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Developing ideas — reading
Unit 3 War and peace
目录
contents
Pre-reading
I
Language points
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Fast reading
II
Homework
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Intensive reading
III
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Post-reading
I
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Look 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 from today’s universities
Pre-reading
Look 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 produced many of China’s most outstanding scientists and intellectuals.
Pre-reading
2. How is it different from today’s universities
Not like today’s most universities, Lianda was made up of three established universities — that’s how it got its name.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
II
Fast reading
Fast reading
Now 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 reading
1. Lianda was the 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 your choices.
Fast reading
5. 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 reading
2. The story of Lianda shows Chinese 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 reading
4. Lianda has nurtured many outstanding scholars.
1) … many of China’s 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 from Lianda, including the well-known translators Zha Liangzheng
and Xu Yuanchong.
Fast reading
6. 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 of its founding.
III
Intensive reading
Intensive reading
1. 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 author’s emotions.
metaphor
simile
Intensive reading
Learning to learn
Similes 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 as a cucumber. Unlike similes, metaphors make direct comparisons without using connecting words. For example, She has a heart of a lion.
Intensive reading
Think and Share
1. What difficulties did the professors and students of Lianda encounter How did they deal with these
2. What is your understanding of the 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 Share
1. What difficulties did the professors and students of Lianda 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. Furthermore, 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 Share
2. What is your understanding of the poem written by Zha
Liangzheng
Softly, on the hillside forgotten 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 Share
3. What contribution did Lianda make to the education of the nation
Many of China’s 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 Share
4. In what ways is the theme of war and peace presented differently in the 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 China’s students and academics, and how they were able to achieve excellence in spite of the great difficulties.
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Post-reading
Post-reading
Work 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
Homework
VI
Homework
Write a short passage about the spirit of Linda with 100 words.
Thank you
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Thank you
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