hiroshima2 广岛.ppt

Information about Japan About Japan geisha 艺妓） Geisha are professional hostesses who entertain guests through various performing arts. Gei means arts or performance, and sha means people. Geisha are not ordinary hostesses and are not prostitutes. Its believed that the women who danced for warriors in the 11th century are the predecessors of geisha . Shinkansen bullet trains 新干线） The Bullet train could be thought of as the world‘s first high speed train. Services started in 1964 with speeds at 210km/h or 131mph. Mt fuji located about 60 miles southwest of Tokyo . the tallest mountain in Japan a volcano Japanese people love mount Fuji, calling it as Fuji-san. Its said that about 300,000 people try to climb Mt. Fuji every year and that 30-40% of them are foreign visitors. cherry blossoms Words from Japanese tempura日式火锅 sakura 樱花 sushi 寿司 kimono 和服 judo 柔道 tatami 榻榻米 karate 徒手自卫术 kabuki 歌舞伎 ikebana 插花 tycoon大亨； kakemono条幅，字画 tsunami 海啸 sumo相扑 Mikado天皇 gobang五子棋 Kyoto京都 Yokohama横滨 Nagoya名古屋 Sendai仙台 Kagoshima鹿儿岛 Sapporo札幌 Kobe神户 Okinawa 冲绳 Shikoku四国 Information about Hiroshima Watch the documentary and try to answer the following questions: 1. Why did the USA drop the atomic bomb to Hiroshima? 2. What do you think of the power of atomic bomb? 3. What are Americans’ attitudes towards the dropping? 4. What do you think of the Japanese and their army? 5. What happened to hiroshima after the war Questions: Why did the USA drop the atomic bomb to Hiroshima a By July 1945, the war in Europe was over. In the pacific, the war against Japan was raging on. There is a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor. Japan’s army was undefeated. Even though the firebombs were dropped, Japanese still refused to surrender. b On July 16th: “Potsdam Declaration” called upon unconditional surrender. But Japanese refused to do it. Dropping was inevitable. c Hiroshima was an important military base, the Headquarters of the Second General Army with a key role in