Britain and Ireland

• Please look at the map of the islands of Britain and Ireland, and try to talk about this map as much as possible using all your knowledge you’ve learned from your geography teacher.

Scotland

Edinburgh

England

London

Wales

Cardiff

Northern Ireland

Belfast

Republic of Ireland

Dublin

E

S Irish Sea

• This is a map of the islands of ________ and _____.

• The larger of the two islands is _____, which lies to the east of _____.

• The two are separated by the ____ ____.

• “UK” stands for ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ________. It is made up of _____ countries. In the north is _______, with its capital ______. Scotland is famous for its _______ _______.

• ____ lies to the ____ of England. Its capital is Cardiff.

Britain Ireland

BritainIreland

Irish Sea

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland four

Scotland Edinburgh

beautiful countryside

Wales west

• The first language in North Wales is _____.

• ______, the largest country in Britain, is in the

• _______. London lies on ____ ____ _____ and has a population of _____ ____.

• Ireland is divided into two countries. In the north, _______ _______, with its capital Belfast, belongs to the UK. The ________ part of the island is a separate country, called ____ _______ ___ ____ with Dublin as its capital.

Welsh

England

southeast The River Thames seven million

Northern Irelandsouthern

The Republic of Ireland

• Generally, the weather in Britain is neither ____ ____ in wither nor ____ ____ in Summer. It is colder in the _____, warmer in the ______, drier in the ____ and wetter in the ____.

too

cold too hot

north southeast west

• Background Information• What is the difference between British Isles( 不

列颠群岛 ), Britain, United Kingdom and England? These terms ( 术语 ) are familiar( 熟悉 ), but puzzling to us Chinese.

• The British Isles are made up of two large islands: One is Britain and the other Ireland. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of the two islands, and is divided into three parts: England, Scotland and Wales.

•

• The United Kingdom(UK) is the short for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. UK consists of Scotland, Wales and England(i.e. the whole of Britain), and also about one-sixth of Ireland, i.e., the northern part. The rest of Ireland is self-governing.

• England is the largest, and also the most populous, and generally speaking, the richest section. English people tend to use the words “England” and “English” when they mean “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes annoys ( 惹恼 ) the Scots and the Welsh.

• The Scots in particular ( 尤其 ) are very proud of their nationality; they have their own legal system ( 法律制度 ), and some of their internal( 内部的） affairs are managed by special Scottish departments, though they have no separate parliament( 议会 ). The Welsh, too, do not regard themselves as English, and have a culture and even a language of their own. There is a Welsh Nationalist and Scottish Nationalist party, demanding a measure( 程度 ) of independence from England. Although they have held seats in the House of Commons, they are not very strong;

• and in general the Scots, the Welsh and the English feel sufficiently similar to each other to be quite content to form a combined( 联合的 ) Parliament in London.

• Ireland became part of the UK in 1801, but it soon grew discontented, and for forty years the “Irish question” became the greatest headache of the British Parliament. At last, after much bloodshed( 流血 ), Ireland divided itself into two:

• Northern Ireland remained loyal to the Crown (though it has its own parliament sitting in Belfast for internal affairs), and in 1922 the rest of the country broke away to form an Irish Free State, now the Republic Ireland.

• The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as British. It is still discontented, as it resents （怨恨） the existence of Northern Ireland, and wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.

• This is a map of the islands of Britain and Ireland.

• ____ ____ of the two islands is Britain, which ____ ____ the east of Ireland.

• The two ____ ____ ____ the Irish Sea.

• “UK” ____ _____ “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is ___ ___ ____four countries. In the north is Scotland , ____ its capital Edinburgh. Scotland ____ ____ ____its beautiful countryside.

• Wales ____ ____ the west of England. Its capital is Cardiff.

The larger

lies to

are separated by

stands formade up of

with

is famous for

lies to

• London ____ ____ the River Thames and has seven million.

• Ireland ____ ____ ____two countries. In the north, Northern Ireland, _____ its capital Belfast is part of the UK. The southern part of the island is a _____ country, _____ the Republic of Ireland with Dublin as its capital.

lies on

is divided into

with

separatecalled

• II. Pre-reading activity: • Fill in the blanks with the following words.

• 1.The U.S.A. _________ the United States of America.

• 2. P.R.C. stands for the People’s __________ of China.

• 3. Tai Wan is a part of China. It can’t be ___________ from China.

• 4. __________, the weather in China is drier in the north, wetter in the south.

stands for

Republic

separated

Generally

• 5. I have a cold and a fever now. I feel __________ cold.

