unit 1 The Icy Defender全新版大学英语第四册第一单元 PPT课件.ppt

* Chinese Armed Police Force Academy * offensive: 1. n. aggressive action, attack The Red Army brought its winter offensive to a successful conclusion. 红军发动大规模军事攻击。 The Red Army led a massive military offensive. In January 1944 a Soviet offensive raised the long siege of Leningrad. Collocation: launch/mount an offensive 发动进攻 carry out/undertake an offensive 进攻 on the offensive 发动进攻 assume/go on/go over/take the offensive 进攻 If all else fails, I’ll go over to the offensive. 如果其他方法都失败，那我将采取攻势。 * Chinese Armed Police Force Academy * offensive: 2. a. used for or connected with attack; causing sb. to feel upset, or annoyed; very unpleasant. Faced with the invasion, they took immediate offensive action. He made crude (拙劣的) jokes that are offensive to women. There is an offensive smell in the room. 这支进攻的军队很快地赢得了阵地。 The offensive troops gained ground quickly. My neighbor is really an offensive person. He always plays the piano deep into the night. * Chinese Armed Police Force Academy * turn the tide (against): change what looks like defeat into victory The appearance of Joan of Arc [贞德(法国民族女英雄,1412-1431)] turned the tide of war. Soviet victory in Stalingrad turned the tide of the war in Europe. * Chinese Armed Police Force Academy * The loss of the battle for Stalingrad finally turned the tide against Hitler. Paraphrase the sentence: In Hitler’s Russian campaign, the battle for Stalingrad was a turning point, from which German troops became weak and was at a dilemma. * Chinese Armed Police Force Academy * thanks to: because of Thanks to her financial support, the two children in the remote village could go to school. Thanks to their tireless efforts, the performance was a great success. * Chinese Armed Police Force Academy * heroic: having the characteristics of a hero; very brave The soldier saved the girl at the cost of his own life. His heroic deeds were appreciated by all the people in t