内容正文:
Peace
War
Unit 3 War and peace
The D-DAY LANDINGS
Afra
Learning objectives
In this class, you will be able to
skim the text to get the main ideas and understand the theme of the article;
read the text carefully to notice its structure and grasp important expressions.
Pre-reading
What do you know about the D-day landings?
Watch a video to know more about the D-day landings.
Watch and answer
此处已嵌入视频:D-Day (1944).
诺曼底战役又叫D日,是盟军(美 英 加等)对德国纳粹占领的欧洲西部的反攻,标志着第二次世界大战欧洲战场的转折点。
盟军计划通过一次大规模的海上和空中联合登陆行动,开辟第二战场,以减轻苏联在东线的压力,并最终推翻希特勒的统治。
The D-Day Landings(诺曼底登陆)
English Channel
Great Britain
France
The Map of D-Day Landings
While-reading
Task 1 Read the text and match the main ideas to the paragraphs.
此处已嵌入视频:D-Day (1944).
By spring 1944, the Second World War had been raging across the globe for about five years.But along the south coast of England, something unusual was happening: Allied troops 1._________(make) up mainly of British, Canadian and American soldiers were gathering 2.___ large numbers. This marked one of the final3.______(stage) of a top-secret operation 4._____ had been months, perhaps years,in the planning.Code-named “Operation Overlord”, it was the largest 5._________(combine) sea, air and land operation in history, the aim being to free North-west Europe from German occupation. After 6._________(wait) for the perfect combination of weather, moon and tides, the date for the start of Operation Overlord 7.________(set) for 6 June.
Para.1
made
in
stages
that
combined
waiting
was set
Para.1
1. in large numbers
2. rage across the globe
3.free/liberate...from...
4.combine A ____ B
-_________ n.结合 ~ of A ____ B
5.occupy v. 占据;使忙于
-- ___________ n.
be occupied ________
6.__________在历史上
7.____________由...组成
大量的
席卷全球
把...从...中释放、解放出来
with
把A和B结合起来
and
occupation
职业;占有
with/by
忙于;被...占据
combination
in history
be made up of =consist of=be composed/comprised of
An order 8._________(issue) by Supreme Allied Commander General Eisenhower to the troops read:“Your task will not be9. ___ easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well 10.________(equip) and battle-hardened... But this is the year 1944... The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory! I have full confidence11. ____ your courage, 12._________(devote) to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!”
Para.2
issued
an
equipped
in
devotion
Para.2
1. issue n.________v._________
2. supreme adj._______________
3. command v.指挥;支配 -commander n.指挥官;长官
4. general adj.______________n.____________
5. march v.___________n.__________
6._______________对...有信心
7._______________简直;全然;不亚于某物
议题;问题
公布;宣布;发出
最高的;至高无上的;杰出的
command sb to do sth.命令某人做某事
under/at one’s command 由某人支配
take command of =be in command of 控制...
总体的;普遍的;一般的
上将;将军
in general = generally speaking 总之;一般而言
行进;前进
行进;行军;示威游行
have confidence in
be nothing less than
With these words13.________(ring) in their ears, Allied soldiers prepared for14.______ would become known as D-Day. 15._____ dawn on 6 June, thousands landed by parachute behind enemy lines in Northern France. Meanwhile, thousands more were journeying across the English Channel to Normandy, 16.________(protect) by fighter planes in the skies above them. Their objective was clear: to reach the Normandy beaches along about 80 kilometres of French coastline. But even in the depths of war, few could have been prepared 17._____ the violence and horror18. ______they would experience there.
Para.3
ringing
what
At
protected
for
that
Para.3
1. ring v.________________ n.___________
________________________在某人耳边回响
2. at dawn_________ at dusk _______
3. journey v.____________ n.__________ journal n._______
4. objective n.____________adj.____________
-adv.__________-_______v.反对;不赞成 n.物体;目标
5. deep adj. _______ n. ________________在...深处/最激烈时
6. violence n.________ __________ adj.__________ adv.
7. horror n.________ _________adj.可怕的________adv.及其;非常 8.________________为...做准备
回响;给...打电话
戒指;铃声;钟声;打电话
拂晓
傍晚
(长途)旅行
旅行;旅程
杂志;日志;
目的;目标
客观的;目标的
depth
暴力
violent
令人恐惧的事
horrible
violently
objectively
object
with...ringing in one’s ears...
in the depths of
horribly
prepare for...
The fiercest fighting was at Omaha Beach. The enemy were hiding, ready to attack the Allied soldiers even19. ________ they reached land. Boats 20._______(hit) and men drowned, while those 21.______ did make 22.____ to the beach faced heavy machine gunfire. By mid-morning, hundreds lay dead in the water and amongst the tanks on the beach. One soldier recalled 23._____ he barely made it with bombs 24._________(fall) all around him: “I was the first one out. The seventh man was the next one to get across the beach without25.__________(hit) . All the ones in between were hit. Two were killed; three were injured. That’s 26._____ lucky you had to be.”
Para.4
before
were hit
who
it
how
falling
being hit
how
Para.4
1.make it___________
2.recall v. _________ ________________回想起做某事
3.get across______________
4.barely adv.______________-bare adj.________
5.in between _______
成功;到达
回想;回忆起
recall doing sth
通过;把...解释清楚;被传达
勉强才能;几乎不
裸露的;光秃秃的
在中间;介于两者之间
But, despite the high cost in human life, the D-Day landings were27.____ success and were seen widely 28.____ the beginning of the end of the Second World War. By the end of August 1944, the Allies29. __________(reach) the River Seine, Paris 30.______________(liberate) and the Germans had been removed from North-west France. The Allied forces then prepared to enter Germany, 31._______ they would meet up with the Soviet military moving in from the east.
