Unit 11 Why Historians Disagree by Allen F.Davis and Harold D.Woodman 2025/4/3 1
Unit 1 by Allen F. Davis and Harold D. Woodman 2025/4/3 1 Unit 11 Why Historians Disagree
Contents Words Expressions Text Analysis Oral Written Work CBI Work 4
Unit 1 Contents Words & Expressions Text Analysis CBI Work Oral & Written Work
Words
Unit 1 Words
Words Expressions adj./adv. collocations Synonyms/ n. antonyms approximate approximation approximate/ approximately approximate to exact conclusive/ jump/leap to conclude conclusion the conclusion completion conclusively inconclusive that. consider contemplate contemplation contemplative In contemplation think about/of controversial/ controversy controversially controversy non-controversial about/over uncontroversial elusive/ avoid elude elusiveness elusively prove elusive escape emerge emergence emergent It emerges that. transpire 4
Words & Expressions Unit 1 v. n. adj./ adv. collocations Synonyms/ antonyms approximate approximation approximate/ approximately approximate to exact conclude conclusion conclusive/ conclusively jump/ leap to the conclusion that . completion inconclusive contemplate contemplation contemplative In contemplation consider think about/ of - controversy controversial/ controversially controversy about/ over non-controversial uncontroversial elude elusiveness elusive/ elusively prove elusive avoid escape emerge emergence emergent It emerges that. transpire 2025/4/3 4
Words Expressions n. adj. collocations Synonyms/ antonyms immerse immersion Immersed Immerse.in investigate investigation/ investigative/ investigation investigator investigatory into enquiry oppose opposition opposed/ opposing as opposed to connect relate relation related relate to empathize with relatedness unrelated restrict restriction restricted restrict.to impede unrestricted revise revision review
Words & Expressions Unit 1 v. n. adj. collocations Synonyms/ antonyms immerse immersion Immersed Immerse . in - investigate investigation/ investigator investigative/ investigatory investigation into enquiry oppose opposition opposed/ opposing as opposed to - relate relation relatedness related relate to connect empathize with unrelated restrict restriction restricted restrict. to impede unrestricted revise revision - - review 2025/4/3 5
Text Analysis
Unit 1 Text Analysis
Structure Part I The introduction(paras.1-5 Misconceptions about the study of history(paras.1-3) Definition of history (paras.4-5) Part II The body (paras.6-11) Selection of different facts about the same event (para.6) Use of the same facts from different premises (paras.7-10) Analysis of different levels of cause and effect(para.11) Part III The conclusion:inevitability of disagreement(paras.12-13)
Unit 1 Structure Part I The introduction (paras. 1-5 ) ⚫ Misconceptions about the study of history (paras. 1-3) ⚫ Definition of history (paras. 4-5) Part II The body (paras. 6-11) ⚫ Selection of different facts about the same event (para. 6) ⚫ Use of the same facts from different premises (paras. 7-10) ⚫ Analysis of different levels of cause and effect (para. 11) Part III The conclusion: inevitability of disagreement (paras. 12-13)
Background I.Authors The present text is based on the introduction to a book entitled Conflict and Consensust(意见等的一致)in Modern American History edited by Allen F.Davis and Harold D.Woodman,professors at Temple University and Purdue University respectively,who also wrote the introduction. CONFUCT AND CONSENSUS IN moDERn
Unit 1 The present text is based on the introduction to a book entitled Conflict and Consensus(意见等的一致） in Modern American History edited by Allen F. Davis and Harold D. Woodman, professors at Temple University and Purdue University respectively, who also wrote the introduction. I. Authors Background
2.Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), America's 28th president(1913- 1921),was a professor of law,the president of Princeton University, and the governor of New Jersey before he was elected to the White House
Unit 1 2. Woodrow Wilson ⚫ Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), America’s 28th president(1913- 1921), was a professor of law, the president of Princeton University, and the governor of New Jersey before he was elected to the White House
3.Zimmerman Note ·The Zimmerman Note was a communique(公报) authored by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman and intercepted by American Intelligence.The note had been designed to entice (诱使)Mexico into declaring war against the United States should the U.S.declare war on Germany.As a reward,Mexico would then receive Arizona,New Mexico,and Texas after the war
Unit 1 3. Zimmerman Note ⚫ The Zimmerman Note was a communiqué（公报） authored by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman and intercepted by American Intelligence. The note had been designed to entice （诱使）Mexico into declaring war against the United States should the U.S. declare war on Germany. As a reward, Mexico would then receive Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas after the war