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1、Module 6 War and Peace IntroductionRead the quotations about war and peace and answer the questions.A good soldier is not violent.A good fighter is not angry.A good winner is not vengeful.Laozi,Chinese philosopherThere has never been a good war or a bad peace.Benjamin Franklin, American scientistWar

2、 does not tell us who is rightonly who is left.Bertrand Russell,British philosopherYou cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.Albert Einstein,German-born American theoretical physicistIf everyone demanded peace instead of another TV set, wed have peace.John Lennon,British musician1. Lao

3、zi: What do vengeful winners do? 2. Benjamin Franklin: Do you agree that there cannot be a good war? 3. Bertrand Russell: Explain the meanings of the words right and left in this quotation. o right: a. on the right side b. holding the right beliefso left: a. on the left side b. still alive4. Albert

4、Einstein: What can governments do to prevent war? 5. John Lennon: What does it mean if people demand peace? a. They want peace. b. They dont want peace.Answer the questions about a war in the twentieth century.1. There was a war that took place between 1939 and 1945. What is the name of this war?the

5、 Second World Warthe Great War2. When the war began, which countries were involved?the United States and JapanBritain and Germany3. The war began when a country was invaded. Which country was invaded?FrancePolandVocabulary and ReadingLook at the photo and the map and answer the questions.1. What kin

6、d of people can you see in the photo? 2. Where on the map do you think the photo was taken? 3. What are the people in the photo doing?Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.abandon; attempt; danger; kill 1. British and American troops to land in France. 2. These landin

7、gs were very . 3. Many troops were during the landings. 4. At one point, military commanders thought about the operation.Read the meanings of some of the words and expressions in the passage you are going to read.1. declare war on: to tell another country that you are going to start a war with them

8、2. military operation: a planned activity during a war 3. make a breakthrough: to be successful 4. drown: to die in water 5. survivors: people who are not killed in an accidentRead the three passages about the D-Day landings and answer the questions.The D-Day LandingPassage 1In September 1939, Brita

9、in declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. The war, which lasted until 1945, is known as the Second World War. During the war, Germany occupied many countries, including France. The most important battle of the war in Europe was Operation Overlord, the military operation in 1944 to inv

10、ade France.Operation Overlord started when boats full of soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy in France, known as the D-Day landings. More than 5,000 ships crossed the English Channel, carrying 130,000 troops to the French coast.Troops from the United States, Britain and Canada took part in th

11、e D-Day landings. The operation was extremely dangerous and many soldiers were killed before they even got off the boats. American soldiers attempted to land at the most dangerous place, known as Omaha Beach.The situation at Omaha Beach was so bad that the US army commanders thought about abandoning

12、 the invasion. Eventually, the soldiers made a breakthrough and the D-Day landings were successful. It was the beginning of the end of the Second World War.Operation Overlord started as a story of danger and confusion and ended as a story of bravery and acts of heroism.The D-Day LandingsPassage 2The

13、 soldiers of Able Company crossed the English Channel in seven boats early on the morning of 6 June 1944. When they were about 5 kilometres from the beach, the Germans started firing artillery shells at them but the boats were too far away. The Germans continued firing and Boat 5 was hit one kilomet

14、re from the beach. Six men drowned before help arrived. Twenty men fell into the water and were picked up by other boats. As a result, they missed the fighting on the beach. They were lucky. If they had reached the beach, they would probably have been killed.When Boat 3 was a few metres from the bea

15、ch, the soldiers jumped out, but the water was so deep that some of them disappeared under the water. Many of the men were either killed or wounded by machine gun fire.The soldiers on Boat 1 and Boat 4 jumped into the water, but it was too deep and most of them drowned. Half an hour after the first

16、attack, two thirds of the company (a company is a group of about 100 soldiers) were dead. The survivors lay on the beach, exhausted and shocked.After an hour and forty-five minutes, six of the survivors tried to climb up the cliff to get off the beach. Four were too exhausted to reach the top. The o

