全新版大学英语4第二版Unit7PPT课件

1、An English SongLets RollWord-webDiscussionBackground Information B R _ mainB R _ Thinking Before ListeningAn English SongLets RollIntroductory RemarksBlank FillingQuestions and AnswersB R _ Thinking While Listening Background Information September 11 AttacksOsama bin Laden and Al-QaedaThe TalibanThe

2、 Kamikaze and The Attack on Pearl HarbourPercy Bysshe ShlleyJean de La Fontaine and his famous fables Jean de La Fontaine and his famous fablesJean de La Fontaine Two famous fables The song you are about to hear was written to pay tribute to the passengers on the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 t

3、hat crashed in Pennsylvania on September 11. “Lets Roll” was inspired by the words of passenger Todd Beamer, who made a call from the plane and told of the passengers plan to storm the cockpit to overpower the terrorists. B R _ Thinking While Listening1Introductory Remarks 1970s and 1980s makes him

4、a precursor of the 1990s grunge style, which combines folk melodies and harmonies with hard-rock instrumentation and the energy of punk rock.Young, Neil (1945 ), Canadian singer, songwriter, and guitarist, who became one of the most distinctive and independent artists in rock music. He was an influe

5、ntial leader in developing the new styles of country rock and folk rock in the 1960s and 1970s. Youngs use of sounds from the punk-rock and hard-rock genres of thetarget in Washington, D.C., possibly the Capitol or the White House. The phone line from Flight 93 was still open when an operator heard

6、Todd Beamer say “Are you guys ready? Lets roll” before the plane crashed.B R _ Thinking While Listening2Todd Beamer, an Oracle Inc. executive from Hightstown, N.J. and a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed in Somerset County. His phone was connected at 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 11. He talk

7、ed about 13 minutes on the phone. He and other passengers foiled hijackers bent on crashing the Boeing 757 into what authorities say might have been a secondB R _ Listening and Speaking Blank Filling I know I said I love youI know you know its I got to put the phoneAnd do what we gotta doOnes standi

8、ng in the aisle wayTwo more at theWe got to get inside thereBefore they kill someLets Roll Neil Youngtrue_down_door_more_B R _ Warm-up Questions 1Time is runnin out, lets rollTime is runnin out, lets rollNo time for indecisionWe got to make aI hope that wereFor what we gotta doHow this all got start

9、edIll neverI hope someone can fly this thingGet us back to landmove_forgiven_understand_B R _ Warm-up Questions 2Time is runnin out, lets rollTime is runnin out, lets rollNo one has the answersBut one thing is trueYou got to turn on When its comin after youYou got to face it downAnd when it tries to

10、You got to go in after itAnd never be deniedTime is runnin out, lets rollevil_hide_B R _ Automobile Industry 1Lets roll forLets roll for love Goin after SatanOn the wings of a doveLets roll forLets roll for truthLets not left our Grow up fearful in their youthTime is runnin out, lets rollTime is run

11、nin out, lets rollTime is runnin out, lets rollchildren_freedom_justice_ What do the words “one” and “two” refer to?2. What does “roll” mean in your opinion?3. What is the message of the song?B R _ Automobile Industry 2They refer to the number of the terrorists. Questions and AnswersIt means to take

12、 some actions. He would sacrifice himself for justice. Word-webB R _ Global Positioning System 1Word-web Look at the following cartoons, can you think of some words that are related to the September 11 Attacks? B R _ Global Positioning System 2terrorist Laden hijack World Trade Center crash debris f

13、iremen Bush Pentagon New York collapse fire the camp four planes 3000 deaths B R _ Intelligent Transportation System 1north tower south tower jump escape 9-11-2001 shock cry mourn Washington D. C. B R _ Intelligent Transportation System 2Discussion Watch the video and look at the pictures. Form grou

14、ps of four or five students and discuss the question, “How much do you know about the September 11 Attacks?”It is a series of coordinated terrorist attacks upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 militants associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airliners and used

