美国历史文化概况英文版课件董晓波 ISBN9787811348507PPTUNIT 5.ppt

Unit 5 Two World Wars CONTENTS TEACHING AIMS After studying this unit, you are required to: 1. Have a general idea of two world wars. 2. Understand the history of two world wars. 3. Master the difficult words and expressions. Text A America During and After World War I TEXT A Preview 第一次世界大战（1914年─1918年）是一场主要发生在欧洲但波及到全世界的世界大战。战争过程主要是同盟国和协约国之间的战斗。1917年4月，一直坚持中立政策的美国出于自身利益考虑也向德国宣战加入了协约国阵营。战争以同盟国的失败告终。第一次世界大战使世界格局以及美国社会等诸多方面都发生了巨大变化。 TEXT A Reading Comprehension Read the following sentences and decide whether they are true（T) or false（F)． 1. Major European powers were divided into two military blocs. The Triple Alliance includes Germany, Australia and Italy, and the Triple Entente includes France, Russia and Britain. ( ) 2. During the First World War’s four years, the president of United States is Wilson. ( ) 3. The United States entered the First World War on April 6, 1917. ( ) 4. The entering of the United States during the First World War made the world “safe for democracy”. ( ) 5. As a victorious nation, the United States attended the Paris conference and ratified the final treaty concluded at the Paris Peace Conference. ( ) 6. After the First World War, America published the Immigration Quota Law to limit the annual number of immigrants. The quota was to be distributed among different nations in proportion to the number of their countrymen. Therefore, the law showed the equality and justice. ( ) 7. Based on the progress of science and technology, the United States entered a period of industrial boom after the First World War. ( ) 8. After the First World War, the 19th amendment to the Constitution in 1929 granted Women’s right to veto. ( ) TEXT A Notes 1. Thomas Woodrow Wilson（托马斯?伍德罗?威尔逊）(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. A leader of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, an