Unit

4

History

and

TraditionsReadingandThinking(period1)LearnaboutacountrythroughitshistoryLearningObjectives1.

Learn

to

read

a

map.

2.

Read

about

the

history

and

traditions

of

the

UK.3.

Learn

to

sort

out

information

with

a

timeline.

4.

Understand

the

significance

of

studying

the

history,

culture

and

traditions

of

a

itary6.defence7.legal8.surroundn.謎；智力游戲；疑問vt.迷惑；使困惑adv.在附近adj.附近的；鄰近的vt.占領；征服；控制n.通貨；貨幣adj.軍事的；軍用的n.防御；保衛adj.法律的；合法的vt.圍繞；包圍wordsandexpressions9.evidence10.achievement11.location12.battle13.port14.belongto15.breakawayfrom16.keepyoureyesopen（for）n.證據；證明n.成就；成績；達到n.地方；地點；位置n.戰役；搏斗vt./vi.搏斗；奮斗n.港口（城市）屬于脫離；背叛；逃脫留心；留意HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUK?(1)

WhichisthenationalflagoftheUK?ABCNew

ZealandAustraliatheUK(2)

How

many

names

do

we

have

for

“英國”?

What

are

they?

What’s

the

difference

between

them?

the

UK,

England,

Britain,

Great

Britain,

…

Tower

BridgeTowerofLondonWestminsterAbbeyBuckinghamPalace(3)Doyouknowthesehistoric

sitesinUK?Whataretheirnames?

LeadinLookatthemapsandanswerthefollowingquestions.Readmap:

Whenyoulookatamap,thinkfirstaboutwhatthemapshowsandwhatthesymbolsmean.Q1:Lookatthemap,canyoutellwhattypeofmapitis?A.weathermapB.administrativezoningmapC.resourcemapD.trafficmapLeadinLookatthemapsandanswerthefollowingquestions.Q2:Whatdothedifferentsymbols andcolorsstandfor?Differentcolors-----Smallcircles------Redspot------capitalbigcitiesdifferentregions/countriesLeadinLookatthemapsandanswerthefollowingquestions.Q3:HowmanypartsmakeuptheUK? Whatarethey?Fourparts.England,Wales,Scotland,NorthernIrelandBeforereading(Prediction)WHAT'SINANAME?Whatmessagecanwegetfromthetitle?Whatmightthetextbemainlyabout?ReadandcheckWhatisthetextmainlyabout?TheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,Britain,England---manypeopleareconfusedbywhatthesedifferentnamesmean.Sowhatisthedifferencebetweenthem,ifany?GettingtoknowalittlebitaboutBritishhistorywillhelpyousolvethispuzzle.(paragraph1)Inthe16thcentury,thenearbycountryofWaleswasjoinedtotheKingdomofEngland.Later,inthe18thcentury,thecountryScotlandwasjoinedtocreatetheKingdomofGreatBritain.Inthe19thcentury,theKingdomofIrelandwasaddedtocreatetheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.Finally,inthe20thcentury,thesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeawayfromtheUK,whichresultedinthefullnamewehavetoday:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernlreland.Mostpeoplejustusetheshortenedname:“theUnitedKingdom”or“theUK”.PeoplefromtheUKarecalled“British”,whichmeanstheUKisalsooftenreferredtoasBritainorGreatBritain.(paragraph2)ThetextismainlyaboutthehistoryofthenamesofUK.Readandfindout1.WhatarethecountriesthatmakeuptheUK?2.Whatarethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthesecountries？Readandfindout1.WhatarethecountriesthatmakeuptheUK?England,Wales,Scotland,NorthernIreland.(frompara2)2.Whatarethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthesecountries？ThefourcountriesthatbelongtotheUnitedKingdomworktogetherinsomeareas.Theyusethesameflag,knownastheUnionJack,aswellassharethesamecurrencyandmilitarydefence.However,theyalsohavesomedifferences.Forexample,England,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernlrelandallhavedifferenteducationsystemsandlegalsystems.Theyalsohavetheirowntraditions,liketheirownnationaldaysandnationaldishes.AndtheyevenhavetheirownfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!(paragraph3)Similarities:flag,currencyandmilitarydefence;Differences:educationsystems,legalsystems,traditionsandfootballteams.Readthepassagequicklyandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.()Para1A.Explainthefourinvasionsandtheirinfluence.()Para2B.Statethetopictobeexaminedinthereading.()Para3C.Studyingthehistoryofthecountrywillmakeone’s visitmuchmoreenjoyable.()Para4D.Explainwhattheterm"GreatBritain"meansand howitcameabout.()Para5E.Explainthesameanddifferentareasinthefour countries.ReadandfindoutBDEACReadandfindoutHowisthetextorganized?Inthe16thcentury,...Later,inthe18thcentury,...Inthe19thcentury,...Finally,inthe20thcentury,...(paragraph2)Thefisrtcentury.Next,...inthefifthcentury.TheVhe11thcentury.(paragraph4)Inthe16thcentury,...Later,inthe18thcentury,...Inthe19thcentury,...Finally,inthe20thcentury,...(paragraph2)Thefisrtcentury.Next,...inthefifthcentury.TheVhe11thcentury.(paragraph4)Thetextisorganizedaccordingtothetimeline.Readthetextagainandsortouttheinformationaccordingtothetimeline.WhenWhathappenedWhatchanged

Romansarrived

Anglo-Saxonscame

Vikingscame

11thcentury

1stcenturyTownsandroads5thcenturyLanguageandwayhouseswerebuiltVocabularyandnamesoflocationsacrosstheUKCastlesbuilt,legalsystemchanged,andnewwordsfromFrenchintroduced8thcenturyNormansconqueredEnglandaftertheBattleofHastingsReadandfindout18thcentury

