《2025年金版新学案高中英语必修第三册》

THE POWER OF GOOD
“The British Schindler”: the life of Nicholas Winton
It is August 1939, and a group of frightened children are boarding¹ a train at Prague's Wilson Station. Their heartbroken parents do not join them. Indeed, they fear they may never see their children again. But they know that their children will live. These are among the 669 children, most of them Jewish, that Nicholas Winton will go on to save from death at the hands of the Nazis.
In December 1938, a friend asked Winton to come to Prague to aid people who were escaping from the Nazis. In Prague, Winton saw people living in terrible conditions and whose lives were in danger. He decided to help transport² children to safety in Britain. By August 1939, Winton had saved 669 children.
For the most part, he did not mention the children he saved, and his actions soon disappeared from people's memories.
That all changed in 1988 when his wife Grete found a forgotten journal at home. The journal contained photographs and names of the children and addresses of the families that took them in³. She sent the journal to a newspaper, and that year Winton was seen on the British television programme That's Life. At one point, the host asked people in the audience to stand up if Nicholas Winton had saved their lives. A shocked Winton watched as the majority of people rose to their feet.
Later, Winton received various honours for his achievement, including a knighthood⁴ in 2003, and the Czech government's highest honour, the Order of the White Lion, in 2014.
Nicholas Winton passed away on 1 July 2015, at the age of 106. As the Chinese saying goes, “A kind-hearted person lives a long life.”
（节选自外研版新教材必修第三册 Unit 2）
词海拾贝
1. board vt. 上（船或火车、飞机等）
2. transport vt. 运输，运送
3. take sb in 收留某人
4. knighthood n. （英国的）爵士封号或头衔
阅读问答
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1. Who was Nicholas Winton and what did he do in 1939?Nicholas Winton was a British man who saved 669 children,mostly Jewish, from death at the hands of the Nazis in 1939.
2. How did the world come to know about Winton's heroic actions?The world learned about Winton’s actions in 1988 when his wife found a forgotten journal with details about the children he saved.And then the journal was sent to a newspaper.
3. What honors did Nicholas Winton receive for his actions?Nicholas Winton received various honors including a knighthood in 2003and the Czech government's highest honour,the Order of the White Lion,in 2014.

答案： 1.Nicholas Winton was a British man who saved 669 children, mostly Jewish, from death at the hands of the Nazis in 1939. 2.The world learned about Winton's actions in 1988 when his wife found a forgotten journal with details about the children he saved. And then the journal was sent to a newspaper. 3.Nicholas Winton received various honors including a knighthood in 2003 and the Czech government's highest honour, the Order of the White Lion, in 2014.