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LESSON 3
WAR MEMORIES
UNIT 11 CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To read and talk about war memories;
To read for general understanding;
To read for specific information and deep understanding;
To compare personal opinions with the ideas of others;
To understand and learn words and expressions in context;
To recall and summarise information;
To learn and practise using verbs with similar meanings.
KEY POINTS AND DIFFICULT POINTS
To read and think about war memories;
To answer the comprehension questions;
To get key information from the passage;
To recall and summarise information after reading.
To learn words and expressions in context;
To struggle with complicated sentence structures;
To think critically and express opinions freely.
LEADING IN
Guess the meaning of the following idioms and translate them into Chinese.
Burn your bridges/boats.
Smoke signals rise everywhere.
LEADING IN
Guess the meaning of the following idioms and translate them into Chinese.
The sound of the wind and the cry of the crane.
To see every bush as an enemy soldier.
LEADING IN
Share more of the same topic with the class.
Know yourself and know the enemy, and in a hundred wars, you will not be defeated;
One general achieves his glory, and ten thousand bones turn to dust;
Quickness is the essence of the war;
Replace weapons with jade and silk.
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
What comes to your mind when talking about wars What can wars lead to Use the words and phrases to help you.
army
officer
enemy
shooting
soldier
general
bleeding
firing
bomb
trench
frontier
dead
mass murder
destroyed cities and villages
losing family members
weeping/sobbing/crying
being wounded
changing borders
fleeing homeland
peace
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Skim through the three stories about wars. Choose a title for each story.
Brave Patient
A Happy Ending
Death of a Village
No More Fighting
Story A: ____________________
Story B: ____________________
Story C: ____________________
Death of a Village
No More Fighting
Brave Patient
READ AND EXPLORE
Read Story A and answer the following questions.
1. What was the villagers’ feeling when they were marched into the square
A. They were afraid.
B. They were calm.
C. They were panicked.
D. They began to weep.
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READ AND EXPLORE
Read Story A and answer the following questions.
2. How did Do Chuc survive the war
A. He fled the village before the American soldiers entered the village.
B. He was unconscious and was saved by other villagers.
C. He was lucky enough to be hidden by many dead bodies.
D. He was spared by the American soldiers.
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ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story A. Record how the farmers' feelings changed as the events unfolded.
What happened How did he/they feel
Breakfast time Do Chuc's family were _________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________.
ordered from their homes and marched into the
village square together with other villagers
peaceful
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story A. Record how the farmers' feelings changed as the events unfolded.
What happened How did he/they feel
At the square All the Villagers __________________.
Seeing a machine gun Some villagers began _____________________.
were told to sit
calm, not afraid
weeping and praying
surprised, panic
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story A. Record how the farmers' feelings changed as the events unfolded.
What happened How did he/they feel
Shooting started Do Chuc's daughters and aunt _____________ but he _____________.
were killed
himself fled
scared, desperate
READ AND EXPLORE
Read Story B and answer the following questions.
1. Both of the troops were fed up with the war, so what did they do
A. They gave up the war.
B. They got together to celebrate Christmas.
C. They didn’t fire a shot any more.
D. They made friends with each other.
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READ AND EXPLORE
Read Story B and answer the following questions.
2. What can we infer from the story
A. Soldiers of the two sides were eager to make friends.
B. Bill was the first one to support to end the war.
C. The two sides ended the war by signing an agreement.
D. Soldiers of the two sides were tired of the war.
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ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story B. Complete the diagram with phrasal verbs describing what "we", the British soldiers, and the Germans did.
we the Germans
On Christmas Day In the morning,
stuck up a board/ threw their equipment off climbed out of the trench/ walked through the mud
did the same
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story B. Complete the diagram with phrasal verbs describing what "we", the British soldiers, and the Germans did.
we the Germans
On Christmas Day During the day,
Before midnight,
spent all day with one another/ talked about the war/ brought them (beer) over to us/ came to an understanding
brought some beer over
decided not to start firing
did the same
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story B. Complete the diagram with phrasal verbs describing what "we", the British soldiers, and the Germans did.
we the Germans
On Boxing Day
never fired a shot
the same
seemed to be waiting for the other to set the ball rolling; spent the whole day chatting with them; were replaced by other soldiers
shouted across and asked how they had enjoyed the beer
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story B. Complete the diagram with phrasal verbs describing what "we", the British soldiers, and the Germans did.
They were replaced because they didn’t fight. We know that as soldiers, they had to fight, though as human beings, they longed for peace.
