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1、INTRODUCTION;THEUNITEDKINGDOM1.TeachingAims:letthestudentgetageneralknowledgeabouttheUK2.Keypoints:acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname;theeffectsofit’simperialpast;amemberoftheEuropeanUnion3.Difficultpoints:amultiracialsociety;remarkableclass,regionalandeconomicdifferences;asignificant

2、roleofLondon4.TeachingMethods:Multi-mediaaidteaching;explanation;students’discussion;traditionalteaching;5.TeachingHours:4-66.TeachingProcedure:1Introduction:ThefullnameofthecountryistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itisacomplicatednameforwhatisinmanywaysacomplicatedcountry

3、.Mostpeopleknowsomethingaboutitbecauseit’shugeoverseasempiregaveitanimportantinternationalrolewhichonlycametoanendintheyearsfollowingtheSecondWorldWar.However,thethingsthatpeopleknowabouttheUK(whichtheywillprobablycallsimplyBritainor,wrongly,England)mayhavelittletodowithhowmostrealBritishp

4、eoplelivetheirlivestoday.2.Detailedstudyofthetext:Foronething,thedaysofempirearenowlongenoughagothatonlyoldpeoplerememberitasanythingofanyimportanceintheirlives.Britainisnolongeranimperialcountry,thoughtheeffectsofit’simperialpastmaybeoftenencounteredinallsortsofways;notleastinthecloserela

5、tionshipswhichexistwiththefiftyormorecountrieswhichusedtobeapartofthatempire,andwhichmaintainlinksthroughaloose(andvoluntary)organizationcalledtheCommonwealthofNations.ButmoreimportanttodayinBritain’sinternationalrelationsistheEuropeanUnion,ofwhichtheUKhasbeenamembersince1973,anditismoreus

6、efulwhenconsideringmodernBritaintoemphasizeitsroleasaEuropeannation,ratherthanitsmembershipoftheCommonwealth.Itremainsarelativelywealthycounty,amemberoftheGroupofSevenlargedevelopedeconomies.Oneotherobviouseffectofthatoldimperialroleliesinmake-upoftheBritishpopulationitself.Immigrationfrom

7、someofthoseCommonwealthcountries,whichwasencouragedinthe1950sand1960s,hasproducedapopulationofwhich1in20areofnon-Europeanethnicity.Theythemselves,ortheirparentsorgrandparents,wereborninIndiaofPakistan,thecountriesofCaribbean,tonameonlythemostcommon.Thisintrodu