[英语]英语专业大三上学期高级英语第5单元课件.ppt

Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R. In March 1939, Britain and France started talks with the Soviet Union on possible cooperation against Fascist Germany. At that time Britain under Chamberlain and France under Daladier were pursuing a policy of appeasement. After three months’ fruitless negotiation, the talks were broken off. Then in order to protect itself, the Soviet Union signed the non-aggression pact with Hitler’s Germany on August 23, 1939. On Sept. 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland. Before the fall of Poland, British intelligence officers managed to get hold of a German coding machine and a group of code-breaking experts, soon discovered how the machine worked. With the help of this machine, the British were able to decipher解密 all German coded messages. So on June 6, the British had already learnt that Hitler was to attack Russia and so passed on a warning to the Soviet Union, which was unheeded被忽视. On June 20, two days before the invasion, Churchill worked on a speech to be broadcast to the world when the invading forces rolled into Russia. The speech was carefully composed, full of grave themes and weighty arguments. Churchill polished the text on June 22, 1941 in his Elizabethan manor庄园 at Chequers首相别墅. union jack为什么是英国国旗的意思？ 联合王国国旗(英国国旗) union jack Jack是海军用语,指悬挂在舰首的旗帜,英国军舰舰首都悬挂国旗,因而得名。 The issue of whether it is acceptable to use the term Union Jack is one that causes considerable controversy. Although it is often asserted that Union Jack should only be used for the flag when it is flown as a jack (a small flag flown at the bow of a ship), it is not universally accepted that the Jack of Union Jack is a reference to such a jack flag; other explanations have been put forward [1]. The term possibly dates from the early 1700s, but its origin is uncertain. The word Jack may have come from the name of the James VI, King of Scots who inherited the English crown, causing the flag to be designed, that is Jac from Jacobus, Latin for James.