(共27张PPT)
Welcome to the unit & Word power
Other countries, other cultures
M9 Unit1
I. From which aspect can a country’s culture be reflected
geography;
climate;
animals;
plants;
history;
language;
education;
population;
government;
lifestyle;
customs;
arts; etc
Lead in
II. Can you find out which country does the following symbol represent
The Pyramid and the Sphinx[sfi ks]
Egypt
kimono—
Japan
Leaning Tower Of Pisa
Italy
Taj Mahal
[‵tɑ d m ‵hɑ l]
泰姬陵
India
William Shakespeare
the UK
What is the pictures on P1 about
These policemen are a famous peacekeeping force. They are known as the Royal Canadian Mounted police (RCMP)(加拿大皇家骑警队) .
Picture talking
The RCMP was originally called North-West Mounted Police（西北区骑警 ）, which was formed in 1873. In 1920, it was renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted . Now, various modern facilities are used instead. The official motto of the force is ‘Uphold the right（维护权力）’.
What other things can you think of to represent Canada
Maple
Beaver（河狸）
The man is a beefeater. In the past, the beefeaters looked after the prisoners in the London Tower and guarded the Britain crown jewels. Now, they no longer safeguard the Queen’s jewels. Instead, they are ceremonial guardians who also act as tour guides. To most of the tourists, they are tourist attractions in their own right.
英王的卫士；伦敦塔守卫者
What other things can you think of to represent the UK
Big Ben
Cambridge University
The Sydney Opera House has become the symbol of Australia.
The Opera House, which looks like a group of seashells, represents both achievements in modern architecture and performance. It was constructed between 1957 and 1973. Since its official opening, it has attracted famous performers and tourists from all around the world.
What other things can you think of to represent Australia
Koala
Great Barrier Reef (大堡礁)
Empire State Building
What other things can you think of to represent the USA
Statue of Liberty
The White House
If we were to write a book about the United Kingdom, what subjects should be covered in the book
Discussion
Read the contents page of the book with Daniel.
PartA (Page6)
Which subjects are you most interested in Why
Questions on Part A
The British Commonwealth of nations
英联邦（Commonwealth of Nations）
是英国对联邦其他成员国在政治、军事、财政经济和文化上施加影响的组织。由英国和已经独立的前英帝国殖民地国家或附属国组成。
part B
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
Other Commonwealth nations, e.g., Canada and Australia
The British Commonwealth of nations
Questions on Part B
1.What countries is Great Britain Made up
England, Scotland and Wales
2.What is the UK made up of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3.What other Commonwealth nations do you know of
Canada, Australia and so on
Unit 1
Part C
Help Daniel complete the page, using
new words.
Answers
1. Great Britain 2. Scotland
3. England 4. London
5. Edinburgh 6. Cardiff
7. Belfast
Homework
1. Review the words learned in this period.
2. Preview the reading passage.
THANK YOU!
BYE-BYE!
Group work
Choose a country from the world map and prepare a short speech to introduce the country to your classmates. The speech shall include more than three aspects of the country. Other students shall listen carefully and find out what aspects are mentioned in the speech.(共35张PPT)
Brainstorming
We have learned the passage ‘Canada---land of the maple tree’.
What subjects are covered in the reading passage
How are these subjects organized
Canada---land of the maple tree
Area
Climate
Landscape
Flora and fauna
Resources
Population
Lifestyle
Cities
Language
History
Society
Symbol
Brainstorming
If we were to write a book about The United Kingdom, what subjects should be covered in the book
Discussion
The united Kingdom
Geography
History
Society
Commerce
Culture
The united Kingdom
Geography
Area
Climate
Landscape
Flora and fauna
Resources
Cities
History
Prehistory
Early inhabitants
Invasions from Europe
Post-war immigrants
Society
Population
Language
Government
Rule of the monarchy
Modern politics
Law
Education
Economy
Agriculture
Commerce
Trade and industry
Manufacturing
Transport
Culture
Religion
Tradition
Customs
Lifestyle
The arts
appendix
Quiz
Now lets have a quiz about Britain.
