You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt will disappear
And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
……
2.Group Discussion: Do You Know
Q1. What makes a hero
Open answers.
Q2. Can you name some heroes What do you think that makes them heroes
Open answers.
Q3. Have you ever tried to find a hero in yourself
Open answers.
Q4. Do you think every ordinary person can be a hero if he wants to
Step 2. Background Information
The Author: Roger Rosenblatt
Roger Rosenblatt is a journalist, author, playwright and professor. As an essayist for Time magazine, he has won two George Polk Awards, and awards from the Overseas Press Club and the American Bar Association. Roger Rosenblatt, an American playwright and essayist, is the author of six books. This essay on an airplane crash in Washington, ., originally appeared in Time on January 25, 1982.
Theme of the Text
Ask students to read the text and then express their ideas about heroism Heroism: Heroism of course has been admired. But this man’s heroism was unusual. People usually expect revolutionaries to die martyrs; true believers to be willing to die for their faith; people ready to lay down their lives in performing their duty; even people to show courage in their attempt to win power, influence, money or to save their loved ones. But the man in the water did not fit any of these descriptions.
The man in the water did not have to give his rings to others; he did not even know these people. He was extraordinary precisely because he was ordinary. He showed what every one of us could do. The display of his heroism was a song to the beautiful human character. This is true heroism.
Background
This is short essay about an air crash that took place in the capital of the US in the year 1982. A plane took off from the Washington National Airport and did not clear the bridge over the Potomac River because of the thick ice on the wings. It hit the bridge and fell right into the river, bringing all the passengers to instant death except six from the tail section who found themselves gasping and struggling in the icy water. Only five people survived, and they were able to survive because of four heroes. The author wrote this essay in praise of these heroes, three of whom had risked their lives to rescue the survivors and were able to live to tell the story, but the man that really held the whole nation’s attention was the fourth man who had kept pushing his lifeline and floatation rings to others until he went under.
The fact that this hero happened to be an American should remind us that heroism is not a national trait. No nation has a monopoly of this human spirit. Over the