1、Unit 4Developing ideasThe words that changed a nation01Pre-reading 单词巩固单词巩固mount maunt civil sivl civil war slave sleiv confederateknfedrit union junjn v.走上，登上adj.国民的；公民的内战n.奴隶adj.（美内战期间的）南部联邦的n.联盟 单词巩固单词巩固civilian siviljn division divin bring forthconceive knsiv liberty libti dedicate dedket adj.平民
2、的；百姓的n.分歧，分裂，分开使产生，使出现vt.设想；构想n.自由v.致力于，献身于 单词巩固单词巩固endure indju battlefield btlfild portion pn altogether ltge consecrate knsikreithallow hlu v.持续存在n.战场n.一部分；一份adv.完全；总共v.宣布为神圣之处vt.使成为神圣 单词巩固单词巩固detract ditrkt nobly nubli in vainperish peri influential influenlcommunist kmjunist vt.损害，减低，破坏adv.高贵地；
3、高尚地白白地，徒劳地v.死亡adj.有影响力的adj.共产主义的 Do you know what these pictures are about?SlaveryWhen it comes to slavery,what pops into your mind?Is it?Lincolnblack and whitecrueltycotton fieldsUncle Toms Cabinthe Civil WarLets watch a video and learn more about slavery!Watch the video and answer the questions.1.
4、How did slave owners regard their slaves?2.What was a slaves life like?Watch the video and answer the questions.1.How did slave owners regard their slaves?2.What was a slaves life like?They didnt regard them as humans but as animals,without respecting them.Daily life for a slave involved backbreakin
5、g labour.Slaves had to work all day long without enough rest.They were often physically abused by their owners and had no legal rights.02Fast reading1.The Power of Speech2.Famous US Presidents3.Great Battles in HistoryLook at the title and skim the passage.Choose the book in which you would most lik
6、ely find the passage.1.Who was the man standing on the platform?2.What was he doing in public?16th President of the United States.He led the American Civil War,issued the Emancipation Proclamation of black Slaves（黑人奴隶解放宣言）,opened the way for the United States to become the worlds largest industrial（
7、工业的）power in the 19th century,known as the“Great Emancipator”（伟大的解放者）.(1-3 July 1863)was a famous battle of the American Civil War.It involved more than 160,000 men and resulted in（导致）some of the heaviest losses of the war,on both sides.The battle was a defeat（战败）for the South,and is now regarded by
8、 many as the turning point of the civil war;indeed,the great slaughter（大屠杀）gave rise to doubt（引起怀疑）in some quarters（地区）about the wisdom of continuing the war.Abraham Lincoln set the battle at the heart of his vision for Union victory（联邦胜利）when he delivered（发表）The Gettysburg Address（演讲）,at the Dedica
9、tion（落成典礼）of the National Cemetery（国家公墓）at the battlefield site in November 1863.总统巨石是世界上最大的人面总统巨石是世界上最大的人面雕刻。山上雕刻着四位美国总统雕刻。山上雕刻着四位美国总统的头像，分别是美国开国总统的头像，分别是美国开国总统乔乔治治华盛顿华盛顿，独立宣言独立宣言起草起草人之一的美国第三任总统人之一的美国第三任总统托马托马斯斯杰斐逊杰斐逊，美国维护联邦统一、，美国维护联邦统一、取得南北战争胜利的总统取得南北战争胜利的总统亚伯拉亚伯拉罕罕林肯林肯，现代美国之父、第，现代美国之父、第2626任任总统总统
10、西奥多西奥多罗斯福罗斯福。paragraphs the main ideaPart 1Para 1Part 2Para 2Part 3 Para 3Part 4 Para 4,5,6 Brief introduction to the speechThe historical context of the speechThe significance of the speech“The Gettysburg Address”by Abraham LincolnRead for the main idea of each paragraph and the passage structure.0
11、3CarefulreadingRead para.1-3 and complete the table.The Gettysburg AddressSpeaker:Abraham LincolnSetting(date&place):Background event:Significance of the speech:Para.1 Brief introduction to the speech On a grey afternoon on 19 November 1863,a tall,thin man mounted a platform in a field in Gettysburg
12、,Pennsylvania and began to speak.The place was the site of a recent battle where thousands of soldiers had died.The man was Abraham Lincoln,President of the United States of America,and he was there in memory of the soldiers who had died.The speech he gave was just 268 words long and lasted two minu
13、tes.But this address to the crowd changed the minds of his people and helped shape a nation.Para.2 The historical context of the speech At that time,America was bitterly divided.For two years,its people had been deep in a civil war between the slave-owning Confederate Southern States and the“free”No
14、rthern States of the Union.The worst battle lasted three days and took place at Gettysburg in 1863.The Union side won,but at a great cost.Over 50,000 soldiers were killed or wounded,and people lost hope and purpose.What was all this suffering for?Para.3 The significance of the speech Lincoln underst