15、 them as weapons. Two of the airliners were intentionally flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Both buildings collapsed within two hours. Everyone on board and many others working in the Twin Towers were killed. The third airliner was crashed into the Pentagon. The

16、fourth plane crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after its passengers and flight crew tried to retake control of the plane. 2,973 victims and the 19 hijackers died as a result of the horrific attacks. September 11 Attacks World Trade Centerthe Pentagonthe September 11 terrorist attacks. He ha

17、s also been blamed for numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian targets. Since 2001, Osama bin Laden and his organization have been major targets of the United States War on Terrorism. Osama Bin Laden, considered the worlds foremost terrorist, is the founding leader of al-Qaeda or “The

18、Base”, an international organization that calls for the use of violence and force in bringing about the end of non-Islamic governments and disrupting the economies and influence of Western nations. Laden is the alleged perpetrator ofOsama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda The Taliban Time Events 19962001 Decem

19、ber, 2001 2003 2009 The Taliban ruled Afghanistan.It was removed from power by the U.S. military. After the United States shifted its military resources to the war in Iraq, the Taliban began to regroup. A strong insurgency continues in the form of ongoing, increasingly frequent guerrilla attacks. It

20、 was a radical Sunni Islamist movement that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. It was removed from power in December 2001 by the U.S. military and Afghani opposition forces in response to the September 11 terrorist attack. While many of the Talibans most radical leaders and supporters were kill

21、ed, imprisoned, or fled, many former members of the Taliban returned to their homes and continued to work for the Talibans goals. In 2003, after the United States shifted its military resources to the war in Iraq, the Taliban began to regroup. As of 2009, a strong insurgency continues in the form of

22、 ongoing, increasingly frequent guerrilla attacks.The Kamikaze and The Attack on Pearl Harbour Key Words:suicidal crashes“divine wind”loaded withmilitary strikeKamikaze is a word of Japanese origin, which refers to any of the Japanese pilots in World War II who made deliberate suicidal crashes into

23、enemy targets, usually ships. The word means “divine wind” . The practice was most prevalent in the final year of the war. Most kamikaze planes were ordinary fighter aircraft or light bombers, usually loaded with bombs or extra gasoline tanks before their suicidal dive. On the morning of December 7,

24、 1941, the Japanese navy launched an unannounced military strike against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise attack destroyed much of the American Pacific Fleet and resulted in the United States entry into World War II.Shelley is one of the major English Romantic poets

25、 and the finest lyric poets in the English language. He was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron.Shelley is most famous for such classic anthology verse works as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, and TheMasque of Anarchy, which are among the most popular and critic

26、ally acclaimed poems in the English language. His major works, however, are long visionary poems which included Alastor, Adonas, The Revolt of Islam, and the unfinished work The Triumph of Life. Percy Bysshe Shelley (17921822) “Grief returns with the revolving year” is abstracted from Shelleys Adona

27、is: An Elegy On The Death Of John KeatsJean de La Fontaine, French poet, whose celebrated fables place him among the masters of world literature. His fables, moral stories of the human conditions told through animal characters, were extremely popular and were widely translated and imitated. He was t

28、he first to collect and publish Aesops fables, basing many of his own stories on those of the earlier fabulist. Jean de La Fontaine (16211695) Two famous fables G R _ mainPart Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingG R _ Further UnderstandingFurther UnderstandingTable Completion Blank Filling Ques

29、tions and Answers Interview G R _ Part Division of the Text 1 Part Division of the TextPartHeading Main Idea1Day of Terror 2The Day After The terror attacks threw the nation, particularly New York City, into utter horror and chaos; people were disillusioned. With wreckage, smoke and fire around New

30、York looked like a battlefield. America was seeking revenge. G R _ Part Division of the Text 2PartMain IdeaNearly one year after the event the wounded city began healing up; yet New Yorkers remained haunted by what they had seen. 3Heading Looking Back in Pain & HopeOn the first anniversary people ga

