Unit 2 The United Kingdom Period 1 优秀教案（人教版必修5）

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Unit
2　The
United
Kingdom
Brief
Statements
Based
on
This
Unit
This
unit
centers
on
the
United
Kingdom,
including
its
geography,
especially
the
historical
influence
on
geography,
historical
attractions
and
traditional
festivals.
The
students
should
be
encouraged
to
practice
talking
about
countries.
The
whole
unit
can
be
divided
into
seven
parts:
warming
up,
reading,
listening
and
speaking,
language
focusing,
reading
and
writing,
grammar,
and
assessment.
In
Warming
up,
there
is
a
quiz
for
the
students
to
do,
which
will
arouse
the
students’
interest
in
knowing
about
the
detailed
information
about
the
United
Kingdom.
While
checking
the
answers,
the
teacher
can
add
more
knowledge
about
the
UK,
to
prepare
the
students
for
the
following
processes.
In
this
part,
the
teacher
should
also
help
the
students
to
deal
with
the
new
words
and
expressions
that
will
appear
in
the
Reading
passage.
Group
discussion
and
brainstorming
will
be
used
in
this
period
to
help
the
students
to
communicate
with
each
other
using
their
previous
knowledge.
In
Pre-reading,
the
students
are
provided
with
three
questions
related
to
the
UK,
which
can
act
as
an
introduction
to
the
Reading
passage.
In
the
Reading
passage,
the
students
will
learn
about
the
historical
influence
upon
geography
in
the
UK
and
get
a
general
idea
about
the
process
of
the
combination
of
the
UK.
They
will
also
learn
about
the
historical
attractions
left
by
the
invaders
in
England
and
London.
In
reading
the
passage
the
students
should
also
pay
special
attention
to
the
techniques
of
writing
a
passage
of
human
geography.
In
Post-reading
part,
the
students
will
do
three
activities.
The
first
one
is
to
answer
three
questions
according
to
the
Reading
passage.
Secondly,
the
students
are
asked
to
divide
England
into
three
districts
on
a
map,
which
is
based
on
the
deeper
understanding
of
the
passage.
Thirdly,
after
getting
the
general
idea
of
the
passage,
the
students
should
write
a
summary
of
the
passage
in
about
50
words.
In
Learning
about
language,
the
students
are
encouraged
to
learn
some
important
words
and
expressions
in
the
passage
and
try
to
use
them
in
the
specific
contexts.
In
this
unit
the
students
will
learn
to
use
the
past
participle
as
the
object
complement,
through
some
examples
and
exercises.
While
practising
using
the
language,
the
students
will
learn
about
Sightseeing
in
London.
And
their
skills
of
reading,
speaking,
listening
and
writing
will
be
improved.
In
Listening
and
Speaking,
more
chances
will
be
given
to
the
students
to
learn
about
some
famous
kings
and
queens
in
the
history
of
the
UK,
and
their
achievements.
The
students
are
encouraged
to
get
more
information
about
the
country
in
order
to
understand
it
as
a
whole.
The
topic
of
Speaking
is
about
the
historical
attractions
in
the
UK.
The
students
should
learn
to
introduce
to
visitors
one
tourist
attraction
in
his
or
her
own
hometown.
While
speaking,
the
students
should
try
to
use
some
useful
expressions
while
you
cannot
follow
others.
Then
in
Writing
part,
the
students
will
be
asked
to
make
a
poster
to
introduce
the
chosen
tourist
attraction
to
attract
more
visitors.
While
writing,
the
students
should
pay
special
attention
to
the
words,
especially
some
verbs
and
adjectives.
This
task
is
helpful
for
the
students’
creativity
and
imagination.
It
can
also
improve
their
writing
skills.
Assessment
will
help
the
students
to
look
back
what
they
have
learned
and
focus
on
the
difficult
and
important
points.
