Learningaims:TolearntheformingoftheUnitedKingdom.ToknowthehistoryoftheUnitedKingdom.Helpstudentstomastersomeinformationbyreadingthepassagewithquestions.Mainpoints:MastertheinformationoftheUK.Improvethereadingability(scanning&skimming).Difficultpoints:Howtomasterthenecessaryinformationbyfast-reading.PreparationReadingFast-readingⅠScanning:Dividethepassageinto3parts,matchthemainideawitheachpart.Part1()WhatEglandincluds;aboutGreatBritain;theUK.Part2()ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandintozones;theirsimilaritiesanddifferences.Part3()TheculturalimportanceofLondon.ⅡSkimming:Readthepassageingroupsandanswerthequestions.Part1:1.ThecountriesthatmadeuptheUKare________________________________________________.2.GreatBritainconsistsof_______________________________________.3.TheflagoftheUnitedKingdomcalled_______________________.Part24.Thefourcountrieshavedifferentinstitutions,forexample_________________________5.Englandisdividedinto______________________________________.6.IfyouwanttofindoutmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture,youcangoto______________________.Part37.WhatisthegreatesthistoricaltreasureintheUnitedKingdom?ItisLondonwith___________________________________________________________________________________________.8.TherearefoursetsofinvadersofEngland,theyare________________________________________________________________________.ⅢHaveatryThefullnameofEnglandisthe__________________ofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itconsistsoffourparts,theyare__________,____________,___________and________________,peoplealwaysthink________isapartofEngland.TheflagoftheUKiscalledthe____________________.Thefourcountrieshavedifferent____________and_______________________aswellasdifferent______________________.