15.rescue v.营救，拯救

Ⅱ.重点短语

1.declare war on向......宣战

2.take part in参加

3.get off从(车/船/飞机上)下来

4.make a breakthrough取得重大突破(进展)

5.pick up停下来让某人搭车(船等)；救起

6.fight with sb.与某人并肩作战；与某人打架

7.be situated on 坐落于......，位于......

Ⅲ.重点句式

1.before引导的时间状语从句

The operation was extremely dangerous and many soldiers were killed before they even got off the boats.

这次登陆行动异常危险，很多士兵还没来得及下船就牺牲了。

2.so...that...如此......以至于......

The situation at Omaha Beach was so bad that the US army commanders thought about abandoning the invasion.奥马哈海滩的形势非常严峻，以至于美军司令官都考虑放弃进攻了。

3.形容词作状语

The survivors lay on the beach，exhausted and shocked.

死里逃生的战士躺在海滩上，疲惫不堪，心有余悸。

4.现在分词作后置定语；from where＋定语从句

The cemetery and memorial are situated on a cliff overlooking(overlook) the beach and the English Channel，from where the boats attempted their landings.墓地和纪念碑坐落在一处悬崖之上，从那里可以俯瞰海滩和英吉利海峡，当时一艘艘船只就试图从那里登陆。

Ⅰ.阅读课文，匹配各部分大意

1.Passage 1　A.describing the memory for the D-Day landings

2.Passage 2　B.introducing the reason of the D-Day landings

3.Passage 3　C.telling us the history of the Able Company

答案　1. B　2.C　3.A

Ⅱ.课文判断正(T)误(F)

1.The Second World War lasted for five years.(F)

2.The soldiers getting off the ships were killed by German soldiers.(T)