英语写作 西线无战事.ppt

博纳电影传媒 2007年推荐影片排期 1979 All Quiet on the Western Front 1 the summary of the story Paul Baumer, who is a young German ,enlists in the German Imperial Army during the First World War along with his high school friends after being indoctrinated by their teacher with the glory and superiority of German culture. After surviving training camp the enthusiastic young men board a troop train bound for the front line, thinking that the war would be a great adventure. Paul and his friends discover what they believe in before are wrong completely as the members of the class are killed in the war one by one until only Paul remains. He begins to rethink about the great harm that war brings to the common people not only them but also the French people, and he becomes to hostile the war. One day he is hit by the stray bullet when he tries to draw a bird which perches on the branch beside the trench while the battle report of that day writes “all quiet on the western front”. 2 what did the two birds represent respectively? Paul paints the bird which just lies on the window sill and enjoys the sunshine as a naughty student in the classroom. The bird represents the carefree life of Paul and his classmates at the moment. Paul paints the second bird which perches on the branch without hesitation although he is still on the battlefield. This bird represents his dream of having a peace and quiet life without fear and death. 3 the theme of the story against the war 4 The most prominent quality of German the story shows? Reflection and Rethinking 5 the difference between Chinese war films and German war films? Chinese war films usually want to show the justice of the war with full support of the common people, the courage of the soldiers and the wisdom of leaders. some heroes are described with an exaggeration and sometimes they are even contrary to historical reality. German war films always face up to history seriously and depressed ,they are rarely advocate the individual heroi