(共27张PPT)
Unit 2 The United Kingdom
Learning aims:
Lead the students to master the reading tips about travel journal.
Make students learn how to write a journal.
Ability aims(能力目标):
emotional aims(情感目标):
Make students appreciate the beauty of London.
Review (复习):
the cultural importance of
London (About London)
How the UK came into being.
(About the UK)
England is divided into 3 zones. (About England)
Part1
Para 1-3
Part2
Para 4
Part3
Para 5-6
kingdom
country
city
History & politics
geography
History
The UK consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In the 13th century Wales was linked to England.
In the 17th century England and Wales were joined to Scotland.
In the early 20th century Southern Ireland broke away and Northern Ireland joined with England , Wales and Scotland to become the UK .
England the largest of the four countries, consists of the South, the Midlands and the North of England.
London the greatest historical treasures of all, has museums, art collections , the theatres, parks and buildings.
The four groups of invaders are the Romans, Anglo-Saxons , Vikings and Normans.
How would you plan your trip if you had three days to stay in London?
London
(Using language)
:Scanning
Travel journal
What is the types of literature(体裁) of this article?
Find these sentences in the text:
She finished the first day by…
The second day the girl visited…
The last day she visited…
The next day…
The text is written in the order of _________.
time
Reading tip 1: pay attention to the order of time and the destination (capital letter)
The first day
The Tower of London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Big Ben
The second day
Greenwich;
The third day
Highgate Cemetery
The Library of the British Museum
make a list of Zhang Pingyu’s
tour of London
Make a list of Zhang Pingyu’s tour of London and a comment on each place she visited. (P14)
Reading tip 2: find the adjectives to
make the comments.
St Paul’s
Cathedral
splendid
Big Ben
famous and very loud
delighted
Tower
Westminster
Abbey
interesting
full of statues of poets and writers
Para 1-2
sites of London comments
Day 1 1
2
3
4
The Tower of London (伦敦塔)
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Westminster Abbey (威斯敏斯特教堂)
What did Westminster Abby contain?
Big Ben (大笨钟)
Greenwich
famous and interesting
Para 3
sites of London comments
Day 2
Para3: Day2---Greenwich
What interested pingyu most in Greenwich?
The famous clock
Its old ships
The longitude line
Its beautiful scenery.
Greenwich Observatory (格林尼治天文台)
The longitude line passes through it.
Para 4
Karl Marx’s statue
British Museum
strange that …
thrilled
sites of London comments
Day 3
Karl Marx’s Statue (卡尔·马克思雕像) in Highgate Cemetery(海格特公墓)
What seemed strange to Zhang Pingyu?
The British Museum (大英博物馆)
Para5 Day4
Zhang was leaving _________ for
______ __________ .
London
Windnor Castle
The Windsor Castle (温莎城堡)
It is the biggest castle in England.
Summary
The Tower of London (伦敦塔)
St Paul's Cathedral (圣保罗大教堂)
Westminster Abbey (威斯敏斯特教堂)
Big Ben (大笨钟)
Greenwich Observatory (格林尼治天文台)
Karl Marx’s Statue (卡尔·马克思雕像) in Highgate Cemetery(海格特公墓)
The British Museum (大英博物馆)
The Windsor Castle (温莎城堡)
Discuss in groups and try to give a description of The Tower of London or Greenwich according to the information below
Homework
Read the passage three times and underline some difficult sentences and phrases.