Unit 2 Developing ideas
The power of good (善行的力量)
(Reading)
教学目标:
1. Guide students to get main information of the biography by skimming and scanning.
2. Guide students to further understand the text and think about Winton’s personal qualities, which is intended to help students comment on people’s moral values as well as develop a sense of social responsibility.
3. Lead student to master how to write a short biography with the writing help.
课前预习案
Ⅰ.Words and expressions in the passage
1. frightened
2.heartbroken
save
4.various
5.honour
6.board
7.indeed
8.at the hands of
9.fund
10.nationality
11.aid
12.return
13.escape from...
14.terrible
15.condition
16.in danger
17.decide to do sth
18.transport
19.safety
20.establish
21.keep records
22.donate
23.serve as
24.mention
25.disappear
26.at one point
27.shocked
28.the majority of
29.rise to one’s feet
30.bring...to public attention
31.respected
32.figure
33.receive
34.achievement
35.including
36.pass away
课中探究案
Step 1 .Lead-in
“The British Schindler”:the life of Nicholas Winton
Step2.Pre-reading
He might have saved frightened Jewish children whose parents were heartbroken , from the Nazis during World War II and he might have received various honours.
Activity1.Prediction
Task1.Look at the word cloud and predict what the man in the pictures might have done.
Task2.Read the biography of Nicholas Winton and check your prediction
Step 3.While-reading
Activity 2 : Fast-reading
Task1.What is the literary form(文学体裁) of the passage
A. Exposition B. Argumentation C. Biography
Task2.Match the events to the years in which they happened. (P28.3)
Activity 3. Careful reading
Task 1.What did he do Make a timeline(时间轴) by yourself.
Task2.Fill in the blanks about the main ideas of each part.
Part 1(Para.__) :
The heartbreaking (1)______ at Prague’s Wilson Station.
Part 2(Paras.____):
The introduction of Winton and his act of (2) children from the Nazis.
Part 3(Paras.____):
Later,Winton received various honours for his (3) _____.
Task 3.阅读理解
1. What can we know from Paragraph 1
A. The children were excited to board the train.
B. All the children who boarded the train were Jewish.
C. The children boarded the train with their parents.
D. Parents may not be able to see their children.
Nicholas Winton saved_________(frighten) ) Jewish children from death at the hands of Nazis, parents were ____________(heartbreak), (see) them off at Wilson Station in ________, before _____________broke out.
2.Why did Winton decide to save the Jewish children
3.How did he save the children
4. What kept Winton’s actions from becoming known
A. The children he saved kept the secret.
B. His wife didn’t find the secret before.
C. He lost his journal somewhere.
5. How were Winton's actions known to the public
D. He did not mention his actions.
6. Which of the following information was NOT contained in Nicholas Winton's journal
A. The names of the children.
B. The photographs of the children.
C. The names of the children's parents.
D. The addresses of the families that adopted the children.
Winton received various__________for his___________Nicholas Winton passed away at the age of ____. As the Chinese saying goes,“ ”.
Step 3.Post-reading
Activity4.Think and share
(1) Why did the parents fear that they would never see their children again
(2) Why do you think it took such a long time for Winton’s actions to become known
(3) Which three words would you use to describe Winton’s personal qualities
(4) Do you know any Chinese who have acted in a similar way to Winton Share their stories with the class.
Step 4.Homework
Option1.Summarize the the story of Winton.
Option2.Finish the exercise in your learning guidance(导学案).
课后探究案(高考链接--语法填空)
The Power of Good(善行的力量)
“The British Schindler”: the life of Nicholas Winton
(“英国辛德勒”:尼古拉斯·温顿的生平)
It is August 1939, and a group of (frighten)children are boarding a train at Prague’s Wilson Station. Their heartbroken parents do not join them. Indeed, they fear they 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 Nazis.
Nicholas Winton was born 19 May 1909 in London, to German-Jewish parents. The family later (take))British nationality. On (leave) school, Winton worked in banks in Germany and France. He returned to Britain in 1931, he worked in business.
In December 1938, a friend asked Winton ( come) to Prague to aid people were escaping from the Nazis. In Prague, Winton saw people (live) in terrible conditions and whose lives were danger.He decided ( help )transport children to safety in Britain. He (establish) an office to keep records of the children, and then returned to Britain to find temporary homes for them. He used donated funds and his own money (pay) the 50 pounds per child that the British government required. By August 1939, Winton had saved 669 children.
During World War II, Winton served an officer in Britain’s 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 not mention the children he saved, and his actions soon disappeared from people’s memories.
That all changed in 1988 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 That’s Life. At one point, the host asked people in the audience to stand up Nicholas Winton had saved their lives. A shocked Winton watched as the majority of people rose to (they) feet. The programme brought his actions to public attention, and Winton became a (respect)figure around the world.
Later, Winton received various honours for his (achieve), including a knighthood in 2003, and the Czech government’s highest honour, the Order of the White Lion, in 2014.
Nicholas Winton passed on 1 July 2015, at the age of 106. As the Chinese saying goes, “A kind-hearted person lives a long life.”