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(共30张PPT)
Developing ideas
—Reading comprehension
Lianda: A Place of Passion, Belief and commitment
Unit 3　War and peace
By the end of this period, students will be able to:
1.understand the text, know the background and important historical significance of Lianda;
2.use similes and metaphors to describe things;
3.draw spiritual wealth from heroes and cultivate patriotic sentiment.
CONTENTS
Pre-reading
I
While-reading
II
Post-reading
III
Sentences analysis
IV
Pre-reading
What do you know about university？
Bright Classrooms
Beautiful Campus
Cosy Library
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. What kind of university do you think it is What do you know about it
2. How is it different from today’s universities
passion, belief and commitment
热情 信仰 奉献
Let’s read the passage and find more details about it!
While-reading
Activity 1　Fast- reading for main ideas
1.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.
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2. Skim the passage and match each paragraph with its main idea.
Para.1 A. The nation’s intellectual heritage was guarded and
fortified at Lianda.
Para.2 B. The hard conditions of Lianda at that time.
Para.3 C. Lianda has become the crowning glory of China’s
modern universities.
Para.4 D. The priceless contribution of Lianda still needs to be
reaffirmed.
Para.5 E. Lianda provided the largest number of student-soldiers
from any campus in China.
Para.6 F. Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai
University joined together to found Lianda in 1937.
Para.7 G. Real war is never romantic as it brings suffering and
immense challenges.
Activity 2:Careful- reading for details.
1. What does Paragraph 1 function as
A. To lead to the topic. B. To summarize the whole passage.
C. To set an example. D. To explain the word “war”．
Throughout history, the great thinkers of the world have often rather romantically referred to their academic struggles as being like “war”. However, for most of them, the “war” has been purely symbolic. Real war is never romantic as it brings suffering and immense challenges.
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2.Why does the author say “Real war is never romantic” How do you understand Find the sentence in paragraph 1.
Read Para. 1 and do the following exercises.
In 1937, the aggression of the Japanese army brought disaster to China’s three great universities: Peking University and Tsinghua University were occupied by Japanese troops, while Nankai University was completely destroyed by bombing. To save their educational and intellectual heritage, the three universities joined together in Kunming as National Southwest Associated University, otherwise known as Lianda.
Which universities were included in Lianda
Read Para. 2 and do the following exercises.
The Peking University;
Tsinghua University ;
Nankai University.
北京大学
清华大学
南开大学
National Southwest Associated University
（Lianda）西南联合大学（西南联大）
Para. 2 mainly tells us about
_________________________
How Lianda came into being.
Read Para. 3 and do the following exercises.
1. How did the professors and students get to Lianda
On foot.
2. What does the word “epic” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Brave. B. Impressive. C. Long and difficult. D. Large.
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3. 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.
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4. Find out what figures of speech are used in the sentences.
a. Their bed was the dusty road and their roof was the open sky, …
b. They had to live in rough buildings, packed 40 to a room, like sardines.
Metaphor 隐喻
Simile 明喻
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.
n. 沙丁鱼
5. Here are some examples of similes and metaphors:
Life is like a box of chocolates.
My life is an open book.
That baby is as cute as a button!
Baby, you’re a firework.
Simile
Metaphor
Simile
Metaphor
like
as
as
Read Paras. 4-5 and do the following exercises.
1. What was the purpose to build Lianda
To save their educational and intellectual heritage.
2.Find our outstanding scholars and scientists emerging at Lianda.
Yang Zhenning, Li Zhengdao, Zha Liangzheng and Xu Yuanchong.
Lianda has nurtured many outstanding scholars.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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5. What is the theme of Zha Liangzheng’s poem in the passage
A. To call on people to fight with the invaders.
B. To remind people not to forget the hardships the Chinese people suffered.
C. To advise students to study in Lianda.
D. To describe the contributions his peers made.
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Softly, on the hillside forgotten by all,
A misty rain falls in a gentle breeze;
There is no trace of the footprints of history;
Where brave souls once stood, breathing new life into the trees.
……静静地，在那被遗忘的山坡上，
还下着密雨，还吹着细风，
没有人知道历史曾在此走过，
留下英灵化入树干而滋生。
Enjoy Zha’s poem and read it.
Read Paras. 6-7 and do the following exercises.
A product of the war, Lianda is now physically gone. But it 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. In 2017, representatives from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nankai University and Yunnan Normal University gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its founding.
Why has Lianda become the crowning glory of China’s modern universities
Because it has not only prominent professors and talented students but also the strong spirit of perseverance and dedication.
More than eighty years on, the priceless contribution of Lianda still needs to be reaffirmed. 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.
All Chinese people have remembered Lianda. Modern Chinese universities are still inspired by Lianda today.
Read the whole passag again and do the following exercises.
