Unit 1 Text I Never Give in, Never, Never

Pre-reading Question What do you know of Winston Churchill? a combination of soldier, writer, artist, and statesman; full of courage, imagination, and intellect; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945; a leading role in the resistance against German domination of Europe.

Structural Analysis Part I (paragraph 1): opening remarks Churchill summarized the great events that had happened in the world with Great Britain in particular and then talked about the purpose of his visit– to encourage the whole nation to fight against the Nazis.

Structural Analysis Part II (paragraphs 2-5): the body the speech Churchill analyzed the world situation and called on the British people not give in.

Structural Analysis Part III (paragraphs 6-8): closing remarks Churchill expressed his conviction that this nation was determined to fight for the victory of this great war.

Words & Expressions misfortune: companions in misfortune menace: the menace of nuclear war lull: lull sb. into doing sth. deceptive: deceive v. triumph: triumph over sth.

Words & Expressions conviction: convict v. apparently: apparent indifference overwhelm: be overwhelmed by grief; overwhelming flinch: flinch from (doing) sth. persevere: perseverance n. compliment: complimentary a. venture: joint venture

Paraphrase 1 … you are beginning to feel impatient that there has been this long lull with nothing particular turning up! … you are beginning to be anxious because there has been no progress of the war in such a long quiet period!/ you are beginning to be anxious because Britain has been in too long a period of stillness without taking any particular action against the enemy!

Paraphrase 2 … we must “… meet with Triumph and Disaster. And treat those tow impostors just the same.” meet with: experience; undergo e.g. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure. Efforts to put the Russian space programme into market have met with little success.

… we are sure to experience both Triumph and Disaster, and we must treat them as the same thing taking different appearances because they are essentially interchangeable.

Paraphrase 3 … never give in except to conviction of honour and good sense. … never give in unless we are convinced that it is honourable and sensible for us to do so.

Paraphrase 4 Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate. Other nations thought that Britain was completely conquered.

Paraphrase 5 … we have only to persevere to conquer. … we will win as long as we hold on to the end.

Grammar Parallel construction: But we must learn to be equally good at what is short and sharp and what is long and tough. (p.2, lines 1-2) These are not dark days; these are great days. (p.8, lines 1-2)

Things to Note When Studying the Speech 1) The length of the sentences and number of commas. Short phrases make for effective delivery. 2) The logical flow of the speech. 3) The use of imagery and emotional appeal.

More Words in the Exercises Put through: 1) to complete (a piece of work or business) successfully e.g. Production will start up again when these changes have been put through.

More Words in the Exercises 2) put sb. through: make sb. suffer sth. unpleasant e.g. I don’t want to put you through all that distress again. 3) put sb. /sth. through: connect a telephone caller by telephone e.g. If she is not in, can you put me through to her secretary?

More Words in the Exercises Go through: experience sth. unpleasant e.g. Let’s hope we never have to go through another war.

More Exercises Sitting beside the window, he recalled the ____________ of his parenthood. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have _______embarrassing failure. At the critical moment of world economic recession, a powerful government is needed to _____________.

More Exercises Sitting beside the window, he recalled the ups and downs of his parenthood. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have _______ embarrassing failure. At the critical moment of world economic recession, a powerful government is needed to _____________.

More Exercises Sitting beside the window, he recalled the ups and downs of his parenthood. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure. At the critical moment of world economic recession, a powerful government is needed to _____________.

More Exercises Sitting beside the window, he recalled the ups and downs of his parenthood. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure. At the critical moment of world economic recession, a powerful government is needed to stand in the gap.

Dictation All through these dark winter months the enemy have had the power to drop three or for tons of bombs upon us for each ton we could send to Germany in return. We are arranging so that presently this will be rather the other way around, but meanwhile London and our big cities have had to stand their pounding.

Dictation They remind me of the British squares at Waterloo. They are not squares of soldiers, they do not wear scarlet coats; they are just ordinary English, Scottish and Welsh folk, men, women and children, standing steadfastly together. But their spirit is the same, their glory is the same and, in the end, their victory will be greater than far- famed Waterloo.

The end!