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Unit 5 The British Isles

READING

Bagpipe

Speakers’ Corner

Para 1 history

Para 2 languages

Para 3 climate

Para 4/5 culture

Para 6 brief introduction

Para 7 Position

Match the paragraphs and their topics:

Fast Reading

Careful Reading

2.North Sea

1.Atlantic Ocean

4.Scotland

6.England

7.Northern Ireland

10.Isle of Man

9.Irish Sea

11.London

3.English Channel

5.Wales

8.Ireland

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Read and Listen to Para3 and fill in the table

mild with a lot of rain

colder /more rain

rains a lot /temperatures are more pleasant

rains a lot

Read and listen to Para4-5 and decide whether the following sentences are true or false:

( ) 1.People from different parts of northern Europe settled in England, so the culture of the people of the British Isles was influenced by them.

( ) 2.England was conquered by the German

( ) 3.For the next few hundred years the common people spoke French

T

F

F

Read and listen to Para6 and answer the questions

1. which are the first two countries that joined in the United Kingdom?

2. When did Scotland join in the United Kingdom?

England and Wales

In 1707

Read and listen to Para7 and answer the questions

1.How many spoken languages and local accents?

2.What do people throughout the British Isles speak now?

Six spoken languages and two local accents

English

The British Isles

Britain

Northern Ireland