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课件网) Understanding ideas —Reading comprehension The D-Day LANDINGS Unit 3 War and peace By the end of this period, students will be able to: 1. make predictions about the text according to the pictures; 2. get the main idea and understand the significance of the text; 3. work out the structure of the text; 4. learn how to depict the scene of a war and its influence; 5. understand the significance of peace. CONTENTS Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV 1. How much do you know about the Second World War Pre-reading Share what you know about it with us! Second World War Glossary(词汇) Axis powers 轴心国 _____ The Allies (Anti-fascist Alliance)：同盟国(反法西斯联盟) _____ Operation Overlord: 霸王行动 _____ Germany, Italy, Japan and their allies. The United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union, China. Code name for the military operation in 1944 to invade France. 2. Look at the picture and the map and answer the questions. (1)What do you think the picture and the map show (2)What do you expect to read about in the passage Now read the passage and check our prediction. The LANDINGS “D” refers to the day of the operation which actually subjects to final approval. D-day: The term D-Day is used for the day on which an attack or operation is to be launched. D是Day的首字母，在军事活动中，D日经常用作表示一次作战或行动发起的那天。 迄今为止，最著名的D日是1944年6月6日———诺曼底战役打响之日——— 即同盟国反攻在第二次世界大战中被纳粹德国占领的欧洲大陆的开始。 D-Day landings意思是行动日登陆，标题用的是时间而不是诺曼底这个地点。 D-DAY Background information While-reading 1. What’s the main idea of the text A. To introduce the D-Day landings which happened in 1944 and the 70th anniversary of it. B. To explain the cruelty of the war. C. To explain the injuries and deaths of the war. D. To remind people to remember history. √ Activity 1: Fast-reading for main ideas 2. Skim the text and match each paragraph with its main idea. Para.1 A. The outcome of the operation. Para.2 B. The background information of the operation. Para.3 C. The severe casualties on Omaha Beach. Para.4 D. The everlasting memory of the soldiers’ brave actions. Para.5 E. The initial stage of the operation. Para.6 F. The order issued by the Supreme Allied Commander before the operation. Para.7 G. The 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. By spring 1944, the Second World War had been raging across the globe for about five years. But along the south coast of England, something unusual was happening: Allied troops made up mainly of British, Canadian and American soldiers were gathering in large numbers. This marked one of the final stages of a top -secret operation that had been months, perhaps years, in the planning. Code- named “Operation Overlord”, it was the largest combined sea, air and land operation in history, the aim being to free north -west Europe from German occupation. After wa ... ...
