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Unit 3
War and peace
Developing ideas & Presenting ideas
Learning Objectives
PART. 01
Understand the daily study and life of British middle school students by watching videos. Based on your own daily study and life, compare the study and life in Chinese and British schools, and find out the similarities and differences between the two. Talk about your first impression of high school life, and have a preliminary perception of the study and life in the senior high school stage.
Learning Objectives
Analyze texts about Lianda University/war heroes, improving comprehension and literary analysis skills. Write about war heroes and deliver speeches on Lianda’s spirit, using expressive language and clear structures.
Explore Chinese historical events and the spirit of perseverance/patriotism, understanding war’s impact on culture and intellectual heritage.
Break down literary devices (similes/metaphors in Lianda text) and interpret war heroes’ actions (Yang Jingyu’s choices). Evaluate war’s effects (on education/society) and reflect on Lianda’s legacy in modern academia.
Work in groups to discuss war themes, share speech ideas, and peer-review writings, learning from peers.Research war heroes, organize presentation content, and reflect on speech performance, taking ownership of learning historical/cultural themes.
Understand the daily study and life of British middle school students by watching videos. Based on your own daily study and life, compare the study and life in Chinese and British schools, and find out the similarities and differences between the two. Talk about your first impression of high school life, and have a preliminary perception of the study and life in the senior high school stage.
Teaching Focuses and Anticipated Difficulties
Analyze texts about Lianda University and war heroes, write about war heroes, and deliver structured speeches on Lianda’s spirit with expressive language.
Analyzing literary devices (similes/metaphors) in the Lianda text and interpreting war heroes’ actions, and evaluating war’s effects on education/society.
Lead-in
PART. 02
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. What kind of university do you think it is What do you know about it
It is a joint university. It was famous at that time and it helped to save educational and intellectual heritage.
2. How is it different from today’s universities
It is made up of several universities.
国立西南联合大学(National Southwest Associated University)是中国抗日战争开始后高校内迁设于昆明的一所综合性大学。1937年11月1日,由北京大学、清华大学、私立南开大学在长沙组建成立的国立长沙临时大学在长沙开学(这一天也成为西南联大的校庆日)。由于长沙连遭日机轰炸,1938年2月中旬,长沙临时大学分三路西迁昆明。1938年4月,改称国立西南联合大学。
从1937年8月组建国立长沙临时大学开始,到1946年7月31日国立西南联合大学停止办学,西南联大前后共存在了8年零11个月,“内树学术自由之规模,外来民主堡垒之称号”,保存了抗战时期的重要科研力量,培养了一大批卓有成就的优秀人才,为中国和世界的发展进步作出了杰出贡献。
1946年8月,三校复员北返后,西南联大师范学院留昆明联大旧址独立设置,定名国立昆明师范学院,1984年改称云南师范大学,其旧址现为全国重点文物保护单位、全国首批百个爱国主义教育示范基地、全国红色旅游经典景区、云南省国防教育示范基地等。
Reading
PART. 03
Now read the passage and find out what is so special
about Lianda.
LIANDA:
A PLACE OF PASSION,
BELIEF AND COMMITMENT
Choose the ideas that are conveyed in the passage. Find evidence to support your choices.
Lianda was the best university in Chinese history.
The story of Lianda shows Chinese intellectuals’ academic pursuit and patriotism.
Only under difficult circumstances can students succeed.
Lianda has nurtured many outstanding scholars.
Lianda was a great success only because it had prominent professors and gifted students.
People today still admire the spirit of Lianda.
Read the passage and match the paragraphs with sentences.
Background information of Lianda’s founding.
Great contributions Lianda has made.
Difficulties professors and students met.
Historical status of Lianda.
An introduction to the topic of this passage.
para. 1
para. 2
para. 3
para. 4-5
para. 6-7
Complete the table.
Name
Components
Time
Location
Reason
Distance
National Southwest Associated University or Lianda
Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nankai University
1937
Kunming, the remote and mountainous south-west part of China
In 1937, the aggression of the Japanese army brought disaster to China's three great universities.
To save their educational and intellectual heritage.
more than 2,000 kilometres
Complete the table.
School hours
Living condition
Pioneers
before 10 am and after 4 pm
rough buildings, packed 40 to a room, shortages of food, books, and equipment, fierce air attacks
Yang Zhenning, Li Zhengdao, Zha Liangzheng, Xu Yuanchong, ...
Complete the table.
Significance
Lianda has become the crowning glory of China’s modern universities, not only because of its prominent professors and talented students, but also because of the school's strong spirit of perseverance and dedication.
It has become part of the collective memory of the Chinese nation, with its spirit as the blueprint for all universities in China in the modern era.
