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Unit 2 Making adifference
Developing ideas
The Power of Good
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Unit 2 Making a difference
Learning objectives
Know the life of Nicholas Winton
Enable to summarize the basic structure and key elements of a biography.
Talk to have an in-depth understanding of world peace and human justice.
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Unit 2 Making a difference
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What did Schindler do?
What personal qualities can you learn from him?
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frightened children
heartbroken parents
saved
various honours
Nazis
business
Britain
public attention
during World War II
forgotten journal
Jewish
Predict the man’s actions according to the word cloud and the pictures.
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The Power of Good
“The British Schindler”: the life of Nicholas Winton
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Check your prediction: What did Nicholas Winton do?
He came to Prague to aid people who were escaping from the Nazis.
Nicholas Winton saved the 669 children from death at the hands of the Nazis.
He established an office to keep records of the children, and then returned to Britain to find temporary homes for them.
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various honours; knighthood
2003
saved 669 children
1954
the Order of the White lion
2014
came to Prague; help children escape from the Nazis
1938
left the military
1988
passed away on 1 July
at the age of 106
2015
born on 19 May in London
1909
returned to Britain; worked in business
1931
1939
invited onto the British television programme That’s life;
Draw a timeline to note down
the key events in Winton’s life.
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Introduction
Main body
Conclusion
Most biographies are organised the in order in which events happened.
The name of the person and his biggest achievement
Learn to analyze a
biography.
The author’s opinion
time
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While-reading
Ⅰ.Fast-reading for main ideas
1.Fill in the following blanks with suitable words to get the main idea of each part.
Main idea
Part 1
(Para.1) The heartbreaking (1)______ at Prague’s Wilson Station.
scene
Part 2
(Paras.2-4) The introduction of Winton and his act of (2)______
children from the Nazis.
Part 3
(Paras.5-7) Later