必修5 unit2 Reading课文和翻译.pptVIP

The United Kingdom Puzzles in geography? 地理之谜 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).? v.想知道 why 引导宾语从句 be used to do sth被用来做某事 v.澄清;阐明 if引导条件状语从句 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. ? 与...连接 13世纪(序数词前加the) 提到;提及 find+宾语+宾补 也；又；还 连接到 17世纪 be done被动 大不列颠 para2 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. adv.修饰动词 20世纪早期 介词+doing get+宾语+宾补 be done被动 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). 脱离 n.政府 联合王国 v. 袭击 V-ed分词做后置定语 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! 值得赞扬的是 表示强调 n. 区域 n. 货币 国际关系 n. 制度 例如 adj. 教育的 法律体系 和 n.比赛；竞赛 prep.像 para4: England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones. The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North. the+adj.最高级 为了方便 作为...被熟知 You find most of the population settled in the south,