世界经典英语演讲赏析教学课件3. Mohandas Karamchand-Gandhi Non-Violence Is the First Article of My Faith.ppt

Understanding the speech 1. What does Gandhi mean when he says, I do not expect that kind of conversion? (Para. 1) Reference I don’t think you can resign your post and consider me innocent. Understanding the speech 2. In Gandhis opinion, whom has the law in India been used to serve? Reference In his opinion, the law in India has been used to serve the foreign exploiters. Understanding the speech 3. Why are Mr. Banker and Gandhi charged? Reference They are charged with promotion of disaffection. Understanding the speech 4. What does Gandhi compare non-cooperation to? Reference Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. Understanding the speech 5. What are the choices lying before the Judge and the Assessors? Reference Either to resign their posts or to inflict on him the severest penalty. Difficult sentences Para 1 Line 2 I had either to submit to a system which I considered has done an irreparable harm to my country or incur the risk of the mad fury of my people bursting forth when they understood the truth from my lips. Translation 我必须要在二者之间做出一个选择：要么在一个我认为对我国造成了不可挽回的伤害的制度面前俯首贴耳，要么让国人在我说出真相之后爆发出他们的满腔愤怒。 Difficult sentences Para 3 The last sentence And it has been a precious privilege for me to be able to write what I have in the various articles tendered in evidence against me. Translation 我对自己在作为我罪证而出示的各种文章里表明我的态度感到莫大的欣慰。 Remarkable sentences Culture links Linguistic features Appreciating the Address Remarkable sentences ★Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is the last article of my faith. (Para. 1) Remarkable sentences ★I do not ask for mercy. I do not plead any extenuating act. I am here, therefore, to invite and submit to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime and what appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen. (Para. 1) Remarkable sentences ★ In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation wit