Why do you think the British soldiers were replaced by other soldiers
READ AND EXPLORE
Read Story C and answer the following questions.
1. Why was the nurse not enthusiastic about the award ceremony from the start
A. Because she had to clean up the ward.
B. Because she didn’t like the chief nurse’s attitude to the VIPs.
C. Because the patient had been badly wounded.
D. Because the patient started to cry.
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READ AND EXPLORE
Read Story C and answer the following questions.
2. Why did the soldier throw the watch back at the general
A. Because he didn’t like the watch.
B. Because he thought the watch was too expensive.
C. Because he thought the watch couldn’t replace his legs.
D. Because he thought other soldiers would be better worth the watch.
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READ AND EXPLORE
Read Story C and answer the following questions.
3. Why did the nurse begin sobbing
A. Because she admired the soldier and was moved by him.
B. Because she felt sorry that she couldn’t save the soldier’s legs.
C. Because two soldiers died in the hospital.
D. Because the war was cruel.
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READ AND EXPLORE
Read Story C and answer the following questions.
4. Which of the following about Story C is TRUE
A. When hearing one of my patients got an award, I was very glad.
B. When the wounded received the award, he was more than a little happy.
C. I often cried before my patients.
D. As a nurse, I rarely showed my real emotion to the patients.
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ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story C. Answer the questions.
A wounded soldier gets an award while in hospital but feels angry. It's a nurse's memory.
1. What happened in the story Whose memory is it
The patient was in the hospital because he had had both his legs blown off.
2. Why was the patient in the hospital
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story C. Answer the questions.
Because she probably felt that they had to deal with all the problems while army VIPs only came for ceremonies.
3. Why did the nurse feel turned off when she was told to clean up the ward for some VIPs' visit
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story C. Answer the questions.
The general came to the hospital to give an award to a wounded soldier.
4. Why did the general come to the hospital
The patient threw the watch because he thought it was not going to help him walk.
5. Why did the soldier throw the watch back at the general
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
Read Story C. Answer the questions.
The nurse cried in the end because she admired the patient for what he said and the soldier cried because he felt helpless.
6. Why did the nurse sob and the soldier cry in the end
READ AND EXPLORE
Read the article and answer the following questions.
1. What does the passage mainly tell us
A. Different war memories of different people.
B. Terrible scenes of different wars.
C. Cruelty of the wars.
D. Ordinary people’s desire for peace.
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READ AND EXPLORE
Read the article and answer the following questions.
2. What is the type of each story
A. Speech. B. Report. C. Fiction. D. Biography.
3. What is the purpose of the authors in writing these stories
A. To explain. B. To describe.
C. To demonstrate. D. To persuade.
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READ AND EXPLORE
Read the article and answer the following questions.
4. What are people’s attitude to war according to the passage
A. Frightened but honored.
B. Disgusted and panicked.
C. Cruel and sad.
D. Tired and passive.
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Complete the summary with proper words.
The whole passage is made 1. ____________ of three different stories, which mainly tell different war memories of different people. The first one tells a story of Do Chuc, a 48-year-old Vietnamese farmer 2. ____________ two daughters and an aunt were killed by American soldiers. He was wounded in 3. ____________ leg, but fortunately he was covered by a pile of dead bodies. He was saved and 4. ____________ (flee) the
up
whose
the
fled
PRACTICE
village. The second story took place during the Christmas. After a long time of battle, the soldiers of both sides were fed up to the neck with the war, so the officers came to an 5. _________________ (understand) that they would celebrate Christmas in temporary peace until midnight. They greeted each other, shook hands and shared some beer as if they 6. ____________ (be) a group of old friends. The third story
understanding
had been
Complete the summary with proper words.
PRACTICE
happened in a hospital. A young soldier had both his legs 7. ____________ (blow) off. Being number 20,000 to come through the hospital, he 8. _______________ (award) a Purple Heart and a watch, but he refused to accept the watch, which won him the admiration of the nurse. According to their stories, we are 9. ____________ (deep) impressed with the cruelty of the war and we should cherish our 10. ____________ (peace) life more.
blown
was awarded
deeply
peaceful
Complete the summary with proper words.
PRACTICE
SUMMARY
Read and talk about war memories;
Read for general understanding;
Read for specific information and deep understanding;
Compare personal opinions with the ideas of others;
Understand and learn words and expressions in context;
Recall and summarise information;
Learn and practise using verbs with similar meanings.
Thank you