科目 英語
年級 高一
文件 high1 unit22.doc
標題 Britain and Ireland
章節 第二十二單元
關鍵詞 內容
三、重點難點分析
1. Where are you from ?
詢問國籍時還可以有以下表達方法：
Are you…? (Chinese / English / German)
Are you from…? (China / England / Germany)
“What country are you from ?” ── “I’m from China .”
“What nationality are you ?” ── “I’m of Chinese nationality” / My nationality is Chinese”
2.在課文word study中要求完成表格現將答案顯示如下：
Country Adjective People Language
England English the English English
Scotland Scottish the Scots English / Scottish
Ireland Irish the Irish English / Irish
Wales Welsh the Welsh English / Welsh
Germany German German German
France French Frenchmen / Frenchwomen French
Japan Japanese Japanese Japanese
China Chinese Chinese Chinese
The U.S.A American American English
3. The larger of the two islands is Britain , Which lies to the east of Ireland .
其中較大的島是不列顛，位于愛爾蘭的東面。
Lie在句中表示“位于”和不同的介詞搭配表示不同的位置關系，例如：
①lie to the east / west . north . south of… 在…之東/ 西、北、南，并不強調是否接壤
Taiwan lie to the east of Fujian . 臺灣位于福建的東方。
Cardiff is to the west of London . 卡爾地夫在倫敦的西邊。
②lie on……表示強調二者交界
Wales lies on the west of England .
威爾士位于英格蘭的西面。
③lie on……還可以表示在……河畔，……沿線
London lies on the River Thames . 倫敦位于泰晤士河畔。
There are several villages on the coast . 海岸沿線有幾個小村莊。
Wu han , the capital of Hubei Province , lies on the Changjiang River .
湖北的省會武漢位于長江之畔。
④lie in……表示“在……境內”。
Japan lies (is) to the east of China , it lies (is)
日本在中國以東，也在亞洲東部。（日本屬于亞洲范疇，所以用in）
Taiwan lies in the east of China .
臺灣在中國的東部。
4.The letters “UK” stand for “the United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” .
字母 “UK”代表The United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國。
stand for : “代表”、“代替”
①Our flag stands for our country . 我的旗子代表著我們的國家。
②Each star on the flag of the United States stands for a state of the nation .
美國國旗上的每一顆星代表著美國的一個州。
5.The “UK” is made up of four countries . 聯合王國是由四部分組成的。
make up of : 由……組成
①A car is made up of different parts . 汽車是由許多不同的部分組成的。
②The audience was made up of very young children .
聽眾是一群小孩子。
6.Scotland has many lakes and mountains and is famous for its beautiful countryside .
蘇格蘭有許多湖泊和山脈，并以其鄉村美景著稱。
be famous for : 以……而聞名，以……著稱
①Beijing is famous for its ancient places of interest .
北京以其名勝古跡而著稱。
②Egypt is famous for the pyramids .
埃及以金字塔而聞名。
7.There used to be a lot of coal mines in the south , but many of them have been closed , or are about to be closed .
威爾士南部曾經有許多煤礦，但是不少煤礦現在已經關閉了，或瀕臨關閉。
※There used to be… “過去常有，曾經有過”暗指現在不復存在了。
①There used to be a big supermarket , but it has been moved to another place .
這曾經有一個大超市的，不過現在已經搬到別處去了。
②There used to be some trees in this field , usen’t / didn’t there ?
這塊地里以前有許多樹，不是嗎？
※be about to……即將做某事。
①Be quick ! The plane is about to take off .
快點！飛機就要起飛了。
②It’s too late , the film is about to be finished .
太晚了，電影就要結束了。
8.London lies on the River Thames and has a population of seven million .
倫敦位于泰晤士河畔，人口700萬。
population 人口，提問有多少人口用“What”，修飾人口眾多用“large”。
①What was the population of Beijing in 1999 ?
②China has the largest population in the world . 中國是世界人口最多的國家。
9.Ireland is divided into two countries . 愛爾蘭被分成2個國家。
divide “分，分開”。指把整體分成若干份。
①He divided the cake among the children .
他把這個蛋糕分給孩子們。
②Let’s divide our Class into 7 groups .
咱們把我們班分成7個小組。
Separate : v. “隔開”“脫離”，指把原來連在一起或靠近的分割開來，使之有一段距離，常和“from”連用，做不及物動詞時為“分手”。
①England and France are separated by 22 miles of open ocean at their closest point .
英國和法國最近的地方也被大海分開了22英里。
②You’d better separate the good ones from the bad ones.
你最好把好、壞分開。
③We have been separated for a long time .
我們分手很久了。
④Separate . adj . 不同的，獨立的。
We went our separate way after the party . 聚會結束后我們分手了。（走不同方向的路）
10.Ireland is especially wet .
愛爾蘭尤其潮濕。
especially “尤其”強調個別超過其它部分，它后面提到的東西必須是前面敘述事物的一部分。
①I love the country , especially in spring .
