Unit 4 Breaking Boundaries Developing ideas Writing 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Write a speech What does a speech usually include? Pre-writing Body a speech Opening Summary Who the person is. What boundary he / she has broken. How he / she achieved this. Comments on him / her. Organise and write your own speech about a person who has helped to increase understanding between two countries. Read the speech on Edgar Snow and answer the questions. Pre-writing Hello, everyone. Today, I’m going to introduce Edgar Snow. Edgar Snow was an American journalist who wrote influential books and articles about China in the 1930s. At a time when relatively little was known about our country in the Western world, his 1937 book Red Star over China broke ideological boundaries by telling the stories of the Chinese communist movement from the inside. 1.influential adj 有影响力的 2. relatively 相对地 3. ideological boundaries 意识形态的界限 4. communist movement 共产主义运动 3 Read the speech on Edgar Snow and answer the questions. Pre-writing Although Snow was not the only international journalist to set foot in China during the early decades of the 20th century, what set him apart from the others was that he actually spent time with the Chinese Red Army. He listened to their stories and observed their day-to-day lives, as well as conducting interviews with Mao Zedong and other leaders. 4 Read the speech on Edgar Snow and answer the questions. Pre-writing His biographical accounts and depictions of historical events, such as the Long March, therefore captured the spirit of the period and the people living through it with unprecedented authenticity. Snow is considered “our American friend”. depiction n 描述 unprecedented adj 史无前例的 authenticity n 真实性；确实性 传记叙述 5 Read the speech on Edgar Snow and answer the questions. Pre-writing I admire Snow’s special insight and bravery, risking his life during the war to get to the heart of the story and correct prejudice. For me, Snow’s writing, and in particular Red Star over China, is a must-read for anyone with an interest in