Let’s see how much do you know about Britain
What is the area of Britain
Total 244,820 km (79th)
94,526 sq mi
It is a sovereign state to the northwest of mainland Europe. It includes the island of Great Britain and the north-east part of the island of Ireland, together with many small local islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland.
What is the climate like in The UK
England has a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round, though the seasons are quite variable in temperature. However, temperatures rarely fall below 4 °C and will only rise above 32 °C in the height of the summer. The prevailing wind is from the southwest, bringing mild and wet weather to England regularly, from the Atlantic Ocean. It is driest in the east, warmest in the southwest in winter , and warmest in the southeast in summer. Snowfall can occur in winter and early spring.
What is the Landscape like in the UK
The United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and its ancillary bodies of water, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, St George's Channel and the Irish Sea. It is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.
What about the resources in The UK
Compare with many other countries, Britain has comsiderable reserves of coal. Today British coal mining is called a "sick" industry. Natural gas and oil was discovered in 1965 and oil in 1970 under the North Sea. Britain was the first nation to build a large iron and steel industry. Rich deposits of iron ore were found in central England. As with the coal industry, Britain's steel industry is declining.
What about the cities in The UK
London - 7,172,091 (though the City of London proper is one of the smallest cities in England)
Birmingham - 970,892
Other major cities with urban sub-area populations in excess of 250,000 inhabitants are Belfast, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kingston Upon Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stoke on Trent and Wolverhampton.
Something about the history of the UK.
PRO-FEUDALISM HISTORY
The first known setters of Britain were the Iberians. Julius Caesar, the great roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55BC. For nearly 400 years, Britain was under roman occupation. The roman built two great walls to keep the Picts: There were the Hadrian’s wall and the Antonine wall.
In the mid5th century a new wave of invaders, Jutes, Saxons, and Angles came to Britain, they were three Teutonic(Germanic) tribes. In 597, pope Gregory I sent st.Augustine to England to convert the heathen English to Christianity.
Alferd, king of Wessex, was strong enough to defeat the Danes. He is known as the “father of Britain navy”.
The Norman conquest of England isthe bestknown event in English history. Under William, the feudal system in England was established.
FEUDALISM PERIOD
The Doomsday Book, completed in 1086, was the result of general survey of England made in 1085
Henry II was the first king of the House of Plantagenet. He ended the disorders of king Stephen .
Something about the history of the UK.
The baron’s charter, or Magna Carta, as it came to be known was presented by a delegation of their class to the king and his advisers in the summer of 1215. It was a statement of feudal and legal relationship between the crown and the barons, a guarantee of the freedom of the church and a limitation of the power of the king. The statute of Wales in 1284 placed the country under English law and Edward Ⅰpresented his new-bornson to the Welsh people as the Prince of Wales, a title held by the heir to the throne ever since.
Something about the history of the UK.
When Edward Ⅲ claimed the French Crown by the right of his mother Isabella, the French refused to recognize the claim because the Salic Law debarred females from the succession. In 1337 Edward declared a war that was to last a hundred years. Black Death swept through England in the summer of 1348 without warning. It killed between one half and one third of the population of England.
Something about the history of the UK.
What is the population of The UK
Population
2007 estimate 61,100,835 (22nd)
2001 census 58,789,1945
What about the languages spoken in the UK
languages
Official languages English
In addition to English (use established by precedent), Welsh is recognised in Wales as a "language of equal standing" Since 2005, Scottish Gaelic has enjoyed the status of "an official language of Scotland commanding equal respect to the English language"
Government
The United Kingdom is a Constitutional Monarchy, with executive power exercised on behalf of the monarch by the Prime Minister and other cabinet ministers.
The current Prime Minister is Tony Blair of the Labour Party. He will be replaced by Gordon Brown
What do you know about the government of the UK
What do you know about the rule of the monarchy of the UK
Queen Elizabeth II
The United Kingdom is a
constitutional monarchy
comprising four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II who is also Queen and Head of State of fifteen other Commonwealth Realms including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica.
