Module 6 War and Peace
suggested answers:
①shook ②flew ③fell ④thought ⑤broke ⑥felt
2.while-listening
(1)ask ss to listen to alice and henry porter,who lived in london during the blitz,and answer the following questions.
①how old were alice and henry when the bombing campaign started?
②where was alice when she saw the bombing for the first time?
③what did henry and his brother do?
④where was alice when a bomb fell on her street?
⑥who was henry with on the night he remembers best?
⑥what else did alice remember? 、
⑦how often did the bombers come?
suggested answers:
①alice was 7 and henry was 12.
②in her bedroom
③they went out into the street to watch the planes.
④in the underground station.
⑤his father.
⑥the firemen.
⑦every night,and not just once a night.there was a raid every two minutes for about an hour.
(2)listen again and try to fill in some blanks.
interviewer:i’m talking to alice and henry porter,who were both living in london during the second world war,and who both ____the bombing campaign which is known as the london blitz-alice,what are your strongest ______0f it?
alice:well,1 was only seven years old at the time,and the first bombs fell a long way from my house. but i remember that ______,and i looked through my bedroom window.i remember seeing fires ____.i’ve never forgotten that.london was _____ all around me.there were so many fires that the clouds in the sky _____.unforgettable.
interviewer:yes,indeed.
alice:i also remember that my parents were very _____ me.
interviewer:why?
alice:because 1 was looking through my bedroom window. you ____do that. you had to keep your windows ______ all the time at night.
interviewer:henry.what are your first memories of the blitz?
henry:weu,i’m 0lder than alice,and 1 was 12 when the bombing started.the first thing i remember was____the planes.they flew very low.my brother and 1 went out into the street to watch-we never told my parents about that.if i’d told them about that,they_____!
interviewer:how did you feel when you went into the street?were you afraid?
henry:well,yes,i suppose 1 was.but i also remember feeling very ______.