Unit One Patriotism

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The Second Two Periods

Designed by Zhongxin

Teaching

Objective

1. Master the key words and some useful structures

2. Learn something about what a true patriot is and the heroic spirit of some famous Chinese Patriots

Key Points

1. be required to do sth/ be required that2. fight for & fight against & fight with & fight back3. hand down & hand on, at the mercy of Difficult

ies1. die for & die of & die from & die by & die out & die away & die down & die off2. fight for & fight against & fight with & fight back

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Global Reading

Group Discussion Lead In

Detailed Reading

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Lead In Let’s enjoy a song, then tell us the name of the song both in Chinese and English. 国歌《义勇军进行曲》 the National Anthem: the March of the Voluntee

rsWhen and where do you always hear this song?

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National Flag National Emblem

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National Anthem The words for the national anthem were writt

en by Tian Han, and the music was set by Nie Er in 1935. Originally known as the March of the Volunteers, it expresses the determination of the Chinese people ready to shed their blood and sacrifice their lives for the liberation.

English words for national Anthem

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Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves;With our very flesh and bloodLet us build our new Great Wall!The peoples of China are in the most

critical time,Everybody must roar his defiance.Arise! Arise! Arise!Millions of hearts with one mind,Brave the enemy’s gunfire.March on!Brave the enemy’s gunfire.March on! March on! March on, on!

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National Flag ~ is red in color and it has five yellow stars. The

color red symbolizes the spirit of the revolution, and the five stars signify the unity of the

people of China under the leadership of the Chinese

Communist Party. The flag first went up in Tiananmen Square on October 1, 1949, upon the formal proclamation that the People’s Republic

of China was founded.

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National Emblem ~ shows that Tiananmen under the light of

five stars, and it is framed with ears of grain and

a cogwheel. Tiananmen is the symbol of modern China . The cogwheel and the ears of grain

represent the working class and the peasantry respectively.

The five stars symbolize the solidarity of the various nationalities of China.

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When you hear the national anthem and watch the national flag rising, how will you feel

Love, loyalty, attachment, admiration, pride, devotion, etc.

Patriotism

~ is defined as the love and loyal support of one’s own country. It includes attachment to a country’s land and people, admiration for its customs and traditions, pride in its history, and devotion to it sometimes even at one’s own expense.

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Global Reading• Can you use one question to conclude

the main idea of each paragraph?

Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4Paragraph 5Paragraph 6

What does a patriot behave?Why did some nations lose their independence?Why did other nations, though small and weak, never lose their independence?What are roles of leaders and people in saving a nation?What are necessary qualities of patriotic leaders?What should a true patriot know?

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Paragraphs Main Ideas

Para. 1 How a patriot behaves./Definition of a patriot.

Para. 2 The reason why some nations lost their independencePara. 3 The reason why other nations, though small and weak, never lost their independence.Para. 4 The important role of a leader and the

support of its people in saving a nation.

Para. 5 The necessary qualities of patriotic leaders.

Para. 6 How to train people to be patriotic. (What a true patriot must know.)

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What is patriot? What will you do in case the great test comes? What should every soldier do for his country? Is every soldier a patriot according to the first

paragraph? What does the phrase “the great test” mean in

this paragraph?

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Why do some small and weak nations remain free and independent?

Why is it that the combination of leader and people may bring success?

Why can’t all the people become great leaders?

What qualities do great leaders have according to this paragraph?

What kind of people can become great leaders according to this paragraph?

When will patriotism grow in a country?

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Detailed Reading

• Difficult Sentences

• Language Points

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What do you think is required to maintain a country’s freedom and how far would you go to defend your own homeland? Do you believe patriotism can reinforce your sense of national independence and freedom? 你认为怎样才能保持一个国家的自由？你自己为了

保卫祖国又能做些什么？你是否认为爱国主义精神能增强你的民族独立与自由的意识吗？

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Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. 每一个士兵都应责无旁贷地恪尽职守，而优秀的士兵的表现更为突出：他们不顾自己生命安危，因为他们热爱

为之战斗的国家。

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They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life; and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.

他们爱她的山山水水，她的城市乡村，她的人民及其生活方式；他们愿意保卫她，同企图征服和摧毁她的敌人战斗到底。

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It has nearly always been because, when the great test came, when everything depend upon the most active resistance to the enemy, not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves in order that their country and their fellow-countrymen might continue to live in freedom and independence . 这几乎总是因为，当巨大的考验来临时，当需要对敌人进行最积极的抵抗时，没有更多的男女斗士愿意为了能使自己的国家和同胞继续自由和独立地生存而不惜牺牲生命。

Paragraph 2

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Why is it that some other nations, often small in population and power when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent in spite of great wars that have been fought round them or even within their own borders? 为什么另外一些国家，相比之下人口少、国力弱，

尽管境内外曾发生过大规模的战争，仍能连续数百年保持自由和独立？

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The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy. 答案在于这些国家的人都誓死不屈。 Often it happens that all the time of greatest danger, in the hour of need, a man arises and proves himself a great

leader. 往往出现这种情况：在最危险的时刻，在最需要的时候，有人挺身而出，证明自己是一位伟大的领导者。

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It is the combination of leader and people that bring success.

