大学英语(四)听说unit 8讲稿.doc

讲 稿 New College English（Second Edition） Listening and Speaking Course 4 全新版大学英语（第二版）听说（4） 学 校：江西农业大学 教研室：大学英语第二教研室 教学内容 Part A Pre-Listening Tasks What is your favorite book or movie about war? How has it affected you and your attitude toward war? What do you think are the causes of war? What damage does war do to mankind? Is war ever justified? Do you think war can be avoided? Why or why not? Have you visited a war cemetery or a war memorial? If you have, how did you feel? Is war a constructive way to resolve conflicts? Explain your opinion. Part B Listening Tasks Passage 1 Script: Life Goes On The city of Ypres in Belgium has been invaded 19 times, most famously in World War I. Some time ago I went with two friends to visit the battlefields and cemeteries there, and particularly to see the tomb of my uncle who was killed in the war at the age of 20. Michael, our silver-haired guide, took us first to a British cemetery, just outside the town. I stared at the lines of gravestones, neatly planted with herbs and flowers, the low surrounding walls blooming with wisteria. Michael pointed out my uncles grave to me. I walked hesitantly toward it, wondering what I would feel. And suddenly there it was, and there were hundreds of others. Nothing could have prepared me for the realization that in this area alone about 250,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers were killed. There are 75 British cemeteries, of which we visited just a few. Next, Michael took us to a place on the other side of the city. The names of 55,000 missing soldiers are engraved on its walls. We stared in awe. More than half a million horses and mules were lost, and fifteen tons of unexploded ammunition are still collected each year from the fields, Michael told us. Some way on we came to the largest British cemetery in the world. Some headstones have words of love or gratitude: He died that we might live, Gone from our sight but not from our hearts. Id like you to visit a German cemetery before fin