lesson13 现代大学英语精读第四册课件.pptVIP

Lesson Thirteen Soldier’s Heartby Louis Simpson A Brief Introduction to Author Louis Simpson (1923~ ) was born in Jamaica, West Indies. The son of a lawyer of Scottish descent and a Russian mother, he emigrated to the United States when he was 17 and went to study at Columbia University in New York City. He served in the Second World War on active duty in France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. When the war was over, he returned to Columbia University to finish his studies. After that he became a teacher at that school and later at the University of California, Berkeley, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Louis Simpson has published 17 books of poetry and is widely acclaimed as a literary critic. A Brief Introduction to the Text War, this complex phenomenon in our life, has been one of the most favorite subjects in art and literature as well as in serious academic studies. In literature, war has been described as a conflict between justice and evil; a battle of wits and a demonstration of military powers; a display of noble patriotism and courage as well as a revelation of human wickedness, cruelty and stupidity. The text, however, does not deal with any of this. It is a first-person narration of World War II veteran about his personal experience, his feelings and sufferings during the war and the physical and psychological scars the war left him with. Detailed Discussion of the Text Paragraph 2: … the life and death of an infantry soldier… infantry: the combat arm made up of units trained to fight on foot. Paragraph 4: I was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1945 and went home. to discharge : to allow or tell sb to go eg. She was discharged from the intensive care unit last week and transferred to a general ward. The judge found him not guilty and discharged him. Paragraph 5: One person had it that… to have it that…: to say that sth is true eg. We don’t know for sure what caused the accident. One rumor has it that the princess was trying too har