Grant and Lee 研究生英语课件

1、 My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union (Abraham Lincoln). “在这场斗争中我的首要目标是挽救统一” （亚伯拉罕林肯）。Exercises and summary 1. Finish close B in page 182 and generalize Grants personality. 2. Translate certain sentences in the translation exercise in page 183 and summarize Lee s character.More

2、information Grant: shorter, younger, brown-haired; tattered and careless in his dress. Lee: taller, older, gray-haired, meticulous in his dress. Famous accidents: During the Overland campaign of 1864, the armies of the Civil Wars two best generals brawled and maneuvered around each other through the

3、 beautiful landscapes of Virginia in a dozen fights.Text Analysis How many parts do you think the text consists of? What is the main idea of each part?PartsParas Main ideasOne 1-2The Appomattox meeting brought the Civil War to its virtual end.Two 3-12How Grant and Lee differed in background, sense o

4、f allegiance, etc.Three13-16What were the qualities they had in common.Language pointspart one chapter: A distinct period or sequence of events, as in history or a persons life: 时期：如历史上或个人生活上的一个重要时期或系列事件： Steamboat travel opened a new chapter in Americas exploration of the West.汽船旅行为开发美国西部翻开了新篇章 I b

5、egan a new chapter in life when I got my masters degree. write out 1) To express or compose in writing: 写出，作曲：以书面表达或创作： write out a request.写出一项要求 2) To write in full or expanded form: 完全写出：写出全称或完整的形式： All abbreviations are to be written out.所有的缩写都要完整地写出来Reading task Locate the introduction paragrap

6、h and conclusion paragraph in part two. (para 3 and 12 respectively)Text analysis: exercise threeMethodsSubject-by-subject comparisonDivision between similarities and differencesParasParas 4-6(about Lee)Paras 7-9(about Grant)Paras 10-12 (about differences)Paras 13-16 (about similarities) Translation

7、: They were two strong men, these oddly different generals, and they represent the strengths of two conflicting currents that, through them, had come into final conflict.这两位迥异的将军都是强有力的人物，他们代表着两股相互冲突的力量，那两股力量通过他们最终发生碰撞。Language pointspart two Para 4. Back of Robert E. Lee was the notion Lee drew supp

8、ort from/was guided by the concept dominant: adj. 支配的, 统治的; 占优势的 最有力的, 有权威的 超群出众的, 显著的 高于其它的 【生】显性的; 优势的 a dominant position统治地位 a dominant person in the team队里最有权威的人 a dominant building高耸的建筑物 The Soviet Union is the dominant nation of Eastern Europe. 苏联是东欧的主要国家。 the dominant businessman 最有势力的商人。 th

9、e dominant gene. Para 5 embody: 1) To give a bodily form to; incarnate. 具体化：赋予以形体；使具有躯体 2) To represent in bodily or material form: 体现：以形体的或物质的形式代表：“As John Adams embodied the old style, Andrew Jackson embodied the new” (Richard Hofstadter) “正象约翰阿达姆斯体现了旧风格，安德鲁杰克逊体现了新风格”(理查德霍夫施塔特) 3) To make part of

10、a system or whole; incorporate: 收录，包含加入：使成为系统或整体的一部分；并入： laws that embody a peoples values.加入了人的价值的法律 dedicate: 1) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 奉献：为祭神或宗教目的而奉献；供奉 2) To set apart for a special use: 为某一特殊用途而奉献： dedicated their money to scientific research. 把他们的钱用于科学研

11、究 3) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action: 致力：承诺一特定的想法或承诺采用一特定的行动： dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. 我们开始经营自己的买卖 key: 使准备，使适应 The factory is keyed to the production of advanced weapons. key up 使紧张，使激动 I was keyed up about the exam. bring forth: give rise to

12、: produce Why didnt you bring forth your suggestion at the meeting yesterday? Lots of trees bring forth fruit. deportment n. 行为; 举止; 态度举动 gentlemanly deportment绅士风度 improper deportment不适当的行为 Para 6 He has passed into legend He had become a popular hero Para 7 come up the hard way got promotion in a

13、difficult way. the hard way: 极其艰难的 She got the PHD the hard way. Difficult sentence: He was one of a body of men who owned reverence and obeisance to no one, who were self-reliant to a fault, who cared hardly anything for the past but who had a sharp eye for the future.他不敬畏任何人，不顺从任何人，过分讲究自力更生，他不追怀往事

14、，但能用敏锐的目光洞察未来。 to a fault To an excessive degree: 过度地： generous to a fault.过度慷慨 Para 8 difficult sentence: Back of them, in the great surge that had taken people over the Alleghenies and into the opening Western country, there was a deep, implicit dissatisfaction with a past that had settled into gr

