Unit 6 A Statement to My people on the Eve of War By John Haynes Holmes
Unit 6 A Statement to My people on the Eve of War —By John Haynes Holmes
About the Author John Haynes Holmes (1879-1964)was a prominent Unitarian minister and pacifist,noted for his anti-war activism.He actually left the Unitarian Association (AUA)in 1918 over differences in attitude towards World War I,but continued to preach at his church which retained its AUA membership and accepted membership again right before the Unitarians and Universalist churches merged.He graduated from Harvard in 1902 and then Harvard Divinity School in 1904.He married Madeleine Baker.They had two children,Roger and Frances.He helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP)in 1909 and was a founder and later chair of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He was a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award
About the Author ❖ John Haynes Holmes (1879–1964) was a prominent Unitarian minister and pacifist, noted for his anti-war activism. He actually left the Unitarian Association (AUA) in 1918 over differences in attitude towards World War I, but continued to preach at his church which retained its AUA membership and accepted membership again right before the Unitarians and Universalist churches merged. He graduated from Harvard in 1902 and then Harvard Divinity School in 1904. He married Madeleine Baker. They had two children, Roger and Frances. He helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) in 1909 and was a founder and later chair of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). ❖ He was a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award
Topics for Presentation What do you know about WWI?Why did the Americans get involved in it? What were the consequences of WWI upon the Americans,in both economic and cultural terms?
Topics for Presentation ❖ What do you know about WWI? Why did the Americans get involved in it? ❖ What were the consequences of WWI upon the Americans, in both economic and cultural terms?
Detailed study of the text Para.1 Q:How did the author begins his speech?Did he express his intension at the very beginning?
Detailed study of the text ❖ Para. 1 Q: How did the author begins his speech? Did he express his intension at the very beginning?
Words and expressions in para.1 (1) promises (in the sentence):cause one to expect or hope for sth.大有.的可能 e.g.The clear sky promises fine weather. be committed to (in the text):be put into a particular place or state,be determined by,or be put under the control of,.把.置于某处，把.置于某种 状态下 e.g.The document was committed to fire before he was taken to court
Words and expressions in para.1 (1) ❖ promises (in the sentence): cause one to expect or hope for sth. 大有.的可能 e.g. The clear sky promises fine weather. ❖ be committed to (in the text): be put into a particular place or state, be determined by, or be put under the control of, 把.置于某处，把.置于某种 状态下 e.g. The document was committed to fire before he was taken to court