2015年高中英语 unit2 people on the move project课件 牛津译林版选修10..ppt

1. Do you know that there is a group of people in the world who keep travelling from place to place? 2. Do you know why they are always travelling? Do you want to know more about the Romany? Read the text ‘The wandering Romany’ and answer the following questions. probably first from India now in many countries, mostly in Europe no written history about 60 varieties of their own languages population about 9.8 million always on the move choose not to become citizens in any country they move to stay in small groups wear traditional clothes and jewellery love music known for fortune-telling know many different trades were not trusted and were discriminated against because of their clothes and skin looked down upon as thieves or pests made laws to try to break up their families and to force them to settle, to force men and boys to join the army and to work, to forbid women to have children, to take children away from their mothers and put them into institutions, to forbid them to use the Romany language and to wear their traditional clothes were hunted and killed by the Nazis during World War II 1. What examples are given in the article to show the Romany are different from groups in other cultures? 2. What examples are given that show European’s prejudice against the Romany throughout history? 3. How will you get information to use in your research? * What are they doing? They are wandering all over the world. Where are they? They are on a vast grassland. What is this article aimed to do? To explain the history of the Romany and the reasons for their movement. Fast Reading 1. Where did the Romany first come from? The Romany are thought to have first come from India. Careful Reading Their main characteristic is that they do not stay settled for a long period of time, and always move on to another place. 2. What is the Romany’s main characteristic? During World War II, the Romany, along with gays and Jews, lived in terror. The