外研版高中英语选修六 Module 6 reading language points.pptVIP

Module 6 War and Peace Look at the photos of some famous people in the world and see how they thought of the war. Laozi (Chinese philosopher) Bertrand Russell(British philosopher) Look at the photos and the map and get ready to talk about something about the war. 1. What kind of people can you see in the photo? Soldiers. 2. Where on the map do you think the photo was taken? Approaching the French coast. 3. What are the people in the photo doing? They are waiting to land on the French beaches. 1. declare war on: to tell another country that you are going to start a war with them 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 accident 1. The first passage is taken from___. a) a history book b) a newspaper article 2. The second passage is _______. a) a government report on the war b) the history of a particular group of soldiers 3. The third passage refers to ______. a) an event related to the war b) an event before the war The Second World War 1. Lasting years: 2. Start time: 3. End time: 4. Joining countries: 5. Cause: 6.The important battle: Event: Ships(number): Troops (number): The most important dangerous place: 1. When the Germans started firing at the boats,_______. (a) the boats were so far from the beach that they were not hit. (b) the boats were one kilometer from the beach 2. When Boat 5 was hit by a shell,______. (a) everyone was killed (b) most of the men were rescued from the water 3. The men from Boat 3 had problems in the water because______. (a) their backpacks were too heavy (b) the water was too deep 4. Six men tried to climb up the cliff and __. (a) some of them managed to reach the top (b) all of them reached the top 5. Two of the soldiers from Able Company__. (a) stayed on the beach (b) met some other soldiers 1. Why was 6 Ju