1、,B R _ main,An English Song,Napoleon Bonaparte,World War II,Map Reading,B R _ An English Song _main,An English Song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,Background of the Song,Questions about the Song,Blank Filling,B R _ 1.1,Background of the Song,The song you are about to hear is based on a true stor

2、y. It tells the tale of the sinking of a ship called The Edmund Fitzgerald that was caught in a storm on Lake Superior back in November 1975, with the loss of all on board. Lake Superior is an enormous lake and the wind can at times make it dangerous to shipping, whipping up huge waves. November is

3、a particularly dangerous month for such storms. This had long ago been noticed by a local native American tribe, the Chippewa, who used to speak of how death threatened from the lake when storm,B R _ 1.1,storm clouds gathered in November. According to legend, the big lake, which they called Gitche G

4、umee, was without mercy in that month, never giving up those it had marked for death. It is this legend that starts the song before it moves on to talk of The Edmund Fitzgerald. The Edmund Fitzgerald, like many other ships that sail the lake, was built to carry iron ore. Filled with ore these ships

5、lie low in the water and can find themselves in difficulties in rough weather. So, with a full load on board we can imagine the anxiety that must have begun to creep into the hearts of the sailors on board The Edmund Fitzgerald,B R _ 1.1,as they felt the cold wind beginning to rise and heard the sou

6、nd of it singing as it blew through the wires. For, despite the fact that the captain and crew were all experienced, well-seasoned as the song says, they all knew the dangers of November storms. Before long their worse fears started to come true and the storm had risen to a hurricane. The despair of

7、 the crew is captured in the words of the cook. First he comes on deck to tell the sailors it is too rough to cook, they will have to wait for their supper. The next we hear from him he is saying goodbye to his shipmates. Water is pouring into the ship. The captain sends out a distress signal, but t

8、hat is the last that is heard from the ship. It is swallowed up by the lake,B R _ 1.1,leaving nothing behind but the mourning families of the twenty-nine sailors and the sound of the church bell ringing in their memory. Now lets listen to the song.,B R _ An English Song 2,Questions about the Song,Li

9、sten to the song and answer the following questions.,It took place on Lake Superior in November 1975.,1. Where and when did the storm take place?,Because they knew the dangers of November storms and the storm had risen to a hurricane.,2. Why did the crew fear the worst?,B R _ An English Song.3,Blank

10、 Filling,The lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy With a load of iron ore thousand tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When

11、the of November came early The ship was the pride of the American side Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin As the big freighters go, it was most,legend,_,gives up,_,twenty-six,_,gales,_,bigger than,_,B R _ 2_3,With a crew and good captain well seasoned Concluding some terms with steel firms When

12、 they left fully loaded for Cleveland And later that night when the ships bell rang Could it be theyd been feeling The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound And a wave the railing And every man knew, as the captain did too Twas the witch of November come stealing The came late and the breakfast

13、 had to wait When the Gales of November came slashing When afternoon came it was freezing rain,a couple of,_,the north wind,_,broke over,_,dawn,_,B R _ 2_4,a hurricane west wind When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck saying Fellas, its ya At seven PM a main hatchway caved in, he said Fellas

14、, its been good to know ya The captain wired in he had water coming in And the good ship and crew was And later that night when his lights went out of sight Came the of the Edmund Fitzgerald Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the The searchers all say theyd have made Wh

15、itefish Bay,In the face of,_,too rough to feed,_,in peril,_,wreck,_,minutes to hours,_,B R _ 2_4,If theyd put fifteen more miles behind her They might have or they might have capsized They may have broke deep and took water And all that is the faces and the names Of the wives and the sons and the da

16、ughters Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the rooms of her mansion Old Michigan steams like a young mans dreams The and bays are for sportsmen And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what Lake Erie can send her,split up,_,remains,_,ice water,_,islands,_,lives on,B R _ 2_4,And the iron boats go as

17、the mariners all know With the Gales of remembered In a musty in Detroit they prayed In the Maritime Sailors Cathedral The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald The legend from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee Superior, the

