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

Developing ideas - Reading Unit 4 Breaking boundaries Slave owners were abusing / whipping slave/black people. What can you see in the pictures? 1. How did slave owners regard their slaves? 2. What was a slave's life like? Watch the video and answer the questions. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America, the leader who successfully prosecuted(发动) the Civil War to preserve the nation. He played in key role in passage of the Thirteenth Amendment(修正案), which ended slavery in America. On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave the speech, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the dedication(落成仪式) of a cemetery(公墓) for the soldiers who had died during the Battle of Gettysburg. Now let's read the passage to learn more about the famous speech. 1 The Power of Speech 2 Famous US Presidents 3 Great Battles in History Look at the title and skim the passage. Choose the book in which you would most likely find the passage. Read the first three paragraphs and complete the notes. On 19 November 1863, in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, which resulted in over 50,000 casualties(伤亡). Read the speech and answer the following questions. 1. How did Lincoln describe the founding of the US? 2. What challenges did the Civil War bring to the nation? 3. How did Lincoln describe the men who fought in the war? 4. What was the “great task” that Lincoln described? 5. Who would be responsible for carrying out this task? 1. How did Lincoln describe the founding of the US? It was a new nation conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. / It aimed at bringing freedom to the people and was based on the principle that all men are created equal. 2. What challenges did the Civil War bring to the nation? It would test whether a nation conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal can long endure. 3. How did Linc