syrian drowned boy

1. Hanlin English Book 3 Unit 3 What Did They Send to the Kids? Class:____No:_____ Date:____
Warm up Task One: Group Discussion Fortuna Lu 20150913
Group Discussion
What do you see in the photo in the left column?
Answers:
A Turkish gendarme carries
the body of Alan Kurdi, 3, who
drowned along with his brother
Galip, 5, and their mother, in a
failed attempt to sail to the
Greek island of Kos, in the
coastal town of Bodrum, Turkey,
on Sept. 2, 2015.
What do you think after reading the passage in the left
column?
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Task Two: Get Reading
Shocking images of drowned Syrian boy show
tragic plight of refugees
Young boy found lying face-down on a beach near Turkish
resort of Bodrum was one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned
attempting to reach Greece
The full horror of the human tragedy unfolding on the shores
of Europe was brought home on Wednesday as images of the
lifeless body of a young boy – one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned attempting to reach the
Greek island of Kos – encapsulated the extraordinary risks refugees are taking to reach the west.
The picture, taken on Wednesday morning, depicted the dark-haired toddler, wearing a
bright-red T-shirt and shorts, washed up on a beach, lying face down in the surf not far from
Turkey’s fashionable resort town of Bodrum.
A second image portrays a grim-faced policeman carrying the tiny
body away. Within hours it had gone viral becoming the top
trending picture on Twitter under the hashtag
#KiyiyaVuranInsanlik (humanity washed ashore).
Turkish media identified the boy as three-year-old Aylan Kurdi and
reported that his five-year-old brother had also met a similar death. Both had reportedly hailed
from the northern Syrian town of Kobani, the site of fierce fighting between Islamic state
insurgents and Kurdish forces earlier this year.

2. Reflections: Write down at least two sentences to express your reflections after you read the article
above.
Task Three: Think & Answer
What Syrian refugees carry in their bags as they leave their lives behind
one pair of pants one shirt
a syringe marshmallows
sweet cream soap
toothbrush toothpaste
bandages
After you see the photo of the bags of Syrian refugees, think and discuss with your group
the question “What can you do to help them?”