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1、Unit2TheUnitedKingdom(Reading)Step1.Lead-in1.Londonbecomesthefocusoftheworld.VideoNews：JacquesRoggeannounced:“Thegamesofthe30thOlympiadin2012willbeheldinthecityofLondon.”News:LondonHitBySeveralTerroristBombBlastsb:2.AskSs(1)WhywasGreatBritainabletobe
2、atoutfourotherworldclasscities?(2)HaveyoueverbeentotheUK?(3)What’sthefullnameoftheUK?(theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland)(4)CanyougiveussomeinformationabouttheUKingeography,literature,politics,sports,sightseeingandsoon?Possibleanswersan
3、dnewwords:Geography:Scotland,England,Wales,NorthernIrelandLiterature:Shakespeare,Shelly,CharlesDickens…Sports:ManchesterUnited,Beckham,Owen…Politics:KarlMarx(communism),capitalism…3.TheimportanceofGreatBritainespeciallyasanEnglish-speakingcountry.Wor
4、kinpairs.DothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowabouttheUK.(Page9WarmingUp)1).HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?Whatarethey?2).WhorulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?3).WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?4).WhichisthelongestriverintheEngland?5).DoesSou
5、thIrelandbelongtoBritain?Answers:1).Four.Theyare:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.2).ThePrimeMinisterFurtherinformation:ItmayappeartoanoutsiderthattheQueenhasanimportantroleinrulingthecountry.However,thisisnotso.Herpositionisceremonial:openin
6、gParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain,etc.ThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledtheCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamenteachfromadifferentpartofthecountrymaketheimportan
7、tpoliticaldecisionsandthelaws.3).Counties(furtherinformation:ThecountiesofBritainaremuchsmallerthanprovincesinChina.Theyhavelocalgovernmentpowersfortheirarea.CountieshaveseveralMembersofParliament，dependingonthesizeoftheirpopulation.LargetownssuchasR
8、eadinghavetwoMPsandthelargestcityinEnglandoutsideLondon,whichisBirmingham,hastenMPs.)4).TheRiverThames.Step2.GuessingandcommonknowledgeofBritain1.GathersomebriefinformationfromSsaboutWarmingUp.Thenshowthefollowingpicturestothewholeclasstoleadinthetex
