高二英语（人教版）必修5精选同步课件：unit 2 the united kingdom 导入.ppt

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1、Unit2TheUnitedKingdom教材背景链接素有“翡翠岛国”之称的爱尔兰历史悠久、风景如画。现在就让我们一起走进这个美丽的国度。Ireland：theislandinthewestTheislandofIrelandlieswestofBritainandisthewesternmostislandoftheBritishIsles.Althoughasmallcountry，ithasanamazinghistoryofover5,000years.Fewplacesontheplanetareaspackedwithhistoryas

2、Ireland.Everywhereyoulooktherearecastlesandhistoricalplaces.InIrelandthepastispartofthepresent，partofthepeopleandpartofitsculture.Formuchofitshistory，Irelandlayhiddenbehinditsbiggerneighbour，GreatBritain.Infact，IrelandwaspartoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandformanycen

3、turiesuntilthe1920s.In1921，thesouthernpartofIrelandbecameindependentandtheRepublicofIrelandwasfounded.Itisastatethatcoversmorethan70,000squarekilometres，orfivesixthsoftheislandofIreland.Ithasfourprovinces，whichaltogetherconsistof26countiesand6urbanareas.NorthernIrelandisparto

4、ftheUK.TheRepublicofIrelandisamemberoftheEuropeanUnion，andusestheeuro(欧元)．Irelandhasamildseaclimate.ThecoldestmonthsareJanuaryandFebruarywithairtemperaturesbetween4℃to7℃duringtheday.ThewarmestmonthsareJulyandAugust，whenitisaquitecool14℃to16℃.ThesunniestmonthsareMayandJune,with

5、aboutfivetosevenhoursofsunshineperday.AsIrelandissurroundedbywater，itcomesasnosurprisethatitrainsquitealot，justasinEnglandandWales.ThepopulationoftheRepublicofIrelandisthoughttobeaboutfourmillion.Ofthose，overonemillionliveinDublin.Irelandhasayoungpopulation，with44%ofthepopulat

6、ionundertheageof25.TherearetwoofficiallanguagesinIreland：Irish，whichisthenationallanguage，andEnglish，whichisthelanguageofthemajorityofthepopulation.Untiltheearlynineteenthcentury，almosteveryoneinIrelandspokeIrish.ThechangetoEnglishhappenedquickly.By1891morethan85%ofthepopulati

7、onspokeEnglish.SinceIrelandbecameindependent，theIrishgovernmenthasrecognizedthatifnothingisdone，thispartofIrishculturewilldisappear.AgrowingnumberofschoolsteachintheIrishlanguageandradioandTVprogrammeshavehelpednearly20%oftheIrishpeopletodeveloplanguageskillsinbothlanguages.新课

8、导入爱尔兰是一个西欧国家，西临大西洋东靠爱尔兰海(Muiréireann)，与英国隔海相望，爱尔兰为北美通向欧洲的通道。爱