The D Day Landing(1)

1、The D-Day Landings The Second World War GlossaryOperation overlord: Code name for the military operation in 1944 to invade France.D-Day The term D-Day landing is used for the day on which an operation is launched. D-Day landings: Invasion of Normandy. Stage 1 Pre-readingStep1 Watching the movie and

2、think about the questions below1,What kind of people can you see in the movie?2,What are the people in the movie doing?3,Where on the map do you think the movie is taken?4, Summary the main idea of this movieIn the Second World War, a group of soldiers leaded by Captain Miller were sent to save Priv

3、ate Ryan whose mother lost all her children in the war but him.Saving Private Ryan 5, language points Private 一等兵 Private First Class 上尉 Captain 少校 Major 上将General Anti-waranti fascist/ antibody Step2 Background information 1, There was a war that took place between 1939 and 1945. What is the name o

4、f this war ? (a) the Great War (b) the Second War2, When the war began, which country were involved ? (a) Britain and German (b) the U.S. and JapanThe war began when a country was invaded. Which country was involved? (a) Poland (b) FranceThe Attact on Pearl Harbor 1941CampsAxis powers Germany, Italy

5、, Japan and their allies. The Allies ( Anti fascist Alliance): The United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union, ChinaLocation 39384039 The route of their invasion (with a map) Stage 2 While-readingPassage_: Able Company sacrificed all they can to win the war.Passage_:Having Suffered from many d

6、ifficulties, Troops from the u.s., Britain and Canada managed to land on in D-Day landings. Passage_: After the war, many people went to France in order to remember the lost ones. Number the sentences according to three passages.321Skim the 3 passages about the D-Day Landings and answer the question

7、s 1, Where do you think the first passage is taken from ? (a) a history book (b) a newspaper article2, What do you think the second passage is ? (a) a government report on the war (b) the history of a particular group of soldiers3, What is different about the third passage ? (a) It refers to an even

8、t related to the war. (b) It refers to an event before the war. Read Passage 1 again and answer the questions.1, What event started the Second World War ?Germanys invasion of Poland.2, What was the purpose of Operation Overlord ?To invade France.3, What nationality were the troops who took part in t

9、he operation ?British, American and Canadian.4, Where was the most dangerous place to land ?Omaha Beach.5, Was Opereation Overlord successful ?Yes, it was.Declaredeclare war ondeclare thatdeclare something (to be) somethingdeclare againsdeclare for Declaration n.a ceasefire declarationDeclared adjDe

10、clarative adj.Invade 1) German invaded France in 1944.2) Every summer the town is invaded by tourists.Invader n.Last v. last for/until/through last (for) + timeadj. last night / week adv. Who is speaking last?n. the last Occupyoccupy + time / sp.be occupied in doing sth. be occupied with sth.busy /

11、bury / involve occupation n.occupied adj. Troop n. Troops a troop of v. They all trooped back to the house for a rest.Attempt1) v. attempt to do something2) n. make an attempt to doAbandonabandon sthabandon oneself to with abandon abandon A for Babandon、give up、discard、desertabandon、give up、discard、

12、desert Read Passage 2 again and choose the correct endings to the sentences.1, When the Germans started firing at the boats,_.(a) the boats are so far from the beach that they werent hit(b) the boats were one kilometre from the beach2, When Boat 5 was hit by a shell, _.(a) everyone was killed(b) mos

13、t of the men were rescued from the water3, The men from Boat 3 had problems in the water because_.(a) their backpacks were too heavy(b) the water was too deep4, Six men tried to climb up the cliff and _.(a) some of them managed to reach the top(b) all of them reach the top5, Two of the soldiers from

14、 Able Company _.(a) stayed on the beach(b) met some other soldiersAble Company Situation on the battlefield(战况战况)Boat 5Boat 3Boat 1 and 4The surviorsSix men drowned. Twenty men fell into the water and were picked up by other boats. As a result, they missed the fighting.Some of them disappeared under

15、 the water.Many of them were either killed or wounded by machine gun fire.Most of them drowned. Two thirds of the company were dead. The survivors lay on the beach, exhausted.Six of them tried to climb up the cliff. Four were too exhausted to reach the top. The other two joined a group from a compan

16、y. Read passage 3 again and answer the questions.1, Why was 6 June 2004 an important date for the survivors ?It was the 60th anniversary of the landings. 2, Why do you think so many soldiers were never found ?They were drown or blown up.3, In your own words, what does the poem say about the lost sol

17、diers ?It says that they were not really lost because we will always remember them. Laurence Binyon ( 18691943) An English poet dramatist art scholarFor the Fallen R e m e m b r a n c e Sunday For the FallenThey shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the moring.We will remember them.MusicThey shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:我们这些留下来