Para.5
a
as
had reached
was liberated
where
Para.5
1.despite prep._______=__________
2.___________把...看作...
3._________________到...结束时
4.liberate v._______-_______n.解放;摆脱
-_________adj.思想解放的;开放的
5.__________与...会面;偶然遇到
6._______________被从...驱逐/移走
尽管 in spite of
see...as...
by the end of
解放
liberation
liberal
meet up with =come across=run into
be removed from
Seventy years later, men 32.________ had fought on D-Day gathered on both sides of the English Channel, 33._______ people were coming together for memorial ceremonies. As part of this solemn and moving occasion, a former soldier read out 34.____ the crowd these lines from the poem For the Fallen, by Laurence Binyon:
They shall grow not 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 morning,
We will remember them.
Para.6
who
where
to
Para.6
1. memorial adj.纪念的;追悼的 -__________adj.难忘的;值得纪念的
-_________n.记忆力;记忆 ________v.记住
2. occasion n.时刻;时机 ______________________ 有时;偶尔
3. condemn v.迫使某人(陷入不幸境地)
___________________________判处某人死刑
4.go down_________
memory
memorize
sentence/condemn sb to death
memorable
on occasion(s) = occasionally
下降;沉没
35.__________(survive) of the D-Day landings continue to meet 36.___________(remember) the fellow soldiers and friends 37._____________they lost that day. 38._________ each year they are fewer in number, their outstanding acts of courage mean 39.______ we will always remember them – as well as those 40.______ lost their lives on the beaches of northern France.
Para.7
Survivors
to remember
that/who/whom
Although
that
who
Para.7
1. as well as
① ___________ She speaks English as well as her teacher.
② ___________ She is a writer as well as a teacher.
___________John as well as his friends likes playing basketball.
2. lose one’s life____________
和...一样好
和;不但...而且;除...还
*常+n./pron./doing; *就远原则
失去生命
Task 1 Read the text and match the main ideas to the paragraphs.
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
①
⑤
④
⑦
③
②
⑥
Date
Place
Aim of the operation
Supreme Allied commander
6 June 1944
to reach the Normandy beaches along about 80 kilometers of French coastline
General Eisenhower
the Normandy beaches
background
Task 2 Read Paragraphs 1-3 and fill the blanks
Spring 1944
What did Allied troops do by spring 1944?
Task 3 Read Paragraphs 1-5 and answer the questions
Allied troops gathered in large numbers.
By spring 1944, the Second World War had been raging across the globe for about five years. But along the south coast of England, something unusual was happening: Allied troops made up mainly of British, Canadian and American soldiers were gathering in large numbers. This marked one of the final stages of a top-secret operation that had been months, perhaps years, in the planning. Code-named “Operation Overlord”, it was the largest combined sea, air and land operation in history, the aim being to free North-west Europe from German occupation. After waiting for the perfect combination of weather, moon and tides, the date for the start of Operation Overlord was set for 6 June.
Para.1
6 June 1944
Why did Allies(同盟国 ) choose 6 June as the start of Operation Overlord ?
Task 3 Read Paragraphs 1-5 and answer the questions
By spring 1944, the Second World War had been raging across the globe for about five years. But along the south coast of England, something unusual was happening: Allied troops made up mainly of British, Canadian and American soldiers were gathering in large numbers. This marked one of the final stages of a top-secret operation that had been months, perhaps years, in the planning. Code-named “Operation Overlord”, it was the largest combined sea, air and land operation in history, the aim being to free North-west Europe from German occupation. After waiting for the perfect combination of weather, moon and tides, the date for the start of Operation Overlord was set for 6 June.
Para.1
They waited for the perfect combination of weather,moon and tides(潮汐).
此处已嵌入视频:D-Day (1944).
August 1944
What happened by the end of August 1944?
Task 3 Read Paragraphs 1-5 and answer the questions
Paris was liberated and Germans had been removed from north-west France.
But, despite the high cost in human life, the D-Day landings were a success and were seen
widely as the beginning of the end of the Second World War. By the end of August 1944, the Allies had reached the River Seine, Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from North-west France. The Allied forces then prepared to enter Germany, where they would meet up with the Soviet military moving in from the east.
Para.5
此处已嵌入视频:D-Day (1944).
Spring 1944
6 June 1944
August 1944
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
Task 3 Read Paragraphs 1-5 and answer the questions
Outcome
此处已嵌入视频:D-Day (1944).
Task 4 Read Paragraphs 6-7 and answer the questions
Why did the former soldier read the poem in ceremonies?
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
morning.
We will remember them
To tell us not to forget those who lost their lives in the D-Day landings.
After-reading
What is the historical significance of the D-Day landings?
The D-Day landings were the largest combined sea, air and land operation in history. The operation was seen widely as the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
Discuss and share:
What is your understanding of the poem For the Fallen?
2. How can you use the language you have learnt to describe another event during the Second World War?
The poem’s central message is clear enough,calling attention to the noble sacrifice made by men who laid down their lives for
England.
Thank You!
Afra
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