• 6. As there are many ____________ in this city, your clothes get dirty easily.

• 7. Senior One _______________ eight classes.• 8. You know, Korea ____________ into two coun

tries -- South Korea and North Korea . • 9. Ireland is a ________, smaller than Britain. • 10. Would you please explain it again? I’

m still __________.• 11. I’m _________ about what to do next. Could

you give me some advice?

especiallycoal mines

is made up ofis divided

island

puzzled puzzled

Country Adjective People( 总称 ) Language England

Scotland

France

The USA

Britain

Japan

Australia

Canada

Germany

Russia Spain

English the English English

Scottish the Scots EnglishFrench the French French

American the Americans English

British the British English

Japanese the Japanese JapaneseAustralian the Australians English

Canadian the Canadians English\French

German the Germans German

Russian Russians RussianSpanish the Spanish Spanish

• revision• I. Find, in your vocabulary list of Lessons 85 & 86,

the words or expressions that match the following explanations.

• 1. membership of a nation • 2. unable to understand

• 3. to set or move apart

• 4. to separate into parts

• 5. to be a sign or short form of;• mean, represent

nationality

puzzled

separate

divide

stand for

• 6. land outside cities and towns, used for • farming; country areas

• 7. deep hole or network of holes under the • ground from which coal is dug

• 8. country governed by a king or queen • 9. to a particularly a large degree

• 10.the United Kingdom of Great Britain and • Northern Ireland • 11.usually

countryside

coal minekingdom

especially

U Kgenerally

• Underline the language points and guess their meanings.

• Language practice:

• 1. - 请问， PRC 是什么意思？• -Excuse me. What does “PRC” stand for?

• 2. IC 卡中的“ IC” 指什么？• What does “IC” in the IC card stand for?

• 3. 高一年级由 12 个班组成。• Grade Senior One is made up of 12 classes.

• 4. 我的家乡以葡萄出名。• My hometown is famous for its grapes.

• 5. 深圳高级中学以其飞速的发展而出了名。• Shen Zhen Senior High school is famous for its ra

pid development.

• 6.Michael Jorden 是个著名的篮球运动员。• Michael Jorden is a famous basketball player.

• Michael Jorden is famous as a basketball player.

• 7. 这里曾经除了野草什么也没有。• There used to be nothing but weeds here.

• 8. 我曾经很喜欢流行音乐。• I used to be fond of pop music very much.

• 9. 我做学生时，经常 5:30 起床。• When I was student, I used to get up at 5:30.

• 10. 他的发音我不太习惯。• I am not used to his pronunciation.

• 11. 我在这儿已经一个多学期了，但还是不习惯这里的学习和生活。

• I’ve been studying here for over a term, but I’m still not quite used to the life and study here.

• 12. 他说他不习惯于在公共场合开口说英语。• He said he was not used to speaking English in pu

blic.

• 13. 我正要离开，天就下起了雨。• I was just about to leave when it began to rain.

• 14. 当我看见他时，他正要上汽车。• When I saw him, he was just about to get on a bu

s.

• 15. 第二次考试很快就要到了。• The second exam is about to come soon.

• 16. 中国有十二亿人口。• China has a population of 1.3 billion.

• The population of China is 1.3 billion.

• 17. 这个苹果太大了，我把他分成两份吧。• This apple is too big. Let me divide it into 2 parts.

• 18. 这笔钱应该在我俩之间分。• This sum of money should be divided between us

two.

• 19. 这杯珍贵的可乐分给了所有的二十个孩子。• The precious cup of cola was divided among all t

he 20 children.

• 20. 这个小男孩不跟父母住在一起，他有一个单独的房间居住。

• The little boy doesn’t live in the same room with his parents. He has a separate room to live in.

• 21. 我睡在单独的一张床上 .

• I sleep on a separate bed.

• 22. 香港与深圳被深圳河隔开。• Hong Kong and Shen Zhen are separated by She

n Zhen river.

• Hong Kong is separated from Shen Zhen by Shen Zhen River.

• 23. 那个叫做爱尔兰共和国的国家是南部爱尔兰• The country called the Republic of Ireland is the

southern part of Ireland.• 24. 一般来讲，女生比男生更擅长学习语言，而

男生比女生更擅长学科学。• Generally, girls are better at learning languages,

and boys are better at studying science.• 25. 一位真正的绅士既不抽烟，也不喝酒。• A true gentleman neither smokes nor drinks.• 26. 学生和老师都不知道怎么拼写这个单词。• Neither the students nor the teacher knows how t

o spell the word.

