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1、Schindler’sListPre-readingquestions:2Buildingvocabulary4Culturallyspeaking6Reference8Members:Laura、Grace、Jane、Cheryl、ChristinaCenQimin、XuMoyun、PeiHongbo、ZhuLili、ChenKaiyingPre-readingquestions:1.HaveyouwatchedthemovieSchindler'sListbefore?WhatdoyouthinkofOskarSchindler?Wh
2、atcanyoulearnfromtheman?2.Inyouropinion,whatkindofmanisagoodman?Andwhatisyourdefinitionofahero?AgoodmaninbadtimePaulZweigWhentheGermanArmyinvadedPolandin1939,aswarmofcarpetbaggerstrailedafterit,eagerforthespoilsofempire.Theyweretheblackmarketersandmiddlemen,theyoungsharks
3、whoknewhowtogetageneraldrunkandleavewithacontractintheirpockets.AmongthemwasayoungSudetenGermannamedOskarSchindler,whohadareputationforwomanizingandgivinglavishpartiesforhisinfluentialfriends.Schindlerknewhowtomakeabureaucrathappy,andhewasrewardedwithoneofCracow'splums.He
4、wasappointedAryantreuhandler-readplunderer-ofaprosperousJewish-ownedenamelwarefactory.ItwasgoodtobeanenterprisingyoungGermaninCracowin1939.Therewasaproblem,though,whichSchindlerexperiencedfirsthandintheanguishedfacesoftheJewishworkersathisnewlyacquiredfactory.Astreamofdir
5、ectiveshadmadeJewishlifeincreasinglyprecariousinCracow.Wallswentuparoundasuburb,andthecity'sJewswerepackedintoit,halfadozentoaroom.Schindlershruggeduncomfortablyandhopedthattheseexcesseswouldsoonstop.Theyweretheexuberanceofempire,theunrulyhighspiritsofvariousunpleasantele
6、mentsintheoccupyingforces,inparticulartheSS,thosepuritanswhoswallowedideologythewaySchindlerswallowedcognac.MeanwhilehedroppedhintstosomeofhisJewishworkersaboutupcomingAktionsbytheSS,whichhehadgleanedduringhisdrinkingpartieswiththecolonels,captainsandsupervisors.Historywo
7、uldnotnormallybeconcernedwithsuchamanasOskarSchindler,amereminorplayerinthesybariticnightlifeofasmallPolishcityduringanunspeakablewar.Buthisstoryisnotanexactscience,andOskarSchindlerisremembered,asfewmenhaveeverbeen,inthetestimonyof1,300JewishworkerswhoescapedPoland'sciti
8、esofdeathbecauseSchindler,againsteveryprobability,becameapossessedman,readytoriskeverythinginada
