1、,B R _ main,Pre-reading Task,Background Information,When talking about “nature”,which word will turn up in your mind?,magic,magnificent,marvelous,mysterious,but on the other hand,maybe you can think of some natural disasters,Such as.,Avalanche,volcano,雪崩，山崩,typhoon,drought,tornado,tsunami,While natu
2、re is colorful, diverse, splendid, wonderful, mysterious, magic, and beautiful, sometimes it is still _ , even _ .,disastrous,destructive or devastating,Discussion: Man and nature, which is more powerful?,Group A: list instances where man conquers nature.,Group B: come up with cases where the forces
3、 of nature are too powerful to be resisted.,the artificial rainfall,the landing on the moon,instances where man conquers nature,三峡大坝 Three Gorges Dam,flood,earthquake,.,cases where the forces of nature are too powerfulto be resisted,tsunami,.,The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami,Discussion: Man and nature,
4、 which is more powerful?,Man can change nature in order to live in a better condition.,Widely-accepted:,Man could be better adapted to the nature,Man must also be careful not to disregard the laws of nature.,We should fight with the nature instead of fighting against the nature.,So,Man changes natur
5、e in order to live in a better condition. However, man must also be careful not to disregard the laws of nature. When Napoleon and Hitler finally realized their arrogance, it was too late.,B R _ main,Napoleon Bonaparte,World War II,B R _ Napoleon Bonaparte _main,Napoleon Bonaparte,A Brief Introducti
6、on to Napoleon Bonaparte,Napoleons Chronology,The Battle of Waterloo,Napoleons Campaign,Emperor of the French, who consolidated and institutionalized many _ of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he _ the larger part of Europe.During 1802 1815 Napoleon tried t
7、o _ the whole of Europe. He had great success against all his enemies except _, whose navy under Nelson defeated the French navy,_ at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and whose army _ the Peninsular War against him from 1808 to 1814, making him _ in his other campaigns.,B R _ 3_1,A Brief Introductio
8、n to Napoleon Bonaparte,Napoleon Bonaparte (17691821),B R _ 3_2,In 1812 Napoleon lost half a million men when he_ Russia in winter, and in 1814 the British, Russians, Prussians and Austrians _ Paris. They sent Napoleon to rule the island of Elba in the Mediterranean, but he _ an army around him and
9、returned to Paris. He was soon _ again, at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and was sent to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic, where he died in 1821.,Emperor of the French, who consolidated and institutionalized many _ of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of
10、all time, he _ the larger part of Europe.During 1802 1815 Napoleon tried to _ the whole of Europe. He had great success against all his enemies except _, whose navy under Nelson defeated the French navy,_ at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and whose army _ the Peninsular War against him from 1808 t
11、o 1814, making him _ in his other campaigns.,B R _ 3_1,A Brief Introduction to Napoleon Bonaparte,Napoleon Bonaparte (17691821),reforms,conquered,gain control of,Britain,navy,fought,weaker,B R _ 3_2,In 1812 Napoleon lost half a million men when he_ Russia in winter, and in 1814 the British, Russians
12、, Prussians and Austrians _ Paris. They sent Napoleon to rule the island of Elba in the Mediterranean, but he _ an army around him and returned to Paris. He was soon _ again, at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and was sent to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic, where he died in 1821.,inv
13、aded,entered,collected,defeated,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 Island of St. Helena,B R _ 3_2_1.1,Napoleons Chronology,Date,Event,Augu
14、st 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 Bonaparte as hereditary Emperor.,B R _ 3_2_1.2,Napoleons Chronology,Date,Ev
15、ent,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.,B R _3_2_ 1.3,Date,Event,March 31, 1814,Paris fell.,April 6, 1814,Na
16、poleon 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 R _ 3_1.1_pop4,B R _ 3_1.1_pop4,B R _ 3_2_2.1,The Battle of Waterloo,T
17、he 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 of Europe. Fought on June 18, 1815, near Waterloo, in what is now Bel
18、gium, 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 hurt by Napoleon Bonapartes Continental System that banned trade with Bri
19、tain 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 Frances allies to frighten them. Bonaparte left the army on December 5
20、 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_2_2.3,B R _ World War II _main,World War II,Joseph Stalin,Chronology
