puzzles_in_geography 地理之谜

Unit 2 PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHYPeople may wonder ____ different words are used ___ (describe) these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this question ___ you study British history.First there was England. Wales was linked ____ it in the thirteenth century. Now ____ people refer to England you find Wales ____(include) as well. Next England and Wales ____ (join) to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to "Great Britain". ____ (happy) this ____ (accomplish) ______ conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century ____(form) the United Kingdom by ____(get) Ireland _____(connect) in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling ____ broke away to form ____own government. ____ 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 _____(call) the Union Jack.To ____ credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), ____ 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!England is _____(large) of the four countries, and ____ convenience it is divided _____(rough) into three zones. The zone nearest France _____(call) theSouth of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known ___ the North. You find most of the population _____(settle) in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as _____(that) in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them ____ have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities ____(build) in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors. ____historical architecture you have to go to ____(old) but smaller towns built by the Romans. There you will find out more about British history and culture.The greatest historical treasure ___ all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and _____(build). It is the centre of national government and _____ administration. It has the ____(old) port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066. There has been four sets of ______(invade) of England. The first invaders, the Romans, left their towns and roads. The second, the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government. The third, the Vikings, influenced the vocabulary and place-names of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words ____ food.If you look around the British countryside you will find evidence of all these invaders. You must keep your eyes _____(open) if you are going to make your trip ____ the United Kingdom _____(enjoy) and worthwhile.。

Unit 2 Reading Puzzles in Geography一．教材分析“Puzzles in geography”，作为一篇阅读理解课文，从历史、地理、文化、政治等不同角度向读者介绍了英国。

本单元是高二英语上册的第五单元,整册书共十个单元，教学内容贴近现代生活，富有较强的时代气息，教材涉及社会和自然科学,文化知识面很广:科技、媒体、建筑、诗歌、地理、急救、环保等，在教学活动的设计上对学生提出了更高的要求，特别是在听力和阅读方面.第五单元涉及的是地理知识，中心话题是“不列颠群岛”,整个单元的热身、阅读等语言知识和语言技能项目都是围绕该话题展开的。

单元的第一篇课文标题是The British Isles，与本单元的话题相同,是单元教学中的重点，一般分两节课进行,我要说的是阅读训练课。

作为一篇说明文，课文从总体上介绍了不列颠群岛的地理位置（location）、气候（climate）、文化（culture)、历史（history）、语言（language)等概况。

二．学情分析作为高二学生，他们已掌握了阅读的基本技能，但不能很好的将之付诸实践。

他们可以从简单的文章中获取主要信息，但是很少触及外国资料。

本节内容的学习,将会使学生逐渐形成一种跨文化交际意识，同时也将提高他们的阅读技能。

三．教学目标分析1。

让学生在阅读的过程中抓住主要信息和相关信息；2。

培养和训练学生的阅读技能，如略读,跳读；3.培养学生的团队精神;4. 学习西方国家知识，拓宽学生视野。

5. 尊重别国文化。

四. 教学重、难点分析本节内容的重点是:使学生从总体和细节上掌握英国信息;学生使用阅读技能有效的进行阅读并获取有用信息。

本节的教学难点是：如何提高学生的快速阅读能力；学生如何很好的根据上下文猜测新单词的意思。

五．教法分析在本节内容教学中，我将使用PPT把课程主要内容、英国的地图、英国主要河流的地图、英国国旗图片展示出来,以激发学生的学习兴趣，在教与学的过程中吸引学生用英语来学习。

How the UK came into being.
Wars between Scotland and England
Which is better for a king to unite some countries as one kingdom?
Peaceful or Violent?
1.People in Wales and Scotland use the same currency- Pound. T 2.In the world cup of 1958 in Switzerland, there were 4 football teams met in the semi-finals. They were T from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. 3.Jack ,who is a Scottish student, uses a totally T different textbook from Lena, who is a Wales student of the same age.
Puzzle 2
How did these four countries get united?
Solution
The United Kingdom Great Britain England
the 20th century the 17th century
the 13th century
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England is the largest one. And ____ for convenience ________ it is roughly divided ______ into ____ three zones: the South of England, the Midlands and the North. In some cities of England people may find out some historical architecture. For example, London, the capital of England, is the greatest historical treasure ____ with museums, art collections ________ and so on. London has been greatly influenced _________ by some invaders. So it has a lot of roads, towns and castles constructed _________by those invaders. When you _____ _____ the British country, look around you should _____ ____ so that you will keep your eyes open make ____ your trip to the United Kingdom worthwhile ___________!

try to get Ireland connected to form the United Kingdom
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and broke away （from ）
Only Northern Ireland
joined with Britain to become the United Kingdom
1. Wonder 2. Be used to do 3. Clarify this question
Para 2
4. Be linked to 被连接到，和… 有练习 • 5. Refer to 提及，涉及，参考，查阅 • 6. Find sb. done 发现…被 • 7. As well 也 • 8. Be joined to 被连接到 • 9. Be changed to 被改成…
• 10. Without conflict 没有冲突，和平的 • 11. Get sth. done 使得某事被做 • 12. In the same peaceful way 用同样和平
的方式
• 13. Break away from 从…挣脱出来，摆脱
• Para 3 • 14. To their credit 值得赞扬的是 • 15. International relations 国际关系 • 16. Educational and legal systems 教育和
cultural center of England?
There are a lot of historical treasures in
London.
(museums, art collections, theatres,