高中英语Unit2TheUnitedKingdomSectionⅡLearningaboutLanguageUsingLanguageSummingUp

Unit2 The United Kingdom教学内容分析:本单元主要话题是“英国”。

通过阅读使学生了解英国的历史和地理位置，国家的构成及名胜古迹。

本单元所涉及的要点是：（1）了解，认识英格兰，威尔士，苏格兰和北爱尔兰。

（2）了解伦敦的一些著名景观。

（3）学习过去分词作宾语补足语的句型。

（4）掌握与人交流语言理解有困难时请求别人重复的几种表达方式。

The 1st Period ( Reading )Teaching Aims:Enable the students to know the UK in geography and history. Teaching Important Points and Difficult Points:How to understand the geographic puzzle of the UK.Teaching Methods:Skimming and task-based activities.Teaching Procedures:Step I Warming up1.Background knowledge:Name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCountries:England, Scotland, Wales, Northern IrelandCapital: LondonLocation: Western EuropePopulation: 60,441,457 (July 2005)Language: English, Welsh, ScottishEthnic groups: English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%,Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West Indian, Indian, Pakistanis, and other 2.8% Area: Tota l 244,820 sqk.Climate: Temperate: moderated by prevailing southwest over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcastNatural resources: Coal, petroleum (石油), natural gas, iron ore, lead (铅), zinc (锌), gold, tin, limestone (石灰岩), gypsum (石膏)Task 1: Describe briefly the UK according to the map.1.The UK is surrounded by water in all sides.2. On the west of the Great Britain lies the Irish Sea .3. On the south of England lies the English Channel .4. On the northeast lies the North Sea .5. On the north is the North Atlantic Ocean .2.Task 2Ss do the quiz on page 9.Step II.Pre- readingTask 3. Ss discuss and answer the following questions.1.Can you name the capital cities of the countries of the UK?2.England can be divided into three main areas.Do you know what they are?3. What do you know about any cities or towns in the UK?Step III. While-readingTask 4. Read the title and predict what the text will tell you.Task 5. Talk about the different flags of the countries of the UKTask 6. SkimmingAccording to the text, join lines to the right answer.Para. 1. Explains the joining of England and Wales.Para. 2. States topic to be examined in the reading.Para. 3. Explains the importance of London as a cultural and political centre in the UK.Para. 4. Explains what the term “Great Britain” means and how it came about.Para. 5. Explains differences in the four countries.Para. 6. Explains how England is divided into three zones.Task 7. Answer the questions1. The Union Jack flag unites the three flags of three countriesin the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? Why?__________________________________________________2. What three countries does British Airways represent?1.________2. ________3. __________3. Which group of invaders did not influence London?________________________________________________Task 8. Ss read and get the general idea of the partsStep IV. After-readingWrite a short summary of the passage.The writer examines how the UK developed as an administrative unit. It shows how England is also divided into 3 zones. It explains why London became the cultural capital of England.Step VI. Homework assignment1. Read the whole passage and retell.2. Go to the net to get more information about UK.。

