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(1).pptx

1、 Unit 4 Breaking boundariesLook at the title and skim the 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 1.Who was the man standing on the platform?2.What was he doing in public?总统巨石是世界上最大的人面总统巨石是世界上最大的人面雕

2、刻。山上雕刻着四位美国总统的头雕刻。山上雕刻着四位美国总统的头像，分别是美国开国总统像，分别是美国开国总统乔治乔治华盛华盛顿顿，独立宣言独立宣言起草人之一的美国起草人之一的美国第三任总统第三任总统托马斯托马斯杰斐逊杰斐逊，美国维，美国维护联邦统一、取得南北战争胜利的总护联邦统一、取得南北战争胜利的总统统亚伯拉罕亚伯拉罕林肯林肯，现代美国之父、，现代美国之父、第第2626任总统任总统西奥多西奥多罗斯福罗斯福。Abraham Lincoln(February 12,1809 April 15,1865)served as the 16th President of the United State

3、s.He successfully led his country through the American Civil War,preserving the Union and ending slavery.The Gettysburg AddressSpeaker:Abraham LincolnSetting(date&place):Background event:Organise information from the passage and complete the notes.“发表演说”deliver an address例如：The president will delive

4、r a speech about the school environment.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 Unit

5、ed 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.The setting of the addressAt that time,America was bitterly divided.F

6、or 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 wound

7、ed,and people lost hope and purpose.What was all this suffering for?The background of the addressLincoln 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 o

8、n the ideals set down by its Founding Fathers 87 years before.It was what the soldiers 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.The main content of

9、the addressThe Gettysburg AddressSpeaker:Abraham LincolnSetting(date&place):Background event:November 19,1863a field in Gettysburg,PennsylvaniaFor two years,American people had been deep in a civil war.The worst battle lasted three days and took place at Gettysburg in 1863.paragraphs the main ideaPa

10、rt 1Para 1Part 2Para 2Part 3 Para 3Part 4 Para 4,5,6 The setting of the addressThe background of the addressThe main content of the address“The Gettysburg Address”by Abraham Lincoln1.How did slave owners regard their slaves?2.What was a slaves life like?They didnt regard them as humans but as animal

11、s,without respecting them.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.From the 16th to the 19th century,millions of Africans were transported across the Atlantic to

12、provide cheap labour for Europes colonies in the Americas.Slaves endured long journeys in terrible conditions on slave ships.After they arrived,they were sold to new owners.But their conditions did not improve.Daily life for a slave involved back-breaking labour.Slaves on cotton plantations worked f

13、rom first light until nightfall.They were allowed only enough rest as was needed to keep them alive and able to work.Some slaves were allowed to have families,but that was only because their children would become slaves as well.Salves were often physically abused by their owners,but with no legal ri

14、ghts,they were unable to protest against such bad treatment.Slave owners could punish their slaves however they wished.When Uncle Toms Cabin,a now-famous novel about the life of an old slave,was published in 1852,it was still illegal for anyone in the United States to help a runaway slave.The novel

15、aimed to attack the law and to convince the reader of the evils of slavery.Indeed,it helped make slavery less popular by revealing the miserable lives of slaves.The Face of Slavery Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth,upon this continent,a new nation,conceived in Liberty,and dedi

16、cated to the proposition that all men are created equal.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

17、 for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.现在我们正从事一场伟大的内战，以考验这个国家，或者任何一个孕育于自由和奉行现在我们正从事一场伟大的内战，以考验这个国家，或者任何一个孕育于自由和奉行上述原则的国家是否能够长久存在下去。我们在这场战争中的一个伟大战场上集会。烈上述原则的国家是否能够长久存在下去。我们在这场战争中的一个伟大战场上集会。烈士们为使这个国家能够生存下去而献出了自己的生命，我们

18、来到这里，是要把这个战场士们为使这个国家能够生存下去而献出了自己的生命，我们来到这里，是要把这个战场的一部分奉献给他们作为最后安息之所。我们这样做是完全应该而且是非常恰当的的一部分奉献给他们作为最后安息之所。我们这样做是完全应该而且是非常恰当的.How did Lincoln describe the founding of the US?It was a new nation conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.What challenges did the

19、Civil War bring to the nation?It would test whether a nation conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal can long endure.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

