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Unit 3
Extended reading
Say something that you have known about Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii, the United States, which is famous for the “Attack on Pearl Harbor” during the World War II.
To learn more about the attack, let’s read the article on page 39-40.
Read the article and complete the chart below
Hell comes to Pearl Harbor
Before
the attack
During
the attack
After
the attack
Now
Para 1
Para 2-4
Para 5-6
Para 7
Para 1: Before
Find out the verbs describing seamen’s motions and think about why the author employ such a writing technique.
It was Sunday, December 7, 1941. As usual, the wake-up call came at 5:45 a.m. The men aboard the warship USS Arizona stretched and rubbed their eyes. Seaman Russell Warriner was awakened by Quartermaster Louis Conter. Russell made his bed and helped clean the huge, shared room. The men went to the washroom, dressed in their uniforms and sat down to breakfast. It looked like it would be a normal day on board the ship.
To make the language vivid, lively, imaginary and impressive, and convey that everyone aboard was doing their daily work as usual before the attack.
Para 2: During
From the underlined sentences, what can readers learn?
But nobody ate their breakfast: at that moment, there was a huge crashing sound from above. The ship shook violently and the men looked at each other in horror. Above their heads, hundreds of Japanese planes circled like eagles. They were diving down to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. The scream of their engines was deafening. As bombs thundered all around, clouds of black smoke rose into the sky and hung over the sea. Russell felt his blood freeze, but he quickly came to himself and rushed up to the deck. Moments later, a bomb hit the USS Arizona and Russell was thrown more than 100 meters across the ship. He suffered serious burns on his hands, arms and legs, and watched many of his friends die.
The attack was violent and unexpected, making seamen lost in huge panic.
Para 3: During