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Unit 4 Breaking boundaries
Developing ideas — reading
【版本:外研 册别:选择性必修二】
Do you know what these pictures are about
Slavery
When it comes to slavery, what pops into your mind Is it …
Lincoln
black and white
cruelty
cotton fields
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
the Civil War
Slavery
Let’s watch a video and learn more about slavery!
How did slave owners regard their slaves
What was a slave’s life like
Read and Think
1. How did slave owners regard their slaves
Check the answers
They didn’t regard them as humans but as animals, without respecting them.
2. What was a slave’s life like
Daily life for a slave involved back-breaking labour. Slaves had to work all day long without enough rest. They were often physically abused by their owners and had no legal rights.
The Power of Speech
Famous US Presidents
Great Battles in History
Task 1:
Look at the title and skim the passage . Choose the book in which you would most likely find the passage.
On a grey afternoon on 19 November 1863, a tall, thin man mounted a platform in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and began to speak. The place was the site of a recent battle where thousands of soldiers had died. The man was Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and he was there in memory of the soldiers who had died. The speech he gave was just 268 words long and lasted two minutes. But this address to the crowd changed the minds of his people and helped shape a nation.
Who was the speaker
When and where did the speaker give the speech
Read and Answer
Para. 1
mount vt 词源义是“攀上马背(to get on a horse)”,引申为“爬上;登上”。
词块:in memory of 以纪念……
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At that time, America was bitterly divided. For two years, its people had been deep in a civil war between the slave-owning Confederate Southern States and the “free” Northern States of the Union. The worst battle lasted three days and took place at Gettysburg in 1863. The Union side won, but at a great cost. Over 50,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, and people lost hope and purpose. What was all this suffering for
What was the background event of the speech
Read and Answer
Para. 2
The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, which resulted in over 50,000 casualties.
At that time, America was bitterly divided. For two years, its people had been deep in a civil war between the slave-owning Confederate Southern States and the “free” Northern States of the Union. The worst battle lasted three days and took place at Gettysburg in 1863. The Union side won, but at a great cost. Over 50,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, and people lost hope and purpose. What was all this suffering for
2. What does the last sentence mean
Read and Answer
Para. 2
The Union side Lincoln was on won the battle at the cost of lots of lives. People were tired of fighting against each other. They were losing hope and purpose and started to wonder what's the meaning of the war. That’s when Lincoln step up and gave the speech.
at a great cost 以巨大的代价
suffer for 因……而受苦 / 受罚
Lincoln understood the feelings of the civilian people. His speech gave them hope, belief and a reason to look to the future. He gave them a new vision of what the United States of America should be, based on the ideals set down by its Founding Fathers 87 years before. It was what the soldiers had died for. Now it was up to the living to remove not only the divisions between North and South, but the boundaries between black and white, and work step by step towards the equality of humankind.
What was the task for the living
Read and Answer
division between ... and ... ……与……之间的分歧
division n [C] & [U] di- (= dis-, apart分开地) + vid (to separate分开)+ -ion (名词后缀)→分开、分裂、分歧
Para. 3
look to 展望;指望
be up to sb to do sth 应由某人做某事
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition (主张;观点) that all men are created equal.
2. How did Lincoln describe the founding of the US
Read and Answer
Para. 4
It aimed at bringing freedom to the people and was based on the principle that all men are created equal.
1. What does “four score and seven years” mean
It means 87 years.
score n [C] 单复数同形 约二十个
bring forth 使产生;使出现
conceive vt con- (表示强调)+ceive (to grasp 抓住)→在大脑里抓住→(形成) 构想、设想
conceive of ... as ... 把……想象成……
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 here on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate – we can not consecrate –we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
What challenges did the Civil War bring to the nation
Read and Answer
Para. 5
It would test whether a nation conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal can long endure.
Para. 6
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 here on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate – we can not consecrate(使神圣) –we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
2. How did Lincoln describe the men who fought in the war
Read and Answer
Para. 5
They gave their lives so that their nation might live. They were brave men whose struggles had consecrated the ground.
Para. 6
be engaged in 参与;从事于;忙于
portion n port (part部分、比率) + -ion (名词后缀),词源同part
a portion of 一部分
detract v de- (down向下) + tract (to draw拉)→向下拉→减低;损害
But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate – we can not consecrate –we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they have, thus far, so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
1. What was the “great task” that Lincoln described
Read and Answer
Para. 6
But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate – we can not consecrate –we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they have, thus far, so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
2. Who would be responsible for carrying out this task
Read and Answer
Para. 6
in a sense 从某种意义上来说
in some senses 在一定意义上
full / short measure of 足量的 / 不足量的
in vain 白白地;徒劳
The living should be dedicated to the task.
Watch the video and retell the speech
What was Lincoln’s purpose in giving the speech
Think Share
He wanted to give the people hope, belief and a reason to look to the future.
Important phases
1 in memory of
2 take place
3 at a great cost
4 suffer for
5 look to
6 set down
为纪念……
发生;举行
制定;写下
展望;指望
以巨大的代价
因……而受罚 / 苦
Important phases
7 be up to sb to do sth
8 step by step
9 bring forth
10 be engaged in
11 carry on
12 in vain
应由某人做某事
逐步地
继续;开展
使产生;使出现
参与;从事于;忙于
白白地;徒劳
Search the Internet to read more about speeches that stress the importance of breaking boundaries.
Write a journal about what you read.
Homework
Thank You!