Unit2 The United Kingdom(2)Teaching Goals:1. Get the students to know the information about theUnited Kingdom.2. Encourage the students to talk out what they know aboutthe UK and Ireland.3. Help the students learn to get information bylistening.Teaching methods1). Skimming & scanning methods to make the Ss get a good understanding of the text.1.Discussion methods to make the Ss understand what they’velearned in class.2.Pair work of group to get every student to take part inthe teaching-and-learning activities.petition and role-play method to arouse the Ss’interestTeaching proceduresStep 1 Warming up1.Lead-in(1) What do you think of Dongguan? Which place impressesyou most?(2) A. There are not many visiting places in Dongguan as it is a newly-developed city. But what about our country? Think what words you¡¯ll need to describe a country and then give a brief description of China.B. There are many famous places in China. Think out one and describe it, letting others guess which place it is.2. Show pictures of some famous places of China. Ask: Where are they taken?3. Show pictures of some places of the British Isles and ask the students where they are taken. Then tell the students to say something they know about these places.4. (1) Ask the following question: Do you know how many parts the UK is made up of? (Scotland/ England/ Wales-----Britain + Northern Ireland-----the UK + the Republic of Ireland---- the British Isles)(2) Show the map of the British Isles to help the students to get a clear idea of some important cities in the UK and the names and the locations of different parts and counties and rivers.(3) Then ask the students to look at some cities in theUK and to name them.5. Group work:(1) What is the UK famous for? Think about sport, art, architecture, literature, film, food and life. (Show some famous examples.)(2) Talk about the geography, history, languages, culture, famous people, buildings and other things in the UK and Ireland.Step 2 Listening1. The teacher talks more about the languages in the UK and Ireland. Then ask the students to talk more about the education in the UK.2. Ask: How are classes arranged in schools in the UK?3. (1) Listen to the tape and tick the sentences which are true.(2) Listen to the tape and fill in the timetable below.(3) Listen to the tape and answer the following questions. Step 3 Extension1. Talk about our own timetable.2. Have a discussion about the similarities of the timetables in our country and the UK and also tell thedifferences between them.Step 4 HomeworkFind more information in relation to the UK and Ireland on the Internet.The second period SpeakingTeaching GoalsTrain the students¡¯ spoken EnglishImprove the students¡¯ ability of imagination and debate Practice expressing agreement and disagreementIncrease participation and learn from each other. Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Talking about hot topics1. The students are asked to listen to the 28th Olympic theme song and talk about the host city of Athens2. Talk about the 28th Olympic Games3. Talk about their favorite athletesStep2 Group theme debatesOf the talks about the country and Olympics above, lots of things are talked about like the opening ceremony, island, weather, language, geographic position, medals and so on.. The following three topics will be talkedabout . The students are divided into three groups and each will choose one of the topic boxes1. Box 1 Xiangsheng performance by the Chinese and the westerners. Is Chinese easy to learn for the westerners?2. Box 2 Learning different positions of England by moving different parts. Is it easier to learn geography by going there ?3. Box 3 Enjoying pictures of island or small countries like Iceland and Japan. Do island nations have advantages over other countries?Step3 Tips on how to express agreement and disagreement Step5 HomeworkPreview the reading passageThe third period ReadingTeaching goalsGet the students to know more about the British Isles and learn more new words and their usages.Teaching proceduresStep 1 PresentationShow the students four pictures and ask them to guess a country name which is related to all of them. ( The answeris the United Kingdom. )Ask the students: How much do you know about the united kingdom? Tell the students: Today we are going to read a passage about the British Isles.Step 2 Fast readingGet the students to skim the passage and match the paragraphs and the topics.Then let the students take a look at the map of the British Isles and tell me the place names of the different numbers on the map.Step 3 Careful readingAsk the students to read the passage carefully and decide whether the following sentences are true or false. ( ) 1. Many people around the world study English, and they know a lot about British culture.( ) 2. Great Britain is made up of four countries. ( ) 3. The island of Britain is separated from France by the English Channel.( ) 4. Scotland is colder throughout the year, but receives less rain.( ) 5. People from different parts of northern Europesettled in England, so the culture of the people of the British Isles was influenced by them.( ) 6. The southern part of Ireland is now an independent republic.( ) 7. In modern time, people throughout the British Isles only speak English.Step 4 DiscussionShow the students some pictures of the three countries of the British Isles and then ask: If you have got the chance to visit one of the three countries of the British Isles, which country will you choose and why?Imagine that you are going on a four-week trip through the UK. Make a travel plan in which you describe where you go, how long you will stay and why, and what clothes and things you will take.Step 5 HomeworkWrite a short passage about the Dachen Isles.The fourth period Grammar and Language study Teaching goals1. Learn about the appositive clause.2. Identify noun clauses.3. Enable students to use new words.Teaching proceduresStep 1 Review the vocabulary and complete the sentences.a. Students work in pairs first.b. The teacher check the answers.Step 2 Brainstorminga. Review the text and present the appositive clause by asking questions:1.What impresses you most in the passage ?The fact that ¡ impresses me most.2.What have you already known before reading the passage ?I have known th e fact that ¡3.Did you hear any news about Britain recently ?I heard the news that ¡b. Collect answers as many as possible ,reminding students of sentence structure if find errors.Step 3 Grammar Explanationa. Get students to identify the clauses .c. Try to make students tell the differences between appositive clause and attributive clause by comparing the sentences.1.The news that the plane would take off on time made everybody happy.2.The news that is spreading around the airport is thata heavy storm is coming.3.The suggestion that students should learn something practical is worth considering.4.The suggestion that they are considering is that students should learn something practical.c. The teacher offers explanation if necessary.Step 4 Tell the function of the following sentences. 1.The idea that Great Britain is made up of three countries¡¯ Corner ,Big Ben and the Tower of London is past.2.The fact that Great Britain is made up of three countries is still unknown to many.3.The result of so much French influence was that the English language ended up with many French words such as table, animal and age.4.Some people feel that Wales is an ancient fairy land.5.That most of these are now threatened and may disappear is a serious matter to the people in Britain.6.They realize that it is of great value to record and teach them to the younger generation.Step 5 ConsolidationConsolidate what have been learned by doing further exercises.The Fifth Period Integrative SkillsTeaching Goals:1. Learn to describe the countryside, the cities, the people and their life by reading the passage.2. Learn things about the city Salisbury.3. Know more about Britain.4. Cultivate the students’ abilities of concluding and reasoning.Teaching procedures:Step 1: Lead inTeacher plays the video clip from Robinson Crusoe and asks the students Have you ever seen this film?Who wrote the story?Do you know something about Daniel Defoe?Step 3 Extension1. More to know about life in Britain: When talking aboutlife in England, we just can’t miss one thing---pub. Pubs play an important part in people’s lives. It is a good place to meet friends and talk and drink beers. English villages are small and cozy. Lots of pubs can be found with names like: the Red Lion, the Black Horse, the Rose and Crown, the King and Queen, and the George and Dragon. Lots of gorgeous food like pies, steaks, chips, big sandwiches, sausages and mash (potatoes!) and lots of different types of beer: bitter, lager (a light-colored beer), ale (a type of beer made from malt), etc!!!(A video clip is presented about a pub.)About football: Football is Britain’s national game. It was invented in Britain as far back as the 12th century, became an organized spectator sport in 19th century, and is now played in vast stadiums watched by tens of thousands of fervent supporters. Football is one of the few things that obsessed the British. And David Beckham is one of the most famous football stars. In the video we can see many college students playing football very early in the morning.2. Let the students say something about the British Islesas far as they know.Step 4 Homework:Now you know how to describe a city’s landscape, the people and their lives after reading this passage. And today’s home work:1. Choose any place you know or you like and write a short passage about it.2. With the help of the Internet, try to collect as much information as possible and make a PowerPoint presentation in the next period.。

