大学高级英语第一册

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The story is a fiction with the main character, Pug Victor Henry being a mid-rank officer who witnesses all the major events during World War II
World War II War between Britain and Nazi Germany was declared on September 3, 1939 in the aftermath of Hitler's invasion of Poland .Argentia was selected in 1940 to be the location of a United States Navy base
Prince of Wales : The ship was sunk by the
Japanese in the South China Sea in December 1941.
Lend-lease arrangement
The land beneath the village was traded to the United States for construction of the base under the lend-lease programme
Herman Wouk (1915--):
American novelist
A Pulitzer Prize winner
Graduation from Columbia University
Radio scriptwriter
Enlisted in the navy
Herman Wouk
Summary
The story describes the RooseveltChurchill conference in August 1941.
Understandably, it was held in the utmost secrecy, and it was not given to anybody but the top few what was going on inside the conference room—nor to Victor Pug Henry, a navy captain and presidential aide, but not ranking high enough to be a participant.
Part 7
America refused to fight against German because the congressman didn’t agree.
Language Appreciation
1. making effective use of specific
Part6: U-boat sighting
Chronological order
Part7: “We’ll have to pay the price”
Part 1
Description of Argentia Bay
Part 2
Henry went to Prince of Wales to send a letter.
Famous works:
War and Remembrance(1977). The Caine Mutiny (1951, Pulitzer Prize)
•The Winds of War (1971)
The City Bay (1948)
Fra Baidu bibliotek Background information
It is excerpted from the book,The Winds of War:
Part 4
Roosevelt came to the Prince of Wales
Part 5
British request American destroyers to escort them back
Part 6
Churchill show Henry the submarine sightings chart.
President Tall but paralyzed
Structure
Part1: Argentia Bay
Part2: Harry Hopkins
Part4: Roosevelt hobbles across
Part3: Churchill calls
Part5: A request from the British
Lesson 14 Argentia Bay
Argentia
Argentia is a community on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated on a flat headland located along the southwest coast of the Avalon Peninsula on Placentia Bay.
The staff began to have a conference talking about their plan to fight against German.
Part 3
Churchill came to the Augusta and the staffs got right to business and conferred all day
Writing style
Narration
The telling of a story A good narration has a beginning, a
middle and an end.
Components
Plot
Characters
Background
Prime minister Short Much older
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