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Unit 11
CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE
LESSON 3
WAR MEMORIES
To read and talk about war memories.
To read and infer messages.
To read for specific information and understand words in context.
To distinguish between verbs with similar meaning.
To search online for war statistics and discuss.
How much do you know about the following wars?
1) World War I
2) World War II
3) The Vietnam War
World War I (1914-1918)
World War Ⅰ
involved
countries
injuries
and deaths
the number
of personnel
more than 70 million
more than 15 million people were killed
most of the world’s great powers
the heir (继承人) to the Austro-Hungarian Empire(奥匈帝国) was assassinated (暗杀)
1914-1918
Time
War fuse
World War II (1939-1945)
World War Ⅱ
involved
countries
injuries
and deaths
the number
of personnel
Time
over 100 million
Germany’s invasion of Poland
most of the world’s nations, two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis(轴心国).
over seventy million people, the majority civilians, were