17、ther two, Private Jake Shefer and Private Thomas Lovejoy, joined a group from another company and fought with them. Two men. Two rifles. This was Able Companys contribution to D-Day.The D-Day LandingsPassage 3On 6 June 2004, survivors of the D-Day landings from many different countries returned to F

18、rance to remember their lost comrades. Many of them went to the cemetery and memorial which overlooks Omaha Beach.The cemetery and memorial are situated on a cliff overlooking the beach and the English Channel, from where the boats attempted their landings. The cemetery contains the graves of 9,386

19、Americans who died during the landings. The memorial also contains the names of more than 1,500 men who were never found.On the memorial, there is part of a poem called For the Fallen, which was written by an English poet, Lawrence Binyon:They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.Age sha

20、ll not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.The poem was first published in The Times newspaper on 14 September 1914 and can be seen on war memorials in many parts of the world.1. Where do you think the first passage is taken from?a h

21、istory booka newspaper article2. What do you think the second passage is?a government report on the warthe history of a particular group of soldiers3. What is different about the third passage?It refers to an event related to the war.It refers to an event before the war.Read Passage 1 and answer the

22、 questions.1. What event started the Second World War? 2. What was the purpose of Operation Overlord? 3. What nationality were the troops who took part in the operation? 4. Where was the most dangerous place to land? 5. Was Operation Overlord successful?Read Passage 2 and choose the correct endings

23、to the sentences. When the Germans started firing at the boats, _.the boats were so far from the beach that they werent hitthe boats were one kilometre from the beach2. When Boat 5 was hit by a shell, _.everyone was killedmost of the men were rescued from the water3. The men from Boat 3 had problems

24、 in the water because _.their backpacks were too heavythe water was too deep4. Six men tried to climb up the cliff and _.some of them managed to reach the topall of them reached the top5. Two of the soldiers from Able Company _.stayed on the beachmet some other soldiersRead Passage 3 and answer the

25、questions.1. Why was 6 June 2004 an important date for the survivors? 2. Why do you think so many soldiers were never found? 3. In your own words, what does the poem say about the lost soldiers?Answer the questions about the words in the box.bravery; confusion; disappear; exhausted; heroism; wounded

26、 1. What is the difference between tired and exhausted? 2. Give an example of bravery in a war situation. 3. What is the difference between being killed and being wounded? 4. What could cause confusion in a battle? 5. What happens when someone disappears? 6. What is an act of heroism?GrammarRead thi

27、s sentence and answer the questions.If they had reached the beach, they would probably have been killed.a. Did they reach the beach? b. Were they killed? c. Is the sentence describing something that really happened?Answer the questions about the sentences.1. If they hadnt been on the boats, they wou

28、ld have survived. a. Were they on the boats? b. Did they survive?2. If their backpacks had been small, they wouldnt have drowned. a. Were their backpacks small? b. Did they drown?3. If the Germans hadnt been near the beach, the soldiers wouldnt have had any problems. a. Were the Germans near the bea

29、ch? b. Did the soldiers have problems?4. Read the sentences and choose the correct meanings.1. Germany invaded Poland. The British declared war.If Germany hadnt invaded Poland, the British wouldnt have declared war.If Germany had invaded Poland, the British wouldnt have declared war.2. The soldiers

30、reached the beach. They were attacked by the Germans.If the soldiers had reached the beach, they wouldnt have been attacked by the Germans.If the soldiers hadnt reached the beach, they wouldnt have been attacked by the Germans.3. The water was very deep. It was impossible for the soldiers to walk to

31、 the beach.If the water hadnt been so deep, it would have been possible for the soldiers to walk to the beach.If the water hadnt been so deep, it would have been impossible for the soldiers to walk to the beach.4. The invasion of Normandy was successful. The war ended soon afterwards.If the invasion

32、 of Normandy hadnt been successful, the war would have ended soon afterwards.If the invasion of Normandy hadnt been successful, the war wouldnt have ended soon afterwards.Listening Read the passage and ask and answer questions about the Blitz.At 4 p.m. on 7 September 1940, 348 German war planes bega

