现代高校英语精读4Lesson1ThinkingasaHobby.DOCLesson1ThinkingasaHobbyPurposes:1.Tointroducethethreegradesofthinkingclassifiedbytheauthor2.Toinspirethestudentstothinkaboutwhatislogical,criticalandindependentthinkingandtointrospecttheirownthinkinghabitandmodel3.Tofamiliarthestudentswithparallelconstru。andactout.Homework:StudyTextB,whichisahorrorstoryandretellthestorytoyourpartnertochecktheeffectofyournarration.Lesson3WhyHistoriansDisagreePurposes:1.Toreflectandreexamineourunderstandingofwhatishistoryandwhyhistoriansdisagree2.Toidentifythelogicsequenc。xteenconsideredtheirfirstnationalityGerman.With27%,thatmadetheGermansthelargestethnicgroup(whichtheystillaretoday)intheUnitedStates.TheIrish,accountingforanotherlargesegment,alsohadnolovefortheAllies.Inaddition,alargepartoftheJewishcommunitysupportedt。ory.EnglandhadborrowedheavilyfromtheUnitedStatestofinanceitswarwithGermany.J(ohn)PierpontMorgan,thefinancierandsonofJPMorgan,hadbecomethechiefpurchasingagentforEnglandwhichsoonowedAmericanbanksandindustrialistsbillions.Sinceitisgenerallyrecognizedasap。ointwhenhewasaskedwhathewoulddoifGermanywaswillingtoseekafairpeaceandFranceandBritainwerent-Wilsonanswered:IftheAllieswantwarwithus,wewouldnotshrinkfromit.TheBritishpoundplummetedandmanythoughttheAlliesmightlosethewar.Theintroduction(afterthefaile。shalonewerespendingtenmilliondollarsadayoftheirwarbudgetintheUnitedStates.TheAmericaneconomywasbooming.Ifthesubmarinestoppedthistrade,alotofmoneywouldbelost.AlthoughtheGermansofferedtoletoneshipaweekpassthroughaprescriberouteforhumanitarianreasons,。hlessandovertBritishactshadcreatedthesituation.Longbeforethebeginningofthewar,theBritishAdmiraltyacknowledgedthatamerchantvesselshouldbetreatedbyasubmarineinexactlythesamewayasbyamaraudingcruiser.UndertheCruiserRulesitwasacorrectpracticetohaltanunar。shadbeenacceptedwithminormodificationsbyallmaritimepowers.Churchill,awareofupperclassAmericansentiment,wasmorethanhappywithhisstrategy.ThefirstBritishcountermove,madeonmyresponsibility,Churchillwouldlaterwrite,wastodetertheGermansfromsurfaceattack.Thesub。