高中英语复习北师大版必修四《Unit 12 Culture Shock》 reading 课件 共55张PPT.pptVIP

Lesson 1 Visiting Britain;;Scotland;Cardiff ●;Elizabeth II: the Queen of the United Kingdom ;Where is Great Britain? Great Britain is an island lying off the western coast of Europe, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom. What is Great Britain? Great Britain is the official name given to the two kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the principality of Wales. ;Is Great Britain the same as the UK? No, Great Britain and the United Kingdom refer to different areas. Great Britain is very often, but incorrectly, used as a synonym for the sovereign state properly known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the UK for short. ;Great Britain;England;Is Great Britain the same as Britain? Sometimes people use the shorten name Britain instead of Great Britain, to mean the same thing, but really Britain only refers to England and Wales. The name Britain goes back to Roman times when they called England and Wales “Britannia”. The Roman province of Britannia only covered the areas of modern England and Wales. The area of modern Scotland was never finally conquered.;Aberdeen;Liverpool;Cambridge;Cambridge University;Oxford ;University of Oxford;Birmingham;Manchester;Edinburgh;London;Big Ben;Houses of Parliament;the River Thames;Trafalgar Square;The Tower Bridge;St Paul’s Cathedral;Buckingham Palace;The British people are said to be reserved in manners, dress and speech. ;Greetings in Britain;British food has traditionally been based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable. The most common and typical foods eaten in Britain include the sandwich, fish and chips, pies like the cornish pasty, trifle and roasts dinners. The staple foods of Britain are meat, fish, potatoes, flour, butter and eggs. Many of their dishes are based on these foods.;DOs in Britain;DON’TS in Britain;A quiz about the UK;3. Who rules the country: the Prime Minister or the Queen?