A Young Girl’s Impossible Idealism

Anne, a Germany girl, tried to escape being

caught by the Nazis during the Second World

War. In 1942, she started to keep a dairy,

where she describled the struggle and her

dreams in detail. After the war her diary was

punished, in an adopted part of which, she

conveyed that she could carry out her ideals

in spite of them being smashed and destoryed.

German

diary

described

published adapted

destroyed

Background1.What was Anne’s run-away life as long as two years like? go into hiding 8 people lived/was in fear of being discovered. come to sb’s aid

was afraid of

help sb

in fear ofThese days I am living ~ failing to perform well in today’s class.Do you live ~ failing in the entrance exam? failure

他一直害怕被解雇。He’s living ~ being dismissed /fired. dismissal.

in fear of (doing) sth

2.What happened at last? they were arrested/caught---

didn’t ______arrest/being arrested---

Only her father---and her diary survived.

n/vt

escape

Obama ________ escaped being hit by the book.

narrowly

(narrowly) escape (doing) sth （侥幸 / 险些）逃过

在这次交通事故中，他险些丧命。In the traffic accident, he narrowly escaped death/being killed.

Only her father---and her diary survived.

None of them survived (the slaughter).

viOnly her father---and her diary survived the war. vt

此次湄公 (Mekong) 河袭击中，这两艘被劫持船上的全体船员全部遇难，无一幸免。None of the crew in the two hijacked ships survived the attack in the Mekong River.

Diary1.What is the difference between youth and older people according to Anne? According to her, youth is lonelier than old age. Older people have formed their opinions about everything, and don’t hesitate before they act. Young people could have their own ideas and hold their ground, too. But, it’s hard to do so at the time.

to establish/have

stick to/persist in/not give up

hesitate: to pause with uncertainty or unwillingness ~ about sth/to do sthhesitation ： without ~

既然你对这个计划已经有了自己的想法，那就别犹豫，去实行吧。Since you have formed your opinions about the plan, don’t ~ to carry it out/about it.

carry it out without hesitation.

2.What difficulty were the young faced with at Anne’s age? Their ideals were being smashed or destroyed. And they were too young to find solutions to the problems weighing down themselves. Dreams rise within them, only to meet the horrible reality.

a solution to (doing) sthto solve

to disappoint /depress

The porter was weighed down by/with all the luggage.The family are weighed down by/with debts.

only to do sth: expressing the result to be contrary to one’s expectation

  1. 他们匆忙赶到那儿，结果却发现会议取消了。 They hurried there, only to find the meetingcanceled.

2. 他去海边游泳结果却淹死了。 He went to the seaside to swim, only to be drowned.

3. How did Anne react to the difficulty in terms of holding to her dream? She believed in herself and never dropped her ideal. In spite of the cruel and crazy world, she wished that she could build her hopes on the foundation of confusion and hold fast to her ideals.

basis 对的就要坚持！Hold fast to what is right ！

confuse: puzzle

I was_________ by/with the _________problem.

confused confusing

In spite of the cruel and crazy world, she wished that she could build her hopes on the foundation of confusion and hold fast to her ideals.

even though there be

I went out in spite of the rain.

in spite of = despite + (doing) sth

1.尽管他考试又不及格，他也会永不放弃。 In spite of his failure in the exam again,

he will never give up.= In spite of the fact that he failed in the ex

am---

2. 尽管山高林密，医护人员还是迅速地赶到出事地点，实施援救。

In spite of the high mountains and thick forests, the doctors and nurses rushed to the scene of the accident for the rescue/to carry out the rescue.

A: Jane, you look unhappy. What is wrong with you?B: Mr. White, I _____ the plan to learn English well at the beginning of the term, but now I am _____ by the difficulty.A: Don’t ____. After all, no pains, no gains.B: It seems that I can’t ____ all the problems. I have been working hard, only to ____. A: ____. Where there is a will, there is a way. If you have questions, I am pleased to help.B: Really. Thank you! I will never ___about my plan.A: Great! ____ your dream and ____ yourself.

form one’s opinions about hesitate weigh down hold one’s ground find solutions to drop one’s idealmeet the horrible reality hold fast to believe in

A: Jane, you look unhappy. What is wrong with you?

B: Mr. White, I have formed my opinions about the plan to

learn English well at the beginning of the term, but now I am

weighed down by the difficulty.

A: Don’t drop your ideal. After all, no pains, no gains.

B: It seems that I can’t find solutions to all the problems. I

have been working hard, only to meet the horrible reality.

A: Hold your ground. Where there is a will, there is a way. If

you have questions, I am pleased to help.

B: Really. Thank you! I will never hesitate about my plan.

A: Great! Hold fast to your dream and believe in yourself.

Homework

1. To recite the learned language points

2. To finish the exercises in the workbook

Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged( 折翼的 ) bird That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren( 贫瘠的 )field Frozen with snow.