So,
this
unit
will
be
divided
into
seven
periods
as
follows:
Period
1　Welcome
to
the
Unit
Period
2　Reading
Period
3　Reading
and
Writing
Period
4　Language
Focusing
Period
5
Grammar
Period
6　Reading
and
Writing
Period
7　Assessment
Knowledge
aims:
Key
words
in
this
unit:
unite,
kingdom,
consist,
divide,
puzzle,
debate,
clarify,
relation,
educational,
legal,
convenience,
roughly,
industrial,
historical,
attraction,
collection,
construct,
influence,
project,
arrange,
wedding,
fold,
sightseeing,
available,
site,
delight,
tower,
royal,
occasion,
uniform,
splendid,
statue,
longitude,
navigation,
communism,
original,
thrill,
pot,
unfair,
smart,
suggestion,
tense,
consistent,
error
Key
phrases
in
this
unit:
consist
of,
divide...into,
break
away
from,
leave
out,
take
the
place
of,
break
down,
be
linked
to,
to
one’s
surprise,
look
around,
keep
one’s
eyes
open,
on
special
occasions,
in
memory
of,
have
a
photo
taken,
on
show,
be
proud
of,
as
well
as,
be
known
as,
on
the
other
side
of,
make
a
list
of,
be
worried
about,
leave
sp.for
sp.,
be
rude
to
sb.,
be
at
war
with,
be
friendly
to
sb.,
change
one’s
mind,
take
flight,
hear
about,
keep
one’s
promise,
feel
sympathy
for,
feel
strongly
about
Key
sentence
patterns:
1.
There
is
no
need
to
do
sth.
2.
You
must
keep
your
eyes
open
if
you
are
going
to
make
your
trip
to
the
United
Kingdom
worthwhile.
3.
It
seemed
strange
that
the
man
who
had
developed
communism
should
have
lived
and
died
in
London.
Grammar
in
this
unit:
Past
participle
used
as
the
object
complement
Ability
aims:
1.
To
talk
about
geography,
historical
attractions
and
traditional
festivals
of
a
country.
2.
To
guess
what
will
be
talked
about
in
the
listening
materials.
3.
To
improve
their
reading
skills.
4.
To
learn
to
use
past
participle
as
the
object
complement.
Emotion
aims:
To
encourage
the
students
to
learn
about
some
traditions
of
a
country.
To
learn
to
treasure
the
traditions
of
a
country.
To
learn
to
analyze
things
based
on
facts.
Period
1　Welcome
to
the
Unit
The
General
Idea
of
This
Period
This
is
the
first
period
of
this
unit.
It
includes
Warming-up,
Quiz,
Listening
and
New
Words.
In
this
period,
students
should
get
the
first
impression
of
the
United
Kingdom,
including
some
famous
attractions
and
some
famous
leaders
in
history
and
so
on.
At
the
beginning,
the
students
enjoy
some
beautiful
pictures
of
tourist
attractions
in
the
United
Kingdom.
In
this
way,
they
will
feel
more
interested
in
the
topic.
Then
the
students
do
a
quiz
of
five
questions
about
some
specific
information
about
the
UK.
While
checking
the
answers,
the
teacher
can
refer
to
some
related
information
about
the
UK
by
showing
some
pictures
or
descriptions.
After
this
step
the
students
would
have
a
general
idea
about
the
UK.
This
lays
a
solid
foundation
for
the
Reading
passage.
Also
this
step
provides
the
students
with
enough
chance
to
practice
speaking.
The
teacher
should
stimulate
the
students
to
express
themselves
using
English.
Then
in
the
Listening
part,
the
students
will
listen
to
the
introduction
to
some
kings
and
queens
in
history.
Then
they
will
answer
some
questions
according
to
what
they
have
heard.
After
finishing
the
tasks
in
the
textbooks,
the
teacher
can
provide
some
information
about
Queen
Elizabeth
Ⅱ
and
current
Prime
Minister
Tony
Blair.
Next
the
teacher
will
explain
some
new
words
and
expressions
that
would
appear
in
the
Reading
passage.