我喜歡鄉下，尤其是在春天。
②The Great Wall had been rebuilt and repaired many times , especially during the Ming Dynasty .
長城被重建和修繕了許多次，尤其是在明朝。
Specially , “特別地”，指為一特別的目的而專門做的。
①The books are specially written for children .
這些書是專門為孩子們而寫的。
②I made this specially for your birthday .
這是我特意為你生日準備的。
11.They lived mainly on potatoes . 他們以土豆為主食。
live on “靠吃……為主”，“靠……（收入）生活”。
①The cows live on grass . 牛以草為食。
②The people in north China live mainly on wheat .
中國華北人以吃小麥為主。
③How could you live on such a small income ?
你怎么能靠這么一點收入生活呢？
12.Around 1850 , a terrible disease hit the potato crop , and potato went bad in the soil .
大約在1850年，土豆作物發生了一場可怕的病害，土豆全都爛在地里了。
go bad “變壞”，go是系動詞，表示由一種狀態變成另一種，例如go blind（變瞎），go mad（變瘋）
go wrong（出毛病）同樣的系表構成還有由become和get引導的，如
①The fish went bad , it smells terrible .
②Beethoven went deaf almost completely at the ago of 40 .
貝多芬在40歲的時候幾乎喪生了全部聽力。
③The situation has become better .
情況變得更好了。
④They are getting stronger and stronger .
他們越來越強壯了。
13.Although many families became separated , people still kept in touch with each other .
雖然許多家庭分散了，但是家人還是保持著聯系。
keep in touch with…… 和……保持聯系。
①People can keep in touch with each other even-when they do live far away from each other .
當人們住的很遠的時候也能彼此保持聯系。
②A good teacher should always keep in touch with students .
一個好的教師應該常與學生接觸。
14.Altheugh many farmerms in the west continue to lead a simple life .
雖然很多西部的農民仍然過著很簡樸的生活。
lead a…life，過著…的生活。
①Mathild led a hard life for the lost necklace .
由于那條丟了的項鏈，Mathilde過著艱苦的生活。
②Her parents are leading a quiet life in the country side .
她的父母在鄉下過著平靜的生活。
③We , young people should lead an active life .
我們年輕人應該積極的生活。
15.Most Irish people go to church every Sunday and the church plays an important part in people’s lives .
大部分愛爾蘭人每星期都去做禮拜，教會在人們生活中起著重要作用。
play a part in… 在…方面起作用，在……中扮演角色。
①Foreign languages study plays an important part in Karl Marx’s life .
外語學習在馬克思的一生中起了很重要的作用。
② “Which parts do you play (in the film) ?” “你（在電影中）扮演中哪個角色？”
“──I play the part of king” . “我演國王”。
16.The Irish are very fond of music and poems .
愛爾蘭人很喜歡音樂和詩歌。
be fond of… 喜歡，愛好
①She has many faults , but we’re all very fond of her .
雖然她有很多毛病，但我們都很喜歡她。
②Girls are usually fond of watching fashion-shown .
女孩子通常喜歡看時裝表演。
一、語言運用：
運用所學語言，完成教科書和練習冊中規定的聽、說、寫的任務，閱讀課文“Britain and Ireland”和“Ireland”，了解英國和愛爾蘭的地理和歷史情況，并完成有關課文內容的練習。
二、日常交際用語：
1.Are you from…?
Where are you from ?
What are you ?
I’m (form)…
2. Expressions for location（方位表達）
例如：①London is in the southeast of England .
②Wales lies to / on the west of England .
③London lies on the River Thames .
④North of England lies in Scotland .
三、閱讀理解
England and France are separated by 22 miles of open ocean at their closest point . People of all ages and different jobs had tried to swim across the English Channel . Each swimmer decides to have this great try for different reasons , but each has the same aim-to conquer（征服）the channel .
The English Channel was first crossed in 1875 by Matthew Webb , an Englishman , who swam from Dover , England , to Calas , France . Since then , over 3,700 people have had about 4,500 tries on the channel . Only 297 people (199men and 98 women) , however , have successfully gained（得到）Webb’s remark-able（非凡的）achievement（成就）。
1.The English Channel is .
A. a river from Dover to Calas . B. a canal（運河）between England and France
C. a sea between Britain and France D. a strait between Britain and France
2.The Channel is about 22 miles .
A. long B. wide C. deep D. shallow（淺）
3.Of the following statements , which is true according to the passage above ?
A. More men have succeeded（成功）in crossing the Channel than women .
B. All swimmers have their tries on the Channel for special prizes .
C. The Channel was first conquered over two centuries ago .
D. No one failed in his try on the Channel .
4.According to the passage , how many people have crossed the Channel up to now ? .
A. 4,500 B. 3,700 C. 298 D. 297
5.The best title for this passage may be“ ”.
A. How to Cross the English Channel B. The Importance of Swimming
C. Conquering the English Channel D. The English Channel
答案：B B A B C