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1、U5,Additional lnformation for the Teachers Reference,Text Solve That Problem with Humor,Warm-up Activities,Further Reading,Speaking Skills,Additional Work,Warm-up Activities,Warm-up 1,1. How important is a sense of humour to social life? Cite examples to illustrate your idea. 2. Some people think a
2、sense of humour is innate, a quality that one is born with, while others believe it can be cultivated later in life. Which one do you believe in? How can we cultivate a sense of humour, if possible? 3. Tell a humorous story that you know to amuse the class.,1. William D. Ellis William D. Ellis is an
3、 American novelist. Seemingly part archaeologist, part anthropologist, part genealogist, and part psychologist, Ellis mined the centuries to unearth the raw material he would mold into his fiction and nonfiction books. With no instrument more elaborate than a typewriter, he managed to create popular
4、 regional histories and award-winning volumes of historical fiction that brought Ohios past to life in a manner that was not just informative and entertaining, but as vivid as an epic film. Ellis received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his best-selling trilogy of novels: Bounty Lands (1958), Jonath
5、an Blair:,AIFTTR1,Additional Information for the Teachers Reference,AIFTTR2,Bounty Lands Lawyer (1966), and The Brooks Legend. They reflected the reality of life on the frontier at a time when Ohio was considered “the West” and the hardships of daily existence far outweighed the pleasures.,AIFTTR3,2
6、. Roland Michener Daniel Roland Michener (1900 - 1991)was Governor General of Canada from 1967 to 1974. In 1967, he became the first governor general to give the Order of Canada, the nations highest civilian honor. He also awarded the first Order of Military Merit in 1972. And he encouraged all Cana
7、dians to learn both English and French. His tenure as Canadas Governor General is often considered to be a key turning point in the history of his office. Since his retirement the Governor Generalship has moved dramatically in a less formal direction.,AIFTTR4,3. Europes Common Market,The European Ec
8、onomic Community (EEC), also known as the “Common Market” in the United Kingdom, was an international organization created in 1957 to bring about economic integration between Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Many nations of Western Europe banded together into various organization
9、s during the postwar years. These nations hoped to solve problems by working together more closely. The Council of Europe was formed in 1949 to link its member nations culturally, socially, and economically. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), organized in 1951, sought,AIFTTR5,to unify the
10、 coal, iron, and steel industries of Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany. In 1957, the six ECSC members formed the European Economic Community (EEC) which aimed at removing barriers to the movement of goods, workers, capital, and services among its members. It since
11、 enlarged to six other states and from 1967 its institutions also governed the ECSC and European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) under the term European Communities. When the European Union (EU) was created in 1993, the EEC was transformed into the European Community, one of the EUs three
12、pillars, with EEC institutions continuing as those of the EU.,AIFTTR6,4. London Blitz In the summer of 1940, Germany began an all-out air attack on Britain. London became the chief target of the attack. The Blitz, as the attack was known, lasted from September 1940 to May 1941. Night after night, Ge
13、rman planes dropped tons of bombs on the built-up area. The City and the industrial East End were especially hard-hit. People took refuge in air-raid shelters and subway stations as fires raged through whole blocks of buildings.,AIFTTR7,5. George C. Marshall Marshall, George Catlett (1880-1959), an
14、American soldier and statesman, served as chief of staff of the United States Army during World War II (1939-1945). Winston Churchill acclaimed him as “organizer of victory” for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II. He also served as secretary of state from 1947 to 1949 and as secret
15、ary of defense in 1950 and 1951. Marshall was the first professional soldier to become secretary of state. In 1947, while serving in that post, he proposed the European Recovery Program, also called the Marshall Plan. Under this plan, the United States spent billions of dollars to rebuild war-torn W
16、estern Europe. The Marshall Plan is credited,AIFTTR8,with helping check the spread of Communism in Europe. Marshalls role in European reconstruction earned him the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize.,AIFTTR8,6. Roosevelt,Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945),often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945 and is the only U. S. president to have served more than two terms. Roosevelt led the
