Unit 14 Freedom fighters-- Listening & Speaking Warming-up: Brainstorming.What does “freedom” mean to you?freedom Being free to express your opinionsHaving the right to do as one pleasesYour opinions ? Why? Warming-up: Guess who they are, then give a brief introduction about one of them. Pre-listening : A Brief Introduction of Martin Luther King, Jr Birth: 1929, Atlanta, GeorgiaCareer:•Win an entrance prize to a college in one of the northern states at 15•Be a minister in the church in 1948•Continue his studies from 1948 to 1951 in Philadelphia•Deliver the famous speech I Have A Dream on August 28, 1963•Receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964•Be murdered on April 4th, 1968 Listening: Exercise 1: Answer the following questions.1 . What kind of talk did Martin Luther King, Jr give?2 . What was his talk about?3 . When did he give this talk?The talk he gave was a speech.The speech is about freedom for black people.The speech was given in 1963. Exercise 2: Write down the phrases and short sentences repeated a few times in King’s speech.1. _______________________________________.2. _______________________________________.3. _______________________________________.I have a dream.Let freedom ring.Free at last. Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences according to what you hear on the tape.1. We still have to ________ the __________ that the Negro was not ________.2. The hurricanes of revolution would continue to shake the foundations of the __________.3. My four children will one day live in a __________ where they will not be judged by the __________ of their skin but by the ________ of their __________.4. When we let freedom ________ we will b e able to join hands and __________ in the words ...
