Lesson 3 War Memories unit23. A. Describe the war and its sufferings according to the pictures. Lead...

Lesson 3

War Memories

unit23

A. Describe the war and its sufferings

according to the pictures.

Lead in

violent

hard

fierce

damaging and destroying

homeless

miserable and cruel

nuclear bomb in Japan

red army in Berlin

soldier return from the war

Decide if the war below refers to.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

1. The USA ended

the war in the

Far East By

dropping two

atomic bombs

on Japan.

2. The main counties

involved were :

Britain, France

and Russia against

Germany, Austria,

Hungary and

Turkey.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

3. The war began when

Germany invaded

Poland.

4. The main countries

involved were:

Britain, Russia and

the USA against

Germany, Italy and

Japan.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

5. Most of the battles

were fought in

Belgium and France.

6. The USA secretly

bombed Cambodia

during the war.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

7. More civilians

died than soldiers in

this war, including 6

million Jews in

concentration

camps.

8. Poison gas was

first used in this war

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

A Brave Patient

Death of a Village

A Happy Ending

Trapped

No More Fighting

A

B

C

D

Match these titles with the extracts.

There is one extra title

Complete the gaps in the text B with these sentences.

a) Just before midnight we all decided not

to start firing before they did.

b) We told him he wasn’t the only one

who was fed up with it.

c) The enemy had stuck up a similar one.

d) The noise of the guns was terrible.

e) Then we all got out of the trench.

1

2

3

4

★ be marched = be forced 强迫走 He was marched out of the house.

齐步走；正步走 The soldiers marched along the street.

前进 The Long March 长征

Language Points

★ flee 逃避 , 逃跑 , 逃走 (run away from / escape)

因为某种原因他逃离他的祖国。 He fled (from) his country for some reas

on.

He succeeded in fleeing the burning buil

ding.

The robbers fled in different directions

at the sound of gun.

★ stick up 竖立 , 直立 Please stick up the bulletin board.

be stuck in 陷住 , 困住 The car was stuck in the mud.

n. 棍子 a walking stick

★ throw off ( 从 ......) 扔开 匆匆脱下 ( 衣服 )

The thief threw off the bag and ran away.

★ with their hands above their heads

with both his legs blown off

with + n. + prep phrase/-ed/-ing/adj./adv.

此结构常在句中作定语或状语 Anyone with eyes in their heads can see it.

We have our lessons with the doors close

d and the windows open and the lights turn

ed on.

★ as bad a state as

as [ so]…. as 结构中如名词为单数可数 ,

用此结构 as + adj. + a/an + as

He is as good a student as his old brot

her.

We can’t find so comfortable a place

as home.

★ be fed up with 厌倦 , 厌烦 I’m fed up with all this fatty food.

★ set the ball rolling 使事情开始运行 ★He was all of about twenty years old.

(all 与 of 连用 ) 整体；全部 那东西要整整 500 美元。 It’ll cost all of $500.

★ admire sb. for sth. 赞美；赞赏； 钦佩 我钦佩她的勇气。 I admire her for her bravery.

人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。 Everybody admires him for his fine se

nse of humor.

★ sort of / kind of adv. 有几分地 我有几分觉得这会发生。 I sort of think this will happen.

★We didn’t dare go near it.

dare 用作实义动词时否定句中省略 to

He didn’t dare go out at night alone.

★ head for 朝着……前进 They are heading for London.

他们正往伦敦的方向去。 We headed for the mountain, with th

e guide in the lead.

我们在向导的带领下进山了。