IntensiveReadingIV

1、Intensive Reading IVUnit OneNever Give In, Never, Never, NeverNavigationBackgroundDivision of the TextText Comprehension and Language workRhetorical featuresAssignment and PresentationBackground:Winston Churchill（1874-1965）/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=390 (speeches)The text is the speech given by Chu

2、rchill when he visited Harrow School on October 29, 1941.Text IIWorld War II 19391945 a global military conflict which involved a majority of the worlds nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.Over seventy million people, th

3、e majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.Causes of WWWII?Fascism?World War I and Versailles TreatyThe Great Depression (a worldwide economic downturn starting in most places in 1929 and ending at different times in the 1930s or early 1940s for diff

4、erent countries.1 It was the largest and most important economic depression in the 20th century) Japanese forces in WuhanBombing of London in 1940Harrow School (1572) Division of the textThree partsPart I=para 1 opening remarksPart II=paras 25 bodyPart III=paras 68 closing remarksText comprehensionP

5、art I (Para. 1)What was Churchills intention of singing some of their songs?Paraphraseyou are beginning to feel impatient that there has been this long lull with nothing particular turning up?PointsThe ten months that have passed have seen very terrible catastrophic events in the worldnot feel deepl

6、y thankful for what has happened in the time that has passed and for the very great improvement in the position of our country and of our home (refer to?)?you are beginning to feel impatient that there has been this long lull with nothing particular turning up?Language workUps and downsPositionUps a

7、nd downsA mixture of good things and bad thingsThe organization has experienced it ups and downs since it was founded in 1999.Sitting beside the window, he recalled the ups and downs of his parenthood.PositionSituation at a particular timeIt is time those companies revealed more about their financia

8、l position.Part II (Para. 2-5)What did Churchill mean by saying “we must learn to be equally good at what is short and sharp and what is long and tough”?Why did Churchill quote Kipling as saying “treat those two impostors just the same”?What lesson had they leant?Why did Churchill say the mood was d

9、ifferent?Paraphrase:Sometimes imagination makes things out far worse than they are;We stood all alone a year ago, and to many countries it seemed that our account was closed, we were finished.this part of history of this country, were gone and finished and liquidated.Britain, other nations thought,

10、had drawn a sponge across her slate. But instead our country stood in the gap.Language workWhat is short and sharp and what is long and toughDifficulties and hardships of any kind, imminent or distant, temporary or long-lastingNoble chance of war; throw minds back to; meet with; make outNoble chance

11、 of warImpressive opportunities of warThrowing our minds back to our meeting here ten months ago Recollecting our meeting at Harrow School ten months ago请大家回想1945年的时候，那时候全世界都卷入了反抗法西斯主义者的伟大而残酷的战争中。Please throw your mind back to 1945, when people all over the world were engaged in a great and cruel wa

12、r against the Fascists.Appearance are often deceptiveSurface phenomena tend to be misleadingMeet withExperience; undergoAttempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure.邻居们找他帮忙，但却遭到了拒绝。The neighbors turned to him for help, yet met with his refusal.Make outSee or understand照片里的

13、脸我辨认不出。I cant make out the faces in the photograph.搞不懂这政客在说些什么。I cannot make out what the politician is saying.Britainhad drawn a sponge across her slate.Britain was completely wiped out.small sheet of slate in a wooden frame, formerly used by schoolchildren for writing on 石板（旧时学童书写用具）. Slate, spong

14、e, and gapOur country stood in the gap“GAP” is a PUNOur country shouldered the responsibility in isolation.Stand in the gap : to expose ones self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.address myself to the s

15、chool oneself to sth (fml) direct ones attention to (a problem); tackle sth It is time we addressed ourselves to the main item on the agenda. Rhetorical Features of the TextA. Repetition: emphasisNever, Never, NeverUsed in a speech or debate to touch the hearts of the audience“I have a dream”Martin Luther King(11:00-14:10)Rhetorical FeaturesB. MetaphorOur country stood in the gapC. use of antonymsUps/ downs,