• 27. 要不就你走，要不就他辞职。• Either you go, or he gives up the job.• 28. 不是你错了，就是他错了。• Either you or he is wrong.• 29. 他不是明天，就是后天回来。• He is coming back either tomorrow or the day aft

er tomorrow.• 30. 你可以拿红笔，黑笔，随便那一个。• You can take either the red pen or the black.• either … or• 两者当中的随便一个

• 30. 各种各样的书• all kinds of books, all sorts of books

• 31. 爱尔兰人主要以土豆为生。• The Irish live mainly on potatoes.

• 32. 牛以草为生。• Cows feed/live on grass.

• 33. 1976 年我的家乡遭受了一场大地震的袭击。• My hometown was hit by a terrible earthquake i

n 1976.

• A terrible earthquake hit my hometown in 1976.

• 34. ( 食物 ) 变坏• go bad /mad/deaf /blind /white /pale /red /angry

/wrong35. 数以万计的人每天从全国各地来到深圳。Tens of thousands of people come to Shen Zhen from all parts of our country.

36.朝鲜和德国都是在二战后分裂的。Both Korea and Germany became/were separated after the 2nd World War.

37. 我们不会允许台湾从中国分裂出去的。We won’t allow Taiwan to be separated from China.

• 38. 我们初中毕业后一直保持联系。• We have kept in touch with each other since we

finished our junior middle school.

• 39. 我很久没有跟他联系了。• I haven’t got in touch with him for a long time.

• 40. 爱因斯坦一生都在过简朴的生活。• Einstein led a simple all through his life.

• 41. 猫过着属于自己的非常神秘的生活。 Cats live/lead a mysterious life of their own.

• 42. 音乐在人们的生活中起着十分重要的作用。• Music plays an important part in our life.

• 43. 他在你们班其什么作用？• What part does he play in your class?

• 44. Tootsie 在这出戏中扮演什么角色？• What part does Tootsie play in this play?

• Long ago, the ______ travellers went to ________ from Scotland, and ______ from the ______ and the west of _________. They _______ that _____ of the land was _____, but there was enough ______ for sheep and cows, because it rained ___ much. The ____ around Ireland were full of ___ _____ of fish.

• Many of the _________ were very poor and they lived _______ on potatoes. _______ 1850, potatoes _____ bad in the _____ because of a terrible _________.

firstIreland later south Europe found

muchgrass

poor

so seas all sorts

peasantsmainly around

went soildisease

• As a ________ of that, many people died of _______. ____ of __________ of people was ________ to travel to other _________ to look ___ a better life. _________ many families became __________, people still ______ in touch with each other. Now _____ has improved for the ___________. Most _______ people go to _______ every Sunday and the church ______ an important part in people’s lives. The Irish are very fond of ______ and ______.They often get _________ in the ________ to sing and ______ music.

resulthunger Tens thousands

forced countries forAlthough

separated keptlife

population Irish churchplays

music poemstogether evening play

• Words for Listening Practice of U22• high mountains *hilly *festivals *wet• water that rushes through the base of these dams

• use dogs to move the sheep • move across the warm Atlantic Ocean• pick up water from the sea • farm this land• hit the mountains of Wales • go sailing or fishing on lakes in the Welsh hills• Dams have been built to make lakes• be sent through pipes to large cities in England

• A. The country is very beautiful, with lots of mountains and rivers.

• = The country is very beautiful, where there are lots of mountains and rivers.

• B. Jeanne married a man with a lot of money.• = Jeanne married a man who had a lot of money.

• C.Shanghai is a large city with a lot of factories.

• = Shanghai is a large city where there are a lot of factories.

• D. The woodcutter was standing next to a fallen tree, with a lot of small pieces of wood in front of him.

• =The woodcutter was standing next to a fallen tree, where there were a lot of small pieces of wood in front of him.

• 归纳 :with…=which/who have/has…;where there beE. In the north of Britain is Scotland, with Edinburgh

as its capital.= …, and Edinburgh is its capital.F. In the north, Northern Ireland, w

ith its capital Belfast, is part of United kingdom. =In the north, Northern Ireland is part of UK, and its c

apital is Belfast / Belfast is its capital.

G. The southern part of Ireland is a separate country, called the Republic of Ireland with Dublin as its capital.

=The southern part of Ireland is a separate country, called the Republic of Ireland, and Dublin is its capital / its capital is Dublin.