人教版高中英語必修二《History and Traditions》Reading and Thinking PPT教學(xué)課件，共64頁。
Learn about a country through its history
Before you read，discuss the questions in pairs.
The map shows the British Isles，the islands which make up the Great Britain（England，Scotland，and Wales）and Ireland（Ireland and Northern Ireland）. It is used to show the four different countries that make up the UK and some of the major cities.
What are the four countries of the United Kingdom?Which two were the first to be joined together?
The four countries of the United Kingdom are England，Wales，Scotland，and Northern Ireland.
England and Wales were the first two to be joined together.
The two chief advantages of studying the history of a country are to help you understand more about the country and its traditions and to make visiting it more enjoyable.
According to the text，what are two chief advantages of studying the history of a country?
Language points
1 puzzle n. & vt.
（1）n. 謎；智力游戲；疑問
搭配：in a puzzle 不知如何是好，感到困惑
He was in a puzzle about what to do next.
下一步做什么，他感到困惑不解。
crossword puzzle 填字游戲
He thought he had solved the puzzle. 他認(rèn)為他已經(jīng)解開了那個(gè)謎。
（2）vt. 迷惑；使困惑
What puzzles me is why his books are so popular.
令我不解的是，他的書為什么如此受歡迎。
She was puzzling over the cause of the events.
她在苦苦思索這些事件的起因。 ［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］
He was trying to puzzle out how he should react in an emergency.
他正在琢磨如何在緊急情況下作出反應(yīng)。 ［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］
【詞語積累】
puzzling adj. 令人迷惑的 puzzled adj. 迷惑不解的，困惑的
puzzlement n. 迷惑，困惑
2 join...to... 把……和……連接或聯(lián)結(jié)起來
Every individual or group is joined to the world by the Internet.
每一個(gè)個(gè)人或團(tuán)體都通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)與世界相連。 ［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］
【歸納拓展】
connect...to/with/and... 把……與……連接起來（具體含義）
join in 參加；加入
join sb. in doing sth. 和某人一起做某事
The engineer connected my computer with the others.
工程師把我的電腦與其他電腦連接起來。
All the family join me in wishing you a happy future.所有的家人同我一道祝你未來幸福。
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