1、Developing ideas reading Unit 3 War and peace目录contentsPre-readingILanguage pointsFast readingIIHomeworkIntensive readingIIIPost-readingIPre-readingPre-readingLook at the pictures and answer the questions.1.What kind of university do you think it is?What do you know about it?2.How is it different fr
2、om todays universities?Pre-readingLook at the pictures and answer the questions.1.What kind of university do you think it is?What do you know about it?As I know,it is a university that came into being under extremely poor conditions during the War of Resistance against Japan.I also learn that it pro
3、duced many of Chinas most outstanding scientists and intellectuals.Pre-reading2.How is it different from todays universities?Not like todays most universities,Lianda was made up of three established universities thats how it got its name.Look at the pictures and answer the questions.IIFast readingFa
4、st readingNow read the passage and find out what is so special about Lianda.It was a place of passion,belief and commitment.Professors and students alike in the three universities made an epic journey on foot.They met with the immense hardships and the daunting challenges.Fast reading1.Lianda was th
5、e best university in Chinese history.2.The story of Lianda shows Chinese intellectuals academic pursuit and patriotism.3.Only under difficult circumstances can students succeed.4.Lianda has nurtured many outstanding scholars.Choose the ideas that are conveyed in the passage.Find evidence to support
6、your choices.Fast reading5.Lianda was a great success only because it had prominent professors and talented students.6.People today still admire the spirit of Lianda.Choose the ideas that are conveyed in the passage.Find evidence to support your choices.Fast reading2.The story of Lianda shows Chines
7、e intellectuals academic pursuit and patriotism.1)classes were frequently disrupted due to fierce air attacks and often had to be held before 10 am and after 4 pm.2)Driven by a sense of commitment,a great many joined the army to resist the Japanese invaders and defend the honour of the nation.Fast r
8、eading4.Lianda has nurtured many outstanding scholars.1)many of Chinas leading scholars and scientists emerged at Lianda,including the two Nobel Prize-winning physicists,Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao.2)Of the thousands of college students from all over China who served as interpreters,one tenth were
9、 from Lianda,including the well-known translators Zha Liangzhengand Xu Yuanchong.Fast reading6.People today still admire the spirit of Lianda.In 2017,representatives from Peking University,Tsinghua University,Nankai University and Yunnan Normal University gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary
10、 of its founding.IIIIntensive readingIntensive reading1.Their bed was the dusty road and their roof was the open sky,2.They had to live in rough buildings,packed 40 to a room,like sardines.Find out what figures of speech are used in the sentences and discuss how they help to express the authors emot
11、ions.metaphorsimile Intensive reading Learning to learnSimiles and metaphors are two commonly used,but easy to confuse,figures of speech.Similes compare and show similarities in typically different things.Similes usually use connecting words such as like,as,so and resemble.For example,He is as cool
12、as a cucumber.Unlike similes,metaphors make direct comparisons without using connecting words.For example,She has a heart of a lion.Intensive readingThink and Share1.What difficulties did the professors and students of Lianda encounter?How did they deal with these?2.What is your understanding of the
13、 poem written by Zha Liangzheng?3.What contribution did Lianda make to the education of the nation?4.In what ways is the theme of war and peace presented differently in the two reading passages in this unit?Intensive reading:Think and Share1.What difficulties did the professors and students of Liand
14、a encounter?How did they deal with these?They had to travel a long distance to reach Lianda.Throughout the journey,they had no accommodation and had to survive extreme conditions.Also,the conditions in Lianda itself were very harsh.They did not have enough food and studied in rough buildings.Further
15、more,their study was often interrupted by air attacks.They had to adapt to these challenges,for instance,by holding their classes when they were not likely to be bombed.Intensive reading:Think and Share2.What is your understanding of the poem written by Zha Liangzheng?Softly,on the hillside forgotte
16、n by all,A misty rain falls in a gentle breeze;There is no trace of the footprints of history;Where brave souls once stood,breathing new life into the trees.静静地，在那被遗忘的山坡上，还下着密雨，还吹着细风，没有人知道历史曾在此走过，留下英灵化入树干而滋生。Intensive reading:Think and Share3.What contribution did Lianda make to the education of the
17、 nation?Many of Chinas leading scholars and scientists came from Lianda,including two Nobel Prize winners.Lianda s spirit has become the blueprint for all universities in China in the modern era.Intensive reading:Think and Share4.In what ways is the theme of war and peace presented differently in th
18、e two reading passages in this unit?The passage on the D-Day landings focuses on war as a military operation,and on how dead soldiers are memorialised.The passage on Lianda focuses on how war affected Chinas students and academics,and how they were able to achieve excellence in spite of the great di
19、fficulties.Post-readingPost-readingWork in groups.Give a talk about the spirit of Lianda.1.Discuss the questions below.How can you describe the spirit of Lianda?What examples support your ideas?What can you learn from the story of Lianda?HomeworkVIHomeworkWrite a short passage about the spirit of Linda with 100 words.Thank youVIThank youVI
