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3、 and desperate for adventure.,He was generous,mischievous(调皮),petulant(任性)and more impatient than you could ever imagine.,He led Britain to victory in 1945.,He has been called the greatest Prime Minister,even the greatest Briton(英国人).,He seemed to be able to do everything well.,He was awarded the No
4、bel Prize for literature.,His paintings now sell for over a half million dollars.,His qualities of leadership still resonate(引发共鸣)around the world.,He was a leader of man,a prisoner of war,a hero to many and the vilified(被诽谤者)by others.,He spent much of his life travelling.,3/27,While-reading,4/27,B
5、ackground Information,Dardanelles Campaign,It lasted from Feb.1915 to Jan.1916,and was a military campaign against Turkey waged(发动)by Britain and France,which Winston Churchill has favored.The campaign ended in the arduous(艰难)retreat of British forces with casualties(人员伤亡)of 213,980 men and heavy lo
6、ss and damage to warship.,5/27,World War I,The war lasted from 1914 to 1918.It was fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East,in which the Allies mainly France,Russia,Britain,Italy and the US defeated the Central Powers,principally,Germany,Austria-Hungary and,Turkey,.,After the October Revolution i
7、n 1917,the,Bolsheviks,ended Russian,participation,in the war.The,exhausted,Central Powers agreed to sign an armistice(停战协定)on Nov,11,1918 and quickly gave in to internal revolution,before being forced to sign the,Treaty,of Versailles(凡尔赛条约)on June 28,1919 and other treaties.,Background Information,6
8、/27,World War II,The war lasted from 1939 to 1945.The Allies-Britain and France-,declared,war on Germany on Sept.3,1939 as a result of the German,invasion,of Poland.Italy entered the war on the side of Germany and formed the Axis.,On June 22,1941 the Axis powers attacked the former,Soviet Union,and
9、on Dec.7,1941 the Japanese attacked the US at,Pearl Harbor,.Italy,surrendered,on Sepot.8,1943,and the war in Europe ended on May 7,1945 with the unconditional surrender of the Germans.The Japanese capitulated(停顿抵抗)on Aug.14,1945 shortly after the dropping of,atom,bombs,by the Americans on Hiroshima
10、and Nagasaki.,Background Information,7/27,Text Structure,1.group work global structure,a.Form a group of 3 or 4 persons.,b.Discuss how many parts the text can be divided into and what the main idea of each part is(8 minutes).A speaker from the group will report the groups opinion to the whole class.
11、Parts,Paragraphs,Main Ideas,Part I,Para.1-8,How Winston Churchill started painting.,Part II,Para.9-12,How painting had influenced and even changed Churchills life.,Part III,Para.13,What painting meant to Churchill.,8/27,Text Structure,2.individual work detailed structure,Fill in the following blank
12、s and see the authors line of thought when writing part I.,Part I,How Winston Churchill started painting.,After the Dardanelles campaign,he lost his position of political influence and retired to a country retreat.(paras,_,),One day he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching,borrowed her brush and
13、tried his hand.(para.,_,),His wife bought him everything a painter could need.(para.,_,),His first steps of painting were strangely difficult,but the wife of Sir John Lavery helped him overcome the fear of a canvas.(paras,_,),Sir John Lavery spoke highly of his artistic abilities.(para.,_,),9/27,Tex
14、t Structure,2.individual work detailed structure,Fill in the following blanks with words from the text and see the authors line of thought when writing part II.,Part II,How painting had influenced and even changed Churchills life.,Painting was his _ when he lost his mother and daughter.(para.9),Life
15、 and love and hope _ when his daughter was born and a new house was bought for him to paint.(para.10),He _ in a prestigious amateur art exhibition.(para.11),He fell from office again,the years after which,although politically_,artistically_.(para.12),10/27,Vocabulary,11/27,circumstances,n.(pl.),cond
16、itions or situations情形;情况;环境,in/under the circumstances 在这种情况下,因为这种情况,in/under no circumstances 决不,不论怎样也不,在任何情况下决不,Maybe,under/in,these,circumstances,we may say that man can conquer nature.,可能在这么情况下我们能够说人定胜天。,Under/in no circumstances,should you lend him any money.,12/27,overwhelm,vt.,make(sb.)feel
17、completely helpless,astonished,or embarrassed.淹没;控制;压倒;击败(惯用被动语态或过去分词作状语),Fear overwhelmed me.,恐惧笼罩着我。,At the age of forty,he,was overwhelmed with,work,illness and family problems.,四十岁时候,工作、疾病和家庭问题让他不堪重负。,13/27,rescue,vt.help sb.out of dangerous situation营救;救出,rescue.from.,They,rescued,many official
