Unit 4 History and Traditions Listening and Speaking 课件 2023-2024学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

人教必修二 Unit 4 Reading and Thinking Learn about a country through its history (I) 教学目 Lead-in 视频：The United Kingdom 1 2 To read a map and get the information it conveys To get the information about the UK by reading the text introducing its history and geographical sites 学习目标 目标一：To read a map and get the information it conveys Activity 1: Look through page 40 and page 41, find out the words in bold and the new phrases, read them in pairs. Then read together as a whole and share their usage. nearby, join...to..., break away (from sb/sth), belong to, as well as, currency, military, defence,legal, surround, evidence, achievement, location,conquer, battle, port, fascinating, keep your eyes open (for) Activity 2:Work in groups. Look at the map below and discuss the questions. 1. What does it show? 2. What is it used for? It shows the British Isles, the islands which make up the Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and Ireland (Ireland and Northern Ireland). It is used to show the four different countries that make up the UK and some of the major cities. 3.What do the different symbols (e.g., icons, circles, spots) and colours stand for? The small circles stand for big cities, the red spot stands for the capital and different colours stand for different regions or countries. administrative zoning map What other types of map do you know? traffic map weather map 气象图 topographic map 地形图 目标二：To get the information about the UK by reading the text introducing its history and geographical sites Activity 1: Read the text and answer the questions. 1.What are the four countries of the United Kingdom? Which two were the first to be joined together? 2. According to the text, what are two chief advantages of studying the history of a country? 1.The four countries are Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland. Wales and England was the first two to be joined together. 2.The two chief advantages are to help understand much more about its country and tradition