-
Speech on Hitler
’
s
Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
I .Give brief
answers to the following questions, using your own
words as much
as possible:
1) When and how did the
Germans attack the Soviet Union?
2)
What
was
Churchill
‘
s
reaction
to
the
news
of
Hitler
‘
s
invasion
of
Russia?
Why?
3)
Why
did
Churchill
side
with
the
Soviet
Union
since
he
had
always
been
an
avowed enemy of communism?
4) What policy did
Churchill declare Britain would pursue?
5) What,
according to Churchill, was
Hitler
‘
s motive in invading
Russia? Do you
agree with him?
Ⅱ
.Paraphrase:
1) Hitler was counting on
enlisting capitalist and Right Wing sympathies in
this
country and the U. S. A.
2) Winant said
the same would be true of the U. S. A.
3) My life is much
simplified thereby.
4) I will unsay no word that I have
spoken about it.
5) I see the Greman bombers and
fighters in the sky, still smarting from many a
British whipping, delighted to find
what they believe is an easier and a safer prey.
6) We shall be
strengthened not weakened in determination and in
resources.
7)
Let
us
redouble
our
exertions,
and
strike
with
united
strength
while
life
and
power remain.
Ⅲ
. Translate the following
into Chinese:
1)
I
have
only
one
purpose,
the
destruction
of
Hitler,
and
my
life
is
much
simplified thereby. If
Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a
favourable reference
to the Devil in
the House of Commons.
2)
If
Hitler
imagines
that
his
attack
on
Soviet
Russia
will
cause
the
slightest
divergence of aims or slackening of
effort in the great democracies who are resolved
upon his doom, he is woefully mistaken.
3) He wishes to
destroy the Russian power because he hopes that if
he succeeds in
this he will be able to
bring back the main strength of his Army and Air
Force from
the East and hurl it upon
this island, which he knows he must conquer or
suffer the
penalty of his crimes.
4) He hopes
that he may once again repeat, upon a greater
scale than ever before,
that process of
destroying his enemies one by one by which he has
so long thrived
and prospered, and that
then the scene will be clear for the final act,
without which all
his couquests would
be in vain -- namely, the subjugation of the
Western Hemisphere
to his will and to
his system.
IV
.
Look up the following words in the dictionary and
explain the meaning of
?
anti
-
‘
in each case.
Put them into Chinese and give further examples.
1) anti-
imperialist, antichrist
2) antibacterial, antifreeze
3)
antiaircraft, anti - ballistic missile
4) antithesis, antihero
V
. All the
following sentences contain metaphors. Rewrite
these sentences, using
plain, non-
figurative language.
1) He was almost at the end of his
tether when he stumbled on the solution of his
difficulty.
2) After the failure of his last novel
his reputation stands on slippery grounds.
3) He turned a
blind eye to the bad conditions in his factory.
4) People who
live in glass houses should not throw stones.
5) This may
teach the young man not to play with fire.
6)
His
industry,
perseverance
and
determination
ultimately
brought
him
a
rich
harvest.
7) The pupils took a leaf
out of their teacher
‘
s book.
8) After his
first novel came out, the writer received an
avalanche of letters.
Ⅵ
. Pick out the metaphors
used in the text and explain their meanings in
your
own words.
Models: standing on the threshold of
their native land
–
Here
threshold is used
metaphorically,
meaning entrance, or more literally, frontiers.
VII. Write five sentences
or phrases containing alliteration.
Models:
1) fighting for his hearth
and home
2) Let
us learn the lessons already taught by such cruel
experience.
VII. In his
speech, Churchill uses a lot of repetitions and
parallel structures to
achieve
emphasis. Pick them out from the text.
Models:
1) From this nothing will
turn us - nothing. (repetition of words)
2) Behind all
this glare, behind all this storm (parallel
structure)
3)
That is our policy and that is our declaration.
(parallel structure)
4)
We
will
never
parley.
We
will
never
negotiate
(repetition
of
meaning
in
different words)
IX.
Pick
out
words
or
phrases
from
the
text
that
clearly
show
Churchill
’
s
extreme contempt for Nazidom.
X. Replace the italicized
words with simple, everyday words:
1) There only remained the
task of composing it. ( )
2) The Germans
( )
3) Hitler was
counting on enlisting capitalist and Right Wing
sympathies ( )
4) he reverted to this theme( )
5) He devoted
the whole day to it ( )
6) I see the Russian soldiers standing
on the threshold of their native land ( )
7) I see the
Russian soldiers guarding the fields... tilled
from time immemorial ( )
8) I see that small group of villainous
men, who plan, organize ( )
9)
I
feel
sure
it
is
a
decision
in
which
the
Great
Dominions
will
in
due
course
concur. ( )
10) We will
never parley. ( )
11) Without distinction of race, creed,
or party ( )
12) He is woefully mistaken ( )
13) And saved
the world from this catastrophe ( )
XI.
Translate
the
following
into
English
(using
the
following
words
or
expressions: to be true of, to that
effect, to subjugate, just as, to overwhelm, but,
to count on):
1)
这对农村和城市都一样适用。
2)
他指望他们给予支持。
3)
我不
记得他是怎么说的，但我肯定他讲话的大意是那样的。
4)
邱吉尔说：
―
告诉斯大林，英国只有一个愿望
——
击败希特勒。
‖
5)
在那个国家只剩下百分之九的人
是文盲。
6)
他们别无选择，只好依靠他的努力了。
7)
客人
们对受到的热情接待感到过意不去。
8)
他们用出其不意的进攻打垮了敌
人。
9
)
他们的困难就是我们的困难，正如我们把他们的胜利看作是我们自己的胜
利一样。
10)
很清楚，德国法西斯企图使那个地区的人民屈服于他们的统治。
XI. Fill in the
blanks with turn or turn(down, in, into, on, out,
to, up):
1) In
the spring of 1941 the situation took an
ominous____ for Britain.
2) July and August rains had ____the
field____ a lush green carpet.
3) The pacts, signed by the
U. S. and Panama, would give Panama control of the
waterway by the____ of the coming
century.
4) The
talk ____more serious matters.
5) The Saudis have
____their desert kingdom_____ nothing less than a
wealthy
state.
6)
Once
again,
the
top
strategists
are_____
their
attention____
the
critical
situation in the Balkans.
7)
He
said
that
everyone
should____
their
backs
___a
craving
for
fame
and
prestige.
8) His request was ____
9) Chemical
plants in the vicinity_____ more than half the
nation
‘
s soda ash for
industry.
10) I am glad things have _____so well.
11) In that
country, the stern police tactics and their
failure to____ any terrorists
prompted
some criticism.
XIII.
Rearrange the following sentences in a logical
order:
1) At
first his surprise move seemed likely to succeed.
2) The Russians
also burned their farms and blew up their dams and
power plants.
3) Though the Russian armies fell back,
they fought savagely.
4)
Soon
they
stood
before
the
important
cities
of
Leningrad,
Moscow,
and