课前准备 Warm-up：

Up till now, you must have heard or read some American presidential campaign speeches. Before we proceed to a detailed discussion of the text, think over the following questions:

1)What do you know about World War II?

2)What do you know about Winston Churchill?

3)What can you infer from the title of the text?

本章概览An Overview：

The text is a speech delivered by Winston Churchill. He made the speech in the hope that all British could realize that it was a must that Britain should fight Germany.

学习目标Objectives：

Through textual analysis and learning, the students should

1)Get the content of the speech

2)Grasp the theme of the speech

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

4)Get acquainted with the primary features of the speech

知识结构Knowledge Structure：

The text is a presidential campaign speech which can be divided into 3 parts.

I.The decision of the British government to fight Nazi Regime (paras. 1-6)

1)The arrival of the news that Hitler invaded Russia (para. 1)

2)The unanimity of the British cabinet to fight Germans. (para. 2)

3)The decision to fight Hitler as testified by the account of the private secretary of Churchill (paras. 3-6)

II.The determination of Britain to fight Hitler (paras. 7-11)

1)The nature of Nazi regime (para. 7-9)

2)The determination of Britain to fight Nazi (para. 10)

3)The nature of the war (para. 11)

III.The rationale for Britain’s involvement in the war (paras. 12-13)

1)A detailed account of the rationale for fighting Nazi Germany (para. 12)

2)A reiteration of the rationale and a call on the British people to fight Nazi Germany (para. 13)