Lesson-3-War-Memories

ConflictUnit23Lesson3childreninareasofconflictDidyouhearaboutWorldWarI,WorldWarIIorVietnamWar?WorldWarIlastedfrom1914to1918.ThewarbrokeoutbetweenGermany,Austro-Hungary,BulgariaandTurkeyontheonehandandBritain,France,RussiaandSerbiaontheother.Morethan15millionpeoplewerekilled.WorldWarIIwasaglobalmilitaryconflictbetween1939and1945,whichinvolvedmostoftheworld'snations,includingallgreatpowers,organisedintotwoopposingmilitaryalliances.Itwasthemostwidespreadwarinhistory.Overseventymillionpeople,themajoritycivilians,werekilled,makingitthedeadliestconflictinhumanhistory.TheVietnamWarwasaColdWarmilitaryconflictthatoccurredinVietnam,Laos,andCambodiafromSeptember26,1959toApril30,1975.ThiswarfollowedtheFirstIndochinaWarandwasfoughtbetweenthecommunistNorthVietnam,supportedbyitscommunistallies,andthegovernmentofSouthVietnam,supportedbytheUnitedStatesandotheranti-communistnations.Decidethewarfactsbelowreferto:a)WorldWarI(1914-1918)b)WorldWarII(1939-1945)c)TheVietnamWar(1954-1975)1.TheUSAendedthewarintheFarEastbydroppingtwoatomicbombsonJapan.2.Themaincountriesinvolvedwere:Britain,FranceandRussiaagainstGermany,Austria,HungaryandPoland.3.ThewarbeganwhenGermanyinvadedPoland.4.Themaincountriesinvolvedwere:Britain,RussiaandtheUSAagainstGermany,ItalyandJapan.babb6.TheUSAsecretlybombedCambodiaduringthewar.5.MostofthebattleswerefoughtinBelgiumandFrance.7.Moreciviliansdiedthansoldiersinthiswar,including6millionJewsinconcentrationcamps.8.Poisongaswasfirstusedinthiswar.acbaslavery,oilfield,nationalsecurity,drugs,religion,poverty,corruption,land,powerWhydoyouthinkwarsstart?ThinkabouttheseKeyWords.ReadthetextandanswerthequestionsinExercises4-6.•ABravePatient•DeathofaVillage•AHappyEnding•Trapped•NoMoreFightingABCDMatchthesetitleswiththeextracts.(Thereisoneextratitle)TrueorFalse1.DoChucwasluckyenoughtobeabletosurvivedthekillingandescapefromthevillage.2.Soldiersonbothsideswereinabadstateandhatedthewar.3.Thepatientdidn’taccepttheawardbecausehethoughtthatitwouldn’thelphimwalk.4.Thenurserememberedthepatientbecauseshehadsawhimbefore.5.TheCanadiansoldiersweresurethattherewerebombsonboardsotheydidn’tgoneartheplane.TTTFFLanguagepoints1.…,remarkedthathehadworkedinEnglandforsomeyears…remarkvt.说起；评论，注意Heremarkedthatitwasgettinglate.Alocalnewspaperremarkedthatcrimewasonthedecrease.IremarkedthetenseatmosphereassoonasIenteredtheroom.2.…thathewasfeduptotheneckwiththiswar…befedupwith吃得过饱，感到厌烦We'refedupwithlisteningtohisstory.I'mfedupwithhisboringlectures.feedback反馈，反应feedon用...喂养，靠吃...过活feedup养肥3.Billdistributedthebeeramongusandweconsumedthelot.distributev.分配，散布Themotherdistributedcandyamongchildren.Sometypesofplantsarewidelydistributed.assign:指按照某种原则进行的硬性分配，也不一定是很公平的。Allthestudentsareassignedtosuitablejobs.distribute:通常指以整体或定量分为若干份来分配。Pleasedistributebooksamongthestudents.divide:侧重将某物分成若干份分配给他人，当某物一分为二时，含平均分配之意。Whitelinesdividetheplayingareaintosections.say,talk,tell,speakchat聊天whisper低声耳语murmur低声而且声音模糊remark谈及(带有评论)add补充说repeat重复cry哭weep哭泣sob哭泣，抽嗒moan呻吟mourn哀悼grown呻吟“Warsarefoughtformanydifferentreasons.SomeareRighteouswarsthatarefoughtforthegoodofmankind.Othersaretheresultofman’sgreedandprejudices.”Whatisyouropinion?1.Forwhatreasonscouldwarsbefoughtforthegoodofmankind?2.Canyoulistsomewarsinhistorywhichfoughtforthejusticeofmankind?3.Canyouthinkofanywarsthatwerefoughtforreasonsofgreedorprejudices?Discussthefollowingquestions.Describethewaranditssufferingsaccordingtothetext.