综合英语3 unit10.ppt

Part II (B): Words Expressions in effect/fact/reality City Point was, in effect, an armed command post for the Northern Army…. confer with to meet and discuss with (sb) to make a decision He always confers with his colleagues before reaching a decision. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part II (C): Discussion How was the Appomattox surrender “far richer”? Uncertainty of Lee’s fate: another defeated general? Outcries for punishment and vengeance What if Grant, who has a reputation as “Unconditional Surrender,” did not carry out Lincoln’s vision? Thousands of men standing at rapt attention Text Analysis Detailed Analysis “And he should have been nervous because, throughout history, as he knew all too well, defeated generals and revolutionaries and traitors were typically beheaded, or they were hanged, or they were imprisoned or, like General Napoleon, they were exiled.” Who were these generals and revolutionaries? Give some names! Why so? → Typically, people believe that the ending of the war decides who is right! Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part II (C): Discussion What are the terms for surrender? The Army of Northern Virginia: paroled Soldiers: take home their horses or mules Officers: allowed to keep their sidearms (Lee spared from the humiliation of a classic surrender of his sword)  Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part II (C): Discussion The Appomattox Surrender Lee’s and Grant’s different ways of attiring, deliberate or not? Text Analysis Detailed Analysis → more information Quotes from Ulysses Grant: “I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.?I do not question, however, the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us.” ? “The war is over. The r