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Unit 2The Freedom Giver

Part one Lead-in

Spot Dictation

Listen to the song and supply the missing

words.

Listen and Discuss

listen to the news and discuss the following

questions.

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Free     by Sarah Brightman

And do you still touch her like you do _And when you sleep with her,do you sometimes think of me _

I had to be freeHad to be freeIt‘s all that I wanted

I wanted to seeWanted to be______________________

I had to be freeHad to be free _

I wanted to see ， Wanted to be ， Free

Not if you love her the way that I see

From feelings that haunted

Kiss her all over in the way I kissed with you

Alone if I needed

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And then in the evening light,when the bars of freedom fall _How in the darkness stealssome of the choices from my hand _

I had to be freeHad to be free ;I wanted to seeWanted to beAlone if I needed;I had to be freeHad to be free________________________

I wanted to seeWanted to beFree;I had to be free, Had to be free, It's all that I wanted…

I watch the two of you in the shadows on the wall

Then will I begin to understand

From feelings that haunted

It's all that I wanted

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Listen and Discussion:

1. What is Lincoln’s striking characteristic that makes him great?

2. What kind of dilemma was Lincoln in when he took his office

as the 16th president of the USA?

3. What happened to him in 1835?

He is so vulnerable, so open, so funny. He is so alive."

He struggled to hold the Union together, meanwhile felt the moral obligation to emancipate the slaves.

He became severely depressed, for he had broken his engagement with Mary Todd Lincoln and knew he had hurt her by doing so; His best friend Joshua Speed was leaving Illinois to go back to Kentucky, his most intimate friend; And his political career was on a downward slide. So his friends were worried that he would suicide.

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"If my name ever goes into history, it will be for this act.""If my name ever goes into history, it will be for this act."Last weekend, President Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd came tLast weekend, President Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd came to life as actors Liam Neeson and Holly Hunter read excerpts fro life as actors Liam Neeson and Holly Hunter read excerpts from the Lincoln's letters and telegrams.om the Lincoln's letters and telegrams."Honorable A. Lincoln, president of the United States. We've "Honorable A. Lincoln, president of the United States. We've reached New York in safety, hope you are well. Please send me reached New York in safety, hope you are well. Please send me by mail today and check for 50 dollars. Ted says, 'Are the goats by mail today and check for 50 dollars. Ted says, 'Are the goats well?' "well?' ""Mrs. A. Lincoln, the check will go to you. Tell Ted the goats and "Mrs. A. Lincoln, the check will go to you. Tell Ted the goats and farther are very well, especially the goats."farther are very well, especially the goats."He had a sense of humor, obviously. One thing Doris Kearns He had a sense of humor, obviously. One thing Doris Kearns Goodwin learnt about the 16th president, while researchingGoodwin learnt about the 16th president, while researching

The Truth Behind Lincoln

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