What do you know about the law of the UK
The United Kingdom has three distinct systems of law. English law, which applies in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland law, which applies in Northern Ireland, are based on common-law principles. Scots law, which applies in Scotland, is a hybrid system based on both common-law and civil-law principles. The Act of Union 1707 guarantees the continued existence of a separate law system for Scotland.
The United Kingdom contains some of the world's leading seats of higher education, such as the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, along with Imperial College, the London School of Economics, King's College London (KCL) University College (UCL) of the University of London, University of Edinburgh, St Andrews University. ]
In 2007 there are 112 universities/university colleges in the UK. This amounts to 138 university-level institutions if the distinct constituent colleges of the University of London and University of Wales are defined as separate universities. Most of the UK's major cities are home to two or more universities.
What do you know about the education of the UK
The Britain were pioneers in modern agriculture and were among the first to bring science and machinery to farming. The new farming has been called "agribusiness". There are mainly six farming types in Britain. They are arable farning, dairy fariming, stock farming, mixed farming,hill farming and market gardening. Because of the cool climate, apples, pears and plums grow very well in Britain. The North Sea has very good fishing grounds.
What do you know about the agriculture of the UK
Britain is the fifth largest trading country in the world. Napoleon called it a "nation of shopkeepers". Britain's foreign trade is mainly with other developed countries. which accounts for 79% of exports and 85% of imports. About half with EC. Traditionally, Britain has had a deficit on visible trade and a surplus on invisible trade.
How about the trade of the UK
The textile is one of Britain's oldest. Textiles were on of the country's most vauluable exports. Britain became a world leader in shipbuilding during the middle of the 19th century. The two main centres for shipbuilding were on the River Tyne near Newcastle, England and on the Clyde near Glasgow in Scotland. The Britain motor industry now dominated by four firms(Ford,the Rover Group, GM-Vauxhall, and Peugeot) There are three areas in Britain which have seen some high-tech industrial growth. Scotland has Europe's largest collection of foreign-owned chip factories. Over 90% of the companies are from the U.S.A.,Japan,the Netherlands and germany.
How about the industry of the UK
The government's Department for Transport oversees the well-developed transport system in the United Kingdom. A radial road network of 29,145 miles (46,632 km) of main roads is centred on London, Edinburgh and Belfast, whilst, in Great Britain, a motorway network of 2,173 miles (3,477 km) is centred on Birmingham and London. There are a further 213,750 miles (342,000 km) of paved roads.
How about the transport of the UK
Something about the culture in the UK
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has been influential in the development of cinema, with the Ealing Studios claiming to be the oldest studios in the world. Despite a history of important and successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity, and the influences of American and European cinema. Famous films include the Harry Potter, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and James Bond series which, although made by American studios, used British source materials, locations, actors and filming crew.
Something about the culture in the UK
British literature
The countries that make up the United Kingdom have provided some of the world's most notable and popular authors, poets and literary figures.
William Shakespeare:
Charles Dickens
Something about the culture in the UK
British Music
Notable composers from the United Kingdom have included William Byrd, Henry Purcell, Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Arthur Sullivan (most famous for working with librettist Sir W. S. Gilbert), Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Benjamin Britten, pioneer of modern British opera. London remains one of the major classical music capitals of the world.
Something about the culture in the UK
Religion in the United Kingdom
Canterbury Cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England, which itself is the mother church of the Anglican Communion.
The UK is today a predominantly secular state with only 38% of the population believing in a God. People identify themselves with religion in the UK for both cultural and religious reasons and this is reflected by the disparity between the figures for those believing in a god and those identifying themselves with a particular religion.
Great
Other Commonwealth nations, e.g., Canada and Australia
The British Commonwealth of nations
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Northern
Ireland
England
Wales
Scotland
Great Britain
What is the British commonweath of nations
Answer to C
1.history
2.society
3.England
4.government
5.monarchy
6.commerce
7.trade
8.Agriculture
9.resources
10.population
11.lifestyle
12.customs
Monarchy (2)_______________ Political party
King / (1)______ Prime(3)__________
Ministers
Members of Parliament (4)__________Party
Conservative (5)__________
Liberal Democrat Party
Queen
Government
Minister
Labour
Party
Answer to D
