精读4unit15配套课件

Our promise to refuse to serve the IDF
Hale Waihona Puke Baidu
To appear in large numbers
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Part I: Words & Expressions
Words Phrases
Sentence Pattern
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Palestine v.s. Israel: a history of wars • The 1948–49 War • The 1956 War • The 1967 War (The Six-Day War) • The 1973–74 War (The Yom Kippur War) • The 1982 War
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• Why this letter to American Jews and other friends of Israel? Occupation 101 • http://www.greektube.org/content/view/166 546/2/
Structure
2 Paras. 11-16 A criticism of Israel IDF attacks as a war of terror 3 Paras. 17-19 A comparison between Israeli occupation with Nazi rhetoric
Part I: Main Idea
What message do you think the refuseniks were trying to promote in the ad published by Tikkan? Why do you think the majority of American Jews felt so bitter about the refuseniks’ ideas? How does the author understand the Israeli effort in grasping control of the Palestine area? Please define the term “tribalism”. Is tribalism exceptional in the middle east? Please search the latest news for other evidence of tribalism.
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Part II Section 1 (4-10): Main Idea
In this section, the author discussed several Israeli military attacks on Palestinians. What are they? According to the author, what are the cause and effect of the fighting? What is considered as a turning point of the whole affair? What does it mean to the author? Why does the author believe the Israeli government and the IDF should take the blame for the 50 years of conflict? In what way does the mainstream Israeli hostility toward Palestinians resemble the idea of tribalism?
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A Letter to American Jews
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Background
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Author
Assaf Oron
• Statistician, Washington State University, US • Political blog http://assaf.dailykos.com/ • Tikkun http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/about • Refuseniks
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Background
Cultural tips
• Refuseniks: refusal to obey specific orders;
refusal to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in any capacity
• pacifists and anti-militarists
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Part I: Sentence Paraphrase
• Over the past two months since we came out with our pubic pledge to refuse, I’ve heard and read so many arguments about our act, and the moment you refute them, new arguments sprout up like mushrooms.
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
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Questions / Activities
• What do you know about the Arab-Israeli wars in modern times? Were Palestinians and Israelis enemies in history? • Please introduce to the class the Palestine-Israel conflict as illustrated in the four maps.
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Check-on Preview
• Match the words with their correct meaning in the text.
1. bombard 2. deport 3. pledge 4. fervent 5. paradigm a. a serious promise b. Having or showing very strong and sincere feelings about sth. c. to hit or attack sb. constantly or repeatedly d. an act intended to trick or deceive people e. at original full force; as strong as before f. a typical example or pattern of sth. g. to force sb to leave a country
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Structure
Part II Paras. 4-19 A criticism of Israel’s selfdelusion and its war of terror against Palestinians Part III Paras. 20-22 A call for action
A Letter to American Jews
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Theme
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Theme
• Why does the author feel obliged at the moment to address the Jewish community in America? What is the immediate issue at concern? • What strategy does the Israeli government adopt in handling the conflict with Palestinians? How do they defend their positions? • What does the author think of the “throw-us-into-the-sea” paradigm? • What evidence does the author present to argue that the IDF is fighting not a war against terror, but a war OF terror? W • What does he propose to the Jewish community?
– disagreement with the policies of the Israeli government as implemented by the army, such as the Disengagement plan or occupation of Palestinian territory – youth who are not interested in military service and wish to pursue other activities
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Part I Part II Part III
Main Idea Sentence Paraphrase Words & Expressions Exercise
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A Letter to American Jews
Assaf Oron
A Letter to American Jews
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A Letter to American Jews
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Text Analysis
Detailed Analysis
Part I: Exercise
Rewrite the sentences with the verbs given : ( sprout, pledge, refute, bombard) • The president promised to fight for a fairer system in his second term. • It is claimed that there’s no gender discrimination in the job market. However, the evidence shows that the claim is quite wrong. • A large number of Anti-war posters are being seen everywhere in the city. • It’s believed that nowadays people are constantly under the threat of cancer-causing chemicals.
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Objectives
• To understand the theme and the structure • To learn about the Palestine-Israel conflict • To develop a better understanding of the roots and impacts of tribalism
Grammar
bombard pledge refute
in favor of be bombarded with sprout up like mushrooms in the midst of
The moment+ adverbial clause
lay morality and conscience to sleep
Part I Paras. 1-3 Introduction: A reply to antirefuseniks sentiment
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Text Analysis (Part II)
1 Paras. 4-10 A review of PalestineIsrael conflicts and a reflection on Israeli selfdelusion