2013高一英语精品课件：Unit2 Heroes 教材背景链接（北师大版必修1）.pptVIP

Unit 2　Heroes教材背景链接 名言佳句 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。 The price of greatness is responsibility. —Churchill 伟大的代价是责任。 ——丘吉尔 A hero is known in the time of misfortune.时势造英雄。 The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”． —Napoleon 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。 ——拿破仑 类文欣赏 What Is a Hero? 英雄是指在普通人中间有超出常人的能力的人，他们能够带领人们做出巨大的对人们有意义的事情；或者说他们具有非凡的勇气，所做的事为人们所敬仰、为后代所崇拜，他们的精神永远为人们所学习。 Background Reading What is a hero？What action does one take to become a hero？Who are these heroes that you hear everyone talk about，but never see？ The word hero is passed around too much these days.A hero is not a football player that scores the game-winning touchdown(触地得分)．A hero is usually an ordinary person that does extraordinary things.A true hero is really never a hero at all；at least not in their own mind. When one reads Senator John McCain’s novel Why Courage Matters，McCain tells the story of Master Sergeant Roy P．Benavidez.Sergeant Benavidez went on a rescue mission to save wounded brothers；he was the only man to go.He ran to his wounded buddies，sustaining gunshot wounds to his leg，face and head.A helicopter landed to rescue all of the men that were stranded. Benavidez got them all on board.But the pilot got fatally wounded，causing the helicopter to crash. He rescued all of the men from the crash and fought off the Vietnamese Army for six hours with the help of air strikes，circling gun ships.A second helicopter landed and he boarded his wounded buddies，then he got on and then fell down.Everyone thought he was dead，placing him in a body bag.While the doctor was zipping(拉上拉链) up the bag，Benavidez spat in his face to signal he was alive.They flew him to Saigon for surgery，treating him for seven severe gunshot wounds，twenty-eight shrapnel(弹片) wounds，and bayonet(刺刀) wounds in both arms. When he was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Ronald Reagan，Benavidez said “I don’t like to be called a hero.The real heroes are the ones who gave their lives for their country.”Such