The United Kingdom（Period 1 Welcome to the Unit）
6.what __________me is how the burglar got into the house without setting off the alarm.
7.the report aims to__________ how these conclusions were reached.
8.don’t let me__________your decision.you should decide it yourself.
9.he__________them with his charm and sparkling wit.
10.the woman__________the tickets in two and tore them in half.
(give the students several minutes to finish the task.then check the answers.)
1.divided 2.arranging 3.thrill 4.constructed 5.debating 6.puzzles 7.clarify 8.influence 9.delighted 10.folded
step 6 homework
1.read the passage “puzzles in geography”, and answer the questions on page 10.
2.learn the new words and phrases in this unit by heart.
the design of the writing on the blackboard
unit 2 the united kingdom
period 1 welcome to the unit
ⅰ.quiz
1.the uk
2.queen elizabeth ⅱ
prime minister tony blair
3.the river avon: 4 miles
the river thames: 211 miles
the river severn: 220 miles
ⅱ.new words
arrange; thrill; puzzle; delight; debate;
clarify; construct; influence; fold; divide
research and activities
poster-making:
1.divide the whole class into five groups.
2.ask the students to look for information about some great buildings in the united kingdom /their hometown.they should find the pictures as well as some explanations to them.the students can go to the library or use the internet to search for information.the following websites might be helpful.
①http: ///wiki/london
②http: ///lynn/wh-england.html
③http: ///travel/europe/united_kingdom/england/merseyside/liver pool-309600/things_to_do-liverpool-liver_buildings-br-1.html...
3.after searching for the information, each group should make a poster, informing people of the great buildings in the united kingdom.
reference for teaching
prime minister of the united kingdom
in the united kingdom, the prime minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the sovereign(君主), who is head of state.according to custom, the prime minister and the cabinet (which he or she heads) are responsible for their actions to parliament, of which they are members by (modern) convention（慣例）.the current prime minister is tony blair (of the labour party), who has been in office since 1997.
prime minister is the monarch’s(君主的) principal advisor.historically, the monarch’s chief minister (if, as was not always the case, any one person could be singled out as such) might have held any of a number of offices: lord chancellor, archbishop of canterbury, lord high steward, chancellor of the exchequer（財務大臣）, lord privy seal, or secretary of state among others.with the emergence, in the eighteenth century, of government by a cabinet of these ministers, its head came in time to be called the“prime minister”(sometimes also “premier” or “first minister”); to this day the prime minister always also holds one of the more specific ministerial positions, if only in a nominal sense—the official title of the prime minister’s ministerial position is first lord of the treasury.sir robert walpole is generally regarded as the first prime minister in the modern sense.