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课件网) 1. What's the historical event? Boston Tea Party If we want to have a deep understanding of a historical event, what should we know about the historical event? 3. What should we know about a historical event? 2. Vocabulary 1. Indian 1) people who live in India 2) native Americans 2. inevitable, adj, [?n'ev?t?b(?)l] unavoidable 3.rebellion, noun, [r?'belj?n] [C]/[U] an attempt by someone of the people in a country to change their government, usually using violence rebel, noun, ['reb(?)l] 4. disguise, [d?s'ɡa?z] to change your appearance so that people cannot recognize you 5. smuggle:[verb] to take sth in or out of a country illegally 6. boycott: [verb] to refuse to buy sth as a way of protesting 7. massacre: [noun] the killing of a large number of people especially in a cruel way 8. monopoly: [noun] the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service 1. Indian 2. inevitable 3. rebellion, rebel 4. disguise 5. smuggle 6. boycott 7. massacre 8. monopoly Vocabulary 3. Group work (1) Watch the video and find any useful information about reasons, process and results about Boston Tea Party 4. Part One: Read Part One and number the following statements A. The groups on the other two ships worked in the same way. B. I did this, and the captain immediately gave me what I asked for. C. In the street I met many more men who were dressed like me. D. The name of the commander of my group was Leonard Pitt. E. We then opened the hatches, took out all the chests of tea. F. So to prevent any possibility of it being saved for use, some of us went out in small boats, and beat it with our oars. Number Statements 1 2 3 4 5 6 C. In the street I met many more men who were dressed like me. D. The name of the commander of my group was Leonard Pitt. B. I did this, and the captain immediately gave me what I asked for. E. We then opened the hatches, took out all the chests of tea. A. The groups on the other two ships worked in the same way. F. So to prevent any possibility of it being saved for use, some of us went out in small boats, and beat it with our oars. Read Part One and discuss the questions with your partners 1. What can you infer from the rebels involved in Boston Tea Party? 2. How did the rebels dress themselves? Why did they do that? 3. Was there any violence in the process? How do you find that? 1. What can you infer from the rebels of Boston Tea Party? They were white Americans. 2. How did the rebels dress themselves? Why did they do that? They dressed themselves as Indians. 3. Was there any violence in the process? How do you find that? No, there wasn't any violence. The British troops did nothing to stop the rebels. 5. Read Part Two and check the true statements 1. The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion against the British. 2. It was organised many months in advance. 3. The British needed money to start a war against the French. 4. The British wanted Americans ... ...
