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
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）

Rhetorical Question …but can you doubt what our policy will be?

Rhetorical Devices




Periodic Sentence (圆周句 / 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. 把关键意思放在整句末尾，将次要的放在句首。读者只有读完全句才 能了解该句完整含义的句子结构，圆周句又叫“掉尾句”。从语法上 看，圆周句是个不可分割的语言单位。它在结构上没有固定模式，大 多情况下是把较长的状语提前，而把较短的主句放在最后。通常，从 句在前，主句在句末，这就是复合句的圆周句模式 E.g. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a fortune must be in want of a wife. (Pride and Prejudice)
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

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…

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?


3. What policy did Churchill declare Britain would pursue?

Rhetorical Devices
Repetition We will never parley, we will never negotiate..

Inversion From this nothing will turn us— nothing. …but this I will say…
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2. 3.

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.

Churchill declared the British government’s 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.
Lesson 5
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U. S. S. R.
Background Information:

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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
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.
4. What, according to Churchill, was Hitler’s 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