1. Module 6 War and Peace (Reading and vocabulary)

2. War logo
Peace logo
Anti-war logo

3. World War II Cemetery

5. The D-Day Landings

6. The D-Day Landings
Operation Overlord: code name for the military operation in 1944 to invade France.
D-Day / H-Hour: The terms D-Day and H-Hour are used for the day and hour on which an attack or operation is to be launched. "D" for the day of the invasion and "H" for the hour the operation actually begins.
D-Day landings: D-Day Invasion or Invasion of Normandy.

7. Read the three passages and choose the right answers.
1.Where do you think the first passage is taken from?
a history book B. a newspaper article
2. What do you think the second passage is?
a government report on the war
the history of a particular group of soldiers
3. What is different about the third passage?
It refers to an event related to the war
It refers to an event before the war

8. 1. When did Operation Overlord start?
Read passage one and answer the following questions :
1. When did Operation Overlord start?
It started when boats (which is) full of soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy in France.
2. What was the purpose of Operation Overlord?
To invade France.
3. What nationality were the troops taking part in the landing?
British, American and Canadian.
4. Where was the most dangerous place to land?
Omaha Beach.

9. Map of D-Day Landings
English Channel
Great Britain
France
Omaha

10. Read passage two and choose the correct endings to the sentences.
When the Germans started firing at the boats,______.
A. the boats were so far from the beach that they
weren’t hit.
B. the boats were one kilometer from the beach.
2.  When Boat 5 was hit by a shell,______.
A. everyone was killed.
B. most of the men were rescued from the water.

11. 3. The men from Boat 3 had problems in the water because______. A
3. The men from Boat 3 had problems in the water because______. A. their backpacks were too heavy B. The water was too deep
4. Six men tried to climb up the cliff and ____.
A.  some of them managed to reach the top.
B.  all of them reached the top.
5. Two of the soldiers from Able Company____.
A. stayed on the beach.
B. met some other soldiers.

12. Read passage three and complete the summary.
On the 6th June 2004, ________of the D-Day Landings from different countries returned to ______ to remember their lost comrades. They went to the _______ and ________which are _______ on a cliff overlooking the beach and the English Channel, from where the boats ______ their landings.On the memorial there is part of a poem called “_____________”.
survivors
France
cemetery
memorial
situated
attempted
For the Fallen

13. They fell with their faces to the foe.
For the Fallen
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
…………
To the inner most heart of their own land
they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

14. 他们永远不会变老，当我们活着的人们都已老朽； 年华不能使他们厌倦，岁月也不会让他们愧疚； 日出日落，我们缅怀他们直到永久。
他们永远不会变老，当我们活着的人们都已老朽； 年华不能使他们厌倦，岁月也不会让他们愧疚； 日出日落，我们缅怀他们直到永久。

15. World War II Cemetery

17. World War II Memorial In France

18. World War II Memorial In U.S.A.

19. Discussion:
Do you want war or peace?
We hate war .
We want peace.
Let’s build a peaceful world.

20. Homework for today: 1. Get some information about Saving Private Ryan
Homework for today: 1. Get some information about Saving Private Ryan Recite passage three.

21. Thanks for listening!