高二英语Unit 5 The British Isles课件

课件53张PPT。The British IslesLearning Aims1.To learn more information about England, and improve our skimming ability. 2. To practise writing the composition.English pubsIt may be a small country, but they are a great one too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Battles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter, David Beckham’s right foot, left foot, come to that.Young Shakespeare(1564-1616)Winston ChurchillThe BeatlesSean Connery& his filmsHarry PotterDavid BeckhamHe was born in London in 1660 and died in 1731. He wrote many books all his life, among which Robinson Crusoe is the most famous one.Who is Daniel Defoe ?Another book which described the landscape, the habits and the customs of the English people and the Scotch is Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain (1724-1726)Salisbury's world-famous Stonehenge, situated on the spreading Salisbury Plain.Salisbury Cathedral is probably the finest medieval Cathedral in Britain. Salisbury CathedralWhat is the cathedral famous for? The height of its tower. (404 feet) What are the names of the two rivers?River Avon & River Nadder The landscape near the city. The country is wild and empty, but rich and beautiful.The tops of the high hills spread out into green fields upon which sheep are fed.The wider landscape around the cityThe people, their life, work and culture.Read the passage and answer the questions: Para.1: What do we see in the landscape around Salisbury? Para.2: What historical and cultural relics can be found around the city? Para.3: What can we see in the city? Para.4: How do the people live and work? Para.5: What does the landscape in the suburbs of Salisbury look like?SheepThe highest and most handsome cathedral in EnglandTwo riversPeople are living a happy life and they are doing business very well.The hills and fields are most beautiful with small and clear rivers.Difficult sentences1.In the eighteenth century Englishmen started developing interest to travel around the British Isles and describe the countryside, the cities, the people and their life and culture.develop interest 产生兴趣2. There could be as many as six hundred thousand sheep fed within six miles of Salisbury, measuring everyway round and the town in the center.1) could 表猜测，可能性不大。2）as many as 多达，和….一样多。3) Fed within six miles of Salisbury 为过去分词短语作后置定语。4) Measuring every way round and the town in the centre. Ving短语作定语. “以索尔兹伯里市为中心的六英里范围内”3.The city of Salisbury has two important kinds of produce and trade, which employ the poor of a great part of the country round -- namely, making cloth and sheets, called Salisbury Whites.namely -- that is to say, on the other handOnly one person can do the job, namely you.4. I have written before that this country has high hills, whose tops spread out into green fields upon which great numbers of sheep are fed. spread out 伸展出去Language points1.In the eighteenth century English started developing interest to travel around the B ... ...