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Extended Reading
Hell comes to
Pearl Harbor
Unit 3 Back to the past
Lead-in
How much do you know about Pearl Harbor?
Video
Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii, the United States, which is famous for the “Attack on Pearl Harbor” during the World War II.
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Pearl Harbor
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Hell comes to
Pearl Harbor
Appreciating the title
Metaphor is used here to make the description more powerful. The author compares the Pearl Harbor attack to “hell” to emphasize the devastation of the attack. At the same time, suspense is created, making the reader wonder what exactly happened at Pearl Harbor.
Reading
Read the article and complete the chart below.
Para 1
Paras 2-4
Paras 5-6
Para 7
Tip
Find out the verbs describing seamen’s motions and think about why the author employ such a writing technique.
Careful reading
Para. 1 BEFORE
Stretched; rubbed; awakened; made his bed;
clean the huge, shared room; went to the washroom; dressed in their uniforms; sat down to breakfast
To make the language vivid, lively, imaginary and impressive, and convey that everyone aboard was doing their daily work as usual before the attack.
From the following sentences, what can readers learn?
Careful reading
Para. 2 DURING
But nobody ate their breakfast: at that moment, there was a huge crashing sound from above. The ship shook violently and the men looked at each other in horror.
The attack was violent and unexpected, making seamen lost in huge panic.
Careful reading
Para. 3 DURING
After the attack, what happened to Louis?
Line 19 – Line 22.
In the chaos and confusion after the attack, the US navy sent a message to his family that Louis had been killed in the attack. Luckily, he was able to get in touch with them before the message arrived.
Careful reading
Para. 4 DURING
What did Russell think of this attack?
翻译: When he opened up later on, he always
mentioned the horror of it.
后来当他敞开了心扉,总是提起那件事多恐怖。
Russel refused to talk about what happened that mor