UnitOneGeneralIntroduction

Lesson1GeneralInformationontheUKandtheUSALearningObjectivesStarterTextsLessonReviewCaseStudySupplementaryReading

01Makeanoralreportaboutthetwonationsbygeneralizingtheinformationfromthetexts.MasterthekeyfactsoftheUKandtheUSA.LearningObjectivesGeneralizethecharacteristicsofthetwocountriesbymakingacomparisonbetweenthem.

02StarterQ.1Identifythefollowingpicturesandsaywhatyouknowaboutthem.Q.2TellaboutthelocationoftheUKandtheUSAandtheircapitalcities,andgiveasmuchinformationasyoucan.

03ThePalaceofWestminster,alsoknownastheHousesofParliamentorWestminsterPalace,inLondon,iswherethetwoHousesoftheParliamentoftheUnitedKingdom(theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofCommons)meet.ThepalaceliesonthenorthbankoftheRiverThamesintheLondonboroughoftheCityofWestminster,closetoothergovernmentbuildingsinWhitehall.ThePalaceofWestminster

04TheCommonwealthofNations,usuallyknownastheCommonwealth,isavoluntaryassociationof53independentsovereignstates,mostofwhichareformerBritishcolonies,ordependenciesofthesecolonies(theexceptionsbeingtheUnitedKingdomitselfandMozambique).TheflagconsistsoftheCommonwealthsymbolingoldonabluefield.Thesymbolcentersonaglobe,representingtheglobalnatureoftheCommonwealthandthebreadthofitsmembership.Theglobeissurroundedby61radiating,approximatelyquadrilateral,spears,whichformaCforCommonwealth.Thenumberofspearsdoesnotrepresentthenumberofmemberstates(therehaveneverbeen61members);instead,thelargenumberrepresentsthemanywaysinwhichtheCommonwealthcooperatesaroundtheworld.TheLogoofCommonwealth

05TheflagoftheUnitedStatesconsistsof13equalhorizontalstripesofred(topandbottom)alternatingwithwhite,withabluerectangleinthecantonbearing50small,white,five-pointedstarsarrange