Unit4HistoryandTraditionsReadingandthinking导学案-高中英语人教版2.docx

UnitFourReadingandthinking导学案

Aims:

Tolearnhowtosummarizethemainideaofaparagraph.

2.Toexpressoneideausingdifferentformations.

Stepone.Readthepassageandworkoutthefollowingquestions.

1、What’sthemainideaofthepassage?

A.ThehistoryoftheUnitedKingdom.B.ThegeographyoftheUnitedKingdom.

C.ThepeopleoftheUnitedKingdom.D.ThepoliticsoftheUnitedKingdom.

2、Whatisthegenre(语篇类型)ofthetext?

A.Narration(叙述文)B.Argumentation(议论文)C.Exposition(说明文)

3.What’sthepurposeofthepassage?

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4.Whichofthefollowingisthedifferentareaofthefourcountries?

A.FlagB.CurrencyC.MilitarydefenseD.Legalsystems

5.Whatstheauthor’sattitudetowardsstudyingthehistoryofacountry?

A.SupportiveB.NeutralC.IndifferentD.Doubtful

Step2.课文缩写七选五

TheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,Britain,England—manypeopleareconfusedbywhatthesedifferentnamesmean.___1_____GettingtoknowalittlebitaboutBritishhistorywillhelpyousolvethispuzzle.

Inthe16thcentury,thenearbycountryofWaleswasjoinedtotheKingdomofEnglandLater,inthe18thcentury,thecountryScotlandwasjoinedtocreatetheKingdomofGreatBritain.Inthe19thcentury,theKingdomofIrelandwasaddedtocreatetheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.2Sotodaywehavethefullname:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.

ThefourcountriesthatbelongtotheUnitedKingdomworktogetherinsomeareas.Theyusethesameflag,knownastheUnionJack,aswellassharethesamecurrencyandmilitarydefence.3Forexample,England,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernIrelandallhavedifferenteducationsystemsandlegalsystems.

4Exploringitcanhelpyouunderstandmuchmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditions.AlmosteverywhereyougointheUK,youwillbesurroundedbyevidenceoffourdif