2007/6,1,Unit Four,Inaugural Address,2007/6,2,Teaching Aims,To acquaint students with the historical background of the text. To enable students to appreciate the style of Kennedys speech. To help students to learn the different styles of Churchill and Kennedys speeches,2007/6,3,J. F. Kennedys profile,- the 35th president of the United States, was the first Roman Catholic to become president of the United Stated. At 43 he was also the youngest man ever elected to the highest office of his country. Born: May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second born of 9 children Family source: Irish Death: assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas for a speech-making tour, Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia Marriage: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (1929-1994), on September 12, 1953 Religion: Roman Catholic Education: Graduated from Harvard College (1940), entered the Navy Political Party: Democrat Career: Author; officer, U.S. Navy, 1941-45; newspaper correspondent; Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-53; United States Senator, 1953-61; 1955, wrote Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history. President of the United States, 1961-63,2007/6,4,John Fitzgerald Kennedy (19171963),Born: May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts Died: November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas Nickname: “JFK“ Married: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (1929-1994), on September 12, 1953 Religion: Roman Catholic Education: Graduated from Harvard College (1940) Political Party: Democrat,2007/6,5,On January 20, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy is sworn in as 35th President of the United States.,2007/6,6,Kennedys major contributions,1960s was a time when racism, national safety and beginning of Vietnam crisis were getting tense. His Inaugural Address offered the memorable injunction: “Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.“ As President, he set out to redeem his campaign pledge to get America moving again. His economic programs launched the country on its longest sustained expansion since World War II; before his death, he laid plans for a massive assault on persisting pockets of privation and poverty. Responding to ever more urgent demands, he took vigorous action in the cause of equal rights, calling for new civil rights legislation. His vision of America extended to the quality of the national culture and the central role of the arts in a vital society. He wished America to resume its old mission as the first nation dedicated to the revolution of human rights. With the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps, he brought American idealism to the aid of developing nations. But the hard reality of the Communist challenge remained.,2007/6,7,Shortly after his inauguration, Kennedy permitted a band of Cuban exiles, already armed and trained, to invade their homeland. The attempt to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro was a failure. Soon thereafter, the Soviet Union renewed its campaign against West Berlin. Kennedy replied by reinforcing the Berlin garrison and increasing the Nations military strength, including new efforts in outer space. Confronted by this reaction, Moscow, after the erection of the Berlin Wall, relaxed its pressure in central Europe. Instead, the Russians now sought to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. When this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962, Kennedy imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba. While the world trembled on the brink of nuclear war, the Russians backed down and agreed to take the missiles away. The American response to the Cuban crisis evidently persuaded Moscow of the futility of nuclear blackmail. Kennedy now contended that both sides had a vital interest in stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and slowing the arms race-a contention which led to the test ban treaty of 1963. The months after the Cuban crisis showed significant progress toward his goal of “a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion.“ His administration thus saw the beginning of new hope for both the equal rights of Americans and the peace of the world.,2007/6,8,Inauguration Day (Teachers Book: 87-88) Started from George Washington, on April 30, 1789,Since 1937, Inauguration Day has been changed to Jan, 20. On this day every four years the newly elected president of the United states faces the people for the first time. Takes the presidential oath of office and delivers his inaugural address. Presidential oath Traditionally administered by the Chief Justice, is prescribed in Article II, section 1 of the Constitution of the United States. The oath runs as follows: “ I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States.” Inaugural Address Memorable words have been uttered in inaugural addresses. The Inaugural parade