Module 6  War and Peace

    (4)when world war ii began, which countries were involved?
    (5)the war began when a country was invaded.do you know which country?
suggested answers：
    (1)two.
    (2)it happened in 1914，and lasted five years.
    (3)it happened in 1939.and ended in 1945.
    (4)britain and germany.
    (5)poland.
step 2.vocabulary and reading
 purpose：
●to help ss to learn something about the d—day landings.
●to enable them to improve their reading skills.
1.leading-in
    (1)let ss look at the two pictures on p52 and answer the questions in activitv 1.
suggested answers：
    ①soldiers.
    ②approaching the french coast.
    ③they are going to fight across the english channel.
    (2)let ss finish activity 2 on p52 to study some hew words.
suggested answers：
    ①attempted    ②dangerous    ③killed    ④abandoning
 2.while-reading
    (1)ask ss to skim the passage and finish activity 4 on p52.
suggested answers：
    ①b  ②b  ③a
    (2)ask ss to decide the following sentences true(t)or false(f).
    ①operation overlord was a mihtary operation in 1944 to invade germany.
    ②the soldiers of britain attempted to land at the most dangerous place.known as omaha beach.
    ③twenty men of able company reached the beach where german soldiers were and were killed.
    ④the poem called for the fallen by lawrence binyon can be seen on war memorials in many parts of the world.
suggested answers：
    ①f  ②f  ③f  ④t   
    (3)ask ss to scan the passages and make notes.
                          the second world war
lasting time：  ______  starting time：_____ ending time：_____
countries involved：______
cause：________
important battle：_____
event：_______
number()i ships crossed the english channel：  _____ number of troops to the french coast：________
the most important dangerous place： _____
suggested answers：
    ①6 years  ②in 1939  ③in 1945
    ④poland，france，us，britain，germany，canada，italy，japan(the last two countries are not mentioned in the text)