1、Unit 3 War and peace Understanding ideas 新标准新标准英语英语高中选择性必修第三册高中选择性必修第三册 Activity 1 Look at the picture and the map and answer the questions. 1 What do you think the picture and the map show? 2 What do you expect to read about in the passage? Share your ideas with the class. Now read the passage and
2、check your prediction. Activity 2 Match the main ideas to the paragraphs and give your reasons. Activity 3 Organise information from the passage and complete the fact file. 6 June, 1944 to reach the Normandy beaches along about 80 kilometers of French coastline General Eisenhower the Normandy beache
3、s gathered in large numbers the Normandy landings (Operation Overlord) the English Channel to Normandy lay dead in the water and amongst the tanks on the beach were removed from north-west France despite the high cost in human life, the D-Day landings were a success and were seen widely as the begin
4、ning of the end of the Second World War. Think & Share 1 What is the historical significance of the D-Day landings? 2 What is your understanding of the poem For the Fallen? 3 How can you use the language you have learnt to describe another event during the Second World War? Share your ideas with the class. 1 The D-Day landings were the largest combined sea, air and land operation in history. The operation was seen widely as the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
