Unit 14 Argentia BayTeaching Pointsn I. Background informationn II. Introduction to the passagen III. Text analysisn IV. Rhetorical devicesn V. Questions for discussionI. Background Informationn 1.Herman Wouk n 2.Argentia Bay n 3.Bismarck n 4. World War II in the historyII. Introduction to the Passage n 1.Type of literature: - a piece of objective description n 2.The purpose of a piece of objective description: -to record and reproduce a true picture with opinions and emotions of the author excluded n 3. Ways of developing a piece of objective description: -to begin with a brief general picture, divide the object into parts and organize the detailed description in order of space III . Effective Writing Skills n 1. making effective use of specific verbs n 2.grasping the skill of comment writing IV . Rhetorical Devices 1. sarcasm 2.synecdoche 3.alliteration 4.metonymy 5. Transferred EpithetV. Text AnalysisVI . Special Difficulties n 1.paraphrasing some sentences n 2.translating some sentences n 3.understanding some specific terms n 4.the skill of comment writing I. Background Information1. Herman Wouk: American novelist, A Pulitzer Prize winner. Famous works: The Winds of War (1971) and War and Rememberance (1977).2. Pulitzer Prize: founded by Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), American newspaper publisher who gave Columbia University $2,000,000 in 1903 for the creation of the Columbia School of Journalism and also the Prizes. Today there are Pulitzer Prizes for distinguished works in American fiction, drama, history, biography and autobiography, nonfiction, poetry and music. 3. The Winds of War: The story is a fiction with the main character, Pug Victor Henry being a mid-rank officer who witnesses all the major events during World War II. A novelty of this fiction is, with the ongoing of the story itself, a imaginary reminiscences by a German strategist was put in at intervals of chapters. That is to say, every a couple of chapters into the novel, an episode of that reminiscences was quoted to provide an opposite-side view of the war situation, which enables the reader to view the historical events with and all-round angle. II. Detailed Study of the TextArgentia Bay1. pervade: spread to and be perceived in every part of - The smell of the kebab pervaded the house.- Her song is pervaded by nostalgia for a past age. (充满怀旧感情)2. haze: thin mist Fog, mist and haze are all clouds of water vapour at ground level and above. They indicate different degrees of thickness.- Fog is the thickest and haze is the least thick.- Haze also occurs when it is very hot: a heat-haze （热天的薄雾）- Smog is an unhealthy mixture of smoke and fog in the air of some industrial cities.3. tint: shade or variety of a colour 色度，颜色的浓淡- tints of green in the sky at dawn an artist who excels at flesh tints, i.e. painting the colours of the human body - red with a bluish tint 4. squawk: (esp. of birds) utter a loud harsh cry (e.g. when hurt or frightened) 5. primeval: of the earliest period of the history of the world, very ancient - primeval forests, i.e. natural forests, where trees have never been cut downbased on instinct rather than reason, as if from the earliest period of the human race- It aroused strange primeval yearnings in him. 6. hush: become silent, quieten- Hush!- He hushed the baby to sleep. - The government hushed the affair up to avoid a public outcry. 1) hush: n. stillness; silence- in the hush of the night - There was a sudden deathly hush.2) hush-hush: adj. (infml.) very secret or confidential- His job is very hush-hush. 3) hush-money: n. money paid to prevent sth scandalous from becoming known publicly 7. camouflage: way of hiding or disguising soldiers, military equipment, etc., e.g. with paint, netting or leaves, so that they look like part of their surroundings; such a disguise- The polar bears white fur is a natural camouflage.8. swirl: v. (cause air, water, etc to) move or flow with twists and turns and with varying speed- dust swirling (around) in the streets- Smoke swirled up the chimney. n. swirl of sth: swirling movement; - Dancers spun in a swirl of skirts. 9. shatter: cause sth to break suddenly and violently into small pieces- The pot shattered as it hit the floor.- The explosion shattered all the windows.- This event shattered all my previous ideas.- We were totally shattered after the long journey. 10. spangle: tiny piece of shining metal or plastic used for decoration on a dress, etc, esp. in large numbers the spangles on the fairys dress in the pantomime (哑剧)v. sth (with sth) cover or decorate sth with spangles or small bright objects like spangles-a dress spangled with tiny silver sequins (small circular shiny disc sewn onto clothing as an ornament) 11. strike st