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1、Unit2ClimateandTerritoryCONTENTSTeachingAimsHaveageneralideaofclimateandterritoryoftheUK.2.Understandtheclimateandterritory.3.Masterthedifficultwordsandexpressions.Afterstudyingthisunit,youarerequiredto:TextAClimateoftheUnitedKingdomTextAPreview:英国位于北纬50度至60度之
2、间，气候温和，冬无严寒，夏无酷暑，属温和湿润的海洋性气候。英国受盛行西风控制，全年温和湿润，四季寒暑变化不大。每年二月至三月最为干燥，十月至来年一月最为湿润。英国虽然气候温和，但天气多变。一日之内，时晴时雨。多变的天气也为人们提供了经常的话题，在英国甚至最沉默寡言的人也喜欢谈论天气。TextAReadingComprehension:Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)accordingtothepassage.1.Regionalclima
3、tesintheUnitedKingdomareinfluencedonlybytheAtlanticOcean.()2.ThoughtheUKismostlyundertheinfluenceofthemaritimetropicalairmassfromthesouth-west,differentregionsarelesssusceptiblethanotherswhendifferentairmassesaffectthecountry:()3.Walesandthesouth-westofEngland
4、arethemostexposedtothemaritimetropicalairmasswhichbringswarmmoistair.()4.AstheAtlantichaslostmuchofitsheatthroughouttheautumnandwinter,springisgenerallyacalm,coolanddryseason.()5.Insummer,thunderstormsmainlyoccurinthenorthandwestandarelessfrequentandsevereinso
5、uthern,eastern,andcentralEngland.()6.Climaticdifferencesatthistimeofyeararemoreinfluencedbylatitudeandtemperaturesarehighestinsouthernandcentralareasandlowestinthenorth.()7.AutumnintheUnitedKingdomlastsfromOctobertoNovember,whichisnotoriousforbeingsettled.()Te
6、xtAReadingComprehension:8.TheUnitedKingdomoftenexperiencesan“IndianSummer”inAutumn.()9.Inwinter,theonlyareaswithsignificantsnowfallaretheScottishhighlandsandthePennies.()10.Onmostoccasionssomepotentdepressionsmaymoveinfromthenorthintheformof“PolarLows”,introdu
7、cingheavysnowandoftenblizzard-likeconditionstopartsoftheUnitedKingdom,particularlyScotland.()TextAReadingComprehension:TextANotes:1.TheAtlanticOceanisthesecond-largestoftheworld’soceanicdivisions.Withatotalareaofabout106,400,000squarekilometers(41,100,000sq mi
8、),itcoversapproximatelytwentypercentoftheEarth’ssurfaceandabouttwenty-sixpercentofitswatersurfacearea.ThefirstpartofitsnamereferstoAtlasofGreekmythology,makingtheAtlanticthe“SeaofA
