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BOOK 6 MODULE 6 VOCABULARY AND READING

The D-Day Landings

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Learning Guide

Learning Aims 1.

Learn some words related words about wars:

2.

Read and practice learning strategies to learn something about the D-Day landings.

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Feel the cruelty of wars and learn to cherish peace. 4.

Learn to work in groups.

Key points The situation about the D-Day Landings, including overall information, the casualties and survivors’ mourning for their lost comrades Difficulties Learn to use new words in these 3 passages to describe the cruelty of wars and express opinions about War and Peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lead-in

1.

Pictures about some new words. 2.

A little quiz about a war in the 20th century.

3.

Background information. Pre-reading

What do you think the title of the passage means?

While-reading

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Read for main ideas. (Tip: look through the passage quickly and find topic sentences) Read quickly and match the main idea with each passage. Passage 1

A. The contribution to D-Day made by Able Company Passage 2

B. Survivors of D-Day landings returned to France to remember their lost comrades. Passage 3

C. The main introduction of D-Day landings

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Read for details. (Tip: read carefully and use capitalized words(大写词) to locate relative sentences) Passage 1 Answer the Questions. 1.

What event started the Second World War?

2.

What was the purpose of Operation Overlord?

3.

What nationality were the troops who took part in the operation?

4.

Where was the most dangerous place to land?

5.

Was Operation Overlord successful?

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BOOK 6 MODULE 6 VOCABULARY AND READING

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Passage 2 Fill in the form Casualties(伤亡情况) of Able Company(A连)(7 boats in all) Boat Boat 5 where result _______km from the ______ men drowned; beach _____ men were picked up. Boat 3 Boat 1&4 Survivors contribution _______meters from the _______

disappeared;

to D-Day ：beach _______ be killed or ________ wounded. men, ________ / ______ were dead. rifles. Climb up

the _____ men joined another ___________ company( 6 __________

but

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_____ ) Passage 3

Answer the questions. 1.

Why was 6 June 2004 an important date for the survivors?

2.

Why do you think so many soldiers were never found?

3.

In your own words, what does the poem say about the lost soldiers?

4. The poem For the Fallen was written _____.

A. at the beginning of the Second World War

B. at the end of the Second World War C. after the Second World War

D. before the Second World War Post-reading

Task 1 Fill in the blanks During the Second World War, Germany________

many countries，including France. In September 1939，Britain ________

war on Germany after it invaded Poland. The most important ________ of the war in Europe was Operation Overlord，________ as the D-Day landings. On the morning of June, 130,000 troops carried by over 5,000 ships ________

the English Channel and landed on the ________

of Normandy in France. Because the Germans ________ artillery shells at the soldiers，many of them died before they landed. With great danger，American soldiers eventually made a _______________ at Omaha Beach and the D-Day landings were

___________.It was the beginning of the end of the war. On 6 June 2004，____________ of the D-Day landings from many different countries returned

to France to ____________

their lost comrades. They went to the ___________ and ____________which are _______ on a cliff ____________ the beach and the English Channel, from where the boats ___________ their landings. On the memorial there is part of a poem called “______________”.

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Task 2

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Finish the mind map with three words. (immortality不朽的；danger; heroism)

Overall introduction of the D-Day Landings

What happened to Able Company on 6 June 1944?

What happened to the survivors on 6 June 2004?

2.

Read the poem with emotions fluently.

For the Fallen

致倒下的战士

They shall not grow old,

他们永远不会老朽，

as we that are left grow old.

不像我们留下来的日渐衰老。

Age shall not weary them,

他们永远不为耄耋所难，

nor the years condemn.

永远不为残年所累。

At the going down of the sun

每当太阳落下，

and in the morning,

每当清晨来临，

we will remember them.

我们就会想起他们。

Task 3 Watch two videos and share your thoughts and feelings about war and peace.

The D-Day Landings

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Homework 1.

Word study Exercise 1 Match the words with their definitions ①

troops

A soldier of the lowest rank

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company

A person who is in charge of something, especially an officer in charge of a

particular group of soldiers or a military operation

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comrade

A friend, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger ④

private

Soldiers in an organized group

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commander

A group of about 100 soldiers who are usually part of a larger group

Exercise 2 Fill in the blanks with proper form of given words or phrases. ①

The Second World War began with the German ______________ of Poland. Troops ______________ on 1 September 1939. The country was destroyed by these German

_______________ and its people suffered a lot.

【入侵】invade/invasion/invader

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He was killed by his _____________ neighbor and then his son is determined to___________

his murdered father.

【报复心切的】vengeful/revenge

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U.S. forces now ______________ a part of the country.

The ______________ of a country happens when it is entered and controlled by a foreign

army.

【占领】occupy/occupation

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Officials said there were no ______________ of the plane crash except a private. The

____________ private was shaking with fear. He was lucky to _____________ the battle in which most of his comrades died. People thought his ____________ from the battle was a miracle.

【幸存】survive/surviving/survival/survivor

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Hitler invaded Poland on 1 September. Britain and France _____________________Germany two days later.

【向……宣战】declare war on

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The soldiers were engaged in a military __________________ close to the border.

The doctor will _________________ your leg. You will do a/an __________________ your leg.

【行动】

operation/operate

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Don't play by the river in case you fall in and ___________!

【淹死】drown

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The newspapers ____________ the politician for bribery (受贿).

【谴责】condemn

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Lincoln _______________ was built ______________ President Lincoln, whose contributions to the liberation of the black slaves are _____________.

【纪念馆】memorial/in memory of/memorable

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Many of them went to the cemetery and memorial which _____________ Omaha Beach. We may _____________ all sorts of warning signals about our own health before we fall ill.

【俯视】overlook 2.

Write down your thoughts and feelings about War and Peace. 3.

Search on the Internet for more information about the Second World War.

Website recommended: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ww2_summary_01.shtml#two

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