2024年6月6日发(作者：)

Unit 1 Never Give In, Never, Never, Never

KEY TO EXERCISES

Text comprehension

I.

Decide which of the following best states the speaker's purpose.

B

II.

Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1. T (Refer to the last sentence of Paragraph 1.)

2. T (Refer to Paragraph 2.)

3. F (Refer to Paragraph 4. Imaginative people sometimes are pessimistic, as they see

things far worse than they are and foresee more dangers than there will be.)

4. F (Refer to Paragraph 5. At the beginning of the German continual, intense air raids,

many nations thought that Britain was finished. But to their surprise, Britain stood the

ordeal and this miracle changed the view of those nations.)

5. T (Refer to Paragraph 8.)

III.

Answer the following questions.

1. Refer to Paragraph 2. Because he understands that the war is long and tough: it is

not to end in months but in years. He tells the people there that however long the war

lasts, the final victory belongs to Britain. But at the same time he makes it clear that not

every day is an opportunity to take action: they have yet to wait and persevere.

2.

Refer to Paragraph 3. Because he thinks that both Triumph and Disaster are

deceptive in that people can make things out far worse than they really are when they

have a disaster and they can lose their vigilance when they are in triumph.

3.

When Britain came under the heavy air attacks by Germany, many other nations

thought that Britain was finished. As the country stood the ordeal to their great surprise,

those nations changed their view.

4.

Refer to Paragraph 7. Because he has a strong conviction of victory. The two terms

have different implications. When used in the text to refer to the days of war, "darker

days" emphasizes the dark/negative side of the event and shows the user's pessimism.

"Sterner days", though identical in its reference, suggests optimism and pride in having

the chance to rise to the challenge.

5.

Refer to Paragraph 8. Yes, I do. By paying a visit to Harrow School and making a

speech there, Churchill not only encouraged the audience of his speech but the British

people in general to continue to fight rather than surrender to their enemy.

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1.

Britain has been in too long a period of stillness without taking any particular action

against the enemy.

2.

We are sure to experience both Triumph and Disaster, but must avoid clouding our

judgment through exaggerating their importance.

3.

Never give in unless we are convinced that it is honourable and sensible for us to do

so.

4.

Other nations thought that Britain was completely conquered.

5.

We will win as long as we hold on to the end.

Structural analysis of the text

In Part 2 (Paragraphs 2?) Churchill outlined the lessons to be learned from these events

and how they had proved other countries wrong about Britain. In Part 3 (Paragraphs 6?)

he told the audience that he wanted to change a word in the additional verse of the school

song and explained why he wanted to do it.

Rhetorical features of the text

The following antonyms are used in the speech: ups -- downs, short -- long, triumph --

disaster, great -- small, large -- petty, dark days -- great days. Some of these antonyms

(e.g. great -- small, large -- petty) are used to express the determination of the British

people to fight on for the final victory, and some of them (e.g. dark days -- great days) are

used to encourage the audience not to lose hope in the face of difficulties.

Vocabulary exercises

I.

Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1. gladden my heart

2. situation; circumstances

3. threat

4. splendid; heroic

5. sudden small movement because of pain or fear

II.

Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box in its

appropriate form.

1. put through

2. addressed himself to

3. was going through

4. Throwing our minds back to

5. yielded to

6. close our account

7. ups and downs