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新外研社高中英语必修三
Unit 2 Make a difference
Developing Ideas
Reading
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Schindler's list
Oskar Schindler
A German businessman
During World War II, he protected the lives of thousands of Jews by hiring them to work in his factories.
What trouble did Jews face at that time?
During WWII, the Nazis slayed Jews cruelly.
Learning to learn
Most biographies are organised in the order in which events happened. Whilst reading a biography, it's a good idea to make a timeline to record and track important information, such as dates, places and key events. This can be a useful way of displaying the kind of life the person led and even,sometimes, what he / she was really like.
What is this passage mainly about?
Genre: A biography of Nicholas Winton
Match the events to the years in which they happened; and add some missing points of time to this timeline
1931
1938
1954
1988
2014
Winton left the military.
He was awarded the Order of the White lion.
He went to Prague to help refugees escape from the Nazis.
He was invited onto the British television programme That's life.
He became a businessman.
e
c
a
d
b
Why were the parents heartbroken?
Why did the parents fear that they would never see their children again?
Why is Para 1 written this way (present tense/ heartbreaking description)?
It is August 1939, and a group of frightened children are boarding a train at Prague's Wilson Station. Their heartbroken parents do not join them. Indeed, they fear they may never see their children again. But they know that their children will live. These are among the 669 children, most of them Jewish, that Nicholas Winton will go on to save from death at the hands of the Nazis.
Read Part 1 and answer:
Nicholas Winton was born on 19 May 1909 in London, to German-Jewish parents. The family later took British nationality. On leaving school, Winton worked in banks in Germany and France. He returned to Britain in 1931, where he worked in business.
In December 1938, a friend asked Winton to come to Prague to