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Unit 2
Hiroshima---“the Liveliest” City
in Japan
by Jacques Danvoir
Teaching Points
? I,Background information
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions for discussion
I,Background Information
? 1,The City of Hiroshima
? 2,The first dropping of an atomic
bomb---“Little Boy”
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 1,Type of literature:
? -- a piece of radio report
Introduction to the Passage
? 2,The purpose of a piece of radio
report,
? -- to inform the auditors of the truth
Introduction to the Passage
? 3,Some characteristics of radio report:
? -- authenticity and objectivity
III, Text Analysis
? 1,accurately recording the dialogues
with some Japanese to reinforce the
authenticity of the report
? 2,carefully observing and describing
details to reinforce the authenticity of
the report
? 3,vivid and humorous description to
make the report interesting
Special Difficulties
? 1,reading between the lines
? 2,paraphrasing some sentences
IV, Rhetorical Devices
? 1,metaphor
? 2,anti-climax
VII, Questions for Discussion
? 1,What was the writer’s attitude towards
Hiroshima?
? 2,Was Hiroshima in any way different from
other Japanese cities?
? 3,Even in this short description one may find
some of the problems of Japan,or at least,of
Hiroshima,Can you say what they are?
? 4,How do the Japanese themselves look at
Hiroshima? Why?
Exercises
? P.