高中英语人教版高二下05

[05:40.79]Integrating skills Reading
[05:48.84]ENGLAND,MY ENGLAND
[05:52.71]It is twenty-five miles across the fields to Salisbury.
[05:57.85]Sheep can be seen everywhere and the great number of them is really wonderful.
[06:04.41]All around the city of Salisbury,as far as twenty-two miles to the west,
[06:11.17]and six miles south,down to the coast,farmers raise sheep.
[06:17.94]There could be as many as six hundred thousand sheep
[06:22.90]fed within six miles of Salisbury,
[06:27.13]measuring every way round and the town in the centre.
[06:32.57]As we travelled through this country,
[06:36.33]we saw many old relics from ancient times
[06:41.58]and ruins of the native population of this kingdom.
[06:46.65]These are interesting to a traveller
[06:50.59]who has read something of the history of the country
[06:55.56]The cathedral is famous for the height of its tower,
[07:00.83]which is without doubt the highest and the most handsome in England,
[07:06.58]being from the ground 404 feet.
[07:11.83]Salisbury itself is a large and fine city.
[07:16.79]It is built where two rivers come together.
[07:21.18]Neither of them is very big,but they become a large river when joined together,
[07:29.72]and yet larger when joined by a third river,about three miles below the city.
[07:36.67]Then,through a deep channel they flow through some gardens,
[07:42.24]and down to Christchurch,into the sea.
[07:46.68]The city of Salisbury has two important kinds of produce and trade,
[07:53.73]which employ the poor of a great part of the country round namely,
[07:58.88]making cloth and sheets,called Salisbury Whites.
[08:05.96]The people of Salisbury are happy and rich.
[08:11.00]Their business is doing well,
[08:15.07]and there is a great deal of good manners and good company among them.
[08:20.64]I have written before that this country has high hills,
[08:25.78]whose tops spread out into green fields upon which great numbers of sheep are fed.
[08:32.34]But I want to tell the reader that these hills and fields are most beautiful,
[08:38.71]with many small and clear rivers,and rich fields bearing fruit and grain.
[08:45.77]All around we find nice little towns,villages and houses,
[08:52.14]and among them many of good size.
[08:56.82]So you look at the fields and think the country wild and empty,
[09:02.98]and yet when you come down the hills you are surprised with the most beautiful
[09:09.75]and rich country in England.
[09:13.82]Work book
[09:20.07]Unit 5 Integrating skills reading
[09:26.73]IRELAND: THE ISLAND IN THE WEST
[09:31.59]The island of Ireland is just west of the UK
[09:36.86]and is the westernmost island in Europe.
[09:40.99]Although a small country, it has an amazing history of over 5,000 years.
[09:48.04]Few places on the planet are as packed with history as Ireland.
[09:53.50]Everywhere you look there are castles and historical places.
[09:58.78]In Ireland the past is part of the present
[10:03.32]part of the people and part of its culture.
[10:08.00]For much of its history,
[10:11.24]Ireland lay hidden behind its bigger neighbour,Great Britain.
[10:16.41]In fact,Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
[10:23.07]for many centuries until the 1920s.
[10:28.35]In 1921,the southern part of Ireland became independent
[10:34.80]and the Republic of Ireland was founded.
[10:38.77]It is a state that covers more than 70,000 square kilometres,
[10:44.41]or five-sixths of the island of Ireland.
[10:48.86]It has four provinces,which altogether consist of 26 counties and 6 urban areas.
[10:57.40]Northern Ireland is part of the UK.
[11:01.34]The Republic of Ireland is a member of the European Union,and uses the euro.
[11:08.19]Ireland has a mild sea climate.
[11:11.95]The coldest months are January and February
[11:16.49]with air temperatures between 4 to 7 ~C during the day.
[11:23.26]The warmest months are July and August,when it is a quite cool 14 to 16'C.
[11:32.11]The sunniest months are May and June,
[11:36.19]with about five to seven hours of sunshine per day.
[11:41.23]As Ireland is surrounded by water,