全新版大学英语 综合教程4 Unit1 【教师用书光盘提取】.ppt

He planned to use the blitzkrieg , or “lightning war,” tactics that had defeated the rest of Europe. The invasion had three broad thrusts: against Leningrad and Moscow and through the Ukraine. Caught off guard by the invasion, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin instructed the Russian people to “scorch the earth” in front of the German invaders. Farms and factories were burned, destroyed, or rendered useless. During the first ten weeks of the invasion, the Germans pushed the front eastward, and the Russians suffered more than a million casualties. Article9_w_popwin_rendered render: vt. cause (sb./sth.) to be in a specified condition (same as make) The drug will render the tiger harmless for up to two hours. He was rendered unconscious by a blow on the back of the neck. 地震导致成百上千的人无家可归。 Hundreds of people were rendered homeless by the earthquake. Collocation: render into 译成(某种语言) render up 做(祷告); 放弃, 交出 render blow for blow 以牙还牙 render good for evil 以德报怨 He planned to use the blitzkrieg , or “lightning war,” tactics that had defeated the rest of Europe. The invasion had three broad thrusts: against Leningrad and Moscow and through the Ukraine. Caught off guard by the invasion, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin instructed the Russian people to “scorch the earth” in front of the German invaders. Farms and factories were burned, destroyed, or rendered useless. During the first ten weeks of the invasion, the Germans pushed the front eastward, and the Russians suffered more than a million casualties. Article9_w_popwin_ casualties casualty: n. a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident First reports of the traffic accident tell of more than 50 casualties. The precise number of casualties in yesterday’s bomb explosion is not known. As Hitler’s armies drew closer and closer to Moscow, an early, severe winter settled over the Soviet Union, the harshest in years. Temperatures dropped to minus 4