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1、Unit5TheLightattheEndoftheChunnelTeachingobjectives1.tobefamiliarwithnarrationininformaltone2.togetagoodunderstandingabouttherelationshipbetweenFranceandtheGreatBritainfromthehistoricalviewpointTeachingprocedureI.Pre-readingquestions:1.Asfaryouknow,doyouthinktransportationplaysanessentialro
2、leinacountry’sdevelopment?Howandinwhataspects?2.WhatisthesignificanceofEnglishChannelTunnel?3.HowdidtheEnglishandtheFrenchpeoplelookattheChunnel,joyouslyorresentfully?Whydoyouthinkso?I.TheEnglishChannel1.EnglishChannel,narrowsea,westernEurope,separatesFranceandGreatBritain(knowninFrenchasLa
3、Manche(“thesleeve”).2.ItsprincipalislandsaretheIsleofWightandtheChannelIslands.3.ThechannelisatitsnarrowestbetweenDoverinEnglandandCapeGris-Nez,nearCalais,inFrance,itbeing34kmwide.II.Backgroundknowledge1.ThefunctionoftheEnglishChannel1)asarouteforinvadersofBritainfromtheContinent:a.crossedb
4、yJuliusCaesar’slegionin55B.C.b.Normanforcesin10662)Asabarrier:NapoleonandHitlerthreatenedtocrossit,theyfailed.3)TheChannelhaschieflyservedasaphysicalbarriertotheinvasionofBritain.2.Thelong-lastingAnglo-Frenchconflict1)In1066,William,DukeofNormandy,France,conqueredEnglandandbecameKingWilliam
5、IofEngland.2)In1154KingHenryIIrecoveredtheEnglishthrone.FranceassistedScotland,overwhichtheEnglishkingsattemptedtodominate.Thesesourcesoffrictionledtofightingbetweenthe2countriesfrom1294-1337.3)In1337,EdwardIIIofEnglandtookthetitleofKingofFrance.thisstepbegantheHundredYears’Warwhichcontinue
6、donandoffuntil1453.4)DuringKingHenryVIII’sreign(1509-1547),EnglandagaininvadedFranceandexpandeditsholdingsaroundCalais.5)From1689to1815therewasaseriesofconflictsbetweenBritainandFrancefordominationoftheNorthAmericancontinent.ItlasteduntilthefinaldefeatofNapoleonatWaterlooin1815.103.TheChann
7、elTunnelProject1)1802fromaFrenchengineer,theBritishgovernmentheldoffforsecurityreasons.2)Early1880s,diggingbegan,theprojectwascancelledagainforthesamereason.3)1950s,themissileagemadethedefenseconsiderationobsolete.In1964,the2governmentsagreedtoproceedwit