15、ood the feelings of the civilian people.His speech gave them hope,belief and a reason to look to the future.He gave them a new vision of what the United States of America should be,based on the ideals set down by its Founding Fathers 87 years before.It was what the soldiers died for.Now it was up to
16、 the living to remove not only the divisions between North and South,but the boundaries between black and white,and work step by step towards the equality of humankind.Read para.1-3 and complete the table.The Gettysburg AddressSpeaker:Abraham LincolnSetting(date&place):Background event:Significance
17、of the speech:November 19,1863a field in Gettysburg,PennsylvaniaFor two years,American people had been deep in a civil war.The worst battle lasted three days and took place at Gettysburg in 1863.His speech gave them hope,belief and a reason to look to the future.Read para.4 and answer the following
18、question.How did Lincoln describe the founding of the US?Para.4:Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth,upon this continent,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 t
19、he principle that all men are created equal.Read para.5 and answer the following question.What challenges did the Civil War bring to the nation?Para.5:Now we are engaged in a great civil war,testing whether that nation,or any nation,so conceived,and so dedicated,can long endure.We are met here on a
20、great battlefield of that war.We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.It would test whether a nation conceived in Liberty（孕育于自由之中）and dedicated to（致力于）
21、the proposition(观点)that all men are created equal can long endure（长久存在）.Read para.5-6 and answer the following question.How did Lincoln describe the men who fought in the war?Para.5:We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation
22、 might live.Para.6:But in a larger sense,we can not dedicate we can not consecrate(使神圣)we can not hallow this ground.The brave men,living and dead,who struggled here,have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.They gave their lives so that their nation might live.They were brave m
23、en whose struggles had consecrated（使神圣；奉献）the ground.Read para.6 and answer the following question.What was the“great task”that Lincoln described?Para.6:It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that caus
24、e for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain;that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom;and that this government of the people,by the people,for the people,shall not perish from the earth.This nation shal
25、l have a new birth of freedom;and that this government of the people,by the people,for the people,shall not perish from the earth.Read para.6 and answer the following question.Who would be responsible for carrying out this task?Para.6:But in a larger sense,we can not dedicate we can not consecrate w
26、e can not hallow this ground.The brave men,living and dead,who struggled here,have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.The world will little note,nor long remember,what we say here,but can never forget what they did here.It is for us,the living,rather to be dedicated here to th
27、e unfinished work which they have,thus far,so nobly carried on.The living should be dedicated to the task.Watch the video and try to follow the speech04Post-readingThink&Share1.What was Lincolns purpose in giving the speech?The purpose is to call on the living to remove the division between North an
28、d South,and the boundaries between black and white,and work step by step towards the equality of humankind.Think&Share2.Lincoln talks about the government“of people,by the people,for the people”.What does this mean?“of the people”means that government should be made up of or drawn from（来自）the people
29、;“by the people”means that government should be run（管理）by ordinary people;“for the people”means that government should use its power for the peoples benefit.Learning to learnIn English,prepositions can be used to show ideas in a clear and concise（简洁的）（简洁的）way.An example is within the speech:“government of the people,by（按照，凭借）（按照，凭借）the people,for the people”Quotes from LincolnQuotes from LincolnQuotes from Lincoln感 谢 观 看THANK YOU
