love their tea.They buy more tea than people in any other country in the world.England has many cultural and other places of interest.The first modern Olympic Games were held in England in 1850 while the Olympic Games in Athens was held in 1896, almost half a century later. Pr