Unit 4 Developing ideas The Words That Changed A Nation ppt课件-新外研版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第二册.pptx

1、The words That Changed A NationDaily life for a slave involved back-breaking labor.Slaves on cotton plantations worked from first light until nightfallThey were allowed only enough rest as was needed to keep them alive and able to workSome slaves were allowed to have families but that was only becau

2、se their children would become slaves as well.According to the video,what was a slaves life like?o miserable oo desperate oo tolerableo blessed oo inhuman According to the video,what was a slaves life like?unsufferabledoomed In the 19th century,the only book to outsell Uncle Toms Cabin was the Bible

3、.When Stowe visited President Lincoln at the White House in 1862,he is reported to have said,“So youre the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.”This statement,regardless of its truth,testifies to Uncle Toms Cabins impact.汤姆叔叔的小屋汤姆叔叔的小屋 written by Look at the title and skim th

4、e passage.Choose the book in which you would most likely find the passage.1.The Power of Speech2.Famous US Presidents3.Great Battles in History Abraham Lincoln(February 12,1809 April 15,1865)served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination(刺杀)in April 1865.He

5、 successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis,the American Civil War,preserving the Union and ending slavery.Who is the speaker?What is the setting(dateplace)On a grey afternoon on 19 November 1863,a tall,thin man mounted a platform in a field in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania and bega

6、n to speak.The place was the site of a recent battle where thousands of 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.What is the power of this speech?What is the backgro

7、und event?At that time,America was bitterly divided.For two years,its people had been deep in a civil war between the salve-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

8、 great cost.Over 50,000 soliders were killed or wounded,and people lost hope and purpose.What was all this suffering for?美国内战（美国南北战争）美国内战（美国南北战争）代表奴隶主利益的美利坚联盟国代表奴隶主利益的美利坚联盟国(南军南军)解放奴隶的美利坚合众国解放奴隶的美利坚合众国(北军北军)American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarWhat is the background event?At that time,America was bit

9、terly divided.For two years,its people had been deep in a civil war between the salve-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

10、killed or wounded,and people lost hope and purpose.What was all this suffering for?葛底斯堡战役葛底斯堡战役 The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point(转折点)of the Civil War.With more than 50,000 estimated casualties(伤亡人员),the three-day engagement was the bloodiest(最血腥的)single battle of the conflict.The Ba

11、ttle of Gettysburg（葛底斯堡战役）What is the background event?At that time,America was bitterly divided.For two years,its people had been deep in a civil war between the salve-owning Confederate Southern States and the“free”Northern States of the Union.The worst battle lasted three days and took place at G

12、ettysburg 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?In November 1863,a portion of the Gettysburg battlefield(战场)becomes a final resting place for the Uniondead.President Lincoln uses the

13、 dedication ceremony at the Gettysburgs Soldiers National Cemetery（墓地)to honor the fallen and reassert the purpose of the war in his historic Gettysburg Address（葛底斯堡演说）Gettysburg Address（葛底斯堡演说）Lincoln understood the feelings of the civilian people.His speech gave them hope,belief and a reason to lo

14、ok 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 division between North and South,but the boundaries

15、between black and white,and work step by step towards the equality of humankind.What did Lincolns speech give to people?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 Am

16、erica 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 division between North and South,but the boundaries between black and white,and work step by step towards the equality of huma

17、nkind.What are the ideals conveyed by the speech?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

18、 years before.It was what the soldiers had died for.Now it was up to the living to remove not only the division between North and South,but the boundaries between black and white,and work step by step towards the equality of humankind.What did the soldiers die for?What should the living soldiers do?

19、What did Lincoln describe the founding of the US?Fourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforthonthiscontinentanewnation,conceivedinLibertyanddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.What challenges did the Civil War bring to the nation?Nowweareengagedinagreatcivilwar,testingwhetherthatna

20、tionoranynationsoconceivedandsodedicatedcanlongendure.Wearemetonagreat battlefieldofthatwar.Wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalresting-placeforthosewhoheregavetheirlivesthatthatnationmightlive.Itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis.Nowweareengagedinagreatcivilwar,testingwhether

21、thatnationoranynationsoconceivedandsodedicatedcanlongendure.Wearemetonagreat battlefieldofthatwar.Wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalresting-placeforthosewhoheregavetheirlivesthatthatnationmightlive.Itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis.How did Lincoln describe the men who fou

22、ght in the war?Butinalargersense,wecannotdedicate,wecannotconsecrate,wecannothallowthisground.Thebravemen,livinganddeadwhostruggledherehaveconsecrateditfaraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetract.Theworldwilllittlenote,norlongrememberwhatwesayhere,butitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere.How did Lincoln describe t

23、he men who fought in the war?What was the“great task”that Lincoln described?Itisforustheliving,rather,tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhichtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanced.Itisratherforustobeherededicatedtothegreattaskremainingbeforeus-thatfromthesehonoreddeadwetakeincreaseddevotionto

24、thatcauseforwhichtheygavethelastfullmeasureofdevotion-thatweherehighlyresolvethatthesedeadshallnothavediedinvain-thatthisnationshallhaveanewbirthoffreedom；andthatgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeopleshallnotperishfromtheearth.Itisforustheliving,rather,tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhi

25、chtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanced.Itisratherforustobeherededicatedtothegreattaskremainingbeforeus-thatfromthesehonoreddeadwetakeincreaseddevotiontothatcauseforwhichtheygavethelastfullmeasureofdevotion-thatweherehighlyresolvethatthesedeadshallnothavediedinvain-thatthisnationshallhaveanewb

26、irthoffreedom；andthatgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeopleshallnotperishfromtheearth.Who would be responsible for carrying out this task?Think and share 1.What other speeches can you think of that stress the importance of breaking boundaries?2.What efforts to break boundaries are described in the two reading passages in this unit?