20、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.那些曾在这里战斗过的勇士们，活着的和去世的，已经把这块土地圣化了，那些曾在这里战斗过的勇士们，活着的和去世的，已经把这块土地圣化了，这远不是我们微薄的力量所能增减的。这远不是我们微薄的力量所能增减的。How did Lincoln describe the m

21、en who fought in the war?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 wh

22、ich 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.倒是我们应该在这里把自己奉献于仍然留在我们面前的

23、伟大任务倒是我们应该在这里把自己奉献于仍然留在我们面前的伟大任务我们要从这我们要从这些光荣的死者身上汲取更多的献身精神，来完成他们已经完全彻底为之献身的事些光荣的死者身上汲取更多的献身精神，来完成他们已经完全彻底为之献身的事业；我们要在这里下定最大的决心，不让这些死者白白牺牲；我们要使国家在上业；我们要在这里下定最大的决心，不让这些死者白白牺牲；我们要使国家在上帝福佑下得到自由的新生，要使这个民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。帝福佑下得到自由的新生，要使这个民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。倒是我们这些还活着的人，倒是我们这些还活着的人，应该在这里把自己奉献于勇士们已经如此崇高地向前推进但尚未完成

24、的事业应该在这里把自己奉献于勇士们已经如此崇高地向前推进但尚未完成的事业 。What was the“great task”that Lincoln described?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.Who would be responsible for carrying out this task?The living s

25、hould be dedicated to the task.Lincoln talks about the government“of people,by the people,for the people”.What does this mean?“Of the people”means that government should be made up of or drawn from the people;“by the people”means that government should be run by ordinary people;“for the people”means

26、 that government should use its power for the peoples benefit.Every citizens has a right and a duty to protect his own interests and to decide how his government should be governed.1 What was Lincolns purpose in giving the speech?A To declare a civil war.B In memory of the soldiers who died in the w

27、ar.C To celebrate a victory.2 How long did the worst battle last?A One day.B Two days.C Three days.D Four days.Reading comprehension3 How did Lincoln describe the men who fought in the war?A Brave and dedicated.B Selfless.C Generous.D Hard-working.Think&Share What was Lincolns purpose in giving the

28、speech?The purpose is to call on the living to remove the division between North and South,and the boundaries between black and white,and work step by step towards the equality of humankind.Abraham Lincoln,President of the United States of America,made a speech on 19 November,1863 in Gettysburg,Penn

29、sylvania in memory of the soldiers who 1_(die).At that time,America was 2_(bitter)divided.For two years,its people had been deep in a civil war between South and North.The Union side won but 3_ a great cost.People lost hope and purpose.Lincoln understood the feelings of the 4_(civil)people.His speec

30、h gave them hope,5_(believe)and a reason to look to the future.He gave them a new vision of 6_ the United States of America should be,7_(base)on the ideals set down by its Founding Fathers 87 years before.8_ was what the soldiers had died for.Now it was up to the living 9_(remove)not only the divisi

31、ons between North and South,10_ the boundaries between black and white,and work step by step towards the equality of humankind.had died bitterly at civilian belief what based It to remove but直击高考直击高考Before writingChairman MAO zedong met Mr Snow in 1970.The film Red Star over China set in Yanan.1.Who

32、 was Edgar Snow?An American Journalist.(He came to China in 1928,and worked as a correspondent from April 1933 to June 1935.From April 1933 to June 1935,Snow was also a lecturer in the Department of Journalism of Beijing Yanjing University.In June 1936,Snow visited the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border r

33、egion and wrote a large number of communications reports,becoming the first Western journalist to cover the Red Zone)2.What did he do and what aboundaries did he break?He wrote influenttial books and articles about China in the 1930s.His writing broke ideological boundaries.Opening Who the person is

34、:What boundaries he or she has broken:BodyHow he or she achieved this:Summary Comments on him or her:Task:Make a speed about a hero or heroine you admire.Communication boundaries among lonely old men.National boundaries The rich and the poors boundaries 1.What led to the boundary?2.Who is affected b

35、y the boudary?3.What can be done to remove the boundary?4.How would society change if the boundary?Because the mobile phone,children and parents meet each other less.The old man.Come home often,take time to visit the elderly,and chat with the elderly face to face.Older people are happier and healthi

36、er.There will be more warmth between people.1.the structure of your presentation2.Useful words,expressions and structuresReference:a.Recently,the problem of has aroused peoples concern.b.Personally,It is urgent that immediate measures should be taken to put an end to the boundary.For one thing.;For another,.c.Only in this way can we