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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.Fewplacesontheplanetareaspackedwithhistory

2、asIreland.Everywhereyoulooktherearecastlesandhistoricalplaces.InIrelandthepastispartofthepresent，partofthepeopleandpartofitsculture.Formuchofitshistory，Irelandlayhiddenbehinditsbiggerneighbour，GreatBritain.Infact，IrelandwaspartoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandforman

3、ycenturiesuntilthe1920s.In1921，thesouthernpartofIrelandbecameindependentandtheRepublicofIrelandwasfounded.Itisastatethatcoversmorethan70,000squarekilometres，orfivesixthsoftheislandofIreland.Ithasfourprovinces，whichaltogetherconsistof26countiesand6urbanareas.NorthernIrelandi

4、spartoftheUK.TheRepublicofIrelandisamemberoftheEuropeanUnion，andusestheeuro(欧元)．Irelandhasamildseaclimate.ThecoldestmonthsareJanuaryandFebruarywithairtemperaturesbetween4℃to7℃duringtheday.ThewarmestmonthsareJulyandAugust，whenitisaquitecool14℃to16℃.ThesunniestmonthsareMayandJ

5、une，withaboutfivetosevenhoursofsunshineperday.AsIrelandissurroundedbywater，itcomesasnosurprisethatitrainsquitealot，justasinEnglandandWales.ThepopulationoftheRepublicofIrelandisthoughttobeaboutfourmillion.Ofthose，overonemillionliveinDublin.Irelandhasayoungpopulation，with44%of

6、thepopulationundertheageof25.TherearetwoofficiallanguagesinIreland：Irish，whichisthenationallanguage，andEnglish，whichisthelanguageofthemajorityofthepopulation.Untiltheearlynineteenthcentury，almosteveryoneinIrelandspokeIrish.ThechangetoEnglishhappenedquickly.By1891morethan85%o

7、fthepopulationspokeEnglish.SinceIrelandbecameindependent，theIrishgovernmenthasrecognisedthatifnothingisdone，thispartofIrishculturewilldisappear.AgrowingnumberofschoolsteachintheIrishlanguageandradioandTVprogrammeshavehelpednearly20%oftheIrishpeopletodeveloplanguageskillsinbo

8、thlanguages.新课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