高三英語上冊全套教案
keys: 1.c 2. b 3. b 4. a 5.b
1. the united kingdom consists of england, wales, scotland and northern ireland.
2. it takes ten hours to fly from beijing to london heathrow airport if you take the direct flight.
3. the prime minister together with his most important ministers and member of parliament make the important political decisions and laws.
4. the counties of britain are much smaller than provinces in china. they have local government powers for their area.
5. the river thames is 338km, which is the longest one in england.
step 2 pre-reading
have the students share the information about the geography of the uk
1. the uk consists of four countries, what are they?
england, scotland, wales, northern ireland
2. can you name the capital cities of the countries of the uk?
london, edinburgh, cardiff, belfast
step 3 reading
1. fast-reading
ask the students to read the map and the text on p10 and answer the following the questions
1) the union jack flag unite the flags of three countries in the united kingdom. which country is left out? why?
wales. it is usually considered to be part of the england.
2) what three countries does british airways represent?
england, scotland and wales
3) which group of invaders didn’t influence london?
the vikings didn’t influence london.
2. text structure analysis
have the students find out the topic sentences of each paragraph
1st paragraph why are different words used to describe england, wales, scotland and northern ireland?
2nd paragraph first there was england.
3rd paragraph great britain was the name given when england and wales were joined to scotland.
4th paragraph the four countries are still very different.
5th paragraph england is the largest of the four countries.
6th paragraph the greatest historical treasure of all is london.
ask the students to divide the passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each part
part1 (para1-4) what the uk includes and how the uk formed and more detailed information about the four countries in the uk
part2 (para5) the geographical division of england into three zones: their similarities and differences
part3(para6) the cultural importance of london
3. careful reading
1. have the students put the events happening to the form of the uk into the right order.