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　　Unit 2  The United Kingdom    Reading 学案
　　学习目标：
　　知识目标：
　　单词：consist attract plus arrange fold delight divide clarify con venience conflict unwilling currency collection
　　短语：consist of, divide… into, break away from, to one’s credit, take the place of, break down
　　句式：1.Now when people refer to English you find  Wales included as well.
　　2.To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas…
　　情感目标：
　　1.了解英格兰，威尔士，苏格兰和北爱尔兰。
　　2.学会使用过去分词作宾语补足语的句型。
　　3.学会谈论伦敦的一些著名景观。
　　4.学会在与人交流语言理解有困难时请求别人重述的几种表达方式。
　　课前预习
　　1. How many countries does the UK consist of?
　　A. two             B. three              C. four
　　2. Who rules the UK: the Prime Minister or the Queen?
　　A. the Queen         B. the Prime Minister    C. both
　　3. What are the provinces called in England?
　　A. counties           B. departments         C. states
　　4. Which is the longest river in England?
　　A. The River Avon     B. The River Thames     C. The River Severn
　　课内探究
　　I. Choose the best answer.
　　1. What does the second paragraph of the passage tell us?
　　A. Wakes was links to England in the thirteenth century.
　　B. The reason why the southern part of Ireland was unwilling to join the government.
　　C. The process of the country came into being..
　　D. The British national flag stands for the parts of the country..
　　2. Which of the following is the British national flag?
　　A. Cross of Andrew.    B. Cross of George.  C. Cross of St. Patrick.   
　　3. Who first built the city of London?
　　A. The Anglo-Saxons.    B. The Romans.     C. The first invaders.   D. French conquer.
　　4. When did the country get its present name “ Great Britain”?
　　A. In the first century AD.      B. In the thirteenth century.  
　　C. In the seventeenth century.      D. In the early twentieth century.
　　5. How many British football teams do you think can compete in the world cup?
　　A. One.    B. Two.     C. Three.      D. Four.
　　II. Read the passage again , divide it three parts and match them with the following main ideas
　　Part 1______     the cultural importance of London
　　Part 2______     What England includes about Great Britain ; the UK
　　Part 3______    the geographical [dʒiə'ɡræfikəl] division  of England into zones; their similarities and differences.
　　III. 课文原句重现:
　　Now when people refer to England you find Wales _________(include) as well.
　　You find most of the population __________(settle) in the south.
　　Finally the English government tried in the  early twentieth century to form the United
　　Kingdom by getting Ireland __________ ____ (connect) in the same peaceful way.
　　用法归纳：
　　过去分词作________, 有被动完成意义，表示宾语所处的状态。如：
　　The poor woman was left _____________ (unattend) on.  没人照顾这个可怜的女人。
　　可以接过去分词做宾补的动词有：
　　1)see, feel, find, hear, notice, observe, think等表示感觉和心理状态的词。
　　I heard my name ___________ (call).
　　2)make, get, have, leave, keep等表示“致使”的动词。
　　On these questions we have made our views _______ (know).
　　3)like, order, want, wish, expect等表示“希望，要求”等动词后可用，to be done作宾补，也可以用done作宾补。
　　He won‘t lich questions (to be)________________ (discuss) at the meeting.
　　即时练习：
　　1) Claire had her luggage ________ (check) an hour before her plane left.
　　2) Even the best writers sometimes find themselves ________ (lose) for words.
　　3) Michael put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself __________ (remind) of his own dreams.
　　4) The managers discussed the plan they would like to see ________ next year.
　　A. carry out   B. carrying out   C. carried o