Unit+4+Video+Time 高中英語(yǔ)人教版（2019）必修第二冊(cè)

HistoryandtraditionsUnit4VideoTime1.CollectkeyinformationabouthistoricplacesinLondonthroughthevideo;2.UnderstandtheimportanceofhistorytoLondon;3.Introducethelocalcityfromtheaspectsofhistoryandtraditions.Lead-inWhatdoyouknowaboutLondon?LondonsitsupontheRiverThamesinthesoutheastofEngland.ItisthecapitaloftheUnitedKingdom,and—withalmostninemillionpeople—Europe’slargestcity.BigBenRiverThamesBeforeyouwatchMatchtheplacenameswiththephotosfromthevideo.ABigBen BBuckinghamPalace CHousesofParliament DTowerofLondonENationalGallery FTrafalgarSquare GTowerBridge HWestminsterAbbeyHGDBEFACWhileyouwatchCompletethesentencesbelowbywriting1-7onthelines.1.TheTowerBridge2.WestminsterAbbey3.BuckinghamPalace4.TheNationalGalley5.TrafalgarSquare6.TheHousesofParliament7.BigBenAisasymbolofthecityofLondon.BisalsocalledthePalaceofWestminster.Ciswherethekingorqueenlives.Diswhereallroyalfuneralsandmostcoronationstakeplace.Eisinfactthenameofthebellinthetower.Fisatraditionalplaceforpublicmeetings.Gcontainsagreatartcollection.TheTowerBridgeisasymbolofthecityofLondon.WestminsterAbbeyiswhereallroyalfuneralsandmostcoronationstakeplace.加冕BuckinghamPalaceiswherethekingorqueenlives.TheNationalGalleycontainsagreatartcollection.TrafalgarSquareisatraditionalplaceforpublicmeetings.HousesofParliamentisalsocalledthePalaceofWestminster.BigBenisinfactthenameofthebellinthetower.TheTowerofLondonisaplaceofimprisonmentanddeath;aroyalresidence;anarmoury;arepositoryofthecrownjewels;SamuelJohnson(1709-1784)Englishcritic,biographer,essayist,poet,andlexicographerregardedasoneofthegreatestfiguresof18th-centurylifeandlettersAnswerthequestionsusinginformationfromthevideo.WhatdidSamuelJohnsonsayaboutLondon?SamuelJohnsonsaidthatwhenoneistiredofLondon,oneistiredoflife.YoucanneverbeboredinLondonbecausethereissomuchtodo.WhatmakesLondonagreatcitytowalkin?Itisagreatcitytowalkinbecausetherearenohillsandmanythingstosee.WhatdidthewriterW.U.WeatherbywriteaboutLondon?ThewriterW.U.Weatherbywrote“OnegoestoLondonatlastasAmericansgotoNewYork.Toexperiencetheshockofvitality,fromsomanymillionslivingtogetherandtoseethecountryinameltingpot.”Thereisalwaysacitythatcanbestreflectthehistoryandtraditionsofacountry.Talkaboutyourpreference.WhathistoricplacesinLondonwouldyouliketovisit?Why?IwouldliketotakeawalkaroundTrafalgarSquaretoexplorethearea.IwouldalsoliketovisitWestminsterAbbeyandpaymyrespectstothefamouspeoplewholieburiedthere.AfteryouwatchTalkaboutyourrecommendation.Whathistoricplacesinyourlocalcitywouldvisitorsprobablyliketoseemost?Whatcouldyoutellvisitorsaboutthoseplacesandthetraditionsofthelocalcity?VisitorstoHenanProvincewouldprobablyliketovisittheGaochengAstronomicalObservatoryandtheancientruinsofYin.TheformeristhesiteoftheoldestobservatoryinChinawhereastronomyhastradition