大学英语第二册第二单元

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1、Unit2LessonsfromJefferson12BeforeReadingWarm-upQuestionsBackgroundInformationGlobalReadingPartDivisionoftheTextQuestionsandAnswersSailingRoundtheWorld4DetailedReadingLanguagePointsAfterReadingUsefulExpressionsProverbsandQuotations334SentenceStructureSpotDictationWarm-upQuestions1.OftheAmericanpre

2、sidents,howmanydoyouknow?Canyourecognizethepeopleinthefollowingpicturesandsaysomethingaboutthem?GeorgeWashington(1732-1799):Commander-in-ChiefoftheContinentalArmyduringtheAmericanRevolutionstatesmanandfirstPresidentoftheUSAborninWestmorelandCounty,VirginiaonFebruary22,1732AbrahamLincoln(1809-1865

3、):the16thPresidentoftheUnitedStatesbornonFebruary12,1809inKentuckypreservedtheUnionduringtheCivilWarbroughtabouttheemancipationoftheslavesFranklinD.Roosevelt(1882-1945):the32ndPresidentoftheUnitedStateselectedfourtimesinstitutedNewDealtocounterthegreatdepressionledcountryduringWorldWarIIBillClint

4、on(1946-):the42ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates(1993-1996)thefirstpresidentbornafterWorldWarIIelectedtoasecondtermin19962.Doyouadmireanygreatpoliticalfiguresbothathomeandabroad?Whoarethey?Andwhy?ZhouEnlai(1898-1976)oneofthemajorleadersoftheChineseCommunistmovementthefirstpremierofthePeople'sRepublico

5、fChinawellknownasaskilledinternationalnegotiatorSunYat-sen(1866-1925)TheChineserevolutionaryleaderhadatremendousimpactonthedevelopmentofmodernChinathecatalystintheoverthrowofManchuruleChurchillprimeministerofBritainduringWorldWarIIrousedtheBritishtostandagainstNaziGermanyNapoleonBonapartethegreat

6、estmilitarygeniusofthe19thcenturycrownedhimselfemperorofFrancein1804introducedreformsintendedtounifytherevolution-fracturednationManyofNapoleon'sreformsarestillineffecttodayBackgroundInformation1.ABriefIntroductiontoThomasJefferson2.Jefferson’sChronology3.TheDeclarationofIndependence1.ABriefIntro

7、ductiontoThomasJeffersonThomasJefferson(1743-1826)the3rdpresidenttheauthoroftheDeclarationofIndependenceapoliticalthinkerafounderoftheDemocraticPartyJefferson'sinterestsandtalentscoveredanamazingrange.Hebecameoneofthel