[To Napoleon's surprise, the Russians refused to stand and fight. They retreated eastward, burning their crops and homes as they went. 3)Napoleon didn 't capture the capital of Russia. (F) I Napoleon captured the capital of Russia: Moscow] 4)Hitler began an invasion of the Soviet Union that was the largest military land campaign in 5)German troops adopted scorch-earth policy when they entered Russia.(F) I Stalin instructed the Russian people to burn and destroy farms and factories. I 6)Hitler failed to capture Moscow because of the strong resistance from the Russian people F)[Hitler failed to capture Moscow because of the severe winter in Russia. I 5. Questions and Answers: 1)What happened to Napoleons army when it was retreating from Moscov --.The russians launched hit-and-run attacks on the french from fields and forests on the other hand, the temperature dropped to minus 4 degrees Celsius and Napoleon's army didnt have nough clothes, food and shelter. 2)Why didnt the russian people defend their homeland in the face of Napoleons offensive? They would like to take advantage of their nature situation to fight for them 3)What tactics did Hitler use in the invasion of the Soviet Union? He planned to use the blitzkrieg, or" lightning war", tactics that had defeated the rest of Euro 4)What was the significance of the battle of Stalingrad It was one of the most important battles. It ended Germany's ongoing offensive against the oviet Union and along with the second Battle of El Alamein paved the way for Nazi germanys eventual defeat 5)What conclusion does the author draw from Napoleons and Hitlers military campaigns? The elements of nature must be reckoned with in any military campaign While-reading tasks 1. T asks Ss to survey the text within three minutes and find out the main idea: Man changes nature in order to live. However, man must also be careful not to disregard the laws of nature. In this text, Napoleon and Hitler launched military campaigns against Russia(the Soviet Union), but they both ignored the raw, bitter, bleak Russian winter-the Icy Defender. As a result, they both failed 2. t draws Ss'attention to the subtitles in the text, then leads them through text Organization Exercise 1. In this way Ss will have a better understanding of the text structure The text can be divided into four parts, as can be easily seen from the subtitles provided by the author Part One(Paras 1-2): Introduction- Both Napoleon's and Hitlers military campaigns failed because of the severity of the Russian winter. Part Two(Paras 3-11): Napoleons military campaign against Russia Part Three(Paras 12-20): Hitler's military campaign against the Soviet Union Part Four(Para 21 ): Conclusion- The elements of nature must be reckoned with in any military campaign T explains the language points in Parts I-IV, and has Ss practice them 4. Ss form groups to analyze the similarities and differences between the two invasions. When they finish, some Ss groups report to class 3. Language points 1. stand/get/be in the way: prevent from doing sth --Sara has made up her mind that her leisure interest should never get in the way of her career I don't think kids have as much fun as we used to. Fierce competition keeps getting in the way of their relaxation 2. launch: start: send sth. on its course --ln 1941, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, launched an attack against the soviet Union.开始攻击3 [To Napoleon’s surprise, the Russians refused to stand and fight. They retreated eastward, burning their crops and homes as they went.] 3) Napoleon didn’t capture the capital of Russia. ( F ) [ Napoleon captured the capital of Russia: Moscow] 4) Hitler began an invasion of the Soviet Union that was the largest military land campaign in history. ( T ) 5）German troops adopted scorch-earth policy when they entered Russia. ( F ) [ Stalin instructed the Russian people to burn and destroy farms and factories.] 6) Hitler failed to capture Moscow because of the strong resistance from the Russian people. ( F ) [Hitler failed to capture Moscow because of the severe winter in Russia.] 5. Questions and Answers: 1) What happened to Napoleon’s army when it was retreating from Moscow? ---The Russians launched hit-and-run attacks on the French from fields and forests. On the other hand, the temperature dropped to minus 4 degrees Celsius and Napoleon’s army didn’t have enough clothes, food and shelter. 2) Why didn’t the Russian people defend their homeland in the face of Napoleon’s offensive? ---They would like to take advantage of their nature situation to fight for them. 3) What tactics did Hitler use in the invasion of the Soviet Union? --- He planned to use the blitzkrieg, or “lightning war”, tactics that had defeated the rest of Europe. 4) What was the significance of the battle of Stalingrad? ---It was one of the most important battles. It ended Germany’s ongoing offensive against the Soviet Union and along with the second Battle of El Alamein paved the way for Nazi Germany’s eventual defeat. 5) What conclusion does the author draw from Napoleon’s and Hitler’s military campaigns? ---The elements of nature must be reckoned with in any military campaign. While-reading Tasks 1. T asks Ss to survey the text within three minutes and find out the main idea: - Man changes nature in order to live. However, man must also be careful not to disregard the laws of nature. In this text, Napoleon and Hitler launched military campaigns against Russia (the Soviet Union), but they both ignored the raw, bitter, bleak Russian winter — the Icy Defender. As a result, they both failed. 2. T draws Ss’ attention to the subtitles in the text, then leads them through Text Organization Exercise 1. In this way Ss will have a better understanding of the text structure. - The text can be divided into four parts, as can be easily seen from the subtitles provided by the author. Part One (Paras 1-2): Introduction — Both Napoleon’s and Hitler’s military campaigns failed because of the severity of the Russian winter. Part Two (Paras 3-11): Napoleon’s military campaign against Russia Part Three (Paras 12-20): Hitler’s military campaign against the Soviet Union Part Four (Para 21): Conclusion — The elements of nature must be reckoned with in any military campaign. 3. T explains the language points in Parts I-IV, and has Ss practice them. 4. Ss form groups to analyze the similarities and differences between the two invasions. When they finish, some Ss groups report to class. 3. Language Points: 1. stand / get / be in the way: prevent from doing sth. --Sara has made up her mind that her leisure interest should never get in the way of her career. --I don’t think kids have as much fun as we used to. Fierce competition keeps getting in the way of their relaxation. 2. launch: start; send sth. on its course --In 1941, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, launched an attack against the Soviet Union. 开始攻击