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Section Ⅳ Integrating skills & Developing ideas
[对应学生用书P96]
1.realistic adj.(目标、希望)能够实现的→real adj.真实的→reality n.现实
2.minority n.少数派;少数→minor adj.较小的;次要的;轻微的
3.inclusive adj.包容广阔的→include v.包括→inclusion n.包括;包含
4.harmonious adj.和睦的,融洽的→harmony n.和谐;融洽
5.rewarding adj.值得做的,有意义的→reward v.& n.奖励,奖赏;回报
6.civil adj.公民的,国民的→civilian adj.平民的,百姓的
7.slave n.奴隶→slavery n.奴隶制
8.union n.联邦→unite v.联合;团结→united adj.联合的;统一的
9.division n.分歧,分裂→divide v.分开
10.liberty n.自由→liberate v.解放→liberation n.解放
11.nobly adv.高尚地,崇高地→noble adj.崇高的,高尚的
12.influential adj.有影响力的→influence n.& v.影响
13.communist adj.共产主义的→communism n.共产主义→communist n.共产主义者
1.culture shock 文化冲击
2.set down 制定
3.in vain 白白地,徒劳
4.in memory of 为纪念……
5.at a great cost 付出巨大代价
6.step by step 逐步地
7.bring forth 使产生,使出现
8.be engaged in 从事于;忙于
9.play an important role in 在……中起重要作用
10.have a better understanding of 更好地理解……
句型公式:Sb.be likely to do sth.某人有可能做某事。
教材原句:Leading roles are more likely to be given to white actors.
翻译:白人演员更有可能担任主角。
[对应学生用书P96]
The Words That Changed A Nation
On a grey afternoon on 19 November 1863,a tall,thin man mounted① a platform in a field in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania and began to speak.The place was the site of a recent battle ❶where thousands of soldiers had died.The man was Abraham Lincoln,President of the United States of America,and he was there in memory of② the soldiers ❷who had died.The speech ❸he gave was just 268 words long and lasted two minutes.But this address③ to the crowd changed the minds of his people and helped shape④ a nation.
At that time,America was bitterly⑤ divided⑥.For two years,its people had been deep in a civil⑦ war between the slave⑧owning Confederate⑨ Southern States and the “free” Northern States of the Union⑩.The worst battle lasted three days and took place at Gettysburg in 1863.The Union side won,but at a great cost⑪.Over 50,000 soldiers were killed or wounded,and people lost hope and purpose.What was all this suffering for?
Lincoln understood the feelings of the civ