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Unit 4 A View of Mountains Jonathan Schell Warm-up questions and exercises 1. In the world, what’s the most horrible thing to you? 2. Was America justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? Background Information 1.About the author—Jonathan Schell: He was a writer for the New Yorker from 1967 to 1987 and a columnist for Newsday from 1900 to 1996. He teaches at Wesleyan University and the New School. His works involves The Village of Ben Sue and The Fate of the Earth. His latest book The unconquerable world :power, nonviolence, and The will of The people 《不可征服的世界：力量，非暴力和人民的意志》 This text is the epilogue( last part) from his book The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now《时代礼物：废止核武案例》 in 1998. 2.The two A-bomb cities→ The Nagasaki (长崎) is a city which is the seaport in southwest Japan and is one of the two cities that got nuclear bombing in the War II. The Hiroshima (广岛) is a city which is the seaport in southwest Japan and is the first city that got nuclear bombing in the War II. The Kokura (小仓) refers to the city which is the seaport in Kitakyushu(九洲),Japan. Hiroshima bombing 3.About the Photographer: Yosuke Yamahata Special Mission In 1945, Yosuke Yamahata was a 28-year-old-photographer on assignment with the Western Army Corps near Nagasaki. On August 9, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, news of a second New-Style Bombing was received by the Corps and Yamahata was sent immediately to photograph its aftereffects. His photos His photos His photos His photos His photos Nagasaki two days before the atomic bombing Nagasaki three days after the atomic bombing The atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945Photograph by Hiromichi Matsuda Human injuries caused by the atomic bomb Deaths: about 74000 Injuries: about 75000(estimates up to the end of December 1945)Heat rays, blast and radiation of the atomic bomb caused damage to the human body. Heat rays was tremendous and caused severe burns which couldn’t be imagine