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Unit 2 Making a difference
Period 3 Developing ideas & Presenting ideas
Developing ideas
1 Look at the word cloud and predict what the man in the pictures might have done.
2 Read the biography of Nicholas Winton and check your prediction in Activity 1.
Learning to learn
Most biographies are organised in the orde in which events happened. Whilst reading a biography, it’s a good idea to make a timeline to record and track important information, such as dates, places 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.
It is August 1939, and a group of frightened 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 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. Hreturned to Britain in 1931, where he worked in business.
In December 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, 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.
During World War Ⅱ, Winton served as 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 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 That’s Life. At one 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.
Later, Winton received various honours for his achievement, including a knighthood in 2003, and the Czech government’s highest honour, the Order of the White Lion, in 2014.
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.”
3 Match the events to the years in which they happened.
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 That's Life.
e He became a businessman.
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Think & 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 vou know of any Chinese who have acted in a similar way to Winton Share their stories with the class.
4 Work in groups. Give a talk in honour of Nicholas Winton.
1 Use the table to help plan your talk.
Key actions Personal qualities
2 Organise your talk following the steps below.
Say who you are going to talk about.
Talk about his key actions.
Talk about his personal qualities.
End with the main reasons why he inspires you.
3 Give your talk to the class.
Writing a biography
5 Read Tu Youyou’s CV and fill in the boxes with the corresponding information.
Tu Youyou
She managed to extract qinghaosu, which is very effective in fighting malaria.
From 1951 to 1955, she studied at Beijing Medical College(now Peking University Health Science Center).
Since 1955, she has worked at China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, as a tenured and chief researcher.
Now write a biography of Tu Youyou. Use the expressions in the box to help you. Do further research if necessary.
Useful expressions
ln (year), ...
On (day / date), ...
Later, ....
Finally. ...
At the age of…
At one point, …
By (year / day / date), ...
6 Share your biography with the class.
Presenting ideas
1 Think of someone you want to recommend as “Person of the Year”You can choose a well-known person or someone you plete the form about the person.
2 Work in groups. Talk about your“Person of the Year”and choose the best one in your group. Use the information in Activity 1 and the expressions in the box to help you.
3 Present your “Person of the Year”to the class.
Reflection
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