unit 2 the united kingdom period 1 warming up and reading learning aims: 1. develop reading ability and learn different reading skills. 2. learn the foreign culture and know more about different cultures in the world. 3. get to know the information about the united kingdom. important point: develop reading ability and learn different reading skills. difficult point: learn the foreign culture and know more about different cultures in the world. 《使用说明与学法指导》泛读一遍第9,10页课文完成预习案。 (25mins) 预习案previewing case task1: warming up and pre-reading(见课本p9,完成warming up的问题) task 2: skim the text and match the main idea of each paragraph. para1. a. explains what the term “great britain” means and how it came about.