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,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,全新版大学英语第四册,PART 3,THE NORMANDY LANDINGS,NORMANDY,A historical region and former province of northwest France on the English Channel.Part of ancient Gaul,the region was successively conquered by the ROMANS,Franks,and Norse;passed to England after the Norman Conquest(1066)and during the Hundred Year,s War(1337-1453);and was restored to France in1450.Its beaches were the focal point of Allied landing on D-day in Word War 2.,Pas de Calais:,the part of France closest to the British Isles,Dwight David Eisenhower(1890-1972):,American general and the 34,th,president of the US(1953-1961).As supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force(1943-1945),he launched the invasion of Normandy and oversaw the final defeat of Germany.His presidency was marked by an end to the Korean War,domestic racial problems,cold war with the Soviet Union,and a break in diplomatic relations with Cuba.,Erwin Rommel,(1891-1944),:,German general active in France,Italy,and northern Africa during World War2.After his implication in the July Plot to assassinate Hitler,he committed suicide.,Rennes,:,A city of northwest France north of Nantes.It was an important Gallo-Roman town and became capital of Brittany in 1196.Population,117234.,The summary of the text,The summer in 1944 saw the invasion of Normandy in France by British,American and Canadian forces.The united forces have Prepared everything well including weather.As The matter of fact,weather brings both the good and the bad to them.,Little questions.,When?,Where?,Who?,How did they prepared?,Result?,The summer in 1944,Normandy in France,British,American and Canadian forces.,They spent 1 year to prepare everything well including weather.,They win.,Words,Favorable,:a.helpful;showing approval.,be favorable to,赞成,Eg.He is favorable to our plan.,The situation is favorable to us.,Stiff,:a.blowing strongly;not easily bent,changed in shape,etc.,eg.,1.Shoes are often stiff when they are new,.,（硬的）,2.He is very stiff with strangers.,（拘谨）,3.It is a stiff climb to the top of the hill.,（艰难的）,Responsible,：,a.being the cause of;legally or morally obliged;reliable and sensible.,Responsible for,为 负责,Hold sb.Responsible for,使某人负,的责任,Make oneself responsible for,负起,的责任,Eg,A government must be responsible to the people.,He is a responsible teacher.,Boast:v.talk about in a manner showing too much pride and satisfaction,Make a boast of,夸耀某事,Boast about,自夸,Boast of,自吹自擂,Boast oneself of,自负，自夸,He boasted that he could speak six languages fluently.,Hold out,坚持,catch hold of,抓住,hold back,阻挡,hold down,压制，控制,hold off,推迟,hold on,等一会,hold up,支持，延迟,hold with,赞成,On the eve of,在,之前夕,Eg.On the eve of the great war.,Prior to.,Before,Eg.The contract will be signed prior to the ceremony.,Pin down.,Prevent from moving.,pin on,归罪，将错事或罪行归于,Pay off,：,bring good result.,Pay back,回报，还钱给。,Pay out,付出，出钱,Pay up,全部付清,Eg.,Soon they had paid off the loan.,The investment paid off at last.,
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