lesson 3 Speech on Hitlers Invasion of the U.S.S.

Lesson5SpeechonHitler'sInvasionoftheU.S.S.RAdvancedEnglish-2ByPeiyingguoContents•Lead-in•BackgroundInformation•StructureSurvey•DetailedStudyoftheText•RhetoricalDevices•Summary•ExercisesLead-in•References:•movies:•斯大林格勒保卫战BattleofStalingrad•兵临城下EnemyattheGates•这里黎明静悄悄Hereisthequietdawn•战争风云WindsoftheWarU.S.S.R.theUnionofSovietSocialistRepublics(theSovietUnion,Russia)苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟BackgroundInformationSirWinstonChurchillAdolfHilterBriefintroductionofWorldWarIIWhydidchurchilldeliverthisspeech?statesman政治家literaryfigure文人historian历史学家stylist作家orator演讲家lifepeer（爵位不能世袭的）终身贵族strategist军事家SirWinstonChurchillManofgreatcapabilityandversatilityBritishpoliticianandprimeministeroftheUnitedKingdom•Nevergotintotheupperschooltostudyclassics.Hobby:PaintingandwritingEnglishessaysHisfullnametestifiestotherichnessofhishistoricinheritance:•Winston,aftertheRoyalistfamilywithwhomtheChurchillmarriedbeforetheEnglishCivilWar;•Leonard,afterhisremarkablegrandfather,LeonardJeromeofNewYork;•Spencer,themarriednameofadaughterofthe1stdukeofMarlborough,fromwhomthefamilydescended;•Churchill,thefamilynameofthe1stDuke,whichhisdescendentsresumedaftertheBattleofWaterloo.SirWinstonChurchill(1874.11–1965.1)1.BritishpoliticianknownchieflyforhisleadershipoftheUnitedKingdomduringWWII.2.PrimeMinisterfrom1940to1945andagainfrom1951to1955.3.Anotedstatesmanandorator,strategist,historian,writer,andartist.4.TheonlyBritishPrimeMinisterwhohaseverreceivedtheNobelPrizeinLiteratureandthesecondpersontobemadeanHonoraryCitizenofU.S..HisfatherHismotherEarlylife•Theeldestsoninthefamily;•Independentandrebelliousbynature;•Atthebottomofhisclassinschool.Nothingshowedthathewouldbecome“thelargesthumanbeingofourtime”•Physicallyhewasnotabigman-at5-foot-8hewasshorterthanHarryTruman杜鲁门.Agedsevenin1881Earlylife•Thoughdidpoorlyinmanylessons,ChurchillearnedhighmarksinEnglishandhistoryandhewasalsotheschool‘sfencingchampion(击剑冠军）.•WenttoHarrowSchoolin1888,wherehismilitarycareerbegan.•Withinweeksofhisarrival,hehadjoinedtheHarrowRifleCorps(海德步兵团）.•ThentotheRoyalMilitaryCollegeatSandhurst.•Duringhisarmycareer,ChurchillsawactioninIndia,intheSudanandtheSecondBoerWar.Armycareer•1895:commissionedintheFourthHussars.Hesoonobtainedaleave,andworkedduringtheCubanwarasareporterfortheLondonDailyGraphic.•1896---1897:servedasasoldierandjournalistinIndia.•1900:Afterabriefbuteventfulcareerinthearmy,hebecameaConservativeMemberofParliament.ArmycareerPoliticalcareer•1904:SwitchedfromconservativestoLiberalParty…•1910-11:Homesecretary•1911-1915:Lordoftheadmiralty•1940-1945:PrimeMinisterandMinisterofDefense•1951:PrimeMinister(1955resign)WinstonChurchillin1904Hebegantowritehissix-volumework,TheSecondWorldWar(1948-1954),acomprehensivefirst-personaccountofhiswartimestatesmanship.In1951Churchill'seffortstorevitalizetheConservativePartywererewarded,andheagainbecameprimeminister.LateryearsPoliticalcareerandlaterYears•1953:QueenElizabethIIconferredonChurchillthedignityofKnighthoodandinvestedhimwiththeinsigniaoftheOrderoftheGarter•1955-1964:aMemberofParliament•1963:thehonorarycitizenshipoftheUnitedStatesconferredbyPresidentKennedy•1965:Hesufferedcerebralthrombosis脑血栓diedpeacefullyathistownhouseinLondon,twomonthsafterhis90thbirthday.Greatcontribution•Hisworks,combiningpersonalperspectivewithgreathistoricalthemes,arewrittenwithgreatsweepandlucidity.•TheyincludetheWorldCrisis,anaccountofWWI,WWII.•HistoryoftheEnglishSpeakingPeoples.•HedeliveredaseriesofspeechesthatencouragedtheunityofWesternEuropeagainstthegrowingCommunistthreat.LATERYEARSHedeliveredaseriesofspeechesthatencouragedtheunityofWesternEuropeagainstthegrowingCommunistthreat.In1946,inaspeechatFulton,Missouri,hedefinedthebarrierthrownupbytheUSSRaroundthenationsofeasternEuropeastheironcurtain.GermanyU.S.S.R.Hitler’sInvasionoftheU.S.S.R.Non-aggressionPact苏德互不侵犯协议BackgroundInf.22March1939&apolicyofappeasementBritainandFrancestartedtalkswiththeSovietUniononpossiblecooperationagainstFascistGermany.BritainunderChamberlainandFranceunderDaladierwerepursuingapolicyofappeasement.Afterthreemonths’fruitlessnegotiation,thetalkswerebrokenoff.Theninordertoprotectitself,theSovietUnionsignedtheNon-aggressionPactwithHitler’sGermanyonAugust23.BackgroundInf.•OnSept.1,1939,HitlerinvadedPoland.•OnSept.17,SoviettroopsalsocrossedtheborderandmovedintoPoland,taking77,000smofterritory.BackgroundInf.•OnJune6,1939TheBritishhadalreadylearntthatHitlerwastoattackRussiaandpassedonthewarningtotheSovietUnion,whichwasunheeded.•OnJune20Twodaysbeforetheinvasion,ChurchillworkedonaspeechtobebroadcasttotheworldwhentheinvadingforcesrolledintoRussia.•Thespeechwascarefullycomposed,fullofgravethemesandweightyarguments.•ChurchillpolishedthetextonJune22,1941inhisElizabethanmanoratChequers.BackgroundInf.Whydidchurchilldeliverthisspeech?2.ThedistructionofHitleristhemainpurpose.3.UnitingsovietwillbenefittoendtheWorldWarⅡ.4.Analysingthesituationofthewar,leadingabrightwayforEnglishpeopleandthesoldiers.5.Encouragingpeoplefightwiththeenermymoreconfidentlyandbravely.1.Puttingforwardhisstand:unitingsoviettofightaga