18、y said, never her dead When the gales of November come early,November,_,old hall,_,_,gives up,_,B R _ Napoleon Bonaparte _main,Napoleon Bonaparte,A Brief Introduction to Napoleon Bonaparte,Napoleons Chronology,The Battle of Waterloo,Napoleons Campaign,Emperor of the French, who consolidated and inst

19、itutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he conquered the larger part of Europe. During 1802 1815 Napoleon tried to gain control of the whole of Europe. He had great success against all his enemies except Britain, whose navy under Nels

20、on defeated the French navy,navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and whose army fought the Peninsular War against him from 1808 to 1814, making him weaker in his other campaigns.,B R _ 3_1,A Brief Introduction to Napoleon Bonaparte,Napoleon Bonaparte (17691821),B R _ 3_2,In 1812 Napoleon lost ha

21、lf a million men when he invaded Russia in winter, and in 1814 the British, Russians, Prussians and Austrians entered Paris. They sent Napoleon to rule the island of Elba in the Mediterranean, but he collected an army around him and returned to Paris. He was soon defeated again, at the Battle of Wat

22、erloo in 1815, and was sent to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic, where he died in 1821.,B R _ 3_1.1_pop1,French Revolution,B R _ 3_1.1_pop2,Nelson,B R _ 3_1.1_pop3,The Battle of Trafalgar,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,The Peninsular War,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,The Battle of Waterloo,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,The I

23、sland of St. Helena,B R _ 3_2_1.1,Napoleons Chronology,Date,Event,August 15, 1769,Born in Ajaccio, Corsia.,April 1796,Italian campaign began.,May 1798,Bonapartes Egyptian campaign began War of the Second Coalition.,MayJune 1800,Bonapartes second Italian campaign.,May 1804,Referendum proclaimed Bonap

24、arte as hereditary Emperor.,B R _ 3_2_1.2,Napoleons Chronology,Date,Event,December 2, 1804,The pope was brought to Paris for his coronation in Notre Dame.,June 1812,Invasion of Russia.,September 7, 1812,Battle of Borodino.,October 1812,Retreat from Moscow began.,January 1814,Allies crossed the Rhine

25、.,B R _3_2_ 1.3,Date,Event,March 31, 1814,Paris fell.,April 6, 1814,Napoleon abdicated.,March 20, 1815,Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris.,June 18, 1815,Battle of Waterloo.,May 5, 1821,Napoleon died on Saint Helena.,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,B

26、R _ 3_1.1_pop4,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,B R _ 3_2_2.1,The Battle of Waterloo,The Battle of Waterloo is the final and decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars, which effectively ended French domination of the European continent and brought about drastic changes in the political boundaries and the power balance

27、 of Europe. Fought on June 18, 1815, near Waterloo, in what is now Belgium, the battle ranks as a great turning point in modern history.,B R _ 3_2_2.1,The Battle of Waterloo,B R _3_2_2.2,Napoleons Campaign,While allies in name, France and Russia were never real friends. Russias economy was being hur

28、t by Napoleon Bonapartes Continental System that banned trade with Britain and internal pressures forced Tsar Alexander to turn a blind eye to those who broke it. Bonaparte decided to bring the Russians back into line and gathered a Grand Army of more than 500,000 men including contingents from all

29、Frances allies to frighten them. Bonaparte left the army on December 5 to return to Paris where a coup had been foiled and to raise another army. His troops dragged themselves on and on December 7 finally crossed the Niemen out of Russian territory. They had survived, but only 20,000 of them.,B R _3

30、_2_2.3,B R _ World War II _main,World War II,Joseph Stalin,Chronology of the War,A Brief Introduction to the War,Adolf Hitler,Siege of Leningrad,Battle of Stalingrad,A Brief Introduction to Adolf Hitler,Hitlers Chronology,B R _Chronology of the War,Chronology of the War,Date,Event,April, 1940,Denmar

31、k and Norway were conquered.,June 22, 1941,Hitler launched his long-term attack on the Soviet Union.,September 1, 1939,The Second World War in Europe started with German armies pouring across the Polish frontier.,May 10, 1940,Hitlers troops drove into France and within the following six weeks, Holla