The
teacher
will
pick
out
some
important
and
difficult
verb.
First
the
students
are
asked
to
match
the
words
with
their
explanations.
Then
they
will
use
these
words
to
finish
ten
sentences.
In
this
way,
the
teacher
can
check
if
the
students
have
mastered
these
words
and
expressions
or
not.
After
class
students
should
learn
the
new
words
and
expressions
by
heart.
This
period
lays
emphasis
on
speaking
and
listening.
The
teacher
should
try
his
or
her
best
to
encourage
the
students
to
say
something.
Don’t
always
correct
the
mistakes
that
the
students
might
make
while
speaking.
Otherwise,
the
students
would
feel
reluctant
to
orally
tell
their
opinions.
Teaching
Important
Points
Get
a
general
idea
of
the
United
Kingdom.
Train
the
students’
speaking
ability
by
describing,
talking
and
discussing.
Teaching
Difficulties
Master
some
important
words
and
phrases
in
this
unit.
Train
the
students’
listening
ability.
Teaching
Aids
a
tape
recorder
a
projector
the
blackboard
Three
Dimensional
Teaching
Aims
Knowledge
aims:
Help
Ss
to
get
a
general
idea
of
the
United
Kingdom.
Have
Ss
master
some
important
words
and
expressions
in
this
unit.
Ability
Aims:
Train
the
students’
speaking
ability
by
describing,
talking
and
discussing.
Train
the
students’
listening
ability.
Train
Ss
to
search
the
Internet
for
some
useful
information.
Emotional
Aims:
Appreciate
some
beautiful
attractions
in
the
United
Kingdom.
Cultivate
Ss’s
team
spirit
in
group
work.
Teaching
Procedure
Step
1
Greetings
Teacher
(T):
Good
morning/afternoon,
class!
Students
(Ss):
Good
morning/afternoon,
sir.
Step
2
Quiz
(At
the
beginning
of
the
class,
T
shows
Ss
some
beautiful
pictures
of
the
UK.)
　　　　　　　
Windsor
Castle　　　　　　　　　St
Paul’s
Cathedral
from
the
Millennium
Footbridge
　　
Buckingham
Palace　　　　　　　　　　　London
Bridge
Big
Ben
through
autumn
trees
by
Victoria
embankment
Flight
on
the
London
eye
view
towards
the
Houses
of
Parliament
T:
Did
you
enjoy
these
pictures?
Ss:
Yes.
T:
Do
you
know
where
these
sceneries
are?
S:
They
are
in
England.
S:
I
think
they
are
in
the
Great
Britain.
T:
Yes.
Actually,
we
say
all
of
them
are
in
the
United
Kingdom.
Many
people
find
the
geography
of
the
UK
difficult
to
understand.
In
this
unit,
we
will
learn
something
about
the
United
Kingdom,
including
its
geography,
historical
attractions
and
traditions.
First,
let’s
do
a
quiz
to
find
out
how
much
you
already
know
about
the
UK.
(Ss
look
at
Warming
Up
on
Page
9
and
do
the
quiz.)
(After
several
minutes,
T
checks
the
answers
with
the
whole
class.)
S:
The
UK
consists
of
four
countries.
T:
You
are
right
.Look
at
the
map
below
and
find
out
the
four
countries
(After
several
minutes.)
S:
They
are
England,
Wales,
Scotland
and
Ireland.
T:
Attention
here.Not
the
whole
Ireland,
but
only
Northern
Ireland.
T:
Then
can
you
find
out
the
capital
cities
of
these
countries?
S:
The
capital
of
England
is
London.
S:
The
capital
of
Wales
is
Cardiff.
S:
The
capital
of
Scotland
is
Edinburgh.
S:
The
capital
of
Northern
Ireland
is
Belfast.
T:
You
did
a
very
good
job.
What
about
the
second
question?
