Unit 4History and Traditions-Reading and Thinking教案

What isin a name教學設計

This section focuses on "learning about countries through history.”Through reading the brief development process of British history, students canunderstand the general situation of British geography, society and culture, andthink deeply about the relationship between history and social culture.

課件教案

Britain is one of the most important English speaking countries with along history and splendid culture, and the English language is also produced inthis history and culture, so the English language is full of distinctiveBritish cultural characteristics. Therefore, to learn English, it is necessaryto understand British culture, which will also play a positive role in learningEnglish.

Text analysis: this section describes the long and complex formationprocess of "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"and the close cooperation and relatively independent relationship amongEngland, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in simple language. Then, thetext changes from a larger historical main line to a more specific aspect.

1. Guide students to master the historyand traditions of the UK.

2. Encourage students to talk abouthistoric places and share your own experiences.

3. Instruct students to think first aboutwhat the map shows and what symbols mean.

4. Guide students to scan the discoursefor specific information such as the timeline.

1. Guide students to master the essentialsof looking at the map;

2. Let students understand thesignificance of learning history for understanding the social and culturalsituation of a country, and be able to organize their own language expression;

3. Enable students to understand and learnnew words in the text in the context.

Prediction

Step 1 Predicting the main idea of the passage

Look at the title and the pictures, and thenpredict what the passage will be about.

Q: What will be talked about?

The history of the United Kingdom．

Step2:Skim the text (P40) and choose the bestanswer.

Read the text and match the main idea ofeach part．

Part 1(Paras．1－2) A．The history,traditions and culture of the United Kingdom．

Part 2(Para．3) B．The origin of thename of the UK．

Part 3(Paras．4－5) C．The four countrieswork together in some areas．

答案：BCA

Step 3: Read the text(P40－41) carefully andthen choose the best answer.

1．Which invaders influenced London’slanguage most?

AngloSaxons．

2．From the passage，we know that theRomans came to England before_________________

the AngloSaxons

3．How many countries does the UK consist of?

Four

4．What should you do if you want to makeyour trip to the UK more enjoyable?

Study the history of the country ahead oftime．

5. What happened in the 19th century?

TheKingdom of Ireland was added to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain andIreland.

6.Who conquered England after the well-known Battle of Hastings?

The Normans.

7.What’s the author’s attitude towards studying the history?

Supportive.

Step 4: critical thinking

(1) Why is it important to study the historyand culture of a country before visiting it?

To make your visit much more enjoyable andjoyful.

(2)How do you prepare a trip?

A detailed plan, necessary objects andlearning about local culture and tradition.

Step 5: consolidation

根據(jù)課文完成短文

The United Kingdom, Great Britain, Britain, England—many people areconfused by (1)_____ these different names mean. In the 16th century, thenearby country of Wales (2) __________(join) to the Kingdom of England. In the19 th century, the Kingdom of Ireland was added to create the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland. Finally, the southern part of Ireland (3) ______(break) away from the UK, which resulted in the full name we have today.However, most people just use the (4)_________(shorten) name: the UK. The fourcountries (5)__________ belong to the United Kingdom work together in someareas.

There were four sets of invaders and the last group werethe Normans. They had castles (6)_________(build) all around England and madechanges (7)__________ the legal system. Studying the history of the countrywill make your visit much more (8)_________(enjoy). The capital city London is(9)___ ancient port city that has a history (10)______(date) back to Romantimes.

1.what 2.was joined 3.broke 4.shortened 5.that 6. built7.to 8.enjoyable 9.an 10.dating

Step 6: Study the features of the language oforganization of the passage.

Features of languages

1．Finally, in the 20th century, the southernpart of Ireland broke away from the UK, which resulted in the full name we havetoday: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland．

該句是一個復合句。該句主句為：the southern partof Ireland broke away from the UK；which resulted in the full name we havetoday為which引導的定語從句代指前面整句話的內(nèi)容，we have today為定語從句修飾先行詞name。

譯文：最后，在20世紀，愛爾蘭南部脫離英國，這導致了我們今天有的英國的全名：大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國。

2．Almost everywhere you go in the UK, youwill be surrounded by evidence of four different groups of people who took overat different times throughout history．