2019-2020学年高中英语 Module 6 War and Peace Section Ⅰ I

-1-SectionⅠIntroduction&ReadingandVocabulary课前自学导引TheD­DayLandings—Passage1InSeptember1939,BritaindeclaredwaronGermanyafterGermanyinvadedPoland.Thewar,whichlasteduntil1945,isknownastheSecondWorldWar.Duringthewar,Germanyoccupiedmanycountries,includingFrance.ThemostimportantbattleofthewarinEuropewasOperationOverlord,themilitaryoperationin1944toinvadeFrance.OperationOverlordstartedwhenboatsfullofsoldierslandedonthebeachesofNormandyinFrance,knownastheD­Daylandings.Morethan5,000shipscrossedtheEnglishChannel,carrying130,000troopstotheFrenchcoast.词汇自测①declare_war_on向……宣战②invadev.入侵，侵略③lastv.持续④occupyv.占领⑤operationn.行动⑥beachn.海滩⑦troopn.部队；士兵D日登陆——文章11939年9月，英国在德国入侵波兰后向德国宣战。这场持续到1945年的战争就是第二次世界大战。二战中，德国侵占了包括法国在内的许多国家。1944年进军法国的“霸王行动”是第二次世界大战中欧洲战场最重要的军事战役。“霸王行动”开始于D日登陆，当日，满载盟军士兵的战船在法国诺曼底海滩登陆。5,000多艘战船装载着13万人的军队穿越英吉利海峡抵达法国海岸。TroopsfromtheUnitedStates,BritainandCanadatookpartintheD­Daylandings.Theoperationwasextremelydangerousandmanysoldierswerekilledbeforetheyevengotofftheboats.Americansoldiersattemptedtolandatthemostdangerousplace,knownasOmahaBeach.ThesituationatOmahaBeachwassobadthattheUSarmycommandersthoughtaboutabandoningtheinvasion.Eventually,thesoldiersmadeabreakthroughandtheD­Daylandingsweresuccessful.ItwasthebeginningoftheendoftheSecondWorldWar.-2-OperationOverlordstartedasastoryofdangerandconfusionandendedasastoryofbraveryandactsofheroism.词汇自测⑧commandern.指挥官⑨abandonv.放弃，抛弃⑩eventuallyadv.最后，最终⑪make_a_breakthrough取得重大突破(进展)⑫heroismn.英雄主义，英雄气概美国、英国和加拿大的军队参加了D日登陆。这次登陆行动异常危险，很多士兵还没来得及下船就牺牲了。美军士兵试图在最危险的奥马哈海滩登陆。奥马哈海滩的形势非常严峻，以至于美军司令官都考虑放弃进攻了。但是，登陆战士最后取得了突破，D日登陆得以告捷。这是二战结束的前奏。“霸王行动”以惊险和混乱开始，以英勇和无畏结束。TheD­DayLandings—Passage2ThesoldiersofAbleCompanycrossedtheEnglishChannelinsevenboatsearlyonthemorningof6June1944.Whentheywereabout5kilometresfromthebeach,theGermansstartedfiringartilleryshellsatthembuttheboatsweretoofaraway.TheGermanscontinuedfiringandBoat5washitonekilometerfromthebeach.Sixmendrownedbeforehelparrived.Twentymenfellintothewaterandwerepickedupbyotherboats.Asaresult,theymissedthefightingonthebeach.Sixmendrownedbeforehelparrived.Twentymenfellintothewaterandwerepickedupbyotherboats.Asaresult,theymissedthefightingonthebeach.Theywerelucky.Iftheyhadreachedthebeach,theywouldprobablyhavebeenkilled.词汇自测⑬artilleryn.大炮⑭shelln.炮弹⑮pick_up停下来让某人搭车(船等)；救起D日登陆——文章21944年6月6日清晨，A连的战士们乘坐七艘战船横渡英吉利海峡。当船只离海滩5,000米时，他们遭到了德军炮火的轰击，但由于距离太远而没有被击中。在离海滩1,000米时，第五艘船被击中。六人在救援到来之前被淹死。另外20名战士落水后被其他船只上的人救起。-3-结果，他们没赶上海滩上的激战。他们很幸运。要是他们抵达了海滩就很有可能没命了。