S:
It
takes
about
16/13
to
fly
from
Beijing/Shanghai
to
London
Heathrow
Airport.
T:
Yes.
Here
is
a
flight
schedule
(Beijing—London).
Depart　
Arrive　
Carrier/Flight　
Equip　
Freq
1:
20
am
PEK　
10:
05
am　
HU
0481/BA
0865　
763/320　
1
Stop/
Connex　
Trip
Time
BUD
2:
50
hrs.　
15:
45
hrs.
T:
Then
who
rules
the
country:
the
Prime
Minster
or
the
Queen
or
both?
S:
The
Queen
rules
the
country.
T:
Yes.
And
do
you
know
any
Queen
of
the
UK?
S:
Queen
Elizabeth
Ⅱ.
T:
Here
is
a
picture
of
her.
T:
Elizabeth
Ⅱ,
born
on
April
21,
1926,
is
the
eldest
daughter
of
George
Ⅵ
and
Elizabeth
Bowes-Lyon.
She
married
Philip
Mountbatten,
a
distant
cousin,
in
1947;
the
pair
have
four
children:
Charles,
Prince
of
Wales,
Anne,
Andrew
and
Edward.
She
has
reigned
for
forty-six
years,
and
appears
capable
of
remaining
on
the
throne
for
quite
some
time.
T:
Then
who
is
the
current
Prime
Minister
in
the
UK?
S:
Blair.
T:
Yes.
Tony
Blair.
Do
you
know
anything
about
him?
Here
is
a
picture
of
him.
T:
Blair
was
Labor
Member
of
Parliament
for
Sedgefield
and
Leader
of
the
Opposition
in
the
House
of
Commons
until
the
May
1,
1997
elections,
at
which
time,
as
head
of
the
new
majority
party,
he
became
Prime
Minister.
T:
What
are
the
provinces
called
in
England,
counties,
departments
or
states?
S:
Counties.
T:
England
has
been
divided
into
counties
for
hundreds
of
years.The
divisions
originated
as
administrative
areas,
but
have
been
adopted
for
geographic
purposes.
A
series
of
local
government
reforms
from
the
19th
century
onwards
has
left
the
exact
definition
of
the
term
‘county’
slightly
ambiguous(不明确的).
T:
Do
you
know
how
many
counties
there
are
in
England?
S:
Over
thirty.
T:
Yes.
There
are
36
counties
in
England.
T:
Which
is
the
longest
river
in
England,
the
River
Avon,
the
River
Thames
or
the
River
Severn?
S:
The
River
Thames.
T:
The
River
Thames
is
actually
very
famous
in
the
UK.
Whenever
people
talk
about
the
UK,
they
will
think
of
this
river.
It
has
nearly
become
one
of
the
landmarks
of
the
United
Kingdom.
Here
is
a
picture
of
it.
T:
Do
you
know
anything
about
the
other
two
rivers?
S:
I
know
nothing
about
them,
except
that
they
are
in
the
UK.
T:
Look
at
the
pictures
below.
　　　　
T:
On
the
left
is
the
River
Avon
and
on
the
right
is
the
River
Severn.
Do
you
know
the
lengths
of
these
rivers?
Ss:
We
have
no
idea.
T:
The
River
Thames
is
about
211
miles,
the
River
Avon
is
only
about
4
miles,
and
the
River
Severn
is
about
220
miles.
So
the
longest
river
in
England
is
the
River
Severn.
T:
Of
the
five
questions,
how
many
of
them
did
you
get
right?
If
you
got
all
five
questions
right,
you
know
a
lot
already.
But
even
you
got
all
of
them
wrong,
don’t
be
worried.
We
are
going
to
learn
more
about
the
UK
in
this
unit.
Step
3
Listening
T:
Now
we
are
going
to
do
some
listening
test
about
some
English
kings
and
queens.
First
listen
to
the
tape
and
tick
the
ones
that
you
hear
about
from
the
list.
(T
plays
the
tape
for
the
students
to
listen
and
finish
the
task.)
