高级英语Lesson 5 Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the.ppt

40. …divergence of aims or slackening of effort… * divergence: going in different directions diverge v. * slacken: ( also slacken off) to gradually become slower, weaker, less active etc, or to make sth do this e.g. The heavy rain showed no signs of slackening off. 41. … moralize on/ about… (usually disapproving) to tell other people what is right and wrong especially in order to emphasize that your opinions are correct 进行道德说教 e.g. He’s always moralizing about “young people today”. 42. Hitler’s blood-lust and the hateful appetites … *blood-lust: a strong desire to kill or be violent * hateful: very unkind or unpleasant; detestable; loathsome 43. …suffer the penalty of his crimes. ---- be punished for the crimes he (Hitler) has committed. 44. prelude to … --- an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it 序幕 前奏 Paraphrase: …paved the way for his planned invasion of … 45. The scene will be clear… ---- the stage will be ready for the final act. 46. hearth and home * Hearth is the area of floor around a fireplace in a house. *hearth and home ( literary, poetic) your home and family e.g. the joys of hearth and home Please point out mantel (mantelpiece), hearth, fireplace and fire * Rhetorical devices used in the speech. 1. periodic sentence （尾重句，圆周句） Periodic sentences achieve forcefulness by suspense. The essential elements in the sentence are withheld until the end. e.g. If Hitler imagines that his attack on… he is woefully mistaken. (p 81) 2. rhetorical question e.g. Can you doubt what our policy will be? (P80) 3. parallel structure 4. inversion 5.repetition e.g. He has so long thrived and prospered. *Discussion on Exercises IV. The meaning of “anti” 1) anti-:against, hostile to , opposed to 2) anti-: preventing, curing, neutralizing, reducing 3) anti-: counteracting, operating against, resisting 4) anti-: opposite, reverse V. Metaphor 1. at the end of one’s tether (also) at the end of one’s