国王的演讲 英语.ppt

Maybe we all have heard that in Britain’s history ,once the king Edward Ⅷ give up his throne for love. And now I’d like to introduce the main character who is his young brother George Ⅵ. George Ⅵ is reluctantly brought to the throne. He had been living in the shadow of his father and brother, and that’s not even the core of the problem, because he has a serious stuttering. It’s too difficult for him to speak in public occasions, but ironically, his throne let him can’t escape from his fate. His wife Elizabeth also worried about that. Fortunately, his good wife Elizabeth found an unusual speech therapist called Lionel Logue for him. With a series of treatment and training, the king’s stuttering improved obviously. Also, thanks to the cooperation, they become good friends. At the beginning of the Second World War, George Ⅵ published his famous Christmas speech successfully and huge inspired British people at that time. And we will show the video when he makes the last and greatest speech. Please listen to the material and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. We have been forced into a ______. For we are called, to meet the challenge of a principle which, if it were to _____, would be fatal to any civilized order in the world. Such a principle, stripped of all ______, is surely the mere primitive ______ that might is right. For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, it is _______ that we should refuse to meet the challenge. It is to this high purpose that I now call my people at home and my peoples across the seas, who will make our cause their own. I ask them to stand calm and _____, and united in this time of _____. The task will be hard. There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the _____. But we can only do the right as we see the right and ______ commit our cause to God. If one and all we keep _____ faithful to it, then, with Gods help, we shall prevail. We have been forced into a conflict. For we are c