(Then
T
checks
the
answers
with
the
whole
class.)
T:
I
will
play
the
tape
again,
and
this
time
please
answer
the
questions
in
Part
2.
(After
listening
to
the
tape
twice.)
T:
Now
check
your
answers
with
your
partner.
T:
Do
you
have
any
questions?
If
yes,
let’s
listen
to
tape
again
and
then
check
your
answers.
Step
4
New
Words
T:
There
are
a
lot
of
new
words
and
phrases
in
this
unit.
Here
are
some
important
verbs
and
their
explanations.
Please
match
the
words
in
Column
A
with
their
explanations
in
Column
B.
A
B
arrange
to
make
something
clearer
and
easier
to
understand
thrill
to
have
an
effect
on
sb.or
sth.
puzzle
to
build
a
large
building
delight
to
bend
sth.by
laying
or
pressing
one
part
over
another
debate
to
separate
something
into
two
or
more
parts
clarify
to
make
someone
feel
excited
and
happy
construct
to
organize
or
make
plans
for
something
influence
to
discuss
a
subject
formally
when
you
are
trying
to
make
a
decision
fold
to
give
someone
great
satisfaction
and
enjoyment
divide
to
think
about
something
because
you
cannot
understand
or
solve
it
(After
a
few
minutes.)
T:
Now
let’s
check
your
answers.
S:
“arrange”
means
“to
organize
or
make
plans
for
something”.
S:
“thrill”
means
“to
make
someone
feel
excited
and
happy”.
S:
“puzzle”
means
“to
think
about
something
because
you
cannot
understand
or
solve
it”
S:
“delight”
means
“to
give
someone
great
satisfaction
and
enjoyment”.
S:
“debate”
means
“to
discuss
a
subject
formally
when
you
are
trying
to
make
a
decision”.
S:
“clarify”
means
“to
make
something
clearer
and
easier
to
understand”.
S:
“construct”
means
“to
build
a
large
building”.
S:
“influence”
means
“to
have
an
effect
on
sb.or
sth.”.
S:
“fold”
means
“to
bend
sth.by
laying
or
pressing
one
part
over
another”.
S:
“divide”
means
“to
separate
something
into
two
or
more
parts”.
Step
5
Consolidation
T:
Next,
I
will
give
you
ten
sentences.
Please
use
some
verbs
to
fill
in
the
blanks.
1.
Hitler
and
Stalin
__________Poland
between
them.
2.
James
is
__________a
big
surprise
party
for
Helen’s
birthday.
3.
The
magic
of
his
music
continues
to
_________audiences.
4.
The
Golden
Gate
Bridge
was
__________in
1933-1937.
5.
We
are
__________whether
to
go
to
the
mountains
or
to
the
seaside.
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:
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London
②http:
//thesalmons.org/lynn/wh-england.html
③http:
//www./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（惯例）.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（财务大臣）,
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.
The
Prime
Minister
is
appointed
by
the
Sovereign,
who
is
bound
by
constitutional
convention
to
choose
the
individual
most
likely
to
command
the
support
of
the
House
of
Commons
(normally,
the
leader
of
the
party
with
a
majority
in
that
body).Should
the
Prime
Minister
lose
the
confidence
of
the
House
of
Commons
(indicated,
for
example,
by
the
passage
of
a
no
confidence
motion),
he
or
she
is
morally
obliged
by
similar
conventions
either
to
resign
(in
which
case
the
Sovereign
can
try
to
find
another
Prime
Minister
who
has
the
House’s
confidence)
or
to
request
the
monarch
to
call
a
general
election.
Since
the
premiership
is
in
some
small
sense
still
a
de
facto
position,
the
office’s
powers
are
mainly
a
matter
of
custom
rather
than
law,
deriving
from
the
incumbent’s
ability
to
appoint
(through
the
Sovereign)
his
or
her
Cabinet
colleagues,
as
well
as
from
certain
uses
of
the
royal
prerogative
which
may
be
exercised
directly
by
the
Prime
Minister,
or
by
the
Monarch
on
the
Prime
Minister’s
advice.