Unit2 The United KingdomThe 3rd Period (Learning about language & reading) Teaching Aims:1.Enable the students to plan a tour around certain places.2.Help the students know more about the historical sites in London. Teaching Important Points and Difficult Points:Help the students identify different kinds of tour and talk about the most interesting place for the tour.Teaching Methods:Task-based activities.Teaching Procedures:Step I. Discovering useful words and expressions1.Ss do Ex 1 on page 11.2.Ss finish Ex 2 on page 12.Suggested answer:1.debate, puzzle, conveniences, clarify, legal, kingdom, attraction,influence2. whispered, asked, smiled, screamed, begged, agreed, answered, shouted, complained, suggested, decided, advisedStep II. ReadingTask 1: Read and answer the following questions.1.How did Zhang Pingyu plan her tour?2.What were the buildings mentioned in the text?What were they famous for? Who built them?What happened to them?Keys:1. First, she made a list of the sites she wanted to see. Then she planed her four-day trip.2.1).Tower, built by Norman invaders of AD 1066, it is aSolid, stone, square tower which remained standingfor one thousand years.2). St Paul’s Cathedral, built after the terrible fire ofLondon in 1666, looked splendid;3). Westminster Abbey, contains statues in memoryof dead poets and writers;4). Greenwich, the longitude line;5). Big Ben;6). Highgate Cemetery;7). The library of the British Museum8). Windsor CastleTask 2: Read and fill the information in the form.Step III. Language points1. available: adj.(物) 可用的，可得到的（人）可会见的，可与之交谈的eg. These tickets are available today.The doctor are available now.be available for 有空做…；可供…利用2. make a list of 列…的清单3. delight :n. 高兴，愉快v. 给人乐趣，使愉快; 引以为了eg. He laughed with delight.I was delighted to be invited to her party.She delights in cooking.delighted: adj. 高兴的delightful: adj. 令人喜悦的，令人快乐的be/feel delighted at/with/by 因…而高兴to one’s delight /joy 令人高兴的是…4. remain doing sthremain: 1).vi. 剩下；留下；2). Link-v. continue to be 继续保持，仍然Much work remained to be done.I’ll remain to see the end of the match.The door remained closed.It remained raining.5. on special occasions 在特殊场合6. in memory of … 纪念…eg: He founded the charity in memory of his latewife.7. ring out: 发出响声，响起8. It seemed strange that …should have lived…He seems to be …There seems to be ….9. feel proud ofStep IV. Homework assignment。

