Unit 9 Grant and Lee2专用课件.ppt

Unit 9Grant and Lee: A Study in ContrastThe Author: Bruce Catton By Nicole Dissuasion of American Civil War Time? And which year? April 19th --- April 12th Two Governments? The Union (who lead? Ulysses S. Grant) and the Confederate government (who lead? Robert E. Lee) Reason? Result? The south was defeated. Slavery was abolished. more creations were made. Dissuasion of American Civil War Politics : power (The union and the Confederate) Economy: plantation commercial and industrial Slaves’ freedom (in the south) Movies about American Civil War 1. 乱世佳人：Gone with wind 2. 冷山：Cold Mountain 3. 一个国家的诞生：The Birth of a Nation 4. 盖茨堡之役: Battle of Gettysburg 5. 光荣战役: Glory (1989) (Morgan Freeman) 6. 南北惊魂: The Blue and the Gray(格里高利，派克） 7. 与狼共舞：Dancing with wolves 8. 红河谷：Red River 9. 似是故人来 : Sommersby （Jack’s story) 10. 小妇人：Little Women ….(filmed in1933) 11. 断锁怒潮: Amistad (Morgan Freeman, 1997) Novels about American Civil War 飘: Gone with wind (玛格丽特米切尔） 小妇人: Little Women 12. 汤姆叔叔的小屋: Uncle Tom’s Cabin(哈里耶特·比彻·斯托夫人 )（about Miserable life of black people) 13. 杀手天使: The Killer Angels （ Michael Shaara ） 14. 战地钟声：For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemmingway) 15. 红色英勇勋章 ：The Red Badge of Courage, 1895 (史蒂文克莱恩） 16. 强权的起点： My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union (Abraham Lincoln). “在这场斗争中我的首要目标是挽救统一” （亚伯拉罕·林肯）。 More information Grant: shorter, younger, brown-haired; tattered and careless in his dress. Lee: taller, older, gray-haired, meticulous in his dress. Expansion of America 13 states Louisiana to North bought from France (1803) Florida from Spanish (5 million) (1819) Texas and Oregon (from Mexican and Great Britain) Californian, New Mexican (15 million) (1848) Alaska (7.2 million)(1867) Hawaii (the end of 19 c) via wars Text Analysis How many parts do you think the text consists of? What is the main idea of each part? Comparison Point –by –point pattern Subject – by – subject pattern Combination of t