pictures of Big Ben, The Speaker’s Corner in Hide Park, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Stonehenge, Shakespear, national flags of
Scotland, Ireland ,Wales and England on the screen for them to enjoy and describe.)
Step 2.Pre-reading
T: Now open your books at Page 35. Look at the questions in Pre-reading(Shows these questions on the screen) and have a discussion about what you know about these
questions.
(A few minutes later, teacher asks three students to answer them.)
Step 3. Reading
Listening Practice:
Play the tape for the students to listen to get the general idea.
True or False Statements:
The tower of London is very famous in Britain.
The UK is made up of Britain Island and Ireland Island
Scotland is warmer throughout the year.
The European mainland has had a great effect on the culture of the people in the British Isles.
French was considered a noble language in the 12th century in Britain
Ireland has been an independent republic since the ancient time.
The Welsh have the language of their own besides English.
Choose the best choices :
1).According to the passage, what do you know about the Isle Man?
It lies between Britain and Ireland.
It’s run over by the king of Uk.
The king of England is in charge of it.
Both A and C
2).How many spoken languages are considered as native language in the British Isles?
A. 2 B. 8 C. 1 D. 6
3).What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Britain was once in the charge of the Frenchmen
B. The UK is made up of 3 countries.
C. The author delivers some more information about the British Isle.
D. It’s about the history of the country.
4).What can you conclude from the passage?
A. The UK is made up of 4 countries
B. The British Isles lies of the west coast of Europe
C. The culture of the UK is a mixture of different countries in the world.
D. The climate of the British Isles is mild with a lot of rain.
Answers: DBCA
4. Skimming
Get the Ss to skim the text to find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Paragraph Main idea
Para1 General idea about England
Para2 Position of the British Isles
Para3 climate
Para4 culture
Para5 The influence of French
Para6 history
Para7 Languages
5.Questions in details:
(Teacher shows the questions on the screen.)
Answer the questions:
1. What is the UK?
2. What’s the weather in the British Isles like? What about in Scotland?
3. Has the culture of the people in the British Isles received many influences? From here?
4. Why do so many English words end u with the French words
5. How many countries are here in Britain ?Which are the first two countries that joined in the United Kingdom? Does the Ireland Island belong
to the UK?
6. What do people throughout the British Isles speak now?
6. Language points:
While dealing with the above activities, it’s good time to explain some important language points.
Step 4. Post-reading Activity
Task1: Locate the places in the map
(Teacher shows a blank map of England on the screen. Ask them to locate the position of some
places . Ex.1 on P 36)
Task 2:Discussion
T: Now you’ve known much information about England. It’s known to all of you that England is separated from European mainland by the English Channel. Is
it possible to swim across the channel? Where is the best place to do so? How far is it? Please have
a discussion in groups of four.
(Suggested answers: It’s possible to swim across the English channel though it is very difficult. Now there are many people
in the world who have swum across the channel. Last July, Zhang Jian in our country was also
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