高二必修五Unit2TheUnitedKingdom知识点讲解Unit 2 The United Kingdom一．单词考点1.consist用法consist of(=be made up of=be composed of)由……组成；由……构成本身无进行，无被动。

consist in在于consist with与……一致eg:①The book consists of eight chapters.②Success consists in diligence(勤奋)and modesty(谦虚).③What he said consists with what he did.2.divide用法短语：divide…(up)into把…分成；把…割开/分开divide…(up)(between/among sb.)把…分配（给某人）divide A by B 用A除以Beg:①The teacher divided our class into five groups.②He has decided to divide the books between Class One and Class Two.③Thirty divided by six is five.区别:divide,separate⑴divide指把整体分成部分，常与into/between/among等连用。

⑵separate指把原来连在一起或混在一起的东西分开，常与from 连用。

eg:①England is separated from France by the channel.②You can divide the apple into four parts.注：separate可作形容词，意为“分离的，分开的；单独的；分别开的，分居的”。

3.accomplishvt完成(任务)；达到(目的)；实现(计划、诺言等)eg:①I’ve accomplished my task.②China has accomplished the Eleventh Five-year Plan smoothly in spite of the financial crisis.区别：accomplish,achieve,complete,finish⑴accomplish指通过不懈努力、不怕困难、坚持到底而最终完成预期目标、完成了计划或达到了目的。

Unit 2 The United Kingdom Section 2 Learning about Language& Using UanguageⅠ.单词拼写1．They have ________(安排) to meet at 7 o'clock.答案：arranged2．The cost is 22 dollars，________(加上) 1 dollar for postage.答案：plus3．They want to rent a ________(有家具的) flat.答案：furnished4．Is there any ________(可能性)that you'll be back by the weekend?答案：possibility5．________(折叠)the letter before putting it in the envelope.答案：Fold6．They married last month but I didn’t attend their ________(婚礼)．答案：wedding7．Can you give me a ________(描述)of the thief?答案：description8．Tom ________(争吵)seriously with his boss and then left the company.答案：quarrelled9．The twin girls are so ________(相似的)that I can't tell them apart.答案：alike10．We seized the ________(机遇)to develop our economy.答案：opportunityⅡ.用所给词的适当形式填空或在空白处填入语法形式适当的词1．The man felt rather out ________ place as he was the only person thatwore sportswear at the party.答案与解析：of out of place不适宜，不协调。

Unit 2 The United Kingdom Section 2 Learning about Language Ⅰ.单词拼写1．Everyone should enjoy the right of access to the________(农村)．2．The________(可能性) of breaking the world record never occurred to him.3．There will be a________(婚礼) in the village church on Saturday，4．She________(安排) all her business affairs before going on holiday.5．The climate here is always hot, summer and winter________(类似的)．6．F________the letter in two before putting it in the envelope.7．I had a q________with my flatmate about who should do the housework.8．We've got to fit five people p________all their luggage in the car.9．The scenery over there was beautiful beyond d________.10．Each of his rooms was comfortably f________before moving in.答案：1.countryside 2.possibility 3.wedding 4.arranged5．alike 6.Fold 7.quarrel 8.plus 9.description 10.furnishedⅡ.用所给词的适当形式填空2. By now you will________the one－way system in the centre of town.3. Nothing in the world could________the family he had lost.4. When we gave her the bad news, she________and cried.5．Her career only began to________when she was in her forties.6. I'd like to have a place________after living together with my friend.7. I________wear clothes made of natural fibers ratherthan wearfashionable ones.8. We'll have to stop for fuel________the airport.9. The children________each other in age though they differ in height.10. It's so wonderful to________see the sea from my window.答案：1.divide; into 2.be familiar with 3.take the place of4．broke down 5.pick up 6.of my own 7.prefer to 8.on our way to 9.are closeto 10.be able toⅢ.单句改错1. When we got back from the cinema, we found the lamp burning but the door shutting.________________________________________________________________________ 2．The program was so exciting that the children kept their eyes fixing on the screen.________________________________________________________________________ 3．He looked around and caught a man put his hand into the pocket.________________________________________________________________________ 4．The boy seated himself in the corner with his back turning to his father.________________________________________________________________________ 5．The manager promised to keep me inform of how our business was going on.________________________________________________________________________ 6．John was made wash the truck for a week as a punishment.________________________________________________________________________ 7．You will find the word “psychology〞to list under “P〞 in your dictionary.________________________________________________________________________ 8．I've arranged Mrs Smith to look after you for a few days.________________________________________________________________________ 答案：1.shutting→shut burning与shut分别作lamp与door的宾语补足语，但lamp 与burn之间为主谓关系，故用动词－ing形式作宾语补足语，表示主动意义；而door与shut 为动宾关系，需用过去分词作宾语补足语，表被动意义。

