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,Unit4AViewofMountainsJonathanSchell,BackgroundInformationAbouttheAuthorPre-readingDiscussionStructuralAnalysisQuestionsforFurtherComprehensionWritingSkills,TeachingObjectives,Pre-readingDiscussion,2.Whatdoyouknowaboutnuclearweapons?Whatsyourattitudetowardsnuclearweapons?,1.Whatdoyouthinkisthegreatestthreattotheexistenceofmankind?Whatcanwedowithit?,TheEffectsofNuclearWeaponsbothimmediateanddelayeddestructiveeffectsblast,thermalradiation,andpromptionizingradiationradioactivefalloutandotherenvironmentaleffects,BackgroundInformation,1.AboutWorldWarII,Time,from1939to1945,TwoOpposingParties,TheAllies,TheAxis,DeathToll,Over70millionfatalities,2.Aboutthenuclearattacks,Time,onAugust6and9,1945,Place,HiroshimamenaceThehuthunghalfovertheedgeoftheprecipice.Theyfeltsomekindofdisasterwashangingoverthem.Withthecourtcasehangingoverus,wecouldntenjoyourvacation.,SpareItllsparehimembarrassmentifyouspeaktohimaboutitinprivate.Thedoctortriedtosparehimfrompain.Couldyousparesometimetocometoourartexhibition?Theprisonerwasspared.Doyoucarryasparewheelinthebackofyourcar?Spareusthesuspenseandtelluswhohaswonthefirstprize.,open-ended:withoutfixedlimitsorrestrictionsTheBBChasdecidedtoexpandtheprogrammeontheCommonMarketintoanopen-endeddiscussion.anopen-endedandgenerousscholarshipthatletsrecipientswritetheirownticket,Intact:entire,unimpairedHecanscarcelysurvivethisscandalwithhisreputationintact.Despitehismisfortunes,hisfaithandoptimismremainedintact.Topreservethefarmintact,hetransferredittooneheir.,Glimpse:n.aquicklook,abriefpassinglook,sight,orview/v.Iglimpsedheramongthecrowdjustnow.Oneglimpseathimselfinthemirrorwasenough.Ionlycaughtaglimpseofthespeedingcar.Thereisaglimpseoftruthinwhathesaid.Thebiographyoffersonlyafewglimpsesofhislifebeforehebecomesfamous.,Apprehend:a.getthemeaningofsomethingb.expectwithanxiety,suspicion,orfearSheapprehendedthecomplicatedlawveryquickly.Intheabyssofhismindheapprehendtheworldsminuteness.apprehendahotsummer,Peril:seriousorimmediatedangerTherefugeeswereinperilofdeathfromhunger.Isthearmsracethegreatestperilnow?Theshipwasinimminentperilofbeingwrecked.Hewasinperiloflosinghislife.Atonesperil(若有)咎由自取Youcandoitatyourperil.,Counterpoise:constituteacounterweightorcounterbalanceto平衡，均衡Counter-:反对，逆，对付Counteract抵消Counterclaim反诉Counterclockwise逆时针Counterpart互相对应的人或物,weseemtoneed,inaddition,someotherpicturetocounterpoiseagainstruinedNagasaki(Paragraph3)apartfromthepicturesofNagasakiweseemtoneedsomeotherpicturetoinspireinusahopeoflifetocounterbalancethesenseofdoomsuggestedbytheruinedNagasaki,Ensure:makesth.CertaintohappenIwillensurethatthecararrivesbysixoclock.Preparednessensuressuccess.Aletterofintroductionwillensureyouaninterview.Theymusttakestepstoensureagainst/frompossiblefailure.Agoodsleepwillensureyouquickerrecovery.,RhetoricalFeatures,“AbutB”structureThephotographsdisplaythefateofasinglecity,buttheirmeaningisuniversal.(Para.2)Thetruemeasureoftheeventliesnotinwhatremainsbutinallthathasdisappeared.(Para.1)“AyetB”Yamahataspicturesaffordaglimpseoftheendoftheworld.Yetinourday(Para.3),HereisasentencethatorganizestheinformationinasimilarwaywithouttheuseoftheconjunctionbutoryetArrivingahalf-centurylate,theyareallnews.,Byadmittingsomethingiscorrectfirstthensayingsomethingelseisevenmorecorrect,oradmittingsomethingisurgentfirstandthensayingsomethingelseismoreurgentwiththehelpoftheabove-mentionedsentencestructures,theauthorsucceedsinmakinghissentenceswellbalancedandhisargumentationforcefulandconvincing.,TextIIStatementatthe2003SessionofUnitedNationsDisarmamentCommission,HuXiaoDi,Questions,Whyistheworldsituationuncertainandunpredictable?How