Read the passage carefully. Choose the best answer for the following questions.
1. Which is WRONG about the difficulties Lianda was faced with at that time
A. There were not enough classrooms and equipment.
B. The harassment and attack from the enemy.
C. Lack of teachers.
D. Poor natural environment.
2. What does Yang Zhenning think of the days when he was learning in Lianda
A. Tough but worthy. B. Interesting and relaxing.
C. Hard and disappointing. D. Enjoyable and priceless.
Read the passage carefully. Choose the best answer for the following questions.
3. What did students of Lianda do when our country was at war
A. They tried to study at school and escape from war.
B. Students of Lianda refused to participate in the battle.
C. They wrote poems to show the contributions of the soldiers.
D. A large number of students took up arms and defended our country.
4. What’s the main idea of the text
A. The background of the establishment of Lianda.
B. Reasons for the establishment of Lianda.
C. How the students of Lianda studied hard.
D. The establishment of Lianda and its influence.
Find out what figures of speech are used in the sentences and discuss how they help to express the author’s emotions.
Their bed was the dusty road and their roof was the open sky, ...
They had to live in rough buildings, packed 40 to a room, like sardines.
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.
metaphor
simile
Find out what figures of speech are used in the sentences and discuss how they help to express the author’s emotions.
Their bed was the dusty road and their roof was the open sky, ...
They had to live in rough buildings, packed 40 to a room, like sardines.
本句运用了暗喻的修辞手法,描写赶往联大的教授和学生在途中“以天为盖,以地为庐”的艰苦条件。
本句运用了明喻的修辞手法,描写联大的居住环境之恶劣。
Think & 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.
2. What is your understanding of the poem written by Zha Liangzheng
Think & 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.
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.
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
2. Complete the diagram with your ideas and the examples that support them.
3. Give your talk to the class.
Now think about your performance in this activity. Did you actively participate and contribute ideas
Vocabulary
1. emerge
emergence n. 出现;显现
emergency n. 紧急情况,不测事件
in an emergency 在紧急情况下
in case of emergency 万一遇到紧急情况
例题:
If you encounter any __________ (emerge) at work, report to your manager at once.
emergency
Vocabulary
2. representative
be representative of 代表某人/某物
represent v. 代表;表示,象征;描绘,展示
represent... as... 把……描绘为……
representation n. 代表,代理;描绘,表现
例题:
The student’s question is representative ______ the confusion many classmates have about this grammar rule.
of
Writing
PART. 04
Sunday 20 October
Read the introduction to Yang Jingyu and answer the questions.
Yang Jingyu, an anti-Japanese hero, was born in Henan Province in 1905. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1927. In 1937 Yang became leader of the North-east Anti-Japanese United Army and fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese invaders.
In 1938, the Japanese army offered a large sum of money for Yang’s head and a large number of troops surrounded his men. In early 1940, facing a critical lack of supplies, Yang decided to let his men break through in small groups, but his own section of 60 men was betrayed to the Japanese. After these men were killed, Yang fought on alone for five days. He was eventually tracked down on 23 February by a large unit of Japanese troops. He killed more than 20 Japanese soldiers before dying in a hail of machine gunfire. When the Japanese cut open his body, they discovered only tree bark, cotton and grass roots, but not a single grain of rice in his stomach.
Yang’s death was a huge blow to his loyal troops, but they turned sorrow into anger and continued to fight fiercely against the invaders. After the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was established, Yang was reburied with full military honours, in Tonghua, Jilin Province. In 2005, a memorial hall was built in memory of the martyrs represented by Yang, drawing thousands of visitors every year to learn about the spirit of the resistance against Japanese aggression.
Sunday 20 October
1. Who was Yang Jingyu
Yang Jingyu was an anti-Japanese hero, who died in a fight against Japanese troops.
2. Why did Yang decide to let small groups of his men break through the encirclement
Because at that time there was a critical lack of supplies.
3. What did the Japanese find when they killed Yang
They found only tree bark, cotton and grass roots, instead of rice in his stomach.
4. How would you describe Yang’s spirit in your own words
Read the passage and answer the questions.
一、文体解读
本单元的写作任务是描写一个有个人魅力、爱国和有坚强意志的人物。人物描写属于记叙文,主要记载人物生平事迹以及个性特征。描写人物时,应抓住其出生年月、主要事迹、人们的评价等进行叙述,一般按时间顺序来写。
二、写作要点
(1)开头:对该人物进行简要地介绍,如姓名、年龄、出生时间、出生地点等。
(2)主体:按照时间顺序或根据事件中的主次地位描述人物的主要事迹。
(3)结尾:写出对人物的评价和你的感受。
在写作时,一要注意内容表述上的条理性,重点突出其主要的事迹。二要注意写作时用第三人称,时态以一般现在时和一般过去时为主。
人物描写
三、常用表达
..., an anti-Japanese hero, who was born into...
