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1、Unit2TheUnitedKingdom(Reading)Step1.Lead-in1.Londonbecomesthefocusoftheworld.VideoNews：JacquesRoggeannounced:“Thegamesofthe30thOlympiadin2012willbeheldinthecityofLondon.”News:LondonHitBySeveralTerroristBombBlastsb:2.AskSs(1)WhywasGreatBritainabletobeatoutfourotherworldclassciti
2、es?(2)HaveyoueverbeentotheUK?(3)What’sthefullnameoftheUK?(theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland)(4)CanyougiveussomeinformationabouttheUKingeography,literature,politics,sports,sightseeingandsoon?Possibleanswersandnewwords:Geography:Scotland,England,Wales,NorthernIrela
3、ndLiterature:Shakespeare,Shelly,CharlesDickens…Sports:ManchesterUnited,Beckham,Owen…Politics:KarlMarx(communism),capitalism…3.TheimportanceofGreatBritainespeciallyasanEnglish-speakingcountry.Workinpairs.DothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowabouttheUK.(Page9WarmingUp)1).Howmanycoun
4、triesdoestheUKconsistof?Whatarethey?2).WhorulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?3).WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?4).WhichisthelongestriverintheEngland?5).DoesSouthIrelandbelongtoBritain?Answers:1).Four.Theyare:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.2).ThePrimeMinisterFur
5、therinformation:ItmayappeartoanoutsiderthattheQueenhasanimportantroleinrulingthecountry.However,thisisnotso.Herpositionisceremonial:openingParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain,etc.ThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismost
6、importantministers(calledtheCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamenteachfromadifferentpartofthecountrymaketheimportantpoliticaldecisionsandthelaws.3).Counties(furtherinformation:ThecountiesofBritainaremuchsmallerthanprovincesinChina.Theyhavelocalgovernmentpowersfortheirarea.Countiesha
7、veseveralMembersofParliament，dependingonthesizeoftheirpopulation.LargetownssuchasReadinghavetwoMPsandthelargestcityinEnglandoutsideLondon,whichisBirmingham,hastenMPs.)4).TheRiverThames.Step2.GuessingandcommonknowledgeofBritain1.GathersomebriefinformationfromSsaboutWarmingUp.The
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