18、 papers,from,the building.,他们从大楼里抢救出许多官方文件。,e to sb.s rescue/come to the rescue of sb.,The soldiers came to the rescue of the drowning man.,14/27,distract vt.take ones mind off sth.转移注意力,distract-attract,distract sb.from sth.,The noise in the street,distracted,me,from,my reading.,distraction n.分心,分心
19、事物,15/27,accustomed adj.regular;usual 惯常,通常,be accustomed to sth./doing sth.=be used to sth./doing sth.习惯于,I have,been accustomed to,this shabby house.,I,m,not,accustomed to,getting up so early to do morning exercise.,16/27,overcome v.-overcame-overcome,a.take control of and influence ones behavior
20、被.感情压倒,受不了,be overcome with/by,We,were overcome with/by,joy.,我们喜出望外。,b.defeat 克服,战胜,It is not easy to overcome a bad habit.,战胜困难 overcome difficulties,克服缺点 overcome ones shortcomings,17/27,revive v.,a.regain strength and life 清醒,复活,The fresh air soon revived him.,b.become active and popular again 复兴
21、再流行,Dont revive those old prejudices.,别让那些古老偏见卷土重来。,revival n.清醒,复兴,18/27,odd adj.,a.a little more than the stated number(,used after numbers,).多,.以上,.出头,twenty odd years ago,six hundred odd children,b.strange or unusual 奇特,古怪,Its odd that he hasnt telephoned me.,c.not even 奇数,One and three are odd
22、 numbers.,19/27,Post-reading,20/27,Listening Spot Dictation,background,Upon his very first entrance into the House of Commons(,下议院,)as Britains new Prime Minister on Monday,May 13,1940,Winston Churchill only received a lukewarm(,冷淡,)reception from the assembly.Churchill then made this brief statemen
23、t,which became well known as the first of many morale boosting(,鼓舞士气,)speeches made by Churchill to inspire the British to keep fighting against a seemingly invincible(,无敌,)enemy Nazi Germany.,21/27,Listening Spot Dictation,Listen to the recording three times and fill in the following blanks accordi
24、ng to what you heard.,Winston Churchills Speech(Excerpt),I have nothing to offer but(1)_,.,We have before us an ordeal(,考验,)of the most grievous(,痛苦,)kind.We have before us many,many months of(2)_.You ask,what is our aim?I can answer in one word.It is victory.Victory(3)_-Victory in spite of all terr
25、ors-Victory,however long and hard the road may be,for without victory there is no survival.Let that be realized.No survival for the British Empire,no survival for all that the British Empire has(4)_,no survival for the urge,the impulse of the ages,that mankind shall move forward toward his goal.I(5)
26、my task in buoyancy(,轻松心情,)and hope.I feel sure that our cause will not(6)_ fail among men.I feel entitled(,有资格,)at this juncture,at this time,to(7)_of all and to say,Come then,let us go forward together(8)_.,22/27,Listening Spot Dictation,Listen to the recording three times and fill in the followi
27、ng blanks according to what you heard.,Winston Churchills Speech(Excerpt),I have nothing to offer but(1),blood,toil,tears,and sweat.,We have before us an ordeal(,考验,)of the most grievous(,痛苦,)kind.We have before us many,many months of(2),struggle and suffering,.You ask,what is our aim?I can answer i
28、n one word.It is victory.Victory(3),at all costs,-Victory in spite of all terrors-Victory,however long and hard the road may be,for without victory there is no survival.Let that be realized.No survival for the British Empire,no survival for all that the British Empire has(4),stood for,no survival fo
29、r the urge,the impulse of the ages,that mankind shall move forward toward his goal.I(5),take up,my task in buoyancy(,轻松心情,)and hope.I feel sure that our cause will not(6),be suffered to,fail among men.I feel entitled(,有资格,)at this juncture,at this time,to(7),claim the aid,of all and to say,Come then
30、let us go forward together(8),with our united strength,.,23/27,Sister Teresa,(1910-1997),“By blood,I am Albanian.By citizenship,an Indian.By faith,I am a Catholic,nun.As to my calling,I belong to the world.As to,my heart,I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.”,24/27,Princess Diana,(19611997),Prin
31、cess Diana was born July 1,1961,in,England,UK.Her full name is Lady,Diana Frances Spencer.On July 29,1981 she married her Prince Charming,-,Prince Charles of Wales,the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II.,25/27,Peer review,Directions:,work in pairs,read your partners essay,correct the grammatical mistakes,make comments in terms of idea,content,language and organization.,26/27,Assignments,1.Preview Text A,Unit 2:learn the new,words by heart;read the text and grasp,the main idea.,2.Finish all Unit 4 fast-reading and,listening and speaking exercises.,27/27,






