The aging gun jams after a few rounds, underscoring one of the opposition's major problems, a lack of effective heavy weapons to counter Colonel Gadhafi's tanks and warplanes.

　　The volunteers, dressed mostly in jeans and shirts, a few with camouflage fatigues(迷彩服), muster to the commands of the drill sergeant.

　　Mustafa Sagisli commands this training unit. He is a computer engineer who owns a small business in Benghazi, but he closed it to join the resistance. He says

　　the opposition's biggest challenges are a lack of organization and a lack of equipment.

　　Pursuing freedom

　　Ramadan Korehol, a medical student, is eager to finish his training so he can go to the front. He says sometimes one has to fight in order to be free.

　　Yusef Sharif was a master­sergeant(军士长) in the Libyan army. Now he trains civilians who call themselves revolutionaries. He says they receive only a few weeks training, but that is enough because they are committed.

　　"We don't have any problems... because all these young guys are educated and some have high academic qualifications，" noted Sharif. "They learn quickly and we try to teach them precisely how to use these small weapons."

　　【诱思导学】

　　1．What's the reason of the Libyan civil war?

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　　2．How is the situation between the government troops and the opposition forces?

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　　【答案】　1.The reason is that people in Libya are opposing the government of the dictator Gadhafi.

　　2．The Gadhafi troops are better­trained than the opposition forces, but opposition leaders are trying to change that, and they think they are fighting for the freedom of the people.

Period ⅠPreviewing

　　(教师用书独具)

　　●教学目标

　　初步掌握本课文中的词汇，浅层次理解课文，了解相关的背景知识。

　　●课标解读

　　本课时主要是通过学生对学案所给出的内容的学习，了解本课文中所出现的词汇，初步了解课文以及相关的背景知识，对下一堂课对课文的全面理解起到一个铺垫作用。

　　●教学地位

　　通过学习有关诺曼底登陆的文章讨论"战争与和平"这一话题，教育学生热爱和平，反对战争。积极参与课堂中的小组活动，从中发现和学习其他同学有效的学习方法；了解联合国、联合国维和部队的情况；维护人类正义，珍爱世界和平。