课前准备 Warm-up：

Up till now, you have must travelled to many cities. Different cities may leave you different impressions. Before we proceed to a detailed discussion of the text, think over the following questions:

1)What crops up in your mind when you hear the term ‘Hiroshima’?

2)To what an extent, do you agree with the title of the text?

3)Why do you think the word “liveliest” in the title is in quotation mark?

本章概览An Overview：

The text is a piece of narration. The author tells us what he has experienced during his trip to Hiroshima and what he has seen and felt there.

Apart from the main clue of the author’s thoughts and feelings, he also spices this piece with some typical description of the characteristics of the Japanese nation.

学习目标Objectives：

Through textual analysis and learning, the students should

1)Get the plot of the story

2)Grasp the theme and the social significance of the text

3)Acquire relevant words and grammatical structures as shown in the text

4)Get acquainted with the structure of a feature story

知识结构Knowledge Structure：

The text is a feature story which can be divided into 3 parts.

I.The narrator’s arrival at Hiroshima (paras. 1-6)

1)The narrator’s arrival at the Hiroshima railway station (para. 1)

2)The narrator’s observation of the Japanese in the railway station. (para. 2)

3)The way to the restaurant boat (paras. 3-6)

II.The reception by the city mayor (paras. 7-27)

1)The description of the boat restaurant (para. 7)

2)The emotional state of the narrator. (paras. 8-9)

3)The speech delivered by the mayor (paras. 10-19)

4)The conversation between the narrator and a small Japanese (paras. 20-27)

III.The narrator’s visit to the atomic ward in the hospital (paras. 28-39)

1)The conversation between the narrator and the old fisherman (paras. 28-38)

2)The narrator’s conclusion (para. 39)