东南大学《英语三级》U1-lv.pptVIP

（1） 比较 Although Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were fierce adversaries(对手) during the Civil War, their lives, both military and nonmilitary, had a great deal in common. Grant descended from a family whose members participated in the American Revolution. He received his commission of second lieutenant(少尉) from West Point and served in the Spanish-American War. He was later (Block comparison) summoned by President Lincoln to assume command of the United Forces during the Civil War. After the Civil War, Grant suffered financial problems and was forced to declare bankruptcy. Lee also descended from a family which was engaged in the American Revolution. He, too, received his commission from West Point and later fought in Mexico during the Spanish-American War. His fame as a military strategist during the Civil War, when he was the commander of the Confederate armies, is well-known. Although it is not pointed out by historians, he, like Grant, had financial difficulties after the Civil War and was compelled to declare bankruptcy. By securing a post as president of Washington College, he was able to avoid additional poverty. 常用于的过渡连接词有： 比较：like, likewise, unlike, similarly, in the same way, on the other hand, compare with, by comparison, in the same manner, still… （2）对比： Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many sharp contrasts. (1) He was the son of a bankrupt, but became a millionaire; (2) a scientist with a love of literature, (3) an industrialist who managed to remain an idealist. (4) He made a fortune but lived a simple life, (5) and although cheerful in company he was often sad in private. (6) A lover of mankind, he never had a wife or family to love him; (7) a patriotic son of his native land, he died alone on foreign soil. (8) He invented a new explosive, dynamite, to improve the peacetime industries of mining and road building, but saw it used as a weapon of war to kill and injure his fellow men.