Teaching objectives:
Share the information about the United Kingdom.
Foster the Ss’ reading ability (predicting, skimming and scanning)[来源:学科网]
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Warming-up
Ask the students to work in pairs and do the quiz on P9
Keys: 1.C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5.B
The United Kingdom consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
It takes ten hours to fly from Beijing to London Heathrow Airport if you take the direct flight.
The Prime Minister together with his most important ministers and Member of Parliament make the important political decisions and laws.
The countries of Britain are much smaller than provinces in China. They have local government powers for their area.
The River Thames is 338km, which is the longest one in England.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Have the students share the information about the geography of the UK
The UK consists of four countries, what are they?
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Can you name the capital cities of the countries of the UK?
London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast
