ByMr.AbleBook6Unit3WarandpeaceStartingoutActivity1Lead-inVocabularyrevisionActivity2Watch&AnswerWatchavideoandtakenotesaboutthetwoworldwars.TheFirstWorldWarTheSecondWorldWarTheCauseofthe

WarTheBeginningTimeDurationTotalCasualtiesTheconflictsbetweenthegreatEuropeanpowersIn1914Fouryears(1914~1918)Around40millionAgainstfascismIn1939Sixyears

(1939~1945)Around60millionNowcompletethetablebasedonyournotes.Activity2Watch&Answer/’f???z?m/u.n.asetofright-wingpolitical

beliefsListenagainandfilloutthegaps.Activity3ListeningTheWartoEndAllWars?TheFirstWorldWarwasalsocalled“TheGreatWar”,becausenothingsoterribleonsuchagreat________hadeverbeenexperiencedbefore.Itwasalsoknownas“thewartoendallwars",whichofcoursewaslater_________nottobethecaseatall.TheFirstWorldWarwastheresultof____________betweenthegreatEuropeanpowers.Whenthewarbeganin1914,mostsoldiersthoughttheywouldbereturninghomeinjustafewmonths.Soontheyunderstoodhowwrongtheyhadbeen.Theuseofmachinegunsandotherpowerfulweapons________thatthecasualtieswerebeyondanyone'simagination.Atonebattle,forexample,theBritishArmysufferedmorethan57,000casualtiesinasingleday.Totalcasualtiesfortheentirewarnumberedaround40millionpeople.

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TheSecondWorldWarwastobethebiggestand___________conflictinthehistoryoftheworld,involvingmorethan30countries.Itssixyearsoffightingresultedinthedeathsofaround60millionpeople.

TheSecondWorldWarwasawarinwhichChinaplayedamajor________.ChinawasthemainbattlefieldinAsiainthewaragainstfascism,withtheChineseefforts____________greatlytowardsthefinalvictory.Chinesesoldierssuccessfully____________some1.5millionJapanesesoldiers.ElsewhereinAsia,tensofthousandsofChinesesoldiersfoughtalongsideAmericanandBritishtroops.The_______inliveswasgreat.Overthe______of14yearsofwarwithJapan,from1931to1945,Chinasufferedatotalofover35millionmilitaryand__________casualties.Ithasnowbeenmorethan100yearssincetheendoftheFirstWorldWar,anddecadessincetheSecond.Rememberingthe____________,peopleacrosstheworldhopeforalastingpeacebetweennations.rolecontributingresistedcostcourseciviliandestructiondeadliestActivity4Read&TalkReadquotesandanswerthequestions.Q1.Whatisyourunderstandingofthequotes?Q2.Whichquotedoyousympathisewithmost?Why?Q3.Whatdoyouthinkisthenatureofwar?Whatisyouropiniononwar?Agoodsoldierisnotviolent.Agoodfighterisnotangry.Agoodwinnerisnotvengeful.

LaoziThereneverwasagoodwarorabadpeace.

BenjaminFranklinThesupremeartofwaristobeattheenemywithoutfighting.

SunziYoucannotpreventandprepareforwaratthesametime.

AlbertEinsteina.havingthehighestpositionofpower,importance,orinfluencerevengev./n.--TobecontinuedByMr.AbleBook6Unit3WarandpeaceunderstandingIdeasActivity1Lead-inLookatthepicturesandguesswhattheyareshowing.UNITEDKINGDOMtheEnglishChannelNormandyFRANCETheNormandy/D-DaylandingsActivity1Lead-inHowmuchdoyouknowabouttheNormandy/D-Daylandings?TheNormandylandingswereaseaborneinvasionofnorthernFrancethattookplaceonTuesday,6June1944byAmerican,BritishandCanadianforces.Thelargestseaborneinvasioninhistorywascode-named“OperationOverlord”,butitismoreoftenreferredtoas"D-Day".ItenabledtheliberationofFrancefromGermanoccupation,layingthefoundationsforthedefeatoftheGermanarmiesontheWesternFront.conveyedbysea霸王計劃NumbersoftheD-DayActivity2FastreadingReadmoreabout“TheD-Daylandings”,andmatchthemainideasinEx.2totheparagraphs.()Theoutcomeoftheoperation()Thebackgroundinformationoftheoperation()TheseverecasualtiesonOmahaBeach()Theeverlastingmemoryofthesoldiers’braveactions()Theinitialstageoftheoperation()TheorderissuedbytheSupremeAlliedCommanderbeforetheoperation()The70thanniversaryoftheD-Daylandings1234567Basedonthemainideasofeachpara,workoutthestructureofthepassage.Activity2FastreadingPartsParagraphsMainideasPartIParas1~2The_____________________oftheoperationbackgroundinformationPartIIParas3~4The________oftheoperationprocessPartIIIParas5~7The__________and____________oftheoperationsignificanceoutcomeActivity3IntensivereadingOrganiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethefactfile.(Ex3)6June1944theNormandybeachestobreakthroughtheFrenchcoastlineandfreenorth-westEuropeGeneralEisenhowertheNormandylandingstheEnglishChanneltoNormandyandamongstthetanksonthebeachgatheredinlargenumbers.laydeadinthewatertheD-DaylandingswereasuccessandwereseenwidelyasthebeginningoftheendofSecondWorldWar.wereremovedfromnorthwestFrance.Despitethehighcostinhumanlife,Activity3Intensivereading1Byspring1944,theSecondWorldWarhadbeenraging

acrosstheglobeforaboutfiveyears.ButalongthesouthcoastofEngland,somethingunusualwashappening:Alliedtroops

madeupmainlyofBritish,CanadianandAmericansoldiersweregatheringinlargenumbers.Thismarkedoneofthefinalstagesofatop-secretoperationthathadbeenmonths,perhapsyears,intheplanning.Code-named“OperationOverlord”,itwasthelargestcombinedsea,airandlandoperationinhistory,theaimbeingtofreenorth-westEuropefromGermanoccupation.Afterwaitingfortheperfectcombinationofweather,moonandtides,thedateforthestartofOperationOverlordwassetfor6June.Whathistoricalsignificance

oftheD-Daylandingscanyoufindinpara1?v.continueviolentlyally['?la?]n./v.2AnorderissuedbySupremeAlliedCommanderGeneralEisenhowertothetroopsread:“Yourtaskwillnotbeaneasyone.Yourenemyiswelltrained,wellequippedandbattle-hardened…Butthisistheyear1944…Thetidehasturned!ThefreemenoftheworldaremarchingtogethertoVictory!Ihavefullconfidenceinyourcourage,devotiontodutyandskillinbattle.WewillacceptnothinglessthanfullVictory!”Activity3IntensivereadingWhatdifficultiesdidAlliedsoldiersmeet?WhatcanwefeelinEisenhower’sorder?Confidence,courage,determination,inspiration,etc.Thesituationhaschanged.a.toughenedbytheexperienceof

battlesnothingshortof;nolessthan;justthesameas3Withthesewordsringingintheirears,AlliedsoldierspreparedforwhatwouldbecomeknownasD-Day.Atdawnon6June,thousandslandedbyparachutebehindenemylinesinnorthernFrance.Meanwhile,thousandsmorewerejourneyingacrosstheEnglishChanneltoNormandy,protectedbyfighterplanesintheskiesabovethem.Theirobjectivewasclear:toreachtheNormandybeachesalongabout80kilometresofFrenchcoastline.Buteveninthedepthsofwar,fewcouldhavebeenpreparedfortheviolenceandhorrortheywouldexperiencethere.Activity3Intensivereading=meantime;inthemeanwhile/meantime

n.purpose,

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goal=Notlongafterreceivingthecommander’sorder,4ThefiercestfightingwasatOmahaBeach.Theenemywerehiding,readytoattacktheAlliedsoldiersevenbeforetheyreachedland.Boatswerehitandmendrowned,whilethosewhodidmakeit

tothebeachfacedheavymachinegunfire.Bymid-morning,hundredslay

deadinthewaterandamongstthetanksonthebeach.Onesoldierrecalledhowhebarelymadeitwithbombsfallingallaroundhim:“Iwasthefirstoneout.Theseventhmanwasthenextonetogetacrossthebeachwithoutbeinghit.Alltheonesinbetweenwerehit.Twowerekilled;threewereinjured.That’showluckyyouhadtobe.”Activity3IntensivereadingFrompara3&4,whatwordswillyouusetodescribethelandings?ad.only;just(Soldiersfrom2ndto6th)5But,despitethehighcostinhumanlife,theD-DaylandingswereasuccessandwereseenwidelyasthebeginningoftheendoftheSecondWorldWar.BytheendofAugust1944,theAllieshadreachedtheRiverSeine,PariswasliberatedandtheGermanshadbeenremovedfromnorth-westFrance.TheAlliedforcesthenpreparedtoenterGermany,wheretheywouldmeetupwiththeSovietmilitarymovinginfromtheeast.Activity3IntensivereadingWhatisthesignificanceofthelandings?TheywereseenasthebeginningoftheendofWorldWarIIPariswasliberatedGermanswereremovedfromnorth-westFranceTheAlliedforcespreparedtoenterGermany6Seventyyearslater,menwhohadfoughtonD-DaygatheredonbothsidesoftheEnglishChannel,wherepeoplewerecomingtogetherformemorialceremonies.Aspartofthissolemnandmovingoccasion,aformersoldierreadouttothecrowdtheselinesfromthepoemFortheFallen,byLaurenceBinyon:Theyshallgrownotold,aswethatareleftgrowold:Ageshallnotwearythem,northeyearscondemn.AtthegoingdownofthesunandinthemorningWewillrememberthem.Activity3IntensivereadingWhatdoestheauthorconveythroughthepoemForthefallen?Wewillalwaysrememberthosewhodiedyounginthewar.a.serious,