32、nd, Belgium and Luxembourg had surrendered as had France.,B R _3_3.1,Date,Event,September, 1942 February, 1943,A decisive battle was fought at Stalingrad, which was the turning point of the war.,December, 1941,The U. S. A. entered the war after Japanese planes bombed the American naval base at Pearl

33、 Harbor.,June 6, 1944,American, British and Canadian forces landed in Normandy and opened the second front in Europe.,May 2, 1945,The Soviet army took Berlin.,May 7, 1945,Germany surrendered.,B R _3_3.1,B R _3_3.2,B R _3_3.3,B R _3_3.4,B R _3_3.5,B R _3_3.6,B R _3_3.7,B R _3_3.8,B R _3_3.9,B R _3_A

34、Brief Introduction to the War,A Brief Introduction to the War,B R _3_4.1,A Brief Introduction to Adolf Hitler,B R _3_4.1,Adolf Hitler (18891945): German political and military leader and one of the 20th centurys most powerful dictators. Hitler converted Germany into a fully militarized society and l

35、aunched World War II in 1939. He made anti-Semitism a keystone of his propaganda and policies and built the Nazi Party into a mass movement. He hoped to conquer the entire world, and for a time dominated most of Europe and much of North Africa. He instituted sterilization and euthanasia measures to

36、enforce his idea of racial purity among the German people and slaughtered millions of Jews, Sinti and Roma (Gypsies), Slavic peoples, and many others, all of whom he considered inferior.,A Brief Introduction to Adolf Hitler,B R _3_Hitlers Chronology,Hitlers Chronology,Date,Event,1914 1918,Volunteer

37、in German Army. Wounded, gassed, and decorated.,November 11, 1923,Arrested for leading the Munich Beer Hall putsch (coup) against the German national government.,April 23, 1889,Born in Braunau, upper Austria, son of a customs official.,September 1919,Joined German Workers Party, which he reorganized

38、 as the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party.,B R _3_Hitlers Chronology,Date,Event,August 19, 1934,Following the death of Paul von Hindenburg, Hitler assumed presidency while maintaining his other title as chancellor.,September 1, 1939,Invaded Poland, provoking Britain and France to declar

39、e war on Germany two days later.,January 30, 1933,Appointed chancellor after Nazis won one-third of votes.,March 7, 1936,Sent troops into the Rhineland in violation of treaties of Versailles and Locamo.,April 30, 1945,Committed suicide in Berlin bunker.,B R _3_3.1,B R _3_3.2,B R _3_3.3,B R _3_ Siege

40、 of Leningrad,Siege of Leningrad,B R _3_ Siege of Leningrad,Also known as the 900-Day Siege, blockade by German forces of the USSRs second largest city during World War II, from September 1941 to January 1944. The total destruction of Leningrad was one of Adolf Hitlers major objectives in his Russia

41、n campaign and had been specifically mentioned in the Barbarossa directive of December 18, 1940. The Nazi leader had described the city as a center of Jewish-Bolshevik intelligentsia. There was to be no place for Leningrad in the Nazi “New Order”.,Siege of Leningrad,B R _ Battle of Stalingrad,Battle

42、 of Stalingrad,B R _ 4.1_ Battle of Stalingrad,(1942 43) Unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet city in World War II. German forces invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and had advanced to the suburbs of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) by the summer of 1942. Met by a determined Red Army defense commanded

43、by Vasily Chuikov, they reached the citys centre after fierce street fighting. In November the Soviets counterattacked and encircled the German army led by Friedrich Paulus, who surrendered in February 1943 with 91,000 troops. The Axis forces (Germans, Romanians, Italians, and Hungarians) suffered 8

44、00,000 deaths; in excess of 1,000,000 Soviet soldiers died. The battle marked the farthest extent of the German advance into the Soviet Union.,Battle of Stalingrad,B R _ 4.1_Northern California,Joseph Stalin (18791953): General secretary of the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republ

45、ics (USSR) (19221953) and chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (19411953). Under his leadership the USSR was built into a modern economic and military power that repelled Hitlers armies in World War II and rivaled the United States during the Cold War period.,Joseph Stalin,B R _ 4.1_ Jos

