First Listening
Please listen to a short passage carefully and prepare to answer some questions.
During World War II, life in England was filled with hardships and sorrow because Hitler’s Nazi air force was bombing London repeatedly. The people of the country had to pull together and help one another in countless ways so that normal daily life could continue as much as possible. England’s Royal Air Force was heroic in the way the few pilots continued to meet and fight against the tremendous number of Nazi airplanes. The citizens on the ground worked bravely and with determination to rescue the wounded, put out the fires, and dig out the buried. Men, women and children felt the effects but stood firm, willing to resist until the last Englishman died if necessary.
Second Listening
Listen to the tape again. Then answer the following questions with your own experiences.
1. Why was the Nazi air force repeatedly bombing London?
2. Discuss some ways the people of England coped with the suffering of this time.
3. Do you think the English people considered giving up? Why didn’t they?
