大学英语综合教程.ppt
• Part II (Paragraphs 2-5) body of the speech: Churchill analyzed the world situation and how other countries looked at Britain and then called on the British people not to give in.
• What do you know of Winston Churchill?
Listening and Speaking
• Listen to a passage about Winston Churchill and discuss the following question:
What had Winston Churchill achieved in his lifetime as a statesman. an artist, a writer and a soldier?
• In World War II he was first lord of the admiralty (1939-40) and prime minister (1940-45). As such he became one of the great war leaders, leading Great Britain through World War II; his outstanding oratory maintained Britain's morale, and he was one of the main shapers of Allied (同盟国 的) strategy workingnt Roosevelt.
a combination of soldier, writer,
orator, artist and
World War (1948-1953),
and won the 1953 Nobel Prize for literature.
statesman
Text Comprehension
What is Churchill’s purpose of making the speech? • To encourage people to hold on in the stern situation.
Unit One
Text I “Never Give In, Never, Never, Never”
by Winston Churchill
An Integrated English Course Book 3
Pre-reading Questions
• Do you know when and how World War II broke out? What else do you know about it?
For your reference
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Greatest modern British statesman:
He was a direct descendant from the first Duke of Marlborough, the son of Lord Randolph Churchill.
renowned for his
courage, imagination,
oratory and intellect
• A postwar reaction cost his party the 1945
election, but he was again prime minister later
After an early career as an army officer and war correspondent he became a Conservative member of Parliament, in 1901, changing to the Liberals in 1905.
(1951- 55).
• In his later years, he
spent much time writing
history of the English-
speaking people and
painting. Churchill
published several works,
including The Second
• Part III (Paragraphs 6-8) closing remarks: By changing a word in the additional verse of the school song, Churchill expressed his conviction that this nation was determined to fight for the victory of this great war.
Structural Analysis
• Part I (Paragraph 1) opening remarks:
Churchill summarized the great events that had happened in the world with Great Britain in particular and then talked about the purpose of his visit to encourage the whole nation to fight against the Nazis.
• He was home secretary (内政大臣) (191011), a dynamic first lord of the admiralty (海军大臣) (1911-15), and held various government posts (1917-22).
• He was Conservative chancellor of the exchequer (财政大臣) (1924-29), but in the 1930s his unpopular demands for war preparedness kept him from power.