大学英语第三册unit9

何寒娜刘菲陶宇翔戴旭冉蒋天池UNIT9SongofDefianceTheyconfrontedtheNaziswiththeonlyweapontheyhad:theirvoices.UNIT9SongofDefiance

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in

Terezin,

we

could

not

only

recall

the

suffering

days

butalso

the

triumph.22-14

Rafael

Schaechter

managed

to

organize

a

choir

singingthe

song

of

Verdi's

Requiem

as

a

defiance

against

Nazi.315-22

The

performance

of

the

choir

successfully

defied

theNazis

though

they

did

not

realize

it.423MariankaMayshowedhergreatrespectforRafaelSchaechter.DetailedreadingWhenyouwalkthecobbledmist-shroudedstreetsofTerezinintheCzechRepublic,yourmindfillswithimagesofthevillagesixtyyearsago,whenitwasaNaziconcentrationcamppackedwithdesperateanddyingJews.ButTerezinwasnotonlyaplaceofsuffering.Itwasalsoasceneoftriumph.DetailedreadingTerezinhadbeenaperversekindofshoucase.incontrasttoAuschwitz,Treblinkaandotherexterminationcamps,theNazisdesignedthetownnearPraguetofooltheworld.FormuchofWorldWar2,NazipropagandasuggestedthatJewsthereenjoyedalifeofleisure,evenusingcaptiveJewishfilmmakerstocraftamovieshowing“happy”Jewslisteningtolecturesandbaskinginthesun.DetailedreadingTherealitywashorriblydifferent.Asmanyan58000Jewswerestuffedintoatownthathadoriginallyheld7000.Medicalsupplieswerealmostnonexistent,bedswereinfestedwithwerminandtoiletsoverflowed.Ofthe150000prisonerswhopassedthroughTerezin,35000diedthere,mostlyfromdiseaseandhunger.DetailedreadingYetthecampmadeconcessionsforpropagandapurposes.SStroopswerepostedoutsidethefortress,whiledailyactivitywasoverseenbyaJewish“CouncilofElders”,whichturnedablindeyetoinmates’activities,unlesstheymightattractNaziattention.DetailedreadingSo,amidthepervasiveatmosphereofdeath,writersmanagedtowrite,painterstopaint,andcomposerstocompose.AmongthemwasRafaelSchaechter,aconductorinhismid-30s.Charismatic,withastrikingfaceandwavy,darkhair,SchaechterwasjustbeginningtomakeanameforhimselfasJewishatall,untilhewasseizedbytheNazis.DetailedreadingAshismonthsinthecampstretchedintoyears,andmoreandmoreJewsdisappearedeastwardonNazitransports,Schaechter’sfuryathiscaptorssteadilygrew.Andthenhethoughtofadaringplan.Heconfessedhisideatohisroommateinasinglesentence:“WecansingtotheNaziswhatwecan’tsaytothem.”DetailedreadingTheirweaponwastobeVerdi’sRequiem.EverythingthatSchaechterwantedtosaylaycamouflagedwithintheLatinwordsoftheRequiem,withitsthemesofGod’swrathandhumanliberation.Schaechterhadaccesstonomusicalinstrumentsexceptabrokenharmoniumfoundinarubbishheap.Otherthanthat,hehadonlyhumanvoicestoworkwith.Throwinghimselfintotheplan,hemanagedtorecruit150singers.DetailedreadingAmongthegroupwasabrown-eyedteenagernamedMariankaMay.Duringher12-hourworkday,shelaboredateverythingfromscrubbingwindowstomakingtobaccopouchesforGermansoldiers.Atnight,however,sheslippedawaytojointhechoir,whereshefeltliftedupbyVerdi’smusicandSchaechter’spassion.“WithoutRafiSchaechter,we’dneverhavesurvived,”saysMay,oneofthetinyhandfulofchorusmemberstolivethroughthewar.“Hesavedusthroughthismusic.”

谢谢1.

in

contrast

to/

with:

very

different

from

when

compared

与截然不同

In

contrast

with/to

the

optimistic

view

of

the

panel

he

is

pessimistic

about

the

chances

of

success

of

the

experiment.

与那些乐观的看法相反，他对实验是否成功持悲观态度2.

turn

a

blind

eye

to:

pretend

not

to

notice

视而不见的

We

must

not

be

blind

to

the

suffering

of

others.

我们不能对他人的痛苦视而不见。3.

make

a

name

for

oneself:

establish

one’s

reputation,

become

famous

成名得到名声

Betty

had

already

made

a

name

for

herself

as

a

pop

singer

by

the

age

of

16.

Betty在16岁的时候已成为一位流行歌曲的歌星。4.

have

access

to:

opportunity

or

right

to

use

sth

or

approach

sb

（使用某物或接近某人的）机会或权利:

Students

must

have

access

to

a

good

library.

学生要有使用好图书馆的便利条件

Only

high

officials

had

access

to

the

president.

只有高级官员才可以接近总统5.

throw

oneself

into:

devote

oneself

to投身于积极从事

He

threw

himself

into

work

once

he

got

back

from

his

h