内容正文:
Understanding ideas
Unit 3 War and peace
Lead-in
watch a video and express your feelings
learning Objectives:
1.To master some words and phrases to introduce the D-Day landings , such as violent, objective, recall, liberate, memorial.
2. To improve reading ability by skimming and scanning.
3. To realize the cruelty of war and importance of peace.
Talk about the information of the Second World War
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How do you feel about the war?
English Channel
Great Britain
France
Step 1 Map of D-Day Landings
The outcome of the operation
The background information of the operation
The severe casualties(伤亡) on Omaha Beach
The everlasting memory of the soldiers‘ brave actions
The initial stage of the operation
The order issued by the Supreme Allied Commander before the operation
The 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings
Step 2
Activity 1 Match the main ideas to the paragraphs.
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③
②
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Step Ⅰ Fast-reading—Scan the passage and then fill in the blanks.
background
order
stage
outcome
brave
Activity 2
Date(日期)
Place
Aim of the operation
(行动目的)
Supreme Allied commander
(指挥官)
6 June 1944
To reach the Normandy beaches along about 80 kilometers of French coastline
General Eisenhower
the Normandy beaches
background
Task 2 Read P1-P5
Spring 1944
6 June 1944
August 1944
outcome
What did Allied troops do by spring 1944?
Why did Allies(同盟国 )choose 6 June as the start of Operation Overlord ?
What happened by the end of August 1944?
Allied troops gathered in large numbers.
They waited for the perfect combination of weather,moon and tides(潮汐).
They liberated Paris and Germans had been removed from north-west France.
The D-Day landings were a success and were seen widely as the beginning of the end of the Second World War .
preparation
process
outcome
Why did the former soldier read the poem in ceremonies?
Task 3 Read P6-P7
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them ,nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the