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1、Unit 6 The Diary of the Unknown SoldierLesson 1Pre-reading ActivitieslQuestions for Discussion:l(1) Have you ever seen any war films or read any war stories? What are they?l(2) What is your attitude towards war?lQuotations on War:lThere never was a good war or a bad peace. Benjamin FranklinlThe real
2、 and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. Ralph Waldo EmersonWatch the video and answer the following questions.lDo you know where the soldiers were in the video?lThe soldiers were on the beach of Normandy in northwest of France. It was the invasion of Normandy in World War II.lWhat
3、 do you feel when you watch the movies about wars?Soldier A: Sergeant: Captain: Sergeant: Soldier B: Captain: Soldier C: Captain: Soldier C: Captain: 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 m
4、y ass! Follow me! Sir, whats the rallying point? Anywhere but here! . The seawall! Move 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!Cultural
5、 Information: WWII (2)lWorld War II was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945 which involved most of the worlds nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. lIt was the most widespread war in history, with more th
6、an 100 million military personnel mobilized. lMarked 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 been estimated that it resulted in fifty million to over seventy million fa
7、talities.Cultural Information: WWII (2)lThe 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 Germany by France and most of the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth. lChina and Japan were already
8、 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 attacks on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and on British overseas colonies, which triggered declarations
9、of war on Japan by the United States, the British Commonwealth, and the Netherlands.lThe war ended with the total victory of the Allies over Germany and Japan in 1945.Cultural Information: WWII (3)lWorld War II left the political alignment（政治结 盟）and social structure of the world significantly change
10、d. The United Nations was established to foster international cooperation and prevent future conflicts.The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next forty-six years. The acceptance of the principle of self-determina
11、tion（ 自决）accelerated decolonization movements（殖民地 独立运动） in Asia and Africa, while Western Europe began moving toward economic recovery and increased political integration.Text Comprehension1. What do the three entries of the diary have in common?lThe three entries have two thematic topics in common,
12、 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 family. These two themes recur in all three entries.Text Comprehension2. What particular situation or context does each entry have? And how is this pa
13、rticular situation related to the common thematic topics in these three entries? 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 America.lIn the second entry,
14、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.lThe third entry was dated on Christmas Eve and about the approaching death. The writers only wish was that som
15、eone could return the diary to his family.Structural AnalysisDiary 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 writers pen simply follows the flow of his thoughts. In other words, a piece of diary writing
16、is usually “structured” by the authors free associations between the present, the past, and the future, or between the reality and the imagination, or between the actual happenings and the authors feelings.Entry 1soil n. (literary) a countrylIt was the first time we had set foot on foreign soil.llandSentence HighlightlThey all came here with an air of confidence and eagerness, r