..., who was born in..., is known as a(n) ...
Brave and witty, he...
He died in the battle of...
He devoted his life to...
It is because of the heroes like him that...
The fearless soldier rushed through the gunfire to save his comrades.
His selfless dedication to protecting the country won people’s respect.
With a resolute will, he refused to surrender even when facing great difficulties.
As a commander, he was dedicated to his troops and the mission.
They fought bravely against the invaders to protect their hometown.
He risked his life to rescue the wounded soldiers from the burning trench.
The hero spent his whole life safeguarding national security and people’s safety.
Under his wise leadership, the army led troops to victory after a tough battle.
He is remembered as a national hero for his great contributions to the country.
His heroic actions will go down in history and be remembered forever.
He has become a symbol of courage and a model of loyalty for the younger generation.
The heroes made indelible contributions to the country’s liberation.
She faced danger fearlessly and completed the mission successfully.
Work in groups. Talk about other war heroes and choose one to write about. Organise your ideas by completing the notes below. Do more research if necessary.
Now write an introduction to the war hero you chose.
Name of the person: _________________________________
Background information: _____________________________
Major events (in order): ______________________________
__________________________________________________
Your opinion of this person: ___________________________
__________________________________________________
Introduction
Main body
Conclusion
Make improvements to each other’s writings and share
them with the class.
Dong Cunrui was born into a poor peasant family in Huailai County, Hebei Province on 15 October 1929. In 1945 he joined the Eighth Route Army and in March 1947 he joined the Communist Party of China.
On 25 May 1948, the battle for the liberation of Longhua began, and the soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) flooded towards Longhua Middle School, the headquarters of the enemy. Six jets of fire from a bridge blocked the path of the PLA troops. The bridge was a fortress built by the enemy, and the PLA troops were stuck under a small slope. At the critical moment, they needed a soldier to blow up the bridge and open a new road for the whole army. “Captain, let me blow it up!” Dong Cunrui said, and his request was granted. Under the cover of another soldier, he rushed to the bridge, but could not find a place to put the explosives. Dong Cunrui then lifted the explosives in his left hand, lit the blasting fuse and blew up the enemy's fortress. In doing so, he died a hero.
The story of Dong Cunrui, who gave his life to create a way forward, has been told all over China until today, and has inspired thousands of young people to make sacrifices in defence of our country’s and people’s interests.
Sample
Work in groups. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. What can you see in each picture
In picture one, a distressed child is crying in front of a destroyed building. In picture two, a dead or injured soldier is carried away by his comrades. In picture three, there are many graves of the dead.
2. What do the pictures tell you about war
Think about the topics and complete the table. Add examples or details to support your points. Do more research if necessary.
Why people go to war
Effects of war on people
How we can maintain peace around the world
Prepare a short presentation on one of the topics from Activity 2 or think of another relevant topic. Consider the following:
1. the structure of your presentation
2. useful words, expressions and structures
Give your presentation to the class.
Exercise
PART. 05
1. I have the educational background and _________ (相关的) experience required by the job.
2. We always celebrate our wedding ____________ (周年纪念日) with dinner in an expensive restaurant.
3. What bothers him is that he needs a large ______ (金额) of money to repair his house.
4. High levels of lead (铅) could damage the ___________ (智力的) development of children.
5. Walsham had his moment of _________ (辉煌的成就) when he won a 20km race.
relevant
Exercise: 单词拼写
anniversary
sum
intellectual
glory
1. The students benefiting quite a lot from college are those who totally participate in __________ (academy) life.
2. In years to come, we hope more girl students interested in science and engineering ___________ (emerge).
3. Change is founded on _________ (dedicate), collaboration and hope. All the ingredients should be in place.
4. The most important place that you need to pay a visit to is Beijing, which is the best _____________ (represent) of Chinese traditions and cultures.
academic
Exercise: 用所给词的适当形式填空
will emerge
dedication
representative
Summary
PART. 06
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Developing ideas & Presenting ideas
Reading
Presenting ideas
Vocabulary
understand the historical significance of Lianda during wartime, including its formation, hardships, and the spirit of persistence among its scholars.
research and compose a structured introduction to a war hero, organizing key information and expressing personal opinions about their spirit
Writing
discuss war-related images, analyze the causes/effects of war and propose ways to maintain peace
Homework
PART. 07
Homework
Summarise what we have learnt in this lesson;
Prepare for the next lesson.
See you next class!