Some
commentators
have
pointed
out
that,
in
practice,
the
powers
of
the
office
are
subject
to
very
few
checks,
especially
in
an
era
when
Parliament
and
the
Cabinet
are
seen
as
unwilling
to
challenge
dominant
Prime
Ministers
whose
attention
is
increasingly
turned
not
toward
Parliament
but
toward
the
news
media.
The
UK
under
the
leadership
of
the
Current
Prime
Minister
Tony
Blair
Eighteen
years
of
Conservative
rule
ended
in
May
1997
when
Tony
Blair
and
the
Labor
Party
succeeded
in
the
British
elections.
Blair
has
been
compared
to
former
U.S.president
Bill
Clinton
for
his
youthful,
telegenic(适于电视广播的)
personality
and
centrist
views.
He
produced
constitutional
reform
that
partially
decentralized（分散）the
UK,
leading
to
the
formation
of
separate
Parliaments
in
Wales
and
Scotland
by
1999.Britain
turned
over
its
colony
Hong
Kong
to
China
in
July
1997.
Blair’s
controversial
meeting
in
Oct.1997
with
Sinn
Fein’s
president,
Gerry
Adams,
was
the
first
meeting
in
76
years
between
a
British
prime
minister
and
a
Sinn
Fein
leader.
It
infuriated
numerous
factions
but
was
a
symbolic
gesture
in
support
of
the
nascent
peace
talks
in
Northern
Ireland.
In
1998
the
Good
Friday
Agreement,
strongly
supported
by
Tony
Blair,
led
to
the
first
promise
of
peace
between
Catholics
and
Protestants
since
the
beginning
of
the
so-called
Troubles.
Along
with
the
U.S.,
Britain
launched
air
strikes
against
Iraq
in
Dec.1998
after
Saddam
Hussein
expelled
UN
arms
inspectors.
In
the
spring
of
1999,
Britain
spearheaded
the
NATO
operation
in
Kosovo,
which
resulted
in
Yugoslavian
president
Slobodan
Milosevic’s
withdrawal
from
the
territory.
In
Feb.2001,
foot-and-mouth
disease
broke
out
among
British
livestock,
prompting
other
nations
to
ban
British
meat
imports
and
forcing
the
slaughter
of
thousands
of
cattle,
pigs,
and
sheep
in
an
effort
to
stem
the
highly
contagious
disease.
The
episode
cost
farmers
and
the
tourist
industry
billions
of
dollars.
In
June
2001,
Blair
won
a
second
landslide
victory,
with
the
Labour
Party
capturing
413
seats
in
Parliament.
Britain
became
the
staunchest
ally
of
the
U.S.
after
the
Sept.11
attacks.
British
troops
joined
the
U.S.
in
the
bombing
campaign
against
Afghanistan
in
Oct.2001,
after
the
Taliban-led
government
refused
to
turn
over
the
prime
suspect
in
the
terrorist
attacks,
Osama
bin
Laden.
Blair
again
proved
himself
to
be
the
strongest
international
supporter
of
the
U.S.in
Sept.2002,
when
he
became
President
Bush’s
major
ally
in
calling
for
a
war
against
Iraq.Blair
maintained
that
military
action
was
justified
because
Iraq
was
developing
weapons
of
mass
destruction
that
were
a
direct
threat
to
its
enemies.
He
continued
to
support
the
Bush
administration’s
hawkish
policies
despite
significant
opposition
in
his
own
party
and
the
British
public.
In
March
2003,
a
London
Times
newspaper
poll
indicated
that
only
19%
of
respondents
approved
of
military
action
without
a
UN
mandate.
As
the
inevitability
of
the
U.S.strike
on
Iraq
grew
nearer,
Blair
announced
that
he
would
join
the
U.S.in
fighting
Iraq
with
or
without
a
second
UN
resolution.
