Unit 6 the diary of an unknown soldier

Unit6TheDiaryoftheUnknownSoldier,Instructor:XuXiaofang,Tounderstandthemainideaofthetext,Expressyourideaaboutwars,Learningobjectives,Warmup,1,Textstudy,2,Discussion,3,Summary,4,Teachingprocedure,I.Lead-in,Doyoukeepadiary?Whatdoyouusuallywriteinyourdiary?,Diary,Diaryisauniquetypeofwritinginthatitisnotstructuredinapre-plannedwayasisapieceofargumentationorapieceofnarration.Inadiary,thewriterspensimplyfollowshisflowofhisthoughts.Inotherwords,apieceofdiaryisusually“structured”bytheauthorsfreeassociationbetweenthepresent,thepast,andthefuture,interwovenhisrelevantremarks.,Pre-readingquestions,Watchthevideoandanswerquestions,Canyoudescribethecrueltiesofthewarfromtheeyesofasoldier?,PilesofrubblesLifelessbodiesLifelessheapsHeapsofbodiesSoundsofbombsexplodingAseaofblood,Canyouguesswhatasoldierwouldaskaboutwarwhenheisthreatenedbydeath?,II.CulturalNotes,D-day,Nazi,Axispowers,Alliedpowers,Inmid-1937,Japanbeganafullinvasionof_.ThestartingdatewasgenerallyheldtobeSeptember_withtheGermaninvasionof_andtheendingdatewasSeptember1945,when_surrenderedtotheAllies.Warbrokeout-China1939PolandJapan,Thewarresultedingreatcasualtyanddestruction.Thus,inanefforttomaintaininternationalpeace,theAlliesformed_onOctober24,1945.theUnitedNations,Anotherresultwasthatthe_andthe_emergefromthewarastheworldsleadingsuperpowers,whichsetthestagefortheColdWar,lastingforthenext45years.SovietUnionUnitedStates,AxisPower,CountriesopposedtotheAlliesduringtheWorldWar.NaziGermany,FascistItalyandImperialJapanwerepartofamilitaryallianceonthesigningoftheTripartitePactonSeptember1940.Attheirzenith,theAxispowersruledempiresthatdominatedlargepartsofEurope,Africa,EastandSouthAsiaandthePacificOcean.Endedwithtotaldefeat.,AlliesofWorldWar,CountriesofficiallyopposedtoAxisPowerpromotedtheallianceasseekingtostopGerman,ItalianandJapaneseaggression.Theanti-Germancoalitionatthestartofthewar(1September1939)consistedofFrance,PolandandGreatBritain,soontobejoinedbytheBritishCommonwealth.theSovietUnionjoinedtheAlliesafterbeinginvadedbyGermanyanditsallies.TheUnitedStatesjoinedinDecember1941aftertheJapaneseattackonPearlHarbor.Asof1942,theBigThreeleadersofBritain,theSovietUnion,andtheUnitedStatescontrolledAlliedpolicy,theinvasionofPoland,JapanDeclaredSurrender,Countries?,morethan100millionmilitarypersonnel,1.rivalsuperpowers2.Accelerateddecolonizationmovements3.increasedpoliticalintegration.,1939to1945,Resultandinfluence,theAlliesandtheAxis,themostwidespreadwar,nuclearattack,HiroshimaandNagasaki,Warm-up:WorldWarII,B,Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthorspurposeofwriting.,Textstudy:Fastreading,Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.,1.Itcanbeinferredthatthescenesofcrueltyinthewarwerebeyondtheauthorsexpectations.2.InLondon,theauthorandhisfellowsoldierswerefightingagainstGermensoldierstoprotectthecity.3.Theauthorwillinglyjoinedthewar,becausehewasamanofcourageandwasnotafraidofdeath.4.Inhisdiary,theauthornotonlypouredouthisdisgustforthewars,butalsoquestionedthesensiblenessofwar.5.Inthelastentry,theauthorexpressedhisprofoundloveforhischildren,becausehewasclosetodeath.,Textstudy:Fastreading,T,F,F,T,F,Nazisairraids,retreattoasmalltown,Hislocationwasdiscovered,1love2.Hatred,Textstudy:Fastreading,reality,Contrast,expectation,Textstudy：Carefulreading,Textstudy：Carefulreading,(1)Inthissoldiersopinion,doeswarhappentobethewaytosolveproblems?(2)Howdoyouunderstandthephrase“wordshasitthat”?(3)Whatdidhedeterminetotellthefamiliesofthosesoldierswhodiedinthewar?