英美概况教案 1

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1、INTRODUCTION;THEUNITEDKINGDOM1.TeachingAims:letthestudentgetageneralknowledgeabouttheUK2.Keypoints:acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname;theeffectsofit’simperialpast;amemberoftheEuropeanUnion3.Difficultpoints:amultiracialsociety;remarkableclass,regionalandeconomicdifferences;asignificantroleofLon

2、don4.TeachingMethods:Multi-mediaaidteaching;explanation;students’discussion;traditionalteaching;5.TeachingHours:4-66.TeachingProcedure:1Introduction:ThefullnameofthecountryistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itisacomplicatednameforwhatisinmanywaysacomplicatedcountry.Mostpeopleknowsom

3、ethingaboutitbecauseit’shugeoverseasempiregaveitanimportantinternationalrolewhichonlycametoanendintheyearsfollowingtheSecondWorldWar.However,thethingsthatpeopleknowabouttheUK(whichtheywillprobablycallsimplyBritainor,wrongly,England)mayhavelittletodowithhowmostrealBritishpeoplelivetheirlivestoday.2.

4、Detailedstudyofthetext:Foronething,thedaysofempirearenowlongenoughagothatonlyoldpeoplerememberitasanythingofanyimportanceintheirlives.Britainisnolongeranimperialcountry,thoughtheeffectsofit’simperialpastmaybeoftenencounteredinallsortsofways;notleastinthecloserelationshipswhichexistwiththefiftyormor

5、ecountrieswhichusedtobeapartofthatempire,andwhichmaintainlinksthroughaloose(andvoluntary)organizationcalledtheCommonwealthofNations.ButmoreimportanttodayinBritain’sinternationalrelationsistheEuropeanUnion,ofwhichtheUKhasbeenamembersince1973,anditismoreusefulwhenconsideringmodernBritaintoemphasizeit

6、sroleasaEuropeannation,ratherthanitsmembershipoftheCommonwealth.Itremainsarelativelywealthycounty,amemberoftheGroupofSevenlargedevelopedeconomies.Oneotherobviouseffectofthatoldimperialroleliesinmake-upoftheBritishpopulationitself.ImmigrationfromsomeofthoseCommonwealthcountries,whichwasencouragedint

7、he1950sand1960s,hasproducedapopulationofwhich1in20areofnon-Europeanethnicity.Theythemselves,ortheirparentsorgrandparents,wereborninIndiaofPakistan,thecountriesofCaribbean,tonameonlythemostcommon.Thisintrodu