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1. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 1-1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement I. Read aloud Read aloud Read the following poem aloud, making a pause between sense groups. Audiovisual supplements You Never Know Until You Try You never know until you try, and you never try unless you really try. You give it your best shot, You do the best you can, and you’ve done everything in your power and still "fail" — The truth of the matter is that you haven’t failed at all. When you reach for your dreams,

2. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 1-2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement No matter what they may be, You grow from the reaching, You learn from the trying, You win from the doing. Read aloud Audiovisual supplements

3. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 1-2-1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement II. Audiovisual supplements Read aloud Film episode: Raid on Rommel Audiovisual supplements Questions: 1. Why does the German Captain ask the prisoners to leave? 2. What do you think war may bring us? Answers for reference: 1. Because Tobruk has been conquered by German and it is safe. 2. Open answer.

4. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 1-2-2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement German Captain: Major: German Captain: Major: German Captain: Prisoner: German Captain: Prisoner: German Captain: Major, I have orders. You and your men are to leave at 12 for Tobruk. Tobruk? Why? That is crazy. Those are my orders. That’s an active war zone! As prisoners of war we are supposed to be sent to a safe area. Tobruk is now ours, Major. I assure you it is very safe. The Geneva Convention has explicit rules on ... We also have those rules. Your side was notified yesterday about the movement of prisoners. Hail Hitler! You will do that too. So prepare. We leave immediately. Read aloud Audiovisual supplements

5. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 1-2-2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Major: German Captain: Major: Merrihew: Major: Merrihew: And what if we refuse to go? We will leave you here. Then you will see there are worse things than dysentery. Merrihew! Sir? Pack it. Yes, sir. Read aloud Audiovisual supplements

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7. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 2-1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement I. Text analysis Text analysis Structural analysis This story is dedicated to all of the unknown soldiers who died while trying to protect the lives of the innocent. Cultural background

8. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 2-2-1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement II. Structural analysis Text analysis The first entry — the battlefield that the author and his fellow soldiers expected, the description of the enemy’s air raid and the feeling as a lucky survivor Structural analysis Cultural background The second entry — the grim situation the author had during war time and his affection for his family and his rage for “selfish and ignorant” killing and destruction The third entry — the author shifted his focus from the approaching death on the battlefield to his envisioned peace at home

9. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 2-3-1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement III. Cultural background At first it seemed that Germany had won a significant victory. Russia was out of the war and the High Command had realised its annexationist ambitions in the east. But the treaty also caused a number of serious problems. The lengthy deliberations seriously disrupted planning for the German spring offensive that was to begin on 21 March 1918. Over one million Text analysis Structural analysis Cultural background men were still in the east to enforce the treaty and to occupy the Ukraine. These forces were badly needed on the Western Front, and the disruption of agriculture due to war and civil war meant that they were able to extract precious little in the way of additional foodstuffs from the former Russian Empire to overcome the shortages at home.

10. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 2-3-2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Most serious of all, although very few of the German and allied troops were attracted to Communism, the Bolshevik appeal for an end to the war met with a powerful resonance and was the direct cause of a wave of strikes beginning in Vienna in January 1918 and spreading to Germany. Despite these problems, and although a number of senior commanders were exceedingly sceptical about the chances of success, German expectations were high that the 'Michael' offensive across the old Somme battlefields in March would end the war, with Germany victorious. The German Army made astonishing advances in the first few days of the offensive, advancing up to 60 kilometres (38 miles) and destroying the British Fifth Army. But the campaign soon became bogged down and degenerated into a series of limited attacks with no clear operational goal. Text analysis Structural analysis Cultural background

11. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 2-3-2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement The French counter-attacked in July, the British in August, and it was now clear that the Central Powers could not possibly win the war. Germany had lost the initiative, Austria-Hungary was on the verge of collapse and there was a chronic shortage of manpower. Text analysis Structural analysis Cultural background

12. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-S Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement The Diary of the Unknown Soldier This story is dedicated to all of the unknown soldiers who died while trying to protect the lives of the innocent. NOVEMBER 24, 1943 It has been almost six months since I last saw American soil, my family, or my home. My heart aches every moment because everywhere I look I see piles of rubble where houses used to stand and lifeless bodies that once moved around with the joy of life inside them. It is as if I have stared into death’s eyes and seen its hatred, its coldness. If it would have been some strangers’ corpses that I had seen I might have taken it lighter. But these lifeless heaps are, or used to be, my friends and colleagues. They all came here with an air of confidence and eagerness, ready to win. What fools

13. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text2-S Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement they were! Couldn’t those men see that what they received was a one-way ticket to death, couldn’t they have opened their eyes! Of course, I was like them, but I have changed my views since the last D-day, when our regiment was assigned to protect London. Today was rainy and cold, just like any other, when, out of the blue, German fighter planes bombarded our small, makeshift camp. All I could hear were the sounds of bombs exploding, crippling those people in their way. I was suddenly knocked into a trench and able to be undetected by the planes circling overhead. I was lucky.

14. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text3-S Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement When I came to, the Axis planes had gone and the few survivors that were left began scooping up bodies. I suffered minor head injuries, but the rest of my platoon wasn’t so fortunate. All I can say to describe the aftermath of the explosions is that it was a sea of blood. Right about this time thoughts of suicide entered my head, but I decided that I must go on. I must go on living this nightmare, if not for myself or my country, then for my family back home. I want my children to have a father. My family has been sending me mail, but I have received only a few letters so far. Oh, how I wish I could see my darling daughters! They are experiencing tough times too, with the food shortage problems and all. I hope the garden that they planted is growing. My thoughts drift to my wife now. She is so dear to me that I can’t stop thinking about her.

15. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text4-S Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement My job now is plane spotting. It is a civilian’s task, but there are no more civilians left to do it. I must end this entry now because I am too tired to go on writing. All I ask is that I be alive when this ends. Although I’m not so sure I’ll get my wish. NOVEMBER 29, 1943 I do not remember why I ever came here. Why does war have to be the way problems are solved? War just creates more problems; something every sensible person knows. I guess that means people like Hitler aren’t sensible. Now my K–rations are running low. My joints are frozen stiff and my ammunition has been used up. Word has it that the Axis powers are sending troops to our location within the month. My situation is grim and the odds of winning, or even surviving, seem unlikely. More blood has been shed and my body simply cannot take it. When I eat, sleep, and fight I have to stare

16. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text5-S Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement at cold, lifeless soldiers that look like they were never alive. If I return home I vow to keep these soldiers’ memories alive by telling their families they died bravely in an effort to save their country from turmoil. While that might not provide much to help them cope with their loss, it will make the children feel like their fathers made a difference. A few days ago my ragtag group of soldiers journeyed to a small European town that had been untouched by warfare. Still, the townspeople took all of the proper wartime precautions. One night, as I performed my routine watch, I passed a young girl of no more than twelve or thirteen, who was walking home. I couldn’t help thinking about my two daughters when I saw her. I fell apart inside and broke into tears, wondering yet again if I would ever see my family. I would give anything to see them, even if it was for five

17. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text6-S Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement minutes! I am not a man made for war, nor am I an adventurous person. I do not even remember my reason for joining in this madness! I guess I thought it was something that had to be done. A saying I once heard strikes a painful note in my head, “Even one war is too many.” The person who said it had a valid point. Never have I been so enraged at my fellowman before. Humans do err, but that is no excuse for ending innocent lives and destroying whole countries! No one has that right. How can we be so selfish and ignorant as to not care about each other! This thought makes me sicker than when I am staring at heaps of bodies strewn over the tattered soil. DECEMBER 24, 1943

18. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text7-S Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement I think we have a spy in our regiment because the nightmare has surfaced again. Our “secret” location is being invaded by Nazi troops as I write this down. I have hidden myself in a small trench, my last hope for surviving. I wish, with all my soul that I could be home now, in my own bed, waiting for Christmas morning to come. The children would be tucked in their beds, and my wife and I would be soundly asleep in our room. I am struggling to calm myself down, but my face is covered in dirt and sweat, and my head is pounding like mad. I am so close to death that I can actually feel its fiery breath engulfing me. To help keep me from panicking I am thinking of my daughters’ faces as they open their presents on Christmas Day. The faces are all aglow with delight. I will always remember their faces, wait — I hear footsteps coming in my direction. My rifle is useless since there are no shells in it. If this

19. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text8-9_S Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement is my last entry then please, whoever finds this, return it to my family. Oh my God! I can see from my hiding spot that a Nazi soldier is inspecting the trench. It is only a matter of time before he finds me. I have one last question before I die. Why? Almost nine and a half years after the last diary entry was written a British infantryman found the small journal as he was clearing away wreckage at the doomed battle site. The name of the author is today a mystery and it was not mentioned in the diary. Only the initial R was found in the bottom left-hand corner of the first page. The man, who is dubbed (named) “The Unknown Soldier”, was never found although we assume he is dead at this time. 1,200 words

20. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement The Diary of the Unknown Soldier This story is dedicated toall of the unknown soldiers who died while trying to protect the lives of the innocent. NOVEMBER 24, 1943 It has been almost six months since I last saw American soil, my family, or my home. My heart aches every moment because everywhere I look I seepiles of rubblewhere houses used to stand and lifeless bodies that once moved around with the joy of life inside them. It is as if I have stared into death’s eyes and seen itshatred, its coldness. If it would have been some strangers’corpsesthat I had seen I might have taken it lighter. But these lifelessheapsare, or used to be, my friends and colleagues. They all came herewith an air ofconfidence and eagerness, ready to win. What fools

21. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text2-W Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement they were! Couldn’t those men see that what they received was a one-way ticket to death, couldn’t they have opened their eyes! Of course, I was like them, but I have changed my views since the last D-day, when our regiment was assigned to protect London. Today was rainy and cold, just like any other, when, out of the blue, German fighter planes bombarded our small, makeshift camp. All I could hear were the sounds of bombs exploding, crippling those people in their way. I was suddenly knocked into a trench and able to be undetected by the planes circling overhead. I was lucky.

22. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text3-W Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement When I came to, the Axis planes had gone and the few survivors that were left began scooping up bodies. I suffered minor head injuries, but the rest of my platoon wasn’t so fortunate. All I can say to describe the aftermath of the explosions is that it was a sea of blood. Right about this time thoughts of suicide entered my head, but I decided that I must go on. I must go on living this nightmare, if not for myself or my country, then for my family back home. I want my children to have a father. My family has been sending me mail, but I have received only a few letters so far. Oh, how I wish I could see my darling daughters! They are experiencing tough times too, with the food shortage problems and all. I hope the garden that they planted is growing. My thoughts drift to my wife now. She is so dear to me that I can’t stop thinking about her.

23. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text4-W Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement My job now is plane spotting. It is a civilian’s task, but there are no more civilians left to do it. I must end this entry now because I am too tired to go on writing. All I ask is that I be alive when this ends. Although I’m not so sure I’ll get my wish. NOVEMBER 29, 1943 I do not remember why I ever came here. Why does war have to be the way problems are solved? War just creates more problems; something every sensible person knows. I guess that means people like Hitler aren’t sensible. Now my K–rations are running low. My joints are frozen stiff and my ammunition has been used up. Word has it that the Axis powers are sending troops to our location within the month. My situation is grim and the odds of winning, or even surviving, seems unlikely. More blood has been shed and my body simply cannot take it. When I eat, sleep, and fight I have to stare

24. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text5-W Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement at cold, lifeless soldiers that look like they were never alive. If I return home I vow to keep these soldiers’ memories alive by telling their families they died bravely in an effort to save their country from turmoil. While that might not provide much to help them cope with their loss, it will make the children feel like their fathers made a difference. A few days ago my ragtag group of soldiers journeyed to a small European town that had been untouched by warfare. Still, the townspeople took all of the proper wartime precautions. One night, as I performed my routine watch, I passed a young girl of no more than twelve or thirteen, who was walking home. I couldn’t help thinking about my two daughters when I saw her. I fell apart inside and broke into tears, wondering yet again if I would ever see my family. I would give anything to see them, even if it was for five

25. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text6-W Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement minutes! I am not a man made for war, nor am I an adventurous person. I do not even remember my reason for joining in this madness! I guess I thought it was something that had to be done. A saying I once heard strikes a painful note in my head, “Even one war is too many.” The person who said it had a valid point. Never have I been so enraged at my fellowman before. Humans do err, but that is no excuse for ending innocent lives and destroying whole countries! No one has that right. How can we be so selfish and ignorant as to not care about each other! This thought makes me sicker than when I am staring at heaps of bodies strewn over the tattered soil. DECEMBER 24, 1943

26. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text7-W Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement I think we have a spy in our regiment because the nightmare has surfaced again. Our “secret” location is being invaded by Nazi troops as I write this down. I have hidden myself in a small trench, my last hope for surviving. I wish, with all my soul that I could be home now, in my own bed, waiting for Christmas morning to come. The children would be tucked in their beds, and my wife and I would be soundly asleep in our room. I am struggling to calm myself down, but my face is covered in dirt and sweat, and my head is pounding like mad. I am so close to death that I can actually feel its fiery breath engulfing me. To help keep me from panicking I am thinking of my daughters’ faces as they open their presents on Christmas Day. The faces are all aglow with delight. I will always remember their faces, wait — I hear footsteps coming in my direction. My rifle is useless since there are no shells in it. If this

27. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text8-9_W Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement is my last entry then please, whoever finds this, return it to my family. Oh my God! I can see from my hiding spot that a Nazi soldier is inspecting the trench. It is only a matter of time before he finds me. I have one last question before I die. Why? Almost nine and a half years after the last diary entry was written a British infantryman found the small journal as he was clearing away wreckage at the doomed battle site. The name of the author is today a mystery and it was not mentioned in the diary. Only the initial R was found in the bottom left-hand corner of the first page. The man, who is dubbed (named) “The Unknown Soldier”, was never found although we assume he is dead at this time. 1,200 words

28. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-S-D-day Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement D-day Paraphrase: It is the planners’ designation of the day on which to start a military operation. The actual date of the operation will be fixed later. 这是计划者指定的作为军事训练的一天。一般实际日期要晚些定下来。

29. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-S-All I ask Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement All I ask is that I be alive when this ends. Paraphrase: In the clause after “ask”, subjunctive is preferred. More examples: I ask that he be given his due. He has asked that the proposal be discussed at the meeting. 我所希望的是一切结束后我还能活着。

30. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-S-K-rations Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement K–rations Paraphrase: provisions for US soldiers during World War II 二战期间给予美兵的供应品

31. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text2-S_word has Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Word has it that ... Paraphrase: It is said that ... 据说……

32. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-S-Axis powers Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Axis powers Paraphrase: They referred to the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan in World War II that opposed the Allies ,which were Russia, France, Great Britain and later many others, including the US.

33. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-S-It will make… Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement It will make the children feel like their fathers made a difference. Paraphrase: It will make the children feel that their father did not die for nothing. 那会让孩子们觉得他们的父亲死得值。

34. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-S-Humans do err… Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Humans do err. Paraphrase: It’s an allusion in the Bible. The original sentence is “It is human to err.” 凡人孰能无过。

35. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-be dedicated to Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement be dedicated to 1) to set apart for a special use e.g. Their money was dedicated to scientific research. 2) to commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action e.g. We are dedicated to starting our own business. Comparison: devote, dedicate, consecrate, pledge Devote implies faithfulness and loyalty. Dedicate connotes a solemn, often formal commitment. Consecrate suggests sacred commitment. To pledge is to back a personal commitment by a solemn promise. e.g. Nurses devote themselves to the care of the sick. e.g. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes. e.g. His entire life is consecrated to science. e.g. I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

36. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-be dedicated to2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Derivation: dedication n. Practice: Fill in the following blanks with the proper forms of dedicate, consecrate, devote and pledge. ________ dedicated 1) The monument is to the memory of soldiers killed in the defense of the country. ________ 2) The doctor his life to improving hospital care in his community. dedicated ________ 3) They have that they will always remain faithful. pledged __________ consecrated 4) His entire life is to science. _______ 5) He his life to helping blind people. devoted

37. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-piles of Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement piles of a lot of e.g. piles of books Comparison: pile up 1) to accumulate 2) (informal) to undergo a serious vehicular collision

38. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-rubble Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement rubble n. a loose mass of angular fragments of rock or masonry crumbled by natural or human forces e.g. The rubble blocked the road.

39. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-rubble2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Practice: Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 建筑物被轰炸成了碎片瓦砾。 2) 我们正在修建以碎石为路基的道路。 The building was reduced to rubble by bombing. We are building a road with the foundation of rubble.

40. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-hatred1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement hatred n. intense animosity or hostility e.g. He declared his hatred of enemies. Comparison: bear sb. hatred

41. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-hatred2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Practice: Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 我对任何人都不怀恨。 2) 这种仇恨只能导致流血事件。 I bear hatred against no man. Such hatred can only lead to bloodshed.

42. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-corpse1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement corpse n. a dead body, especially the dead body of a human e.g. The corpse is decaying. Comparison: remains, corpse remains: ancient ruins or fossils corpse: the dead body of a human being

43. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-corpse2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Practice: Fill in the following blanks with the proper forms of remain and corpse: ________. 1) He is a living corpse ________ 2) There are the of an old castle. remains

44. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-heap1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement heap n. • a group of things placed or thrown, one on top of the other e.g. a heap of dirty rags lying in the corner 2) (informal) a great deal; a lot, often used in plural form e.g. We have heaps of homework tonight. Comparison: heap, bank, mound, pile, stack These nouns denote a group or collection of things lying one on top of the other.

45. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-heap2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Comparison: e.g. a heap of old newspapers e.g. a bank of thunderclouds e.g. a mound of boulders e.g. a stack of firewood e.g. a pile of boxes Practice: Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 那有一大堆书。 2) 我们有的是时间。 There is a big heap of books. We are in heaps of time.

46. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-with an air of 1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement with an air of seeming to have/be e.g. He is smiling with an air of triumph. Idiom: in the air: prevalent up in the air: not yet decided; uncertain e.g. Excitement was in the air.

47. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-with an air of 2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Practice: Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 他带着事情已成定局的神情摇了摇头。 2) 他带着一种会意的神情点了点头。 He shook his head with an air of finality. He nodded with an air of knowing.

48. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-regiment1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement regiment n. 1) a military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel e.g. The general is reviewing a regiment. 2) a large group of people e.g. There is a regiment of students.

49. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text1-W-regiment2 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement Practice: Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 骑兵团正在战斗。 2) 那有一大群鸭子。 A regiment of cavalry are in the war. There are regiments of ducks over there.

50. The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 3.text2-W-out of the blue1 Section One: Pre-reading Activities Section Two: Global Reading Section Three: Detailed Reading Section Four: Consolidation Activities Section Five: Further Enhancement out of the blue 1) from an unexpected or unforeseen source e.g. criticism that came out of the blue 2) at a completely unexpected time e.g. a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue