何寒娜劉菲陶宇翔戴旭冉蔣天池UNIT9SongofDefianceTheyconfrontedtheNaziswiththeonlyweapontheyhad:theirvoices.UNIT9SongofDefiance

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in

Terezin,

we

could

not

only

recall

the

suffering

days

butalso

the

triumph.22-14

Rafael

Schaechter

managed

to

organize

a

choir

singingthe

song

of

Verdi's

Requiem

as

a

defiance

against

Nazi.315-22

The

performance

of

the

choir

successfully

defied

theNazis

though

they

did

not

realize

it.423MariankaMayshowedhergreatrespectforRafaelSchaechter.DetailedreadingWhenyouwalkthecobbledmist-shroudedstreetsofTerezinintheCzechRepublic,yourmindfillswithimagesofthevillagesixtyyearsago,whenitwasaNaziconcentrationcamppackedwithdesperateanddyingJews.ButTerezinwasnotonlyaplaceofsuffering.Itwasalsoasceneoftriumph.DetailedreadingTerezinhadbeenaperversekindofshoucase.incontrasttoAuschwitz,Treblinkaandotherexterminationcamps,theNazisdesignedthetownnearPraguetofooltheworld.FormuchofWorldWar2,NazipropagandasuggestedthatJewsthereenjoyedalifeofleisure,evenusingcaptiveJewishfilmmakerstocraftamovieshowing“happy”Jewslisteningtolecturesandbaskinginthesun.DetailedreadingTherealitywashorriblydifferent.Asmanyan58000Jewswerestuffedintoatownthathadoriginallyheld7000.Medicalsupplieswerealmostnonexistent,bedswereinfestedwithwerminandtoiletsoverflowed.Ofthe150000prisonerswhopassedthroughTerezin,35000diedthere,mostlyfromdiseaseandhunger.DetailedreadingYetthecampmadeconcessionsforpropagandapurposes.SStroopswerepostedoutsidethefortress,whiledailyactivitywasoverseenbyaJewish“CouncilofElders”,whichturnedablindeyetoinmates’activities,unlesstheymightattractNaziattention.DetailedreadingSo,amidthepervasiveatmosphereofdeath,writersmanagedtowrite,painterstopaint,andcomposerstocompose.AmongthemwasRafaelSchaechter,aconductorinhismid-30s.Charismatic,withastrikingfaceandwavy,darkhair,SchaechterwasjustbeginningtomakeanameforhimselfasJewishatall,untilhewasseizedbytheNazis.DetailedreadingAshismonthsinthecampstretchedintoyears,andmoreandmoreJewsdisappearedeastwardonNazitransports,Schaechter’sfuryathiscaptorssteadilygrew.Andthenhethoughtofadaringplan.Heconfessedhisideatohisroommateinasinglesentence:“WecansingtotheNaziswhatwecan’tsaytothem.”DetailedreadingTheirweaponwastobeVerdi’sRequiem.EverythingthatSchaechterwantedtosaylaycamouflagedwithintheLatinwordsoftheRequiem,withitsthemesofGod’swrathandhumanliberation.Schaechterhadaccesstonomusicalinstrumentsexceptabrokenharmoniumfoundinarubbishheap.Otherthanthat,hehadonlyhumanvoicestoworkwith.Throwinghimselfintotheplan,hemanagedtorecruit150singers.DetailedreadingAmongthegroupwasabrown-eyedteenagernamedMariankaMay.Duringher12-hourworkday,shelaboredateverythingfromscrubbingwindowstomakingtobaccopouchesforGermansoldiers.Atnight,however,sheslippedawaytojointhechoir,whereshefeltliftedupbyVerdi’smusicandSchaechter’spassion.“WithoutRafiSchaechter,we’dneverhavesurvived,”saysMay,oneofthetinyhandfulofchorusmemberstolivethroughthewar.“Hesavedusthroughthismusic.”

謝謝1.

in

contrast

to/

with:

very

different

from

when

compared

與截然不同

In

contrast

with/to

the

optimistic

view

of

the

panel

he

is

pessimistic

about

the

chances

of

success

of

the

experiment.

與那些樂觀的看法相反，他對實驗是否成功持悲觀態(tài)度2.

turn

a

blind

eye

to:

pretend

not

to

notice

視而不見的

We

must

not

be

blind

to

the

suffering

of

others.

我們不能對他人的痛苦視而不見。3.

make

a

name

for

oneself:

establish

one’s

reputation,

become

famous

成名得到名聲

Betty

had

already

made

a

name

for

herself

as

a

pop

singer

by

the

age

of

16.

Betty在16歲的時候已成為一位流行歌曲的歌星。4.

have

access

to:

opportunity

or

right

to

use

sth

or

approach

sb

（使用某物或接近某人的）機會或權(quán)利:

Students

must

have

access

to

a

good

library.

學(xué)生要有使用好圖書館的便利條件

Only

high

officials

had

access

to

the

president.

只有高級官員才可以接近總統(tǒng)5.

throw

oneself

into:

devote

oneself

to投身于積極從事

He

threw

himself

into

work

once

he

got

back

from

his

h