WhenBoat3wasafewmetresformthebeach,thesoldiersjumpedout,butthewaterwassodeepthatsomeofthemdisappearedunderthewater.Manyofthemenwereeitherkilledorwoundedbymachinegunfire.ThesoldiersonBoat1andBoat4jumpedintothewater,butitwastoodeepandmostofthemdrowned.Halfanhourafterthefirstattack,twothirdsofthecompany(acompanyisagroupofabout100soldiers)weredead.Thesurvivorslayonthebeach,exhaustedandshocked.Afteranhourandforty­fiveminutes,sixofthesurvivorstriedtoclimbuptheclifftogetoffthebeach.Fourweretooexhaustedtoreachthetop.Theothertwo,PrivateJakeSheferandPrivateThomasLovejoy,joinedagroupfromanothercompanyandfoughtwiththem.Twomen.Tworifles.ThiswasAbleCompany'scontributiontoD­Day.词汇自测⑯deepadj.深的⑰woundv.使受伤⑱drownv.淹死，使溺死⑲survivorn.幸存者⑳shockedadj.(感到)震惊的，惊骇的○21privaten.兵，士兵当第三艘船离海滩数米远时，战士们跳入海中，但由于海水太深，有的人沉入了海底。许多人被机关枪的火力射死或射伤。第一和第四艘船上的战士也跳入海里，由于海水太深，大多数人都淹死了。第一次进攻开始之后半小时，该连队三分之二的将士都阵亡了(一个连大约有100名士兵)。死里逃生的战士躺在海滩上，疲惫不堪，心有余悸。1小时45分钟后，六位幸存的战士试图爬上悬崖，离开海滩。其中四名战士由于筋疲力尽未能攀上顶端。另两位战士二等兵杰克·谢弗和二等兵托马斯·洛夫乔伊加入了另一连队，与他们并肩作战。两名战士。两支来福枪。这就是A连对D日登陆所做出的贡献。TheD­DayLandings—Passage3On6June2004,survivorsoftheD­DaylandingsfrommanydifferentcountriesreturnedtoFrancetoremembertheirlostcomrades.ManyofthemwenttothecemeteryandmemorialwhichoverlooksOmahaBeach.-4-ThecemeteryandmemorialaresituatedonacliffoverlookingthebeachandtheEnglishChannel,fromwheretheboatsattemptedtheirlandings.Thecemeterycontainsthegravesof9,386Americanswhodiedduringthelandings.Thememorialalsocontainsthenamesofmorethan1,500menwhowereneverfound.词汇自测○22memorialn.纪念碑；纪念馆○23overlookv.俯视，往下看○24graven.墓，墓穴D日登陆——文章32004年6月6日，来自不同国家的D日登陆幸存者们回到法国，纪念他们阵亡的战友。他们当中有许多人去了俯瞰奥马哈海滩的公墓和纪念碑。墓地和纪念碑坐落在一处悬崖之上，从那里可以俯瞰海滩和英吉利海峡，当时一艘艘船只就试图从那里登陆。公墓包括9,386位美军阵亡战士的坟墓。纪念碑上还刻有1,500多名失踪战士的名字。Onthememorial,thereispartofapoemcalled“FortheFallen”，whichwaswrittenbyanEnglishpoet,LawrenceBinyon：Theyshallnotgrowold,aswethatareleftgrowold.Ageshallnotwearythem,northeyearscondemn.Atthegoingdownofthesunandinthemorningwewillrememberthem.ThepoemwasfirstpublishedinTheTimesnewspaperon14September1914andcanbeseenonwarmemorialsinmanypartsoftheworld.词汇自测○25wearyv.使人疲倦；使人厌烦○26condemnv.责难；谴责○27war_memorial战争纪念碑纪念碑上刻着英国诗人劳伦斯·比尼恩所作诗歌《致倒下的战士》中的一节：他们永远不会变老，当我们活着的人们都已老朽。年华不能使他们厌倦，岁月也不会让他们愧疚。日落日出，我们缅怀他们直到永久。这首诗最初刊载于1914年9月14日的《时代》报纸上，在世界许多地方的战争纪念碑-5-上都能见到。课堂合作探究[破解·重点词汇]①HowlongdoyouthinkthewarinLibyawilllast？你认为利比亚战争能持续多久？★归纳·拓展atlast最后；最终lastbutone倒数第二个lastbutnotleast最后但同样重要的②Atlasttheclimberssucceededinconqueringthedifficultmountain.登山队员们终于成功地征服了这座难以攀登的山峰。【即景活用】A.单句语法填空(1)Theperformance________(last)nearlythreehours,butfewpeoplelef