相关简介
通过了解一个国家或地区的历史，我们不仅能更深入地理解其文化与传统，还能让旅行变得更有意义。本课件以人教版高中英语必修二《History and Traditions》中的Reading and Thinking部分为核心，带领学生从英国的地理构成和联合过程入手，探索学习历史的两大益处，并系统梳理相关重点词汇与句型，帮助提升阅读理解与语言运用能力。
课堂导入与讨论问题
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.
问题一：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.
问题二：According to the text, what are two chief advantages of studying the history of a country?
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.
语言点详解
1. puzzle n. & vt.
（1）n. 谜；智力游戏；疑问
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 填字游戏
He thought he had solved the puzzle. 他认为他已经解开了那个谜。
（2）vt. 迷惑；使困惑
What puzzles me is why his books are so popular. 令我不解的是，他的书为什么如此受欢迎。
She was puzzling over the cause of the events. 她在苦苦思索这些事件的起因。
He was trying to puzzle out how he should react in an emergency. 他正在琢磨如何在紧急情况下作出反应。
【词语积累】
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……连接或联结起来
Every individual or group is joined to the world by the Internet. 每一个个人或团体都通过互联网与世界相连。
【归纳拓展】
1. connect...to/with/and... 把……与……连接起来（具体含义）
2. join in 参加；加入
3. join sb. in doing sth. 和某人一起做某事
The engineer connected my computer with the others. 工程师把我的电脑与其他电脑连接起来。
All the family join me in wishing you a happy future. 所有的家人同我一道祝你未来幸福。