1．What’s the genre(体裁) of the passage
A．An advertisement.
B．Narrative writing.
C．Expository writing.
D．Argumentative writing.
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2.Choose the ideas that are conveyed in the passage.
1. Lianda was the best university in Chinese history.
2. The story of Lianda shows Chinese intellectuals’ academic
pursuit and patriotism.
3. Only under difficult circumstances can students succeed.
4. Lianda has nurtured many outstanding scholars.
5. Lianda was a great success only because it had prominent
professors and talented students.
6. People today still admire the spirit of Lianda.
3.Read for structure: divide the whole passage into four parts and conclude each part.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Para._____
Para._____
Para._____
Para._____
Introduce the topic: What is real war
The background information of Lianda
The tough conditions of Lianda in living and study as well as its contributions during the war
The crowning glory Lianda has achieved
1　
2　
3-5　
6-7　
Post-reading
Students own answers.
1. If you were a student of Lianda at that time, what would you do (Critical thinking)
Activity 1　Discussion
2. What qualities can we learn from the students and teachers of Lianda (Creative thinking)
Bravery, persistence，passion，belief and commitment.
Answers may vary.
Let’s watch a video
Activity 2　Summary
Due to the aggression of the Japanese army in 1937, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University 1.______(join) together in Kunming as National Southwest Associated University to save their educational and intellectual heritage, otherwise 2.________(know) as Lianda.
Both professors and students walked more than 2,000 kilometres with Japanese bombs 3._______(fall) on the way. Though conditions were little better once they reached the remote and mountainous south-west part of China, they were faced with lack 4. _______ food, books and equipment, and sometimes air attacks.
joined
known
falling
of
In spite of the immense hardships and the daunting challenges, the nation’s intellectual heritage was not only guarded 5. ______ fortified by the passion and belief of the worthy academics of Lianda.
Driven by a sense of commitment, a great many students at Lianda joined the army 6. ________(fight) against the Japanese invaders. One tenth of the thousands of college students from all over China 7. _________ served as interpreters were from Lianda.
Though Lianda is now 8. __________(physical) gone, it has become the crowning glory of China’s modern universities because of its prominent professors and 9. _______ (talent) students and its strong spirit of perseverance and dedication. More than eighty years later, the priceless 10. ___________(contribute) of Lianda is still valuable.
but
to fight
who/that
physically
talented
contribution
Sentences Analysis
1. Real war is never romantic as it brings suffering and imense challnges.
[句式分析]　此句为__________句。主句为：______；as引导_____________从句。
[自主翻译]　
主从复合
原因状语
真正的战争从来不是浪漫的，因为它会带来痛苦和巨大
的挑战。
2. However, despite the immense hardships and the daunting challenges, it was right in this place, over a period of eight long years, that the nation’s intellectual heritage was not only guarded but fortified by the passion and belief of the worthy academics of Lianda.
[句式分析]　此句为_______句。强调___________right in this place，时间状语over a period of eight long years作_________，还包含了__________________句型。另外，介词短语despite the...challenges作__________。
[自主翻译]　
让步状语
强调
not only...but(also)...
然而，尽管面临着巨大的困难和艰巨的挑战，在这个地方，
地点状语
插入语
经过八年漫长的岁月，国家的知识遗产不仅得到了保护，还得到了强化，这些都归功于联大杰出学者们的热情和信念。
3. It is no wonder that many, if not most, of China’s leading scholars and scientists emerged at Lianda, including the two Nobel Prize-winning physicists, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao.
[句式分析]　该句为__________句。It is no wonder that...意为“_________”，it 是_________，that 引导________从句；if not most为___________。
[自主翻译]　
主从复合
难怪……
形式主语
主语
　难怪即使不是大多数，但也有许多中国领先的学者和
省略句
科学家都是联大出身，包括两位诺贝尔奖得主，物理学家杨振宁和李政道。
4. “On windy days, we had to hold down the paper on the desk, which would otherwise be blown away,” he said.
[句式分析]　此句为____________句。主句为：______ ；which 引导_____________从句，修饰___________。
[自主翻译]　
主从复合
非限制性定语
the paper
“在刮风的日子里，我们不得不把纸按在桌子上，否则
纸就会被风吹走。”他说。
5. Driven by a sense of commitment, a great many joined the army
to resist the Japanese invaders and defend the honour of the nation.
[句式分析]　此句为______句。 Driven by...是过去分词短语作_________；主句的主语和谓语为______________和__________，句中and连接两个并列的动词不定式短语作__________。
[自主翻译]　
原因状语
a greaat many
joined
目的状语
在献身精神的驱使下，许多人参军抵抗日本侵略者，
简单
保卫国家的荣誉。
Homework
Review what we have learnt and preview language points.

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