Unit3BacktothePastExtendedreadingProject知识点课件-高中英语译林版（2020）选择性必修第三册.pptx

UNIT3Backtothepast

SectionDExtendedreadingProject;

Lead-in;

Talkaboutthefollowingpictures.;

Butnobodyatetheirbreakfast:atthatmomenttherewasahugecrashingsoundfromabove.The

shipshookviolentlyandthemenlookedateachotherinhorror.Abovetheirheads,hundredsof

Japaneseplanescircledlikeeagles.TheyweredivingdowntodropbombsonPearlHarbor.The

screamoftheirengineswasdeafening.Asbombsthunderedallaround,cloudsofblacksmokeroseintotheskyandhungoverthesea.Russellfelthisbloodfreeze,buthequicklycametohimselfandrusheduptothedeck.Momentslater,abombhittheUSSArizonaandRussellwasthrownmore

than100metersacrosstheship.Hesufferedseriousburnsonhishands,armsandlegs,andwatchedmanyofhisfriendsdie.;

Louis,meanwhile,alsostandingonthedeck,wasluckynottobethrownintothesea.Withonly

minorinjuries,hewasabletohelpotherswhowereseverelyburntandinterriblepain.After

receivingtheordertoabandonship,Louissavedmoremenfromthewater,draggingthemintothe

lifeboat.Inthechaosandconfusionaftertheattack,theUSNavysentamessagetohisfamilythat

Louishadbeenkilledintheattack.Luckily,hewasabletogetintouchwiththembeforethemessagearrived.DespitehisremarkableactionsLouisdidnotthinkthathewasahero.Theheroesarethe

onesthatgavetheirlivesthatday,hesaid.

Russellwassavedfromthewater,buthewasbadlyburnt,bleedingheavily.Fortunately,hewas

takentohospitalandsurvived.Formanyyears,Russellrefusedtotalkaboutwhathappenedthat

morning,describingitsimplyashell.HiswifeElsasaid,Whenheopeneduplateron,healwaysmentionedthehorrorofit.;

LouisandRussellwouldneverforgettheterriblesceneoftheattack,buttheywerefortunateenoughto

beamongthefewsurvivorsfromtheArizona.Nobodyhadexpectedthebombing.Japanhadhatchedaplottola