Unit 3 War and Peace Starting Out&Understanding Ideas Learning objectives 1. To understand the nature of war and the importance of peace; 2. To get the main and specific information about the the D-day landings; 3. To work out the structure of the passage and language characteristics. Starting Out Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. Which wars are discussed in the video? 2. What was the deadliest conflict in human history? How many people were killed? 1. Which wars are discussed in the video? 2. What was the deadliest conflict in human history? How many people were killed? The First World War and the Second World War are discussed in the video. The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history. Around 60 million people were killed. {5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A} The Cause of the War The Beginning Time Duration Total Casualties The First World War conflicts between the great European powers in 1914 around 40 million people four years {5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}The Cause of the War The Beginning Time Duration Total Casualties The Second World War around 60 million people six years in 1939 a war against fascism Activity 2 Look at the four pictures and answer the questions. What is your understanding of the quotes? Which of the quotes helps you to better understand the nature of war? Give your reasons. violent miserable fierce cruel Answer the following questions. 1. What was the deadliest conflict in human history? 2. What is your opinion on war? Come up with three words or expressions to help express your opinion. The Second World War. The war is frightening, cruel and bloody. (inhuman, violent, tragic …) Pre-reading Understanding Ideas There never was a good war or a bad peace. — Benjamin Franklin 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? Share your ideas with the class. 在军事活动中，D是Day的首字母，往往用D-Day表示某个行动的日期（进攻或撤退的启动日）。D-Day landing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。 发生在1944年6月6日6时30分，是第二次世界大战中盟军在欧洲西线战场发起的一场大规模攻势，这次行动的日期1944年6月6日被称为“D-DAY”。 诺曼底登陆战役 The Normandy Landings 1. What’s the style(文体) of this passage? A. narration B. argumentation C. exposition 2. What’s the order of the passage？ 3. How many parts this passage can be divided? Task1:Read for stucture Time order Before the WWⅡ During the WWⅡ After the WWⅡ 1. The outcome of the operation 2. The background information of the operation 3. The severe casualties(伤亡人数) on Omaha Beach 4. The everlasting memory of the soldiers’ brave actions 5. The initial stage of the operation 6. The order issued by the Supreme Allied Commander before the operation 7. The 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings Match the main ideas to the paragraphs and give your reasons Organise information from the passage and compl ... ...