31、thered to mourn the dead. As time passes grief might gradually die down, but the memory will go on. One Year Later 4G R _ Answer the Questions 1. Answer the Questions What is the “grandest illusion” the author refers to? 2. What, in the eyes of the author, did the twin towers of the World Trade Cent

32、er once symbolize?It is the illusion that America is strong and invulnerable. They symbolized the power and the invincibility of the USA. G R _ True or False 13. How did New Yorkers feel when they realized that the twin towers were the targets of deliberate attacks?4. In what sense are the 9/11 terr

33、orist attacks a second Pearl Harbor? The 9/11 attacks and the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor were both surprise attacks on a massive scale which should be considered as acts of undeclared war. They felt angry and shocked. G R _ Text Analysis Table Completion Different people Their response to w

34、hat happened New Yorkers They waited at newsstands for the morning papers. Anxious relatives Politicians Investigators They pointed fingers at the likely culprit and rounded up the suspected accomplices of the suicide bombers. They beat war drums against terrorism. They gathered at streetside morgue

35、s holding pictures of the disappeared.G R _ Language Focus 1Blank Filling Supply the missing information according to the story One year time is not enough for New Yorkers to what happened. They what they have lived though. Fortunately, the wounded city . A new generation of firefighters and cops tr

36、ied to those who were lost. fill the shoes of_fade the memory of_remained haunted by_rose from its knees_G R _ Language Focus 2Interview Form groups of three students. One will be the reporter, the other two are witnesses of the September 11 Attacks. On the one year anniversary, they recall the past

37、 and look to the future.D R _ Text 1In the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Daily News staff writer Corky Siemaszko wrote several snapshots of the citys mood at the time. Siemaszko offered similar snapshots on the first few anniversaries of the attacks. Here we present a selection from the

38、 series.Snapshots of New Yorks Mood after 9/11 Corky Siemaszko DAY OF TERROROriginally published: 9/12/2001 Those not entombed by the bomb-blasted buildings ran and ran just as they did eight years earlier, when another terror attack shook this mighty symbol of Americas power.D R _ Text 2 The mornin

39、g coffee was still cooling when our grandest illusion was shattered. Within minutes, one of New Yorks mightiest symbols was a smoldering mess and the nations image of invincibility was made a lie.As the World Trade Center crumpled and the streets filled with screams and scenes of unimaginable horror

40、, choking smoke blotted out the sun and plunged lower Manhattan into darkness. For the rest of the country, there was another shock to digest a second kamikaze attack. This time on the Pentagon.More horror. More chaos. More amazement that the mighty United States could be so vulnerable to terror. Bu

41、t on the streets of lower Manhattan there was no time for finger-pointing. No time for talk of revenge. People were dying. Cops and firefighters were dying with them.Commentators called the attack a second Pearl Harbor, until now our most tragic hour. Politicians denounced the likely culprits in Afg

42、hanistan. And before dusk, there were inaccurate reports that an angry America was raining revenge on Kabul.D R _ Text 3 When the sun rose yesterday, someone joked that the city was missing its two front teeth. But there was nothing to laugh about in the aftermath of our generations Pearl Harbor.D R

43、 _ Text 4One day we will think back on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and remember in crystal detail what we were doing when the first plane crashed into the north tower at 8:45 a.m.And we will be amazed that we didnt think it possible before.THE DAY AFTEROriginally published: 9/13/2001But for those

44、 digging through the debris, every passing hour sapped their strength and their hopes of finding more victims alive. The rest of New York resembled a Third World capital after a particularly explosive coup.D R _ Text 5There was only wreckage and smoke and fire where the World Trade Center used to be

45、. Thousands remained buried under tons of rubble. A handful of people were plucked from the wreckage in lower Manhattan, living reminders thatmiracles do happen.Armed National Guardsmen in helmets and camouflage rumbled through Manhattan in convoys. The few people on the normally bustling streets wa