(4)Whatsthesoldiersimplicationbysaying“Evenonewaristoomany”?,PairWork：AskandAnswer,Textstudy：Carefulreading,Iwish,withallmysoul,thatIcouldbehomenow,inmyownbed,waitingforChristmasmorningtocome.Thechildrenwouldbetuckedintheirbeds,andmywifeandIwouldbesoundlyasleepinourroom.Iamstrugglingtocalmmyselfdown,butmyfaceiscoveredindirtandsweat,andmyheadispoundinglikemad.IamsoclosetodeaththatIcanactuallyfeelitsfierybreathengulfingme.TohelpkeepmefrompanickingIamthinkingofmydaughtersfacesastheyopentheirpresentsonChristmasDay.Thefacesareallaglowwithdelight.Iwillalwaysremembertheirfaces,waitIhearfootstepscominginmydirection.Myrifleisuselesssincetherearenoshellsinit.Ifthisismylastentrythenplease,whoeverfindsthis,returnittomyfamily.,Readthefollowingpartfromtheentry3,Textstudy：Carefulreading,Discussion,1.Canyouguesswhatquestionthesoldiermightaskaboutwarwhenheisthreatenedbydeath?2.Canyougiveoneortwowordstodescribewar?,Groupwork：Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourclassmates,massacre,cruel,senseless,barbarous,unjust,War,Summary,III.Introductionofthetext,Thetextincludes3diarieswrittenbytheunknownAmericansoldierduringWorldWarII.Thesetruerecordscanenableustoexperiencethecrueltyandterrorofthewar.,Readthetextandfinishthefollowingtasks:,Whatdoalltheseentrieshaveincommon?Whatparticularsituationorcontextiseachentrysetin?Andhowisthisparticularsituationrelatedtothecommonthematictopicsofthesethreeentries?,1.Thethreeentrieshavetwothematictopicsincommon,onebeingthehorriblescenesofthewarthatthewriterwitnessed,andtheotherbeingthewritersstrongloverfor,andemotionalattachmenttohisfamily.Thesetwothemesreoccurinallthreeentries.,2.Thefirstentry:thewriterdescribehowhefeltandfearedunderGermanairraids.ThisleadhimtospeculateaboutthedifficultiesandproblemshisfamilymightbeundergoingbackinAmerica.,Thesecondentry:thewriterdescribeshisreflectionsonthejustificationofwars.ThesightofateenagegirlandthegrimconditioninasmallEuropeantownmadehimrecallhisdeardaughtersandfamily.,Thethirdentry:wasdatedonChristmasEveabouttheapproachingdeath.Thewritersonlywishwasthatsomeonecouldreturnthediarytohisfamily,Structuralanalysis,Thefirstentry:thehorriblesceneofthewar;hiswishtoalive;hislongingforhisalive.Thesecondentry:Fact:theyarestayingatthetown,withoutfoodandammunitionwhentheNazitroopsarecoming.Reflection:Warcreatesmoreproblems,and“evenonewaristoomany.”Thethirdentry:theimminentdanger,andpossibly,death;Nazitroopscoming,realization;ofbeingclosetodeath,thinkingofhisfamily;Onelastquestion:whythereshouldbewar?,IV.DetailedStudy,Question1:Whatinformationcanyougetfromthefirstsentenceinthisparagraph?,1)Thisstoryisdedicatedto-tosayatthebeginningofabook,aperformance,etc.thatyouaredoingitforsb.asamarkofrespectoraffection在（墓碑、文学作品等）上题献词,MainLanguagePoints,1)Thisstoryisdedicatedto-tosayatthebeginningofabook,aperformance,etc.thatyouaredoingitforsb.asamarkofrespectoraffection在（墓碑、文学作品等）上题献词eg.Chrisdedicatedherthesistoherfather.克里斯把她的论文题献给她的父亲。,MainLanguagePoints,2）everywhereIlookIseepilesofrubble-acollectionofobjectslaidontopofeachother(Synonym:heap),4)IfitwouldhavebeensomestrangerscorpsesthatIhadseenImighthavetakenitlighter.-nottotreatitasaseriousmatter.,5)Theyallcameherewithanairofconfidenceandeagerness,readytowin.-seemingtohave/beeg.Lilycameintotheyardwithanairofhappyconfidence.莉莉带着快乐自信的神情走进了院子。sheansweredwithafaintairofboredom.她以带着一丝倦怠的神态回答。,6)Couldntthosemenseethatwhattheyreceivedwasaone-waytickettodeath,-ticketvalidfortravelfromoneplacetoanotherwithoutreturn.two-wayticket(aroundtrip)one-wayticketcanusuallyrefertosomeinevitableconsequence.Figureofspeech:Metaphor,one-wayticket-someinevitableconsequence.eg.Human