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Unit 2 Making a difference
Developing ideas
Teaching Aims
1. Lead the students to understand the content of the text.
2. Help the students understand the author's life and deepen the
understanding of the meaning of the theme of this unit.
3. Let the students learn caring attitude towards life especially in a
dangerous situation.
4. Through reading the text, let the students find out the common style
and key elements of biographical text and write the biography on
the basis of reading, practice writing biography.
Part 1 : Lead in
Activity 1 Look at the word cloud and predict what Winton might have done.
He might be from Britain.
He might have saved frightened Jewish children, whose parents were heartbroken, from the Nazis during World War II and he might have received various honours.
Activity 2
Read the biography of Nicholas Winton and check your prediction in Activity 1.
Task 1 Match the paragraphs with the main ideas.
The heartbreaking scene at Prague’s Wilson Station
The introduction of Winton and his act of saving children from the Nazis
After the story was made public
Part 2 : Fast reading
Task 2 Match the events to the years in which they happened.
1931
1938
1954
1988
2014
1931–e; 1938–c; 1954–a; 1988–d; 2014–b
1909: Nicholas Winton was born on 19 May in London.
1939: By August, Winton had saved 669 children.
During World War II: Winton served as an officer in Britain's Royal Air Force.
1954: Winton worked for international charities and for various companies after he left the military.
2003: Winton received a knighthood in 2003.
2015: Winton passed away on 1 July at the age of 106. He enjoyed a long life as a kind-hearted person.
Task 3 Read more information about Winton's life and pay attention to the time expressions.
1. What happened to the 669 Jewish children?
A. They were killed by the Nazis.
B. They were saved from death at the hands of the Nazis by Nicholas Winton.
C. They fled to their native countries.
D. They boarded the train with their parents.
2. What did Nicholas Winton do as soon as he left school?
A. He worked in banks in Britain.
B. He worked in banks in Germany and France.
C. He worked as a rescuer.
D. He didn’t do any job.
B
B
Part 3 : Careful reading
3. Why did Nicholas Winton decide to aid the children?
His strong desire to do good.
B. His determination to be a hero.
C. His hatred towards the Nazis.
D. His sympathy for the children's fate.
4. What made Winton's story known to the public?
His wife's promotion.
B. The television programme That's life.
C. Leaders' praises.
D. The 669 children's appearance.
D
B
Part 4 : Think and share
1. Because they were Jewish and under the control of the Nazis.
2. Because, for the most part, Winton did not mention the children
he saved. Winton might have thought that it was normal to help
others when they were in trouble, so it was not worth mentioning.
3. helpful, warm-hearted, pitiful, merciful (adj.仁慈的), affectionate
(adj.充满爱的)
1. 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.(Para. 1)
【知识链接】独立主格结构的特点:
①独立主格结构本身不是句子,而是短语,在句子中作状语,表示时间、
原因、条件、伴随、目的等。
②独立主格结构的逻辑主语与句子的主语不同,它独立存在。
③结构中前后两部分具有逻辑主谓关系。
④其位置灵活,可位于句前、句中或句末,常由逗号将其与句子分开。
Part 5: Language points
【即学即用】
(1) The boy ________(lead) the way, we had no trouble getting out of the
forest.
(2) His first attempt ___________(fail), he tried again.
(3) Everything _______(take) into consideration, he is the most suitable
person for the job.
(4) Thousands of eyes _____(fix) upon him, Nick felt on edge.
(5) 时间允许的话,我们明天会去郊游。
Time __________(permit), we will go for an outing tomorrow.
(6) 她面带微笑走了进来。
She came in, a smile ___________.
leading
having failed
taken
fixed
permitting
on (her) face
2. On leaving school, Winton worked in banks in Germany and France.(Para. 2)
【知识链接】
on +doing… 一... ...就... ... = as soon as
【即学即用】
(1) What was your reaction ___________ our English teacher?
你看到我们的英语老师时有什么反应?
(2) 一听到这个消息,她突然大哭了起来。
on seeing
On hearing the news, she burst into tears.
[拓展]on 表示时间的用法:
Nicholas Winton was born _____ 19 May 1909 in London, to German-Jewish parents.
on = during a particular day
on
3. That all changed in 1988 when his wife Grete found a forgotten journal at home.
【知识链接】
forgotten是______分词, 作_____修饰 journal。journal 通常表示magazine,
也可指 record 或 diary.
【即学即用】找出课文中其他的过去分词作定语的例子:
过去
定语
(1)a group of frightened children (Para. 1)
(2)their heartbroken parents (Para. 1)
(3)He used donated funds to pay...(Para. 3)
(4)a shocked Winton (Para. 5)
(5)a respected figure (Para. 5)
(6)a kind-hearted person (Para. 7)
【知识链接】① shocked : feeling surprised and upset by something
very unexpected and unpleasant (震惊的,震撼的)
② rise to one's feet 意为 stand up
4. A shocked Winton watched as the majority of people rose to their feet.
温顿震惊地看到在场的大多数人都站了起来。
【即学即练】
(1)这对父母听到儿子需要进行膝盖手术的消息后,顿时震惊了。
(2)当足球运动员进入体育场,全场观众都站起来欢呼喝彩。
The parents were shocked by the news that their son needed
an operation on his knee.
As the football players came into the stadium,the crowd rose to
their feet to shout and cheer.
5. Nicolas Winton passed away on 1 July 2015, at the age of 106.
【知识链接】
pass away : 去世
类似的委婉表达还有: rest in the graveyard, meet one's end, pass on...
(1)Mary's grandma rests beside her grandpa in the family graveyard.
(2)He met his end in a car accident caused by a drunken driver.
在家族墓地里,Mary 的奶奶长眠在她爷爷身边。
他在一场由司机醉酒驾车引发的车祸中去世了。
【即学即用】
Give a talk in honor of Nicholas Winton.
Part 6 : Homework
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