Period 2 Reading The General Idea of This PeriodThis period is the highlight of the whole unit.It lays emphasis on reading and understanding.First the teacher should check if the students have mastered the new words andl in the blanks of some sentences by using some of the words and phrases that will appear in the reading passage.This part can help the students to learn words and expressions by heart in a certain languageThen in Pre-reading part, the students are asked to distinguish the differences between the UK, Great Britain and England.Hence, the teacher can lead to the topiceacefully or by war?Where shouldstudents will read the passage fast and find the answers directly in the passage.Next, the students will first listen to the tape with their textbooks closed.In order to make this step efficient, the teacher will provide them with five statements based on the passage.While listening, the students should judge whether thesestatements are true or false.If it is false, the students should correct it.Then the students will be given several minutes to read the passage silently.They should divide the passage into three parts and write the main ideas of each part.In order to help the students understand the passage better, the teacher can provide some cis to train the students’ability of reading comprehension, which is a very important skill.At last, the students will do a speaking task in pairs.One acts as a visitor to England and the other acts as a native Englishman.The visitor is asking the nativegeography the United Kingdom.This part not only helps the students to revise what the have learned in this part but also provides themTeaching Important PointsTrain the stuTeaching DifficultiesTeaching Aidsthe blackboarThree Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge Aimsdebate, clarify, legal, relation, convenience, attraction, influence,break away from, leave out, divide...into..., be linked to, to one’s surprise, as well as, be known as, look around, keep one’s eyes open, make one’s tripThere is no need to debate any more about why different words are used to describe the four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern IrelanYou must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the UnitedAbility AimsTrain the students’ ability to grasp keyEmotional AimsTeaching ProcedureStep 1 GreetingsStep 2 RevisionT: At the beginning of this period, I will check if you have mastered the new words and phrases in this unit.Please finish the following sentences using some words and phrase in this unit.Please pay attention to the forms of the words and phrases.3.Unless the money is paid immediately we shall be forced to take__________4.The8.The explanation in the note__________ the10.It takes about two years to__________a large bridge.(Give the students several minutes to think about them.)Suggested answers:1.consists of2.puzzling3.legal4.left out5.collection7.break away from8.clarified9.convenienceStep 3 Pre-T: In the first period, you have learned a brief introduction to the UK.Do you know the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain,T: The official name of the country is“The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Great Britain is the name of the island northwest of France and east of Ireland that can be divided into three regions: England, Wales and Scotland.Therefore, England is part of Great Britain, which is part of the United Kingdom.The puzzling situation was caused by the history.In this unit we will learn about the historical influence on the geography of the country.Step 4 Fast ReadingT: Read the passage entitled“Puzzles in Geography”, and answer the following questions.2.Where should we go if we want to appreciate some historical attractions of(Give the students several minutes to read the passage silently, and answer theS: The countries united peacefullyS: We should go to some older but smaller towns to appreciate some historical attractions.T: Now I’ll play the tape for you to listen.While listening, please find out whether the folTrue or False Questions:3.The countries in the UK have developed their own educational and legal5.The Normans influenced the vocabulary and place-names of the North of London.Suggested answers:1.False Because Great Britain was the name given when England and Wales were2.False Because it was the southern part of Ireland that broke away to form。