Lesson5新標日初級第五.ppt

Lesson 5 Speech on Hitlers Invasion of the U. S. S. R.,Background Information:,Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (Nov. 30, 1874 - Jan. 24, 1965) May 1940 - May 1945 first tenure as P.M. Oct. 1951 - Jan. 1955 second tenure as P.M. 1953 Won the Nobel Prize in Literature He is the only British Prime Minister who has ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature and the second person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. On June 22, 1941, as Hitler started an undeclared war against Russia, Churchill worked on a speech to be broadcast to the whole world.,Questions for Discussion,1.When and how did the Germans attack the Soviet Union? 2.What was Churchills reaction to the news of Hitlers invasion of Russia? 3. What policy did Churchill declare Britain would pursue? 4. What, according to Churchill, was Hitlers motive in invading Russia?,Text Analysis（I）,In the speech, Churchill denounced the Nazi regime as most wicked, causing unprecedented death and destruction in the human history. Now it invaded Russia, and the Russian soldiers were making a life-or-death attempt to fight against the Germans. This was a crucial point.,Text Analysis（II）,Churchill declared the British governments policy-to destroy Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi regime. Therefore, he called on all their friends and allies to unite and fight together. Churchill pointed out that this was only a prelude to an invasion of Britain. Thus, the danger of Russia was that of Britain. United, the anti-fascist countries would survive; separated, they would be struck down one by one.,Style,Narration + Argument Introduction (Fore speech) + Speech Proper masterpieces of oration highly persuasive and convincing Brief and concise language eloquent: forceful expressions, structure, words with abstract meaning emotional: language to arouse sympathy, hatred and passion To win support and help to encourage,Structural Analysis,Part I (Para1-6): a piece of narration-Background of the speech Part II (Para7-13): an argument Section 1 (Para7-9): Scenario on both sides of the border; to arouse emotion. Section 2 (Para10-12): What we should do. Section 3 (Para13): Further persuasion, to convince the audience of the justification of the decision.,Rhetorical Devices,Parallel structure / Parallelism We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him by sea, we shall fight him in the air I see the Russian soldiers standing I see them guarding I see the ten thousand villages,Rhetorical Devices,Repetition We will never parley, we will never negotiate Inversion From this nothing will turn usnothing. but this I will say Rhetorical Question but can you doubt what our policy will be?,Rhetorical Devices,Periodic Sentence (圓周句 / 尾重句） Long and frequently involved sentence in which the main idea is reserved to the end of the sentence. Thus the meaning of the sentence is not completed until the final word-usually with an emphatic climax. 把關(guān)鍵意思放在整句末尾，將次要的放在句首。讀者只有讀完全句才能了解該句完整含義的句子結(jié)構(gòu)，圓周句又叫“掉尾句”。從語法上看，圓周句是個不可分割的語言單位。它在結(jié)構(gòu)上沒有固定模式，大多情況下是把較長的狀語提前，而把較短的主句放在最后。通常，從句