TheUnitedKingdom Reading1 1 联合 团结2 组成 在于 一致3 澄清 阐明4 完成 达到 实现5 矛盾 冲突6 不愿意的 不乐意的7 挣脱 束缚 脱离8 英国国旗9 信任 学分 赞扬 信贷10 货币 通货11 制度 机制 公共机构12 教育的 uniteconsistclarifyaccomplishconflictunwillingbreakaway from theUnionJackcreditcurrencyinstitutioneducational 13 便利 方便14 粗糙的 粗暴的15 全国性的 全国范围的16 吸引 引起注意17 历史的 有关历史的18 建筑学 建筑艺术19 收藏品 珍藏 收集20 管理 行政部门21 港口 城市 22 省去 遗漏 不考虑23 机会 时机 convenienceroughnationwideattracthistoricalarchitecturecollectionadministrationportleaveoutopportunity WarmingupDothisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowaboutUK 1 HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof A twoB threeD four2 HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport A aboutsixhoursB abouttenhoursC aboutsixteenhours directflight 3 WhorulestheUK ThePrimeMinisterorthequeen A TheQueenB ThePrimeMinisterC Both4 WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland A countiesB departmentsC states5 WhichisthelongestriverinEngland A TheRiverAvonB TheRiverThamesC TheRiverSevern TheQueen spositionisceremonial OpeningParliament welcomingHeadsfromothercountries goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain VS ThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers calledCabinet andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionandthelaws Thames Severn Avon TheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger TheRiverThamesis338KmandtheRiverSevernis290Km TheRiverAvonismuchshorter Edinburgh Belfast London Cardiff Canyounamethecapitalcitiesofthe4countriesoftheUK PuzzlesinGeography Whatdoesthepassagemainlytellus EnglandisthecentreofGreatBritain AbriefintroductionoftheUnitedKingdom includingitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography historyandculture etc Londonisthegreatesthistoricaltreasure TheUnitedKingdomismadeupoffourcountries Skimming Scanning Accordingtothetext joinlinestotherightanswer Para 1 A ExplainsthejoiningofEnglandandWales whattheterm GreatBritain meansandhowtheUKcameabout Para 2 B Statestopictobeexaminedinthereading Para 3 C ExplainstheimportanceofLondonasaculturalandpoliticalcentreintheUK Para 4 D ExplainshowwemakeourtripenjoyablePara 5 E Explainssimilarities differencesinthefourcountries Para 6 F ExplainshowEnglandisdividedintothreezones MindMap Part1 AbouttheUK Part2 AboutEngland Part2 AboutLondon Paragraph1 3 Paragraph4 Paragraph5 6 Para 1Introducethetopic Para 2HowtheUKcomeintobeing Para 3Howdothefourcountrieswork Para 4ThegeographicaldivisionofEngland thesimilaritiesanddifferences Para 5 6TheculturalimportanceofLondon Dividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart Para 1 3Para 4Para 5 6 Part1 Part2 Part3 ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandintothreezones theirsimilaritiesanddifferences TheimportanceofLondon AbriefintroductionoftheUK Part1 HowdidtheUKcomeintobeing Dothefourcountriesalwaysworktogether Givesomeexamples Anddotheyhavethesameinstitutions Givesomeexamples WaleswaslinkedtoEngland EnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandformingGreatBritain NorthernIrelandjoinedwithEngland WalesandScotlandtobecometheUnitedKingdom England Question1 Wales England Scotland NorthIreland TheUnitedKingdom 13thcentury 1603 1916 HowUKwasformed GreatBritain Thefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareas e g thecurrencyandinternationalrelations Theystillhavedifferentinstitutions E g NorthernIreland EnglandandScotlandhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup Question2 Part2 The3zonesofEngland North Leeds York Manchester Sheffield Midlands South Birmingham Coventry Reading London Brighten Plymouth mostofindustrialcities mostofthepopulation Englandcanbedividedinto3mainareas Doyouknowwhattheyare Theinvaders influenceonEnglandandLondon Para 5 6TheculturalimportanceofLondon Part3 lefttheirtownsandroads builttheoldestportinthe1stcenturyAD lefttheirlanguageandgovernment builttheoldestbuildinginthe1060s influencedthevocabularyandplace names leftcastlesandwordsforfood constructedtheoldestcastlein1066 You ifyouaregoingtomakeyourtriptotheUnitedKingdomenjoyableandworthwhile mustkeepyoureyesopen Ex 1onP11 1 ThecountriesthatmakeupGreatBritainare 2 IfwespeakofEnglandwemean 3 TheUnitedKingdomincludes 4 ThepartofIrelandthatseparatedfromEnglandiscalled 5 Londonisthecapitalcityof England WalesandScotland EnglandandWales England Wales ScotlandandNorthernIreland RepublicofSouthernIreland England Ex 2 1 Wales ItisusuallyassumedtobepartofEngland 2 England ScotlandandWales 3 TheVikingsdidnotinfluenceLondon Summary IfyoustudyBritishhistorywellyoucanclarifythepuzzlesin waslinkedtoEnglandinthethirteenthcentury NextEnglandandWaleswerejoinedto intheseventeenthcenturywithout FinallytheEnglishgovernmenttriedintheearlytwentiethcenturytoformtheUnitedKingdombygetting connectedinthesamepeacefulway However thesouthernpartofIrelandwasunwillingandbroke toformitsowngovernment Soonly joinedwithEngland geography Wales Scotland conflict Ireland away Ireland Northern Totheircreditthefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareasbuttheystillhaveverydifferent Suchasdifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferent teams For Englandisdividedr