《Unit6-The-Diary-of-the-Unknown-Soldier》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《Unit6-The-Diary-of-the-Unknown-Soldier（194页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、Unit6,Watch the video and answer the following questions.,1. Do you know where the soldiers were in the video? 2. What do you feel when you watch the movies about wars?,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,The soldiers were on the beach of Nor
2、mandy in northwest of France. It was the invasion of Normandy during Operation Overlord in World War II.,Open.,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Soldier A: Sergeant: Captain: Sergeant: Soldier B: Captain: Soldier C: Captain: Soldier C: Capt
3、ain:,Video Script1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,I said, “What the hell do we do now, sir?” Captain Miller! Captain Miller! Sergeant Horvath! Move your men off the beach! Go! Okay, you guys, get on my ass! Follow me! Sir, whats the rallying point? Anywhere but here! . The seawall! Move
4、 up to the seawall! Sir, Im staying! Clear this beach, make way for the others! This is all we got between us and the Almighty. Every inch of this beach has been pre-sighted! You stay here, youre dead men!,1. Quote,Cultural information 1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,The real and lasti
5、ng victories are those of peace, and not of war. Ralph Waldo Emerson,Cultural information 1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,2. World War II,World War II, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945 which involved most of the worlds nations, including
6、 all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and,the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobilized. In a state of “total war”, the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scien
7、tific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by significant action against civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it was the deadliest conflict in human history, and it has bee
8、n,Cultural information 2,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,estimated that it resulted in fifty million to over seventy million fatalities. The war is generally accepted to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germ
9、any by France and most of the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth. China and Japan were already at war by this date, whereas other countries that were not initially involved joined the war later in response to events such as the German invasion of the Soviet Union and the Japanese attac
10、ks on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and on British overseas colonies, which triggered declarations of war on Japan by the United States, the British Commonwealth, and the Netherlands.,Cultural information 2,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,The war ended with the total victory of
11、the Allies over Germany and Japan in 1945. World War II left the political alignment and social structure of the world significantly changed. While the United Nations was established to foster international cooperation and prevent future conflicts, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as r
12、ival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next forty-six years. Meanwhile, the acceptance of the principle of self-determination accelerated decolonization movements in Asia and Africa, while Western Europe began moving toward economic recovery and increased politica
13、l integration.,Structural analysis 3,1. What do the three entries of the diary have in common?,The three entries have two thematic topics in common, one being the horrible scenes of the war that the writer witnessed, and the other being the writers strong love for, and emotional attachment to his fa
14、mily. These two themes recur in all three entries.,Structural analysis,Text analysis,Structural analysis 1,In the first entry, the writer describes how he felt and feared under German air raids. This led him to speculate about the difficulties and problems his family might be undergoing back in Amer
15、ica. In the second entry, the writer describes his reflections on the justification of wars. The sight of a teenage girl and the grim condition in a small European town made him recall his dear daughters and family. The third entry was dated on Christmas Eve and about the approaching death. The writ
16、ers only wish was that someone could return the diary to his family.,2. What particular situation or context does each entry have? And how is this particular situation related to the common thematic topics in these three entries?,Structural analysis,Text analysis,Structural analysis 1,Text analysis,Structural analysis,Diary writing is a unique type of writing in that it is not structured in a pre-planned way as are other types of writing. In a diary entry, the wr
