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Unit 2 Developing Ideas
The Power of Good
Oskar Schindler
(1908—1974)German businessman. The film Schindler’s List is based on his story.
During World War II, he protected the lives of thousands of Jews by hiring them to work in his factories.
Look at the word cloud and predict what the man in the pictures might have done.
frightened children
saved
Nazis
public attention
during World War II
business
Britain
Jewish
heartbroken parents
various honors
forgotten journal
Now read the biography of Nicholas Winton and check your prediction.
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II
Fast-reading
4
1. What is the literary form(文学体裁) of the passage?
A. Exposition B. Argumentation C. Biography
Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible.
Learning to learn
Most biographies are organized 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.
Task 1
Read for the structure of the biography.
The heartbreaking scene at Prague’s Wilson Station.
Task 2
Part 1
(Para. __1____)
Part 2
(Para. __2--4_)
Part 3
(Para. __5--7__)
The introduction of Winton and his act of saving children from the Nazis.
After the story was made public.
Match the events to the years in which they happened. (P22)
1931
1938
1954
1988
2014
e
c
a
d
b
Task 3
III
Intensive-reading
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Para.1
Nicholas Winton saved_________ (frighten) ________ (Jew) children from death at the hands of ______ (Nazi), whose parents were ____________(heartbreak), seeing them off at Wilson Station in ________, before _____________broke out.
frightened
Jewish
heartbroken
Nazis
World War II
Prague
His statue and the train once used to transport the children.
1938 Para.3
1.Why did Winton decide to save the Jewis