21、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,Denmark and Norway were conquered.,June 22, 1941,Hitler launched his long-te
22、rm 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, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg had surrendered as had France.,B R _3_3.1,D
23、ate,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 Harbor.,June 6, 1944,American, British and Canadian forces landed in
24、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 Brief Introduction to the War,A Brief Introduction to the War,B R _3_4
25、.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 launched World War II in 1939. He made anti-Semitism a keystone of his
26、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 enforce his idea of racial purity among the German people and slaughte
27、red 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 in German Army. Wounded, gassed, and decorated.,November 11, 1923,Arre
28、sted 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 as the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party.,B R _3_Hitlers
29、 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 declare war on Germany two days later.,January 30, 1933,Appointed chancellor
30、 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 of Leningrad,Siege of Leningrad,B R _3_ Siege of Leningrad,Also known
31、 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 Russian campaign and had been specifically mentioned in the Barbarossa direc
32、tive 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 of Stalingrad,B R _ 4.1_ Battle of Stalingrad,(1942 43) Unsuccessful
33、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 by Vasily Chuikov, they reached the citys centre after fierce street f
34、ighting. 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 800,000 deaths; in excess of 1,000,000 Soviet soldiers died. The battle
35、 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 Republics (USSR) (19221953) and chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
36、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_ Joseph Stalin 1,B R _ 4.1_ Joseph Stalin 2,Joseph Stalin (18791953): Gene
37、ral 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 military power that repelled Hitlers armies in World War II and rivale
38、d 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, 18121) Find the following place names: Moscow, Borodino, and Neman River. 2) What happened in Borodino?,Click here to
39、 see the map!,2 Hitlers Russian Campaign, 194119441) 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 place names: Moscow, Borodino, and Neman River. 2) What happened in Borodi
40、no?,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,Further Understanding,True or False,Questions and Answers,Text Analysis,G R _
41、 Part Division of the Text 1,Part Division of the Text,Parts,Main Ideas,2,1,12,Introduction Both _and _military campaigns failed because of the severity of the Russian _.,311,Napoleons military campaign against_.,3,1220,Para(s),Hitlers military campaign against _.,4,21,Conclusion _ must be reckoned
42、with in any _.,Napoleons,Hitlers,winter,Russia,The Soviet Union,the elements of nature,military campaigns,2. Napoleon and his troops gained the quick victory in Russia as they had expected.,G R _2_2.1,True or False,1. “The icy defender” refers to the Russian river.,3. Napoleon didnt capture the capi
43、tal of Russia.,4. Hitler began an invasion of the Soviet Union that was the largest military land campaign in history.,5. German troops adopted scorch-earth policy when they entered Russia.,6. Hitler failed to capture Moscow because of the strong resistance from Russian people.,2. Napoleon and his t
44、roops gained the quick victory in Russia as they had expected.,G R _2_2.1,True or False,F,The quick, decisive victory that Napoleon expected never happened. To his surprise, the Russians refused to stand and fight. They retreated eastward, burning their crops and homes as they went.,( ),1. “The icy
45、defender” refers to the Russian river.,F,“The icy defender” refers to the bleak Russian winter.,( ),4. Hitler 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 capita
46、l of Russia: Moscow.,( ),5. German troops adopted scorch-earth policy when they entered Russia.,F,Stalin instructed 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 c
47、apture Moscow because of the severe winter in Russia.,( ),G R _ 2_4,Questions and Answers,1. What happened to Napoleons Grand Army when it was retreating from Moscow?,2. Why didnt the Russian people defend their homeland in the face of Napoleons offensive?,3. What tactics did Hitler use in his invas
48、ion of the Soviet Union?,4. What was the significance of the battle of Stalingrad?,G R _ 2_4,Questions and Answers,1. What happened 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 people defend their homeland in the face of Napoleons offensive?,
