英语Unit2《TheUnitedKingdom》WarmingUpReading－LanguagePoints课件（新人教版必修5）　.pptVIP

品味经典 ①It is a pity that you missed the sports meeting last week. 很可惜，上周的运动会你错过了。 自我探究 It is a pity that... 意为令人遗憾的是……。 归纳拓展 注意：如果从句表示出乎意料，意为：竟然，从句一般用“should＋动词原形”。 ②It’s a pity that such a thing (should) happen in your class.竟然这种事情发生在你们班里。 ③It is no wonder that he has passed the exam because he was very hard-working. 难怪他通过了考试，因为他努力学习了。 牛刀小试 单项填空 (1)(2009年高考全国卷Ⅱ)It is often ________ that human beings are naturally equipped to speak. A．said B．to say C．saying D．being said 解析：选A。本题考查固定句式It is said that...。句意：据说人类生来就具有说话的能力。“据说”用It is said that结构。 完成句子 (2)现在放弃太可惜了。你差不多已经完成了。 ______________ to give up now.You’ve nearly finished. 答案：It is a pity PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries：England，Wales，Scotland and Northern Ireland.You can clarify this question if you study British history. 译文助读 First there was England.Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century.Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to“Great Britain”．Happily this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.However，the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government.So only Northern Ireland joined with England，Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack. To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas(eg，the currency and international relations)，but they still have very different institutions.For example，Northern Ireland，England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup! E