33、n to drop bombs on London. The attack lasted for two hours. Two hours later, a second group of planes arrived. The second attack lasted until 4:30 a.m. the following morning. London was bombed every day for the next 57 days and the attacks continued into the following year.The attacks were known as

34、the Blitz (from the German word Blitzkrieg, which means lightning war). The bombing campaign lasted until May 1941. In the worst single incident, 450 people were killed when a bomb destroyed a school that was an air raid shelter. After that, up to 200,000 Londoners found shelter from the bombing in

35、underground stations. The station doors were locked, and the people had to break the chains on the doors in order to get in.Complete the sentences with the verbs in the past simple.break; fall; feel; fly; shake; think 1. I remember that the house during the bombing. 2. The planes very low. 3. A lot

36、of bombs on the docks. 4. A lot of people the underground would be the safest place. 5. They the chains on the doors. 6. You much safer in the underground.Listen to Alice and Henry Porter, who lived in London during the Blitz, and answer the questions.1. How old were Alice and Henry when the bombing

37、 campaign started? 2. Where was Alice when she saw the bombing for the first time? 3. What did Henry and his brother do? 4. Where was Alice when a bomb fell on her street? 5. Who was Henry with on the night he remembers best?Complete the sentences with the words below. Listen and check your answers.

38、annoyed; counting; excited; fires; shouting; sound; supposed; window 1. I remember that the house shook, and I looked through my bedroom . 2. I remember seeing in the distance. 3. I also remember that my parents were very with me. 4. The first thing I remember was the of the planes. 5. I also rememb

39、er feeling very . 6. If I remember rightly, we werent to do that. 7. I can remember the firemen to each other. 8. I remember the time between the raids one night.FunctionRead the sentences 15 first, and then complete sentences ad in your own words.1. I remember seeing fires in the distance. 2. I rem

40、ember that the house shook. 3. If I remember rightly, we werent supposed to do that. 4. The first thing I remember was the sound of the planes. 5. Ill never forget hearing that sound.a. I remember (doing something) _. b. If I remember rightly, _. c. The first thing I remember (about a person / place

41、) was _. d. Ill never forget (doing something) _.Imagine that you are a survivor of the D-Day landings. Describe your memories of the following events: the sound of the artillery shells jumping into the water how you felt when you reached the beach what you did next who you met when you got off the

42、beachWrite a paragraph using the sentences that you have written. Start with this sentence: o I was part of the invasion force at the D-Day landings. End with this sentence: o I will never forget the things that happened to me on 6th June 1944. Write a paragraph about your own personal memories. Cho

43、ose one of the topics.1. things you used to do when you were young 2. your first day at school 3. your first visit to the cinema 4. learning to ride a bicycle 5. your first journey in a car / taxi or on a train / ship / plane 6. the day you met your best friendReading and Writing Read the review of

44、Saving Private Ryan and answer the questions.1. Which paragraph gives details of what happens in part of the film? 2. Which paragraph gives information about the director and the stars of the film? 3. Which paragraph summarises the story? 4. Which paragraph contains the writers personal view of the

45、film? 5. Did the reviewer like the film?Saving Private Ryan (1998)A review by Jenny Carter, aged 15Saving Private Ryan is a film which was directed by Steven Spielberg. The two main characters are Captain John Miller, played by Tom Hanks, and Private James Ryan, played by Matt Damon.James Ryan is th

46、e fourth brother to be involved in the Second World War. His three brothers have already been killed, two of them in the D-Day landings in Normandy, the other in a battle in another part of the world. Their heart-broken mother receives news about all her dead sons on the same day. The US army decide

47、s to send a group of men into the French countryside to try to find the fourth brother. Captain Miller, a hero and survivor of the Omaha Beach battle, is chosen to lead the rescue team of eight men.The film opens with a 30-minute sequence of the invasion of Normandy, probably the most violent images of war ever shown in a film. We see the full horror of war, and the chaos and senseless waste of life.Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable anti-war film and also a story of courage and sacrifice. Spielberg has made a l