文档介绍：Unit 9
The Diary of the Unknown Soldier
purposes
1. To get students know the cruelty of war.
2. To understand the author’s purpose of writing and know how to write diaries.
3. To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge by doing various types of exercises.
Diary
Diary is a unique type of writing in that it is not structured in a pre-planned way as is a piece of argumentation or a piece of narration. In a diary, the writer’s pen simply follows the flow of his thoughts. In other words, a piece of diary is usually “structured” by the author’s free association between the present, the past, and the future, interwoven with his relevant remarks.
Structural analysis of the text
The first entry: the horrible scene of the war;
his wish to be alive;
his longing for his family.
The second entry: his reflections on war, interwoven with descriptions
of his grim situation in a small European town.
Facts: they are staying at the town, without food
and ammunition when the Nazi troops ing;
Reflections: war creates more problems, and “Even
one war is too many”.
The third entry: the imminent danger and, possibly, death, Nazi
ing, realization; of being close to death,
thinking of his family;
One last question: Why there should be war?
some difficult sentences, words or phrases
While that might not provide much to help them cope with their loss, it will make the children feel like their fathers made a difference.
Although my stories about their fathers’ death could not relieve their sadness, they will enable the children to see the extraordinary significance of their fathers’ contribution.
2. A saying I once heard strikes a painful not in my head, “Even one war is too many.”
I suddenly recalled a saying I once heard that made me very painful, “ we can’t afford even one war.”
Language Points
dedicate
题献给某人
他把第一本书献给他母亲。
He dedicated his first book to his mother.
献身于
他献身于为国服务
He dedicated his life to the service of his country.
With an air of
seeming to