15、ooves. surge: Vi 1)To move in a billowing or swelling manner in or as if in waves. 汹涌：象在波涛中颠簸或起伏地向前行动 2) To roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat. 颠簸，起伏：象小船一样地在波涛中颠簸或摇荡 3)To move like advancing waves: 猛冲，蜂涌：象波涛一样地汹涌前进： The fans surged forward to see the movie star. 影迷们汹涌地冲奔去看那个影星 The crowd sur

16、ged out of the stadium. n 1)A heavy, billowing, or swelling motion like that of great waves. 汹涌：象巨浪中那样地颠簸或起伏的激烈动作 The sea was rolling in immense surges. At the end of the game, there was a surge of fans onto the field. 2)Wave motion with low height and a shorter period than a swell. 波涛：低的波浪行动，时间短于巨浪

17、 A tidal surge caused severe flooding in the coastal areas. 3)A sudden onrush: 突然来临的急流： a surge of joy. 喜从天降 A surge of anger rushed over him. 他勃然大怒 groove:a settled routine that is hard to escape. 习惯，常规 We never do anything exciting any more-we seem to be stuck in a groove. Things just go along in

18、the same old groove. Para 9 prosper:To be fortunate or successful, especially in terms of ones finances; thrive. 繁盛，成功：幸运或成功的，尤对某人财富而言；繁盛 China is prospering with each passing day.中国正在蒸蒸日上。 Para 9 He had, in other words, an acute dollars-and-cents stake in the continued growth and development of his

19、 country. His financial success was closely related to the development of his country. Para 11 tenacity: The state or quality of being坚韧, 固执： adhere to the principle with an unremitting tenacity百折不挠地坚持原则 tenacity of purpose不屈不挠的志愿 Para 12 Vitality 1) The capacity to live, grow, or develop: 生命力：生存、生长

20、或发展的能力： plants that lost their vitality when badly pruned. 被修剪坏后丧失生命力的植物 2)Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. 生机，活力：身体或智力的活力； A man of vitality 3)Power to survive: 生存力： the vitality of an old tradition.旧传统的生存力 economic vitality经济活跃 inferior vitality低生活力Language pointspart three Underlying; 1) L

21、ying under or beneath something: 位于某物之下的： underlying strata.下层 2)Basic; fundamental. 基础的；基本的 3)Present but not obvious; implicit: 出现但不明显的；隐含的： an underlying meaning.潜在的意义 Para 14 indomitable adj. 不屈不挠的; 不能征服的; 大无畏的; 不气馁的 an indomitable will百折不回的毅力 indomitable courage不屈不挠的勇气 Para 15 Manassas An indep

22、endent city of northeast Virginia west of Alexandria. The Civil War Battles of Bull Run (called the Battles of Manassas by the Confederates) were fought nearby in July 1861 and August 1862. 马纳萨斯：美国弗吉尼亚州东北部一座独立城市，位于亚历山德里拉的西面。1861年7月和1862年8月，此城附近发生了美国内战中的布尔朗战役（南方诸邦称为马纳萨斯战役）。 Chancellorsville A former

23、town of northeast Virginia west of Fredericksburg. It was the site of a major Civil War battle (May 2-4, 1863) in which the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces commanded by Joseph Hooker. Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded in the battle. 钱瑟勒斯维尔：弗吉尼亚州东北部的一个旧城镇，位于弗雷德里克斯堡以西。

24、内战时的一次重大战役在此展开（1863年5月2-4日）。罗伯特李率领的南部盟军击败了约瑟夫胡克指挥的联邦军队。斯通沃尔杰克逊在战斗中受了致命伤. Vicksburg A city of western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River west of Jackson. During the Civil War it was besieged from 1862 to 1863 and finally captured by troops led by Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863. 维克斯堡：

25、美国密西西比州西部的一座城市，位于杰克逊西部密西西比河岸峭壁上。在美国内战中，从1862到1863年间它被围困，在1863年7月4日被尤利西斯S格兰特领导的军队占领。 Para 16 difficult sentence:No part of either mans life became him more than the part he played in their brief meeting in the McLean house at Appomatox. They were born for the role they played in the historic meeting

26、in the McLean house at Appomatox. 两人的生活中再没有比在阿珀马特科斯马克莱恩住宅里的简会晤中所起的作用更能体现其个性了。Gettysburg Address (Delivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863 Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ) Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and

27、dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that Nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final

28、 resting-place for those who gave their lives that Nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. I