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The Great Hero of World War II
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 1.Historical background material
? 2.Winston Churchill’s life career
? 3.Questions on content
? 4.Figures of speech
? 5.Organization of the text
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 1.Historical background material
? In March 1939,Britain and France started
talks with the Soviet Union on possible
cooperation against Fascist Germany,At that
time Britain under Chamberlain and France
under Daladier were pursuing a policy of
appeasement.After three months’ fruitless
negotiation,the talks were broken off.Then in
order to protect itself,the Soviet Union signed the
Non-aggression Pact with Hitler’s Germany on
August 23.
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Hitler---The most wicked
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Lightening Attack---Airraid
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Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? On June 6,the British had already learnt that
Hitler was to attack Russia and passed on the
warning to the Soviet Union,which was
unheeded.On June 20,two days before the
invasion,Churchill worked on a speech to be
broadcast to the world when the invading
forces rolled into Russia.The speech was
carefully composed,full of grave themes and
weighty arguments.
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Defending War of Stalingrad
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Crazy Attack
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 2.Winston Churchill’s life career
? Early Life
? Winston Churchill was born on Nov.30,1874
at Blenheim Palace.He graduated from the
Royal Military College at Sandhurst.Then he
participated in the colonial wars and reported
all these campaigns as a war correspondent.
? Young politician
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? In 1900 churchill entered the House of
Commons where he was critical of the
Conservative Government,In 1904 amid
fierce Conservative anger he joined the
Liberals.In Oct.1911,he was appointed First
Lord of Admiralty.After he suffered a major
setback,he returned to the government in
1917,first as Minister
? of Munitions,then as Minister of War.
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
2.Winston Churchill’s life career
Interwar Years
? In 1924 Churchill served his ties with
liberalism and went back to the
Conservative Party which lost the
General Election of 1929 and he was
out of the office for the next 10 years ----
until the outbreak of war.
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? World War II
? The major period of Churchill’s political
career began when he became Prime
Minister in May 1940.He took part in all the
important conferences with Roosevelt and
Stalin during the war.
? He was defeated in the election in July 1945
while he was attending the Postdam
Conference.
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
?2.Winston Churchill’s life career
? Last Years
? In 1951 he became Prime Minister again.He
was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature in
1953.On April 5,1955,he resigned office and
ended his public career.He died on
? Jan 24,1965 and was given a state
funeral.His works,combining personal
perspective with grand historical themes,are
written great sweep and lucidity.
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 3.Questions on content
? Give brief answers to the following
questions.
? 1) When and how did the Germans
attack the Soviet Union?
? 2) What was Churchill’s reaction to the
news of Hitler’s invasion of Russia?Why?
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 3)Why did Churchill side with the Soviet
Union since he had always been an avowed
enemy of Communism?
? 4) What policy did Churchill declare Britain
would pursue?
? 5) What,according to Churchill,was Hitler’s
motive in invading Russia?Do you agree with
him?
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 4.Figures of speech
? The following are some of the rhetorical devices
Churchill employed to make his speech vivid and
powerful.
? 1)Periodic sentence
? The past,with its crimes,its follies,and its
tragedies,flashes away.
? 2)Rhetorical question
? But can you doubt what our policy will be?
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 4.Figures of speech
? 3)Parallel structure
? a.We will never parley
? We will never negotiate ……
? b.Behind all this glare
? Behind all this storm I see……
? c.We shall fight him by land
? We shall fight him by sea
? We shall fight him in the air
? d.I see the Russian soldiers standing… …
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 4.Figures of speech
? 3)Parallel structure
? I see them guarding……
? I see the ten thousand villages……
? I see advancing upon……
? 4) Inversion
? …… but this I will say……
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 4.Figures of speech
? 5)Repetition
? a.We have but one aim and one
single,irrevocable purpose.
? b.He has so long thrived and prospered.
? 6)Metaphor
? a.rid the earth of his shadow and liberated its
peoples from his yoke
? b.standing on the threshold of their native
land
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 4.Figures of speech
? 7)Alliteration
? a.fighting for his hearth and home
? b.Let us learn the lessons already taught by
such cruel experience
? 5.Organization of the text
? A.Churchill’s preparation for his speech
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Lesson Five
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
? 5.Organization of the text
? B.Original text of the speech
? a.The distinction of the features between Nazi
regime and Communism
? b.The spectacle unfolding before Churchill’s
eyes
? c,Churchill’s irrevocable purpose
? d,Hitler’s intention in invading Russia
? e,The nature of the war
? f,Churchill’s call on united strength
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Thank You,Everyone!
?Wish the
?world
peaceful!