Hiroshima

Hiroshima–the“Liveliest”CityinJapanBackgroundKnowledgeIntroductiontothepassageTeachingobjectivesBackgroundKnowledgeTheCityofHiroshimaTheNuclearCatastropheonHiroshimaHiroshimatoday–ACityofPeaceandProsperityTHECITYOFHIROSHIMA(1)ThecityofHiroshimaisthecapitalcityofHiroshimaKen(prefecture).ItliesonthedeltaattheheadofHiroshimaBay,anarmoftheSetoInlandSea(濑户内海).Area:905.08squarekilometerPopulation:1,154,391Citytree:CamphortreeCityflower:OleanderTHECITYOFHIROSHIMA(2)Hiroshimabeganasasettlementaroundacastlebuiltin1589bythefeudallordTerumotoMori（毛利辉元）.ThecastletookthenameHiroshima(“BroadIsland”)fromitslocationintheOtaRiver(太田川)Delta.Today,therearemorethan80bridgesconnectthecity’ssixdeltaislandswithoneanotherandthemainland.Therefore,Hiroshimaisnicknamedas“abeautifulcityofwater”.HiroshimaisoneofthemajortransportationandindustrialcentersinJapan.BythebeginningofWWⅡ,Hiroshimawasthe7thlargestcityinJapan.Duringthewar,itwasaregionalarmyheadquarteraswellasamajorrailcenterandproducerofwarmaterials.Hiroshimawasnotglobally-knownuntilitbecamethetargetofthetragicatomicbombingin1945,whichkilledhalfthepopulationanddestroyedthecity.TheNuclearCatastropheonHiroshimaLittleBoyandEnolaGayTheFlightPathoftheatomicbombingThe“mushroom”overHiroshimaHiroshimaaftertheatomicbombingLittleboy:isthenamegivenbyAmericangovernmenttothefirstatomicbombtobedroppedoverHiroshima(12,500tonsofTNT)EnolaGay:aB-29bomberwhichcarriedanddroppedtheLittleboyoverHiroshimaonAugust6th,1945EnolaGayandItsCrewsThe“mushroom”fromEnolaGayat32,700feet\9800metersThehorrifyingscene-1Thehorrifyingscene-2Thehorrifyingscene-3Thehorrifyingscene-4Thehorrifyingscene-5Thehorrifyingscene-6Thehorrifyingscene-7Thehorrifyingscene-8TheFamousWatchofHiroshimaALamenttoHiroshimaHiroshimaToday-ACityofPeace(1)HiroshimaToday-ACityofPeace(2)----A-BombDome(L)andtheMemorialCenotaph(R)HiroshimaToday-ACityofPeace(3)HiroshimaToday-ACityofPeace(4)---PeaceMemorialParkHiroshimaToday-ACityofPeace(5)---PeaceMemorialParkHiroshimatoday-ACityofPeace(6)---theChildren’sMemorialandSasakiSakado(佐佐木桢子）Hiroshimatoday-ACityofPeace(7)---PaperCranes（1）HiroshimaToday-ACityofPeace(7)---PaperCranes（2）HiroshimaToday---ACityofProsperity(1)HiroshimaToday---ACityofProsperity(2)HiroshimaToday---ACityofProsperity(3)HiroshimaToday---ACityofProsperity(4)HiroshimaToday---ACityofProsperity(5)HiroshimaToday---ACityofProsperity(6)IntroductiontothepassageTypeofliterature?apieceoffeaturestoryThepurposeofafeaturestory?toholdthereaders’attentionandmakethemreadthestoryfrombeginningtotheend.Afeaturestoryisasubjectiveone,bearingthepersonalopinion,thoughtandemotionofthewriter.TeachingObjectivesAccesstosomenewwordsandexpressionsParaphrasingsomeperplexingsentencesComprehendthetextSomeJapanesecustomsinthetextTextualStructureOrderofwriting?Thematerialsarearrangedinorderoftimeandspace.Incandsorder.hronologicalpatialTextualStructurePartOne:thewriter’sarrivalatHiroshimaPartTwo:thereceptionbythecitymajorPartThree:thewriter’svisittotheatomicwardinthehospital.PartOne(Para.1)Thatmustbewhattheman...asthefastesttrainintheworldslippedtoastopinHiroshimaStation.Thatmustbewhat….?(Thatwaswhat)“Must”hereexpressesstrongprobabilityastheauthordidnotunderstandJapaneseandcouldnothavebeensureIthink,Isuppose,Itisprobablethat….PartOne(Para.1)sliptoastop:slip?slide?skid?slip:toslideashortdistanceaccidentally,andfallorloseyourbalanceslightly.tomovesmoothly,esp.offorfromsomething.sth.slipsone’smind;letsth.slip;slipthroughthenetletsth.slipthroughone’sfingers;slipaway,slipout,slipupPartOne(Para.1)slide:Tomovesmoothlyoverasurfacewhilecontinuingtotouchit,ormakesomethingtomoveinthisway.Tomovesomewherequietlyandsmoothly,esp.notbenoticedordetectedVi.(Price)godown,becomelowerVi.Tograduallybecomeworse,ortobegintohaveaproblem.(+into)Letsth.slidePartOne(Para.1)Skid:(Whichofthefollowingpicturesdecribestheactionofskidding?)vehicles.tomoveacrossasmoothsurfaceinanuncontrolledway.PartOne(Para.1)Ihadalumpinmythroat….andalotofsadthoughtsonmymind.alumpinone’sthroat:afeelingofpressureinone’sthroat,causedbyrepressedemotion.onone’smind:occupyingone’sthoughts,esp.asasourceofworry.WHY?PartOne(Para.1)Theveryactofsteppingonthissoil…..WasInotatthesceneofthecrime?Whatisyourinterpretationofthispart?Whatkindofeffectdoesthelastsentenceachieve?PartOne(Para.2)Whatdoesthispara.describe?Theimplicationofthefirstsentence?preoccupation,kimono,beobliviousof,bob,facadebeobliviousof:beunawareof,donotcareaboutbob:a.tomoveupanddownwhenfloatingonthesurfaceofwaterb.tomovequicklyinaparticulardirection(+prep.\adv.)PartOne(Para.3)Thetallbuildingsofthismartyredcity.Whatkindofscenedoestheword“martyred”bringtoyourmind?lurch:towalkormovesuddenlyinanuncontrolledorunsteadyway.PartOne(Para.4)AsinTokyo,taxidriversinHiroshimaoftenknowlittleoftheircity….,willnotadmittheirignorance.Implicationofthissentence?ThesentenceindicatesJapaneseattitudetowardtheirhistory.(Wecanseemoredetaileddescriptionabouttheirattitudeinthelaterpartofthetext)ForeshadowingPartOne(Para.5)heave.1.(tr)toliftormovewithagreateffort2.(tr)to