Module 6 War and Peace (Reading and vocabulary)By Fan Liyan War logoAnti-war logoPeace logoWorld War II CemeteryThe D-Day Landings The D-Day LandingsOperation Overlord: code name for the military operation in 1944 to invade France. D-Day / H-Hour: The terms D-Day and H-Hour are used for the day and hour on which an attack or operation is to be launched. "D" for the day of the invasion and "H" for the hour the operation actually begins. D-Day landings: D-Day Invasion or Invasion of Normandy. Read the three passages and choose the right answers.1.Where do you think the first passage is taken from?A. a history book B. a newspaper article2. What do you think the second passage is?A. a government report on the warB. the history of a particular group of soldiers3. What is different about the third passage?A. It refers to an event related to the warB. It refers to an event before the war Read passage one and answer the following questions :1. When did Operation Overlord start? 2. What was the purpose of Operation Overlord?3. What nationality were the troops taking part in the landing? 4. Where was the most dangerous place to land? It started when boats (which is) full of soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy in France.To invade France.British, American and Canadian.Omaha Beach.Map of D-Day LandingsEnglish ChannelGreat BritainFrance OmahaRead passage two 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 Boat 5 was hit by a shell,______. A. everyone was killed. B. most of the men were rescued from the water. 4. Si...
