1、Unit 2Making a difference-Developing ideas1.Students can master the main idea of thispassage.2.Students can find out the structure of this passage.3.Students can form a right and optimistic attitude towards life.Learning Aims:尼古拉斯温顿，被誉为英国辛德勒。曾在60多年前从战争阴云笼罩下的捷克斯洛伐克营救出669 名犹太儿童难民。2015年7月1日，被誉为英国辛德勒的尼古
2、拉斯温顿爵士在医院因呼吸系统衰竭溘然长逝，享年106岁。BiographyTHE POWER of GOOD“The British Schindler”:the life of Nicholas WintonTipsMost biographies are organised in the order in which events happened.Whilst reading a biography,its a good idea to make a timeline to record and track important information,such as dates,plac
3、es and key events.This can be a useful way of displaying the kind of life the person led and even,sometimes,what he/she was really like 1.It is August 1939,and a group of frightened children are boarding a train at Pragues Wilson Station.Their heartbroken parents do not join them.Indeed,they fear th
4、ey may never see their children again.But they know that their children will live.These are among the 669 children,most of them Jewish,that Nicholas Winton will go on to save from death at the hands of the NazisIndeed,they fear they may never see their children again.He became a businessman 2.Nichol
5、as Winton was born on 19 May 1909 in London,to German-Jewish parents.The family later took British nationality.On leaving school,Winton worked in banks in Germany and France.He returned to Britain in 1931,where he worked in business.He went to Prague to help refugees escape from the Nazis.3.In Decem
6、ber 1938,a friend asked Winton to come to Prague to aid people who were escaping from the Nazis.In Prague,Winton saw people living in terrible conditions and whose lives were in danger.He decided to help transport children to safety in Britain.He established an office to keep records of the children
7、,and then returned to Britain to find temporary homes for them.He used donated funds and his own money to pay the 50 pounds per child that the British government required.By August 1939,Winton had saved 669 children.Winton left the military 4.During World War II,Winton served as an officer in Britai
8、ns Royal Air Force.He left the military in 1954.He then worked for international charities and for various companies.For the most part,he did notmention the children he saved,and his actions soon disappeared from peoples memories.He was invited onto the British television programme.Thats Life.5.That
9、 all changed in 1988 when his wife Grete found a forgotten journal at home.The journal contained photographs and names of the children and addresses of the families that took them in.She sent the journal to a newspaper,and that year Winton was seen on the British television programme Thats Life.At o
10、ne point,the host asked people in the audience to stand up if Nicholas Winton had saved their lives.A shocked Winton watched as the majority of people rose to their feet.The programme brought his actions to public attention,and Winton became a respected figure around the world.6.Later,Winton receive
11、d various honours for his achievement,including a knighthood in 2003,and the Czech governments highest honour,the Order of the White Lion,in 2014.7 Nicholas Winton passed away on 1 July 2015,at the age of 106.As the Chinese saying goes,“A kind-hearted person lives a long life.”He was awarded the Ord
12、er of the White Lion.a Winton left the military.b He was awarded the Order of the White Lion.c He went to Prague to help refugees escape from the Nazis.d He was invited onto the British television programme Thats Life.e He became a businessman.1931e;1938c;1954a;1988d;2014bTitle Introduction:Body:Conclusion:Title Introduction:Name and achievement.Body:Major eventConclusion:Some comments 1.Read the passage again.2.Try to retell the structure of the story and write an short passage about it.Thank you!
