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1、【MeiWei_81-优质适用文档】必修五Unit2PUZZLESINGEOGRAPHY地理之谜IVocabularyunitevi.&vt.联合；团结theUnitedKingdom联合王国（英）consistvi.组成；一致consistof由组成divideinto把分成puzzlen.难题；迷vt.使迷惑debatevi.&n.争论；辩论clarifyvt.澄清；阐明breakaway(from)挣脱（束缚）；脱离theUnionJack英国国旗relationn.关系；联系educationaladj.教育的legaladj.法律的；合法的conveniencen.便利；方便roug
2、hlyadv.粗略地；粗糙地Midlands英格兰中部地区Industrialadj.工业的；产业的historicaladj.历史上的；有关历史的attractionn.吸引；吸引力；吸引人的事物collectionn.收藏品；珍藏；收集constructvt.建造；构造；创立influencevt.影响；改变n.Vikingn.北欧海盗leaveout省去；遗漏；不考虑projectn.科研学习项目；课题；计划；工程taketheplaceof代替breakdown(机器)损坏；破坏arrangevt.筹备；安排；整理weddingn.婚礼foldvt.折叠；对折sightseeingn.
3、观光；游览availableadj.可利用的；有用的delightn.快乐；高兴；喜悦royaladj.王室的；皇家的occasionn.场合；时刻；时机uniformn.制服splendidadj.壮丽的；辉煌的；极好的statuen.塑像；雕像longituden.经线；经度navigationn.导航；航行communismn.共产主义originaladj.最初的；原始的；thrillvt.使激动；使胆战心惊unfairadj.不公平的；违反规划的smartadj.漂亮的；时髦的；聪明的tensen.时态consistentadj.一致的errorn.错误；过失；谬误potn.罐；壶I
4、I.ReadingPUZZLESINGEOGRAPHY地理之谜People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.人们也许会奇怪：为什么用不同的词汇来描述这四个国家：英国、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰。【注释：wonderv.tr.（及物动词）Tofeelcuriosityorbeindoubtabout:感到好奇或怀疑：eg.Hewonderedwhypeoplebuiltuglyhomes,wh
5、entheycouldhavebeautifulones.他很奇怪为什么人们本可以造出漂亮的房屋,而偏偏建造出丑陋的房子来。n.Itsawonder难得；奇怪的是eg.Itsawonderyourecognizedme.难得你还认得我。(2)(Its)nowonder难怪；并不奇怪；当然eg.Nowonderheisnothungry;hehasbeeneatingsweetsallday.难怪他不饿，他整天在吃糖果。usesth.todo用做;eg.Youdbetteruseasticktostirthepaint.你最好用棒来搅漆。】You can clarify this questio
6、n if you study British history.如果你研究英国历史，就能阐明这个问题。【注释：clarify:解释；澄清；阐明eg.Thegovernmenthastimeandagainclarifieditspositiononequalpayforwomen?政府已经反复阐明政府对男女同工同酬的立场。】First there was England.首先有英格兰。Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century.13世纪，威尔士加入进来。【注释：linkvt.,vi.（常与together,to,with连用）连接eg.The
7、twotownsarelinkedbyarailway.这两个城镇由一条铁路连接起来。(2)挽着;（与on,to,into连用）联合】Now when people refer to England, you find Wales included as well.现在，当人们谈到英格兰，你就会发现威尔士也包括进来。【注释：referto谈到；speakof,mention这三个词均表示“谈到；说起”，其主语均为“sb.”，而cometo表示“谈到”讲时，仅用于句型“whenitcomestosb./sth.”“当一谈到”试题：Whenit_music,Kateisalwaysexcited.
8、A.referstoB.speaksofC.mentionsD.comestoaswell也，倒不如,还是.的好，最好.还是(Itwillbeaswelltostopthatyoungscreamer.但是最好还是让那个大哭大叫的孩子住声。)】Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to Great Britain.接下来，在17世纪，英格兰和威尔士加入到苏格兰，名字改为“大英帝国”。【注释：bejoined:Toputorbringin
9、tocloseassociationorrelationship:使结合，缔交：使结合或联合形成密切联系或关系eg.theywerejoinedbymarriage;.他们结成夫妻；】Happily this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.高兴的是，当苏格兰国王詹姆斯成为英格兰和威尔士国王时，也是在没有发生冲突的情况下完成的。【注释：accomplish完成eg.Youshouldaccomplishthetaskwit
10、hintheallottedtime.你们必须在规定时间内完成这项任务。】Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.最后，在20世纪初，英国政府想通过以和平方式将爱尔兰加入进来，形成联合王国。【注释：gettingIrelandconnected系为getsth.done结构，意为“让人做某事”】However, the southern p
11、art of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government.然而，爱尔兰南部地区不愿意加入，脱离并成立了自己的政府。【注释：breakaway(1)逃走；逃脱eg.1)Therobberysuspectbrokeawayfromthelockup.抢劫嫌疑犯从拘留所逃脱了。2)Modernmusiclikejazzhasbrokenawayfromtheoldtraditionalrules.(喻)现代音乐如爵士乐摆脱了旧的传统规则。(2)断裂；开裂eg.Alargepieceoficebrokeawayfrom
12、themainblock.一大块冰从整个大冰块上断裂开来。试题：Theyoungman_thetwopolicemenwhowereholdinghim.A.gotawaywithB.brokeawayfromC.comeupwithD.caughtupwith】So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack.所以只有北爱
13、尔兰加入到英格兰、威尔士和苏格兰行列，从而成为联合王国，这在英国国旗上可以向世人表现出来。To their credit, the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions.为了表示信任，这四个国家在一些领域团结协作，（如流通和国际关系），但他们依然有各自不同的机构。 For example, Northern Ireland, England and S
14、cotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!例如，北爱尔兰，英格兰和苏格兰，除了有不同的足球队参加象世界杯之类的比赛之外，他们还有不同的教育体系和不同的法律体系。【注释：aswellas(1)adv.又，也。(2)conj.（连接词）eg.Andinaddition:既又：eg.courageousaswellasstrong.既健康又勇敢(3)prep.（介词）:Inadditionto:
15、都，除.之外（包含之后的内容）：eg.Theeditorsaswellastheproofreadersareworkingovertime编辑和校对者都在加班工作(4)和一样好eg.HespeaksEnglishaswellasTom.考题：1.(94全-28)Johnplaysfootball_,ifnotbetterthan,David.A.aswellB.aswellasC.aswellD.suchwell2.(93全-20)Shedoesntspeak_herfriend,butherwrittenworkisexcellent.A.aswellasB.sooftenasC.somu
16、chasD.asgoodasBA】England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.英格兰是四个国家中最大的国家，为了方便，它大致被划分为三个区域。【注释：conveniencen.方便；便利fortheconvenienceof为了方便;for(thesakeof)convenience为了方便起见；atsbsconvenience在方便的时候，在适宜的地点；beconvenientforsb./sth.对于方便eg.1)Thehotelhasarestaurantforthegue