46、eph Stalin 1,B R _ 4.1_ Joseph Stalin 2,Joseph Stalin (18791953): General secretary of the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (19221953) and chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (19411953). Under his leadership the USSR was built into a modern economic and

47、military power that repelled Hitlers armies in World War II and rivaled the United States during the Cold War period.,Joseph Stalin,B R _ Map Reading,Map Reading,Read the following maps and answer the following questions.,1. Napoleons Russian Campaign, 1812 1) Find the following place names: Moscow,

48、 Borodino, and Neman River. 2) What happened in Borodino?,Click here to see the map!,2 Hitlers Russian Campaign, 19411944 1) When did the Hitlers Russian Campaign happen? 2) How long was Leningrad being besieged?,Click here to see the map!,B R _ 4_2,Napoleons Russian Campaign,1) Find the following p

49、lace names: Moscow, Borodino, and Neman River. 2) What happened in Borodino?,B R _ 4_3,Hitlers Russian Campaign,1) When did the Hitlers Russian Campaign happen? 2) How long was Leningrad being besieged?,G R _ main,Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,G R _ Further Understanding_ main,Furt

50、her Understanding,True or False,Questions and Answers,Text Analysis,G R _ Part Division of the Text 1,Part Division of the Text,Parts,Para(s),Main Ideas,2,1,112,Introduction Both Napoleons and Hitlers military campaigns failed because of the severity of the Russian winter.,1362,Napoleons military ca

51、mpaign against Russia.,G R _ Part Division of the Text 2,Parts,Para(s),Main Ideas,3,63113,Hitlers military campaign against the Soviet Union.,4,114117,Conclusion The elements of nature must be reckoned with in any military campaign.,2. Napoleon and his troops gained the quick victory in Russia as th

52、ey had expected.,G R _2_2.1,True or False,F,To Napoleons surprise, the Russians refused to stand and fight. They retreated eastward, burning their crops and homes as they went.,( ),1. “The icy defender” refers to the Russian river.,F,“The icy defender” refers to the bleak Russian winter.,( ),4. Hitl

53、er began an invasion of the Soviet Union that was the largest military land campaign in history.,3. Napoleon didnt capture the capital of Russia.,G R _2_2.2,T,( ),F,Napoleon captured the capital of Russia: Moscow.,( ),5. German troops adopted scorch-earth policy when they entered Russia.,F,Stalin in

54、structed the Russian people to burn and destroy farms and factories.,( ),6. Hitler failed to capture Moscow because of the strong resistance from Russian people.,G R _2_2.2,F,Hitler failed to capture Moscow because of the severe winter in Russia.,( ),G R _ 2_4,Questions and Answers,1. What happened

55、to Napoleons Grand Army when it was retreating from Moscow?,The Russians launched hit-and-run attacks on the French from fields and forests. On the other hand, the temperature dropped to minus 4 degrees Celsius and Napoleons army didnt have enough clothes, food and shelter.,2. Why didnt the Russian

56、people defend their homeland in the face of Napoleons offensive?,They would like to take advantage of their nature situation to fight for them.,G R _ 2_4,Questions and Answers,3. What tactics did Hitler use in his invasion of the Soviet Union?,He planned to use the tactics called blitzkrieg, or “l(fā)ig

57、htning war”, which had defeated the rest of Europe.,4. What was the significance of the battle of Stalingrad?,It was one of the most important battles. It ended Germanys ongoing offensive against the Soviet Union, and along with the second Battle of El Alamein paved the way for Nazi Germanys eventua

58、l defeat.,G R _ 2_4,Questions and Answers,5. What conclusion does the author draw from Napoleons and Hitlers military campaigns?,The elements of nature must be reckoned with in any military campaign.,G R _ 2_4,Strength of invading force,Starting time of invasion,Start of war,Country invaded,Invading country,A Comparison-and-Contrast Analysis of the Two Invasions,Text Analysis,France,Germany,Soviet Union,Russia,Napoleon,Hitler,Spring, 1812,6/22/1941,600,000,the largest land campaign in history,Prediction,quick victory, conquest of Russia in 5 we