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Book 1 Unit 7 Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions: 1. How did the father understand courage at first?2. What did courage mean to the father after the fire was put out?3. The poet says that firemen fight a war they can never win. What does he mean?4. How does courage as described in the poem relate to the theme of the unit -- emergency? The following words in the recording may be new to you: clad （clothe 的过去式和过去分词） 穿上armor n.　盔甲（文中指防火衣）at stake 在危险中lair n. 兽穴talon n. 魔爪 What does courage mean? Its difficult to explain but easy to recognize. One sure test is how one behaves in an emergency. I have a poem about this Id like to read to you. It starts with a boy asking his father what courage means. It ends with his father being able to give him a clear answer after he has seen courage in action. The poem is called, quite simply, Courage?????????????????????????????????Author unknown One day my son asked me, Dad? What does courage mean? At first I simply answered, No fear of certain things. Then in that same instant, I looked across the street, I saw my neighbors running, And jumped up from my seat. As I ran out the front door, I saw what had torn their lives, The house that they had built and loved, Was burning before my eyes. We quickly called the firemen, And the minutes seemed like years, Then they came from everywhere, To battle our biggest fears. They swiftly set up their weapons, And clad their armor in a flash, Then they faced the dragon, A monster of fire and ash. They boldly rushed into the flames, To face the devil and pick a fight, Risking the very life they held, For another on that night. No one was trapped inside that home, But a life may still be at stake, For they have seen many homes lost, And many hearts break. So once again they fight their enemy, A war they can never win, For if they win the battle, The devil runs to burn again. But while the devil w