高中英语 Unit 2 The United Kingdom Warming Up and Reading教案 .docVIP

Unit 2 The United Kingdom Warming Up, Pre-reading and Reading Step I. Leading in and warming up A map of Britain The United Kingdom = the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (China = the People’s Republic of China) Step II. Warming up: Questions: What do you know about the UK? (I think you surely know sth. about this country, any volunteers? Just think When we talk about a country what items do we usually mention? ) Capital: London ( Do you know the capital of the countries of the UK? ) Area: over (more than) 240,000 sq.km. (about two hundred and forty thousand ) Language: English Population: (about) 59,000,000 (fifty nine million) Flag: Union Jack Natural resources: iron and coal Time difference: Eight hours later than Beijing hour The UK is an island country surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. It is situated in Northwestern Europe, lying to the north of France and the west of the Netherlands and Denmark. Now let’s do a quiz and find out how much more you know about the UK. 1. Who rules the country? A. The Queen B. The Prime Minister C. Both ( by the way who is the present Queen and Minister of the UN? //// Elizabeth Blair ) (it may appear to an outsider that the Queen has an important role in ruling the country. However, this is not so. Her position is ceremonial: opening Parliament, welcoming Heads form other countries, going on tours to other countries to encourage trade with Britain, etc. The Minister together with his most important ministers (called the Cabinet) and his Members of Parliament make the important political decisions and the laws. )) 2. What are the provinces called in England? A. counties B. provinces C. states (County = a large area that includes several towns and their surrounding countryside and forms a unit of local government（英国的）郡；They have local government powers for their area. The counties of Britain are much smaller than provinces in China. But in America coun