全新版第四册第一单元.ppt

* * * Book 4 Unit 1 Fighting with the Forces of Nature Man or nature, which is more powerful? the artificial rainfall the landing on the moon Questions related to the theme flood earthquake tsunami . drought Preview the text and answer the following questions. Do you know those figures in history, Napoleon Bonaparte , Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin ? What did they do? Napoleon Bonaparte  (1769-1821): emperor of the French, who consolidated and institutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he conquered the larger part of Europe. He was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and was sent to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic, where he died in 1821. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945): Austrian-born founder of the German Nazi Party and chancellor of the Third Reich (1933-1945).His fascist philosophy, embodied in Mein Kampf , attracted wide-spread support and after 1934 he ruled as an absolute dictator. Hecommitted suicide when the collapse of the Third Reich was imminent (1945). general secretary of the Com-munist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (1922 - 1953) and chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR(1941-1953). Under his leadership the USSR was built into a modern economic and military power that repelled Hitlers armies in World War II and rivaled the United States during the Cold War period. Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) 1. in the case of New Words Expressions e.g. The rise in interest rate will be disastrous in the case of small firms. 利率增加对小公司来说是大祸临头。 [Compare] in any case: whatever happens or may have happened 无论如何; 总之 in case of sth: if sth happens 假如 in no case: in no circumstances 无论如何决不… in that case: if that happens or has happened 既然那样; 假若是那样的话 2. stand/ get/ be in the way: prevent from doing sth. 挡道; 防碍 e.g. I don’t think kids have as much fun as we used to.