Three
of
his
ministers
resigned
as
a
result.
Britain
entered
the
war
on
March
20,
supplying
45
000
troops.
In
the
aftermath
of
the
war,
Blair
came
under
fire
from
government
officials
for
allegedly
exaggerating
Iraq’s
possession
of
weapons
of
mass
destruction.
In
July
2003
Blair
announced
that
“history
would
forgive”
the
UK
and
U.S.
“if
we
are
wrong”
and
that
the
end
to
the
“inhuman
carnage
and
suffering”
caused
by
Saddam
Hussein
was
justification
enough
for
the
war.
The
arguments
about
the
war
grew
so
vociferous
between
the
Blair
government
and
the
BBC
that
a
prominent
weapons
scientist,
David
Kelly,
who
was
caught
in
the
middle,
committed
suicide.
In
Jan.2004,
the
Hutton
Report
exonerated
the
Blair
administration
of
any
misconduct
concerning
the
weapons
inspections
and
concluded
that
it
had
not
“sexed-up”
the
intelligence
dossier,
an
accusation
put
forth
by
BBC
reporter
Andrew
Gilligan.
The
report
strongly
criticized
the
BBC
for
its
“defective”
editorial
policies,
and
as
a
consequence,
the
BBC’s
top
management
resigned.
In
July
2004,
the
Butler
Report
on
pre-Iraq
war
British
intelligence
was
released.
It
echoed
the
findings
of
the
U.S.Senate
Intelligence
Committee
of
the
week
before
that
the
intelligence
had
vastly
exaggerated
Saddam
Hussein’s
threat.The
famous
claim
that
Iraq’s
chemical
and
biological
weapons
“are
deployable
within
45
minutes
of
an
order
to
use
them”was
especially
singled
out
as
highly
misleading.But
like
the
U.S.report,
it
cleared
the
government
of
any
role
in
manipulating
the
intelligence.
On
May
5,
2005,
Blair
won
a
historic
third
term
as
the
country’s
prime
minister.Despite
this
victory,
Blair’s
party
was
severely
hurt
in
the
elections.
The
Labour
Party
won
just
36%
of
the
national
vote,
the
lowest
percentage
by
a
ruling
party
in
British
history.
The
Conservative
Party
won
33%,
and
the
Liberal
Democrats
22%.Blair
acknowledged
that
the
reason
for
the
poor
showing
was
Britain’s
involvement
in
the
war
in
Iraq,
which
was
widely
unpopular.
A
number
of
political
analysts
believe
Blair
will
not
serve
out
his
new
five-year
term.
Many
expect
him
to
resign
in
the
next
several
years
and
turn
over
the
reins
of
the
Labour
Party
to
Gordon
Brown,
the
chancellor
of
the
exchequer,
whose
policies
many
credit
in
creating
Britain’s
strong
and
stable
economy.
On
July
7,
2005,
London
suffered
a
terrorist
bombing,
Britain’s
worst
attack
since
World
War
Ⅱ.Four
bombs
exploded
in
three
subway
stations
and
on
one
double-decker
bus
during
the
morning
rush
hour,
killing
52
and
wounding
more
than
700.Four
Muslim
men,
three
of
them
British-born,
were
identified
as
the
suicide
bombers.On
July
21,
terrorists
attempted
another
attack
on
the
transit
system,
but
the
bombs
failed
to
explode.
A
leaked
document
by
a
top
British
government
official
warned
Prime
Minister
Blair
more
than
a
year
before
the
bombings
that
Britain’s
engagement
in
Iraq
was
fueling
Islamic
extremism,
but
Blair
has
repeatedly
denied
such
a
link,
contending
that
the
bombings
were
the
result
of
an
“evil
ideology”
that
had
taken
root
before
the
Iraq
war.
Blair
has
proposed
legislation
that
would
toughen
the
country’s
antiterrorism
measures.
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