高级英语Unit 2 Hiroshima detailed study.docx

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高级英语Unit2Hiroshimadetailedstudy

Unit2Hiroshima—the“Liveliest”CityinJapan

byJacquesDanvoir

I.Teachingobjectives:

Thisunitaimstohelpstudentsunderstand:

1.thenatureofnarrativewritingaspresentedinnewsstyle:

characteristics,skillsandwaysofdevelopingit;

2.ThefirstatomicbombinganditsimpactonHiroshima;

3.theuseofrhetoricaldevicessuchasMetonymy（借代、换喻）,Euphemism,Anti-climaxandIrony.

II.IntroductiontotheText:

1.Typeofliterature:

journalistwriting（featurearticle）（asdescribedbytheauthor“areportorialassignment）

2.Thepurposeofajournalistreport:

toinformtheaudienceofthefacts/truthofsth

（Thefollowingpartdoneinthereviewafterdetailedstudyofthetext）

3.Characteristicsofajournalistreport/narrativewriting:

1）containsconventionsofnarration（Whattheauthorseesandfeelsandunderstandsataspecifictimeinaspecificplace）;

2）authenticityandobjectivity;

3）mixedwithdescriptionoftheauthor’scomment（thoughts,feelingsandopinions.）

4.Waysofdevelopingapieceofjournalistreport

 1）accuratelyrecordingthedialogueswithsomeJapanesetoreinforcetheauthenticityofthereport

2）carefullyobservinganddescribingdetailstoreinforcetheauthenticityofthereport

3）vividdescriptiontomakethereportinteresting.

III.AdditionalBackgroundKnowledge

 1.TheCityofHiroshima

Hiroshima,cityonsouthwesternHonshûIsland（本州岛）,Japan,capitalofHiroshimaPrefecture,attheheadofHiroshimaBay.Thecitywasfoundedin1594onsixislandsintheÔtaRiverdelta（织田河）.Hiroshimagrewrapidlyasacastletownandcommercialcity,andafter1868itwasdevelopedasamilitarycenter.DuringWorldWarII,itcontainedthe2ndArmyHeadquarters,whichcommandedthedefenseofallofsouthernJapan.Thecitywasalsoacommunicationscenter,astoragepoint,andanassemblyareafortroops.HiroshimathusbecametheprimarytargetothefirstU.S.nuclearattackmission.

Thecenterofthecitycontainedanumberofreinforcedconcretebuildingsaswellaslighterstructures.Outsidethecenter,theareawascongestedbyadensecollectionofsmallwoodenworkshopssetamongJapanesehouses;afewlargerindustrialplantslayneartheoutskirtsofthecity.Thehouseswereofwoodenconstructionwithtileroofs.Manyoftheindustrialbuildingswerealsoofwoodframeconstruction.Thecityasawholewashighlysusceptibletofiredamage.

ThepopulationofHiroshimahadreachedapeakofover380,000earlierinthewar.Atthetimeoftheattackthepopulationwasapproximately255,000.Thisfigureisbasedontheregisteredpopulation,usedbytheJapaneseincomputingrationquantities,andtheestimatesofadditionalworkersandtroopswhowerebroughtintothecitymaynotbehighlyaccurate.

Afterthewarin1949theJapanesededicatedHiroshimaasaninternationalshrineofpeace.Thecitywaslargelyrebuilt,andcommercialactivitieswereresumed.Machinery,automobiles,foodprocessing,andthebrewingofsake（日本清酒）arethemainindustries.Thesurroundingarea,althoughmountainous,hasfertilevalleyswheresilk,rice,andwheatareproduced.Thepopulationin1990hasreached1,085,705.

另：

日本各岛岛名：

ThefourlargestislandsareHonshū,Hokkaidō,KyūshūandShikoku,togetheraccountingfor97%ofJapan'slandarea.

本州岛Honshū，九州岛Kyushū，

四国岛IslandShikoku，北海道岛Hokkaidō。

2.TheBombingofHiroshima

HiroshimawastheprimarytargetofthefirstU.S.nuclearattackmission.At8:

15a.m.onAugust6,1945,byorderofPresidentTruman,thefirstAtomicbomb,nicknamed“LittleBoy”wasexplodedoverapointnearthecentreofHiroshima,destroyingalmosteverythingwitharadiusof830-1,450meters.Thedamagebeyondthisareawasconsiderable,andover71,000peoplewerekilledinstantly（thepopulationofHiroshimawasapproximately255.500atthetimeoftheattack）.Tokyo'sfirstknowledgeofwhathadreallycausedthedisastercamefromtheWhiteHousepublicannouncementinWashington,sixteenhoursafterthenuclearattackonHiroshima.Bytheendof1945,itisestimatedthat60,000morepeoplediedduetonuclearfalloutsickness.However,thistotaldoesnotincludelongertermcasualtiesfromradiationexposure.Survivorsarestilldyingofleukemia（白血病）,perniciousanemia（恶性贫血）andotherdiseasesinducedbyradiation.Almost98%ofthebuildingsweredestroyedorseverelydamaged.

Afterthewar,theJapanesededicatedpost-warHiroshimatopeace.Aspecialhospitalbuiltheretreatspeoplesufferingfromexposuretoradiationandconductsresearchintoitseffects.In1955,adestroyedareanamed"PeaceCity"hasbeensetasideasamemorial.Laterin1996,thisHiroshimaPeaceMemorialParkwasmadeaUNESCOWorldHeritagesiteovertheobjectionsoftheUS.

IV.Rhetoricdevicesused

1.Metaphor

 Examplesinthetext:

1）Ihadalump