高中英语 uit 2 the united kingdom-listening and writing课件 新人教版必修5.ppt

The tower of London is a series of building constructed around the White Tower built by King William the Conqueror in 1078 to control London. It is called the White Tower because (it was said) it was first made from white stone from Caen (William’s hometown) in Normandy. Later Kings of England built additional towers to hold both prisoners and royal visitors. The infamous Bloody Tower (Where the two princes are supposed to have been killed) wad begun in 1597(during the reigns of Edward III and Richard II) PART 1 CS: Good morning sir. Thank you for coming to talk to me about the attack that was planned for November 6th. It was so lucky you escaped. KJ: Yes. I was very upset, of course. I couldn’t believe that anyone would want to kill me . What did I ever do to Guy Fawkes and his friends? WAS KING JAMES FAIR? A Catholic supporter (CS) is interviewing King James (KJ) to find out why he changed his mind about letting the Catholics practise their religion as they wished. Script CS: But, sir, you’re the person who caused this problem by changing your mind. First of all you let the Catholics practise their religion safely. Then you said it was no longer allowed. You must have known they would get upset. KJ: Please try to understand my difficulty. I thought there were only a few Catholics in the country. CS: Why did you think so? KJ: Well, because only a few people were put in prison every year for not going to the Protestant Church. CS: I see. So you thought these were the only Catholics. KJ: Yes. PAER 2 KJ: When I relaxed the law there seemed to be so many Catholics that I felt I had done the wrong thing. I got frightened. I worried that they might want England to be a Catholic country. CS: Does that matter? KJ: Oh yes. All our friend are Protestant countries and all our enemies are Catholic ones. CS: Mm! Did you ask Fawkes and Catesby if that was what they wanted? KJ: No. CS: So the attack was planned. Actually you brought about what you wanted to avoid. What di