46、tched them and only sometimes waved.New Yorkers waited at newsstands for the morning papers to arrive while anxious relatives gathered at streetside morgues holding pictures of the disappeared.In Washington, where the kamikaze terrorists severely damaged the nerve center of American military power,

47、politicians beat war drums as our allies pledged solidarity and registered their disgust.“This was not an act of terror,” President Bush said. “This was an act of war.”D R _ Text 6D R _ Text 7 Investigators pointed fingers at the likely culprit in Afghanistan and began rounding up the suicide bomber

48、s suspected accomplices. The faces of the fanatics began to emerge. They had jolted America with their surprise attack. But now as after Pearl Harbor more than half a century before it was our turn. And the world waited to see what America would do.LOOKING BACK IN PAIN & HOPEOriginally published: 9/

49、8/2002It was time enough to bury the bodies that could be found, but not enough to truly mourn the thousands who perished.It was time enough to plan memorials, but not enough to fill the gaping wound in lower Manhattan.D R _ Text 8Long before the Boeings brought down the towers, poet Percy Bysshe Sh

50、elley wrote “grief returns with the revolving year.” So it is with New York.The time it took the Earth to circle the sun was time enough to clear the wreckage, but not enough to fade the memory of what happened there.For what is a year but a thin sliver of history, a beat of a hummingbirds wing?And

51、yet, in the space of 12 months, the wounded city rose from its knees, angry America smote the Taliban and sent Osama Bin Laden into hiding.A new generation of firefighters and cops tried to fill the shoes of those who were lost, a new generation of orphans faced a future uncertain. New Yorkers talke

52、d tough and carried on, but with far less swagger and far less joy. They remained haunted by what they had lived through, what they had seen.How could they not? Ground Zero is just a subway ride away. Everyone, it seems, knows someone who did not come home Sept. 11. Everyone, it seems, was touched b

53、y the tragedy.There were indelible images that captured the carnage like flies in amber the planes crashing, the towers on fire, the falling men and women frozen in flight as they leaped to their deaths.Now the calendar commands us to revisit Sept. 11. Now the calendar commands us to remember the de

54、ad. Now the calendar commands us to pick at a scab that has just begun to heal.But the calendar does not say how many more times the Earth has to revolve around the sun before it stops hurting.ONE YEAR LATEROriginally published: 9/12/2002On a day that broke as blue and beautiful as the morning a yea

55、r ago when the planes toppled the towers, a brisk northwest wind kicked up the dust of Ground Zero.It coated the red roses that children carried into The Pit .It stung the eyes and clung to the tears of the brokenhearted who came to say farewell.It swirled like dervishes across the vast emptiness wh

56、ere the World Trade Center once stood. Some of the mourners divined in the dust the ghosts of those they lost, and they opened their mouths and breathed it in.Some of the mourners saw in the dust visions from that deadly day when the very ground was on fire and the powder and smoke caked the living

57、and the dead.Some of the mourners who never got a body to bury gathered handfuls of the brown dust and placed it in plastic bags to save and remember, to always remember.We will not revisit Sept. 11 the same way again.The ranks of the 24,000 who followed the bagpipers and drummers down the ramp and

58、into the emptiness yesterday will thin.Fewer Americans will stop in their tracks at 8:46 a.m. and register the moment when the first hijacked plane crashed into the north tower.Fewer candles will be lit. Fewer flags will be waved. Fewer speeches will be made. Fewer songs will be sung. Fewer tears wi

59、ll be shed, at least publicly.Instead, something new will fill the void where the towers stood. Something new will be built on the spot as a memorial to the 2,801 who died. Something new will rise on the sacred 16 acres to spite the madmen who dared attack us.Poet Jean de La Fontaine wrote, “on the

60、wings of time grief flies away.”But the memory, like the dust, will linger.D R _ Sentence 1 _ Sales of the What is the “grandest illusion” the author refers to?It is the illusion that America is strong and invulnerable. The morning coffee was still cooling when our grandest illusion was shattered. D