高二英语Unit 5—The British Isles人教版知识精讲知识精讲.doc

高二英语Unit 5—The British Isles人教版 【同步教育信息】 一. 本周教学内容： Unit 5—The British Isles 教学目标： 1. Talk about the UK and Ireland. 2. Practise expressing agreement and disagreement. 3. Learn about Noun Clauses. 4. Write a description of a town and the countryside. 三. 教学重点与难点： Noun Clauses （一）具体内容： 1. Background information of Great Britain: Location: lie off the north-west coast of mainland Europe ( separated by English Channel ). British Isles is made up of two countries: Britain and Republic of Ireland. Full name: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Consist: England, Scotland, Wales, North Ireland Area: 242,000 sq. kms Climate: Mild, frequent weather changes through the seasonal cycle of winter, spring, summer and autumn. Main Religion: Christianity Currency: pound sterling Symbols associted with London and England: River Thames Big Ben Westerminster Abbey Houses of Parliament Royal Family—Buckingham Palace Union Jack High Tea Bobbies Double decker bus Black taxis Fish and chips Speakers’ corner William Shakespeare Greenwich Mean Time History: Prehistoric cultures Celtic People from European mainland occupied by Romans for 300 years from AD. 43 the Angles, Saxons and Jutes Scots from Ireland began to settle in Scotland the Vikings from Scandinavia settled from the end of 8th century. Normans from France in 1066 2. workshop 讲习班 a poetry workshop an actors’ workshop a history workshop 3. a matter of 一个….的问题 I told him he had won the first prize, but he took it as a matter of course. He said whether he could succeed was simply a matter of time. 4. consist of 由….组成 The House of Common consisted of 658 members. 5. 当表语形容词是kind, cruel, clever, foolish, stupid, silly, nice, good, friendly, rude, right, brave, naughty, careless, polite, 即与“行为者”有关的词时， 不定式的逻辑主语则由of 引导。 It’s right of you to keep it secret. It was cruel of them to treat the animals like that. 6. advantage 优势 have the advantage of 胜过, 占优势 take advantage of sth. 趁机利用某物 You can take