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Unit Two Dances with Wolves （1）The movie can be divided into 5 parts to be watched. Part 1-- from the start to the moment when the main character leaves the town Task 1: Answer the following questions: a) What is the name of the main character? b) What army did the main character belong to (to the North or to the South)? c) Why did not he stay in the field hospital? d) What was he awarded for? e) What military post did he choose? f) Why did he choose that post? Task 2: Do you agree that “His heroism in the War is the result of a suicide charge that goes awry(扭曲的) when none of the enemy can hit him” (John J. Puccio, film review)? Explain the reasons of Dunbar’s action when he rode a horse along the neutral(中立) line.Task 3: Continue the phrase with your own ideas:“If I were a real hero, I would ….” Part 2-- coming to the frontier, first meeting with Native AmericansTask 4: Answer the following questions: a) Who was the person that went with Dunbar to the West frontier? b) What did John Dunbar see when he arrived to the post? c) Why did the Native Americans steal Dunbar’s horse? d) What did a Native American mean by saying “I am not afraid of you”? e) What did Dunbar do to protect his post from aliens? Task 5: Think of the subjects that a person needs to live. Rank the following things according to their importance to people’s existence in that time in the USA: gold, a gun, bread, woods, water, sugar, a map, salt, money, dish (plates, cups, spoons, etc.), a horse, a knife, friends, a passport (an identification card), a compass Part 3-- meeting a woman and relations with the neighboring tribeTask 6: Answer the following questions: a) Who did Dunbar meet when was going to the local Native American tribe? b) What was the reaction of the tribe leaders when Dunbar came to the tribe with a woman? c) What is the name of the woman saved by Dunbar? What is this woman’s nationality? d) How did she happen to live in the Native American tribe? e) What name did the tribe leaders