黑龙江省宁安市东京城林业局第三中学高中英语 Module 6 War and Peace Introduction; Vocabulary and Reading学案外研版选修6
学习目标：学习并正确理解战争与和平，诺曼底登陆有关的课文。
自学指导：语境中运用本模块所学词汇及阅读技巧，正确理解课文。
I.根据课文内容完成下面的短文
The Second World War,1.which lasted until 1945，started when Britain declared war 2.on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. The most important battle of the war in Europe was Operation Overlord.
Troops from the United St ates，Britain and Canada took part 3.in the DDay landing s. More than 5,000 ships crossed the English Channel,4.carrying (carry) 130,000 troops to the French coast. The Operation was extremely dangerous and many soldiers 5.were killed (kill) before 6.they even got off the boats. And many drowned in the deep water before help arrived.
American soldiers attempted to land at the most dangerous place,7.known (know) as Omaha Beach. The situation at Omaha Beach was so bad 8.that the US army commanders thought about abandoning the invasion .Eventually，the soldiers made 9.a breakthrough and the DDay landings were 10.successful (success)．
II.重点单词学习：
1.despite prep. 不管，不顾
(回归课本P83)The UN couldn’t stop a terrible civil war in the African state of Rwanda in 1995，despite warnings of the dangers from nearby states.
