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Unit13Solider'sheartwarmup•1.Doyouknowsomedevastatingorfamouswarsorbattlesinthehistory?nameoneandintroduceitbriefly.•2.Howdowarsdamageourlife?(fromcertainaspects)•3.Asnormalpeople,whatcanwedotoprotectthepeaceoftheworld?TheauthorLouisSimpson(1923~)wasborninJamaica,WestIndies.ThesonofalawyerofScottishdescentandaRussianmother,heemigratedtotheUnitedStateswhenhewas17andwenttostudyatColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkCity.servedintheSecondWorldWaronactivedutyinFrance,Holland,BelgiumandGermany.Whenthewarwasover,hereturnedtoColumbiaUniversitytofinishhisstudies.AfterbeingateacheratthatschoolandlaterattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,andtheStateUniversityofNewYorkatStonyBrook.published17booksofpoetryandiswidelyacclaimedasaliterarycritic.1.TheArrivistes19492.GoodNewsofDeath.CharlesScribner'sSons.19553.ADreamofGovernors:Poems.1959.4.AttheEndoftheOpenRoad,Poems.19635.SelectedPoems.19656.AdventuresoftheLetter.19717.ArmidaleTheBookBus.1979.8.CaviareattheFuneral.19809.TheBestHouroftheNight.Ticknor&Fields.1983.10.PeopleLiveHere:SelectedPoems1949–83.11.CollectedPoems.ParagonHouse.1988.12.IntheRoomWeShare.ParagonHouse.1990.13.Thereyouare:poems.StoryLinePress.1995.14.TheOwneroftheHouse:NewCollectedPoems,1940–2001.15.StrugglingTimes.BOAEditions,Ltd..2009.16.VoicesintheDistance:SelectedPoems.BloodaxeBooks.2010.PoetryGroupworkThetimeisafterdinner.CigarettesGlowonthelawn;Glassesbegintotinkle;TVsetsHavebeenturnedon.ThemoonisbrimminglikeaglassofbeerAbovethetown,Andlovekeepsherappointments—Harry'shere!I'llberightdown.ButthepalestrangerinthefurnishedroomLiesonhisbackLookingatpaperroses,howtheybloom,Andceilingscrack.当时用过了晚餐之后。香烟在草坪明灭着；玻璃杯开始丁丁作响；彩电也已经打开了。月亮仿佛一杯啤酒满溢着在小城上晕开，有情人信守约会——“哈里来了！”“我马上就下来。”宿舍里却有斯人面色苍白仰卧于床榻上痴看纸叠的玫瑰，如何绽开，——天花板蹦蹦响。BackgroundinformationTheNormandyInvasionTheWarinVietnamTheGulfWarTheNormandyInvasionNormandylanding:theD-DaybeachesBattlerouteU.S.soldiersofthe2ndRangerBattalionmarchedthroughWeymouth,Dorset,asouthernEnglishcoastaltown,onroutetoboardlandingshipsfortheinvasionofFranceOffOmahaBeach,AmericanLibertyshipswerescuttledtoprovideamakeshiftbreakwaterduringtheearlydaysoftheinvasionEisenhowerspeakswith1stLt.WallaceC.ontheeveningof5June1944LargelandingcraftconvoycrossestheEnglishChannelonJune6,1944TheimportanceishowmuchwepayedforthiswarBothsidesofforcesAlliedforces：2,876,000(Jul.25)Germany：1,380,000(Jul.23)Death:America:29,000deaths，101，600injuresormissing;England:11,000deaths，54,000injuresormissing;Canada:5,000deaths，13,000injuresormissing;France:12,200ciciliandeathsordeathsGermany：23,019deaths，67,060injures，198,616missingorbeingcapaturedConsequenceYourtearsbreakourheartsThegulfwarIranIraqKuwaitRumailaoilfieldWarbahIslandBubiyanIslandOthernames:theFirstGulfWar,GulfWarI,ortheIraqWar(17January1991–28February1991)awarwagedbyaUN-authorizedcoalitionforcefrom34nationsledbytheUnitedStates,againstIraqinresponsetoIraq'sinvasionandannexationofKuwait.IraqitroopsinvadedKuwaitbeganon2August1990CausesIraqiclaimstoKuwaitasaterritoryofIraq.CompetingforoilIraq'sinabilitytopayKuwaitmorethan$80billionthathadbeenborrowedtofinancetheIran-IraqwarSaddamHussein(1937－2006）TheformerpresidentofIraq.AftergainingindependencefromtheUnitedKingdomin1932,theIraqigovernmentimmediatelydeclaredthatKuwaitwasrightfullyaterritoryofIraq,PartoftheIraq’s19provinces,andsaiditwillalwaysbepartofIraq.OnAugust3,1990,theUNSecurityCouncilpassedResolution660condemningtheIraqiinvasionofKuwaitanddemandingthatIraqunconditionallywithdrawallforcesdeployedinKuwait.Feature:Awarofhigh-techDisastrousresultsThehighwayofdeathDepleteduranium（贫铀弹）uraniumexposurecanaffectthekidney,brain,liver,heart,andnumerousothersystemsuraniumisatoxicmetal.internalexposure：inhalation,ingestionorshrapnelcontaminationRadioactivitycausesdeformityTheVietnamWar:1959~1975ItwasstartedbytheCommunistguerrillasintheSouth,whomwerebackedbyCommunistNorthVietnam,inanattempttooverthrowtheSouthVietnamgovernment.ThestartoftheVietnamWarNgoDinhDiemin1963politicalconfusioninSouthVietnam.ThesecurityinSouthVietnamcontinuedtodeteriorateputtingtheCommunistsinreachofavictory.By1965,theUSpresidentLyndonJohnsonapprovedregularbombingofNorthVietnamtopreventthetotalcollapseoftheSaigonregimeUnitedStatesforceslandedatDaNangandbeganfightinginVietnam.TheUSinterventioncausedproblemsfortheCommunists,forcingthemtocontinuallysendNorthVietnamesearmiestotheSouth,butthisdidnotdeterthemfromthestruggle.inJanuary1968TetOffensivein1969withdrewUStroopsUSpullsoutoftheVietnamWarIn1973in1975SouthVietnamsurrenderedtonorthernforcesin1976NorthandSouthVietnamwereunifiedunderaCommunistgovernmentandSaigonwasrenamedHoChiMinhCity.endeditsmilitaryinvolvementamilitarycampaignonJanuary30,1968thePeople'sArmyofVietnamvstheRepublicofVietnam,theUnitedStates,andtheirallies.Thepurpose:toutilizetheelementofsurpriseandstrikemilitaryandciviliancommandandcontrolcentersthroughoutSouthVietnamTheresult:theNorthVietnamesebeganthecampaignthatwonthewarcasualtiesstatisticNorthViatnamandregardedVietCong：1.10milliondeaths，0.60millioninjures，0.33millionmissing。Americ