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Reading Practice of Module 6 (Book VI) 学案

(Winston Churchill’s Speeches)

By Xiong Chaowen

Learning Goals: 1.

Learn about Winston Churchill 2.

Have a deep understanding of the significance of speeches. 3.

Improve the reading comprehension by analyzing the structure and main ideas.

Learning steps: I. Lead-in Videos of Winston Churchill making speeches in public

II. Pre-reading Learn about Winston Churchill (by talking about the pictures) Winston Churchill is a well-known British Prime Minister (leader of Britain)，___________，___________________, ______________(winning Nobel Prize for literature in 1953), __________________(painting:

Moroccan sunset), and a pubic ______________

He was a person of strong ________. He led the British people during the war ________ Nazi Germany and eventually ______ the war. He is famous for his ____________ and his _____________. He is even thought to be the Englishman who knew the most English words(120,000).

III. Reading 1.

Scan the passage and decide: How many parts can this passage be divided into? 2.

Read again and give the main idea of each part. Part 1(

):_____________________________________________ Part 2(

):_____________________________________________ Part 3(

):_____________________________________________ 3.

Choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea of the passage A.

Winston Churchill is well-known as a statesman, politician and as the British Prime Minister during most of the Second World War. B.

His speeches are still remembered and quoted today, and remain some of the finest examples of spoken English.

4.

Read examples of Churchill’s speeches and fill in the chart time Background information Famous lines

13 May 1940

June 1940

18 June 1940

20 August

1940

10 November

1942

5.

Reading comprehension: Choose the best answers 1) Churchill’s speech on 13 May 1940 shows that___.

(a) there was little he could do

(b) the war would be over soon

(c) he could only promise to do his best to defeat the Germans (d) the defeat of Britain by Germany was probable

2) After the British had retreated to Britain, Churchill suggested the British___.

(a) would strongly resist the Germans in every possible way

(b) would attack the German army at Dunkirk

(c) would then use small boats to bring the British army back

(d) hoped other European countries would help Britain 3) “….This was their finest hour.” suggests that___.

(a) the Battle of Britain was over quickly

(b) people will greatly admire everyone who defended Britain

(c) soldiers will be proud of what they had done

(d) the British were right not to surrender 4) In Churchill’s speech on 20 August 1940, the “few” refers to____.

(a) the people of Britain

(b) the British pilots

(c) the German airplanes

(d) the German attack on Britain 5)

According to Churchill, the end of the beginning was when___.

(a) the war ended

(b) the German attacks ended (c) the British won the Battle of Britain

(d) the British started to win the war

IV. Post- Reading:

Read the quotations from Churchill’s speech and make a speech as Churchill.

We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and the oceans We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strengths in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, We shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall fight in the fields and in the streets, We shall fight in the hills; We shall never surrender.”

V. Homework