外研版 第六册 模块6 The D-Day Landings

Step 1 Show some pictures to the students and ask some questions.

1)What is the content of the picture?

The 60th anniversary for the Normandy Landings

2) what are the people in the photo doing?

Step 2 Fast –reading

Read the three Passages about the D-Day landings and answer the questions.

1. Where do you think the first passage is taken from？

（a）       a history book

（b）       a newspaper article

2. What do you think the second passage is?

(a) a government report on the war.

(b) the history of a particular group of soldiers

3. What is different about the third passage?

(a ) It refers to an event related to the war.

(b) It refers to an event before the war.

The answer is 1 ( b ) 2. (b ) 3 （a）

Step 3 Read passage 1 again and answer the questions.

1.       What event started the Second World War?

Germany’s invasion of Poland

2.       What was the purpose of operation overlord?

To invade France

3.       What nationality were the troops who took part in the operation?

British, American and Canadian

4.       Where was the most dangerous place to land?

Omaha Beach

5.       Was Operation Overlord successful?

Yes, it was.

Language points

1.       In September 1939, Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland.

1939年9月， 英国在德国入侵波兰后向德国宣战。

declare “ 宣布， 声称， 声明”, 常根名词， 从句和复合结构。

1）    跟名词

After that the United States declared war on/upon Japan. 之后， 美国对日本宣战。

2）    跟从句

The accused man declared that he was not guilty.

被控告者声称他无罪。

3）    跟复合结构：

He declared himself to be a member of their party.

他声称自己是他们派别中人。

Operation Overlord started when boats full of soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy in France, known as the D-Day landings.

本句中known as the D-Day landing 是定语， 相当于which was known as the D-Day landings, 用来修饰前面整个句子。

Operation Overlord started as a story of danger and confusion and ended as a story of bravery and acts of heroism.

翻译： 霸王行动以惊险和混乱开始， 以英勇和无畏结束。

Operation “ 活动， 作战行动“

Step 4 Read passage 2 again and choose the correct endings to the sentences.

1.       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 Boats 5 was hit by a shell, ________.

(a)    everyone was killed

(b)    most of the men were rescued from the water.

3.       The men from Boat 3 had problems in the water because ________________.

( a) their backpacks were too heavy.

( b) the water was too deep.

[教案] 高二 外研版(第六册) module6 (2)