19thcentury

20thcentury

KingdomofGreatBritainformed/createdUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandformed/createdNamechangedtoUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ScotlandwasjoinedtoEnglandandWalesIrelandwasaddedThesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeaway16thcentury

WaleswasjoinedtoKingdomofEnglandReadandfindoutReadthetextagainandsortouttheinformationaccordingtothetimeline.RaiseaquestionWhatisthedifferencebetweentheUK,GreatBritain,BritainandEngland?explainthequestion：

thesameanddifferentareas

HowdoestheUKcomeintobeing?Theysharethesameflag,currencyandmilitarydefence.Theyhavedifferenteducationandlegalsystemsaswellastraditions.SummaryLongandinterestinghistory

theadvantageofstudyinghistory

YouwillbesurroundedbyevidenceoffourdifferentgroupsofpeopleMakeyourvisitmuchmoreenjoyableSummaryPostreadingDiscussfollowingquestionsingroups.1.Whyisitimportanttostudythehistoryandcultureofacountrybeforevisitingit?2.Whatimportantthingsshouldvisitorsknowaboutbeforetheycometoanunfamiliarcountry?Unit

4

History

and

TraditionsReadingandThinking(period2)LearnaboutacountrythroughitshistoryLearningObjectivesInthisclass,youwill:1.learnsomenewwordsandexpressions2.learntoanalyzesomelonganddifficultsentencesinthetextWHAT’SINANAME?1.TheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,Britain,England---manypeopleareconfusedbywhatthesedifferentnamesmean.Sowhatisthedifferencebetweenthem,ifany?GettingtoknowalittlebitaboutBritishhistorywillhelpyousolvethispuzzle.一個名字包含了什么？聯合王國、大不列顛、英國、英格蘭——許多人對這些不同名字的含義感到困惑。那么如果有區別的話，它們之間的區別是什么呢？稍微了解一下英國歷史將有助于你解開這個謎題。if引導的條件狀語從句的省略形式，相當于ifthereisanydifference,意為“如果有的話”2.Inthe16thcentury,thenearbycountryofWaleswasjoinedtotheKingdomofEngland.Later,inthe18thcentury,thecountryScotlandwasjoinedtocreatetheKingdomofGreatBritain.Inthe19thcentury,theKingdomofIrelandwasaddedtocreatetheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.16世紀時，鄰國威爾士并入英格蘭王國。隨后，蘇格蘭在18世紀加入進來，從而誕生了大不列顛王國。在19世紀，愛爾蘭王國加入，組成了大不列顛及愛爾蘭聯合王國。2.Finally,inthe20thcentury,thesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeawayfromtheUK,whichresultedinthefullnamewehavetoday:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernlreland.Mostpeoplejustusetheshortenedname:“theUnitedKingdom”or“theUK”.PeoplefromtheUKarecalled“British”,whichmeanstheUKisalsooftenreferredtoasBritainorGreatBritain.最后，在20世紀，愛爾蘭南部脫離了聯合王國，這導致了如今的全稱:大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國。大多數人只使用簡稱:“聯合王國”或“英國”。聯合王國的人被稱為“英國人”，這意味著聯合王國也經常被稱為英國或大不列顛。which引導的非限定從，wehavetoday是省略了關代that/which的定從，修飾thefullname3.ThefourcountriesthatbelongtotheUnitedKingdomworktogetherinsomeareas.Theyusethesameflag,knownastheUnionJack,aswellassharethesamecurrencyandmilitary

defence.However,theyalsohavesomedifferences.Forexample,England,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernlrelandallhavedifferenteducationsystemsandlegalsystems.Theyalsohavetheirowntraditions,liketheirownnationaldaysandnationaldishes.AndtheyevenhavetheirownfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!

他們甚至有自己的足球隊去參加像世界杯這樣的比賽！這四個同屬聯合王國的國家在某些領域協同工作。它們使用同一面國旗，即眾所周知的英國米字旗，而且它們有相同的貨幣和軍事防御。然而，它們也有一些不同之處。例如，英格蘭、威爾士、蘇格蘭和北愛爾蘭有著不同的教育體系和法律制度。它們也有自己的傳統,像有本國的節日和菜肴。4.TheUnitedKingdomhasalongandinterestinghistorytoexplore,whichcanhelpyouunderstandmuchmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditions.AlmosteverywhereyougointheUK,youwillbesurroundedbyevidenceoffourdifferentgroupsofpeoplewhotookoveratdifferenttimesthroughouthistory.Thefirstgroup,theRomans,cameinthefirstcentury.Someoftheirgreatachievementsincludedbuildingtownsandroads.他們的一些偉大成就包括建設城鎮和修建道路。英國有悠久而有趣的歷史可以探索，這可以幫助你深入地了解這個國家及其傳統。無論你身處英國何處，你都會見到四個不同民族的人，他們在歷史的不同時期統治著這個國家。第一個是古羅馬人，在公元1世紀來到這里。不定式作定語，修飾history4.Next,theAnglo-Saxonsarrivedinthefifthcentury.TheyintroducedthebeginningsoftheEnglishlanguage,andchangedthewaypeoplebuilthouses.TheVikingscameintheeighthcentury,leftbehindlotsofnewvocabulary,andalsothenamesofmanylocationsacrosstheUK.ThelastgroupweretheNormans.TheyconqueredEnglandafterthewell-knownBattleofHastingsinthe11thcentury.TheyhadcastlesbuiltallaroundEngland,andmadechangestothelegalsystem.TheNormanswereFrench,somanyFre