湖南大学《高级英语综合》-4-笔记-Unit 4教案.docxVIP

Unit4

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TextIAViewofMountains

BackgroundInformation

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????????????????????ThistextistheepiloguefromJonathanSchell’sbook?TheGiftofTime:TheCauseforAbolishingNuclear?weapons?nowpublishedbyHenryHoltCo.in1998.

????????????????????TheJonathanSchellistheauthorofTheVillageofBenSueandTheFateoftheEarth.HewasawriterfortheNewYorkerfrom1967to1987andacolumnistfor?Newsday?from1990to1996.Heteachesat?Wesleyan?University?andthe?New?School,andistheHaroldWillensPeaceFellowatTheNationInstitute.

Otherinformationofthetext

????????????????????The?Nagasaki?isacitywhichistheseaportinsouthwestJapan(长崎)andisonethetwocitiesthatgotnuclearbombingintheWarII.

????????????????????The?Hiroshima?isacitywhichistheseaportinsouthwestJapan(广岛)andistheothercitythatgotnuclearbombingintheWarII.

????????????????????TheKokurareferstothecitywhichistheseaportinKitakyushu(九州),Japan(小仓).

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Analysis

Thisargumentativeessaycomprisesthreeparts.Inthefirstpart,i.e.Paragraphs1,thewriterputsforwardhisthesis:aviewofmountainsinthebackgroundsuggeststherealextenttowhichthecitywasdestroyedbytheatomicbombingofNagasakiismorerepresentativeofthenuclearperilthreateningtheworldthanthatofHiroshimaandthatweneedtotakeactionstodispelnuclearthreatfromtheEarth.Inthelastpart,i.e.Paragraph4,herestateshismainidea,i.e.weshouldnotjustworryaboutthenuclearperilbuttaketheactionstoeliminateittocreateasaferworld.

??????????????????AnalysisofParagraph1

??????????????????Inparagraph1thewriterdescribeswhatYamahata’spicturesdisplay:Theeffectsofanuclearweapononhumanbeings.Andthenherepentsthemainpointofhisargument:thetruemeasureliesnotinthewreckagebutinthegonecity,andthisiswherethesignificance