正是领袖和群众的结合才取得胜利。 It has been said that no man can command until he has learnt to obey, and obedience to lawful authority is part of our education. 人们说，只有先学会服从的人才能指挥，而服从合法政权是我们所受教育的一部分。

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Lastly, a true patriot must know as well as love his country. He will love it all the more for knowing it more thoroughly.最后，真正的爱国者除了热爱祖国以外，还必须了解自己的国家。他会因为要彻底地了解她而愈加热爱她。

Knowing them, we value them.认识这一切，我们就会珍视这一切。

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Those who are living today, with whom we share what has been won for us; and those who will live after us, to whom we shall hand on what we have been given and what we have added to it. 那些生活在今天的人们，我们同他们共享胜利果实；那些生活在我们之后的人们，我们将把前人所传，再加上我们的贡献，一起传给他们。

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be required to do sth All the students are required to hand

in their papers by the end of the week.We are required to get there before

noon.All passengers are required to go

through the security check before boarding any planes.

New Words and Expressions

Related words: ask for, request, demand

Extended words: required adj. requirement n.

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(require sth of sb ) 要求我提供证据。 It is required of me that I give evidence. The regulations require that all students shall attend at least 90% of the lectures. 条例规定所有学生上课出席率至少达到 90% 。 The urgency of the matter requires that we should take prompt action to help with the relief efforts in the disaster-stricken regions.

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Fight• fight for• fight against• fight with• fight back• fight one’s way throug

h • fight off• fight sth. out • fight about/over

为…斗争与…斗争与某人并肩作战回击 / 强忍打开一条出路击退，极力摆脱（通过争斗）解 决，平息（不和 )

争吵

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diedie for one’s belief / one’s country / love die of an illness / cancer / fever / thirst /

hungerdie from a gunshot / the wound /

pneumoniadie out

e.g. Elephants would die out if men were allowed to shoot as many as they wished.

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die away 逐渐消失、停止

die down (flames, storms, pain dying down)

die off die one by one:

e.g. The wind has died away again. 风又停了。

e.g. 1) His anger has died down a bit. 他的怒气平息一点了。 2) These rumors will soon die down.

e.g. The members of this family had all died off.

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be dying for/to do sth have a strong desire

be dying of extremely

e.g. 1) I’m really dying for a drink. 2) She is dying to see him again. 3) He is dying to have something to eat. 4) Jane is dying to know where her mother is.e.g. I was dying of boredom. 我厌烦极了。

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Handhand down give or leave to people

who are younger or come later

hand on give from one person to another

e.g. 1) This custom has been handed down since the18th century. 2) This ring has been handed from generation to generation in my family.

e.g. Please read this note and hand it on to your classmates.

be bound to certain, sure to do sth 一定能够e.g. 1) You are bound to succeed if you keep trying. 2) It’s bound to rain soon. 3) In a group as big as this, you are bound to get occasional disagreements.

placed under the lawful or moral need to act 有责任、有义务e.g. 1) I’m bound to admit failure. 2) she is not bound to pay the debts, but she has agreed to so as a gesture of goodwill.

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fastened by or as if by a band; keep close 被拴在……，一心扑在……

determined; having a firm intention 决意要做……

e.g. He is bound to his job.

e.g. He’s bound to go, and nothing will stop him.

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yield to sb/ sth surrender/allow oneself to be overcome by pressure e.g. 1)The army yielded under fierce attack. 2)The government has not yielded public opinion. 3)She yielded to temptation and had another

chocolate.

as well as:in addition toe.g. 1)He was kind as well as sensible. 2)I’m learning French as well as German. 3)His parents tried to be his friends as well as

his teacher.

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at the mercy of: in the power of sb/sth, under the control o

f sb/sth e.g.1) They were lost at sea, at the mercy of wind a

nd weather.2) China doesn’t like to be at the mercy of the

Super Powers.Extended words:merciful, merciless, mercifully, mercifulness, mercilessly, mercilessness

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all the more: to a greater degree; by an added quantity e.g. 1)No one would go with him or even speak to

him, and that made him angry all the more.2)If you say something openly against his plan,

he will stick to it all the more. 3)If you can’t eat your dessert, all the more for

us.

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Inversion

Never have I heard such a funny story.

Only then did I fully understand what my teacher said.

No sooner had I gone out than he came to see me.

Martin Luther King

King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968), American clergyman and Nobel Prize winner, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King’s challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s helped convince many white Americans to support the cause of civil rights in the United States. After his assassination in 1968, King became a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial justice.

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I Have a Dream I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right down in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

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Group Discussion

Let’s listen to a passages about a speech: I have a dream made by Martin Luther KingCan you describe the patriotism

between China and America in different time?

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Read the new words and expressions and learn them by heart, next time we’ll have a dictation.

Do Ex. 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 8 in student’s book on pages 7-11.

Preview Reading Skills and Writing Skills.

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