Unit2TheUnitedKingdom-Listeningandwriting课件新人教版必修5.ppt

Background information:; 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);Can a royal palace also be a prison?;;At Bosworth Field Henry led his men against the forces of Richard III. The Lancastrians, followers of Henry Tudor, defeated Richard, who died in the battle: Henry Tudor now became King Henry VII of England and Wales ;King Henry VII ;King Edward IV;King Henry VIII; New words and phrases;Answer key for Exercise 1:;Answer key for Exercise 2:;1. Prince Edward (later Edward V) was one of the princes murdered in the Tower. We know because: both were princes both were young boys their uncle was Richard who later became king Richard iii.;Answer key for Exercise 4:;Listen to tape again and then fill in the following blanks.;CAN A ROYAL PALACE ALSO BE A PRISON?;G: There two princes were brothers, called Edward and Richard and they lived six hundred years ago. They came to London, for the older boy to become Edward V, after his father, King Edward IV, died.;ZP: What do you mean? He killed them himself? G: No. He sent his men to kill them because he wanted to become King Richard III. There is a story that on a dark night you can sometimes hear those princes crying. ZP: You can hear them crying? Really? I thought you said they were killed many years ago. G: Yes, but it’s only a story!;PART2 ZP: Who else came to the Tower as a prisoner? G: A future queen. In the 1550s Queen Mary sent her sister, Princess Elizabeth, to the Tower as a prisoner. ZP: Strange! Why did she do that? G: She thought Elizabeth was a