(Para.6-24 Comprehensive questions 1.Where did the strange man use to work?How was his concept of war different from their Minister's？ He used to work in their Ministry of warfare.Their Minister thought of war simply as an opportunity for cavalry charges and fine uniforms and glory.In his opinion, modern warfare gave grand opportunities to little countries,and small countries could depend on the intelligence of scientists to conquer the whole world. 2.Why did their plan fail? It was because the scientist turned his attention to other scientific wonders and refused to go on to work for them. Language points and sentence structures L.“We aimed at.n It was our aim or purpose to have complete control of the whole Caribbean aim at direct one's efforts (towards doing or obtaining something);intend (to) The factory must aim at increasing production. 2.a matter of 8 a little more or less than;about We only had to wait a matter of ten minutes. b.having as a part or result:needing. Answering this question is just a matter of using your intelligence. 3. "And we had.est of the Atlantic. We had a scientist who has been proved to be the very best in Latin American countries. 4.the figure of a soldier:the kind of person one would expect to see as a soldier tall and strong. 5.cavalry charges:charges on horseback.charge:a rush to the enemy to attack 6.just aspirations:fair:in accordance with what is right and true 7.once: c the Ministen of Warfare vas gone, ,.":(conj.)“from the moment that when”;“Omce,if a nation.”:(adv.)“at one time or there used to be a time or in the nast" 8.What if:See Note 4 9.have sth.within one's grasp:be able to achieve or attain sth. They were quite sure that they had the victory within their grasp. Humanity already has the technology within their grasp to send the first man to the Mars. 10.if only:See Note5 11.keep sb.at sth to force sb.to contime to do sth. 12.spur on:urge to faster action or greater effort. She spurred on her team to try harder. 13.content:adj.satisfied:happy (not used before a noun)be to do /with (Para. 6-24) Comprehensive questions 1. Where did the strange man use to work? How was his concept of war different from their Minister’s? He used to work in their Ministry of warfare. Their Minister thought of war simply as an opportunity for cavalry charges and fine uniforms and glory. In his opinion, modern warfare gave grand opportunities to little countries, and small countries could depend on the intelligence of scientists to conquer the whole world. 2. Why did their plan fail? It was because the scientist turned his attention to other scientific wonders and refused to go on to work for them. Language points and sentence structures 1. “We aimed at .” It was our aim or purpose to have complete control of the whole Caribbean. aim at : direct one’s efforts (towards doing or obtaining something); intend (to) The factory must aim at increasing production. 2. a matter of : a. a little more or less than; about We only had to wait a matter of ten minutes. b. having as a part or result; needing. Answering this question is just a matter of using your intelligence. 3. “And we had.west of the Atlantic.” We had a scientist who has been proved to be the very best in Latin American countries. 4. the figure of a soldier: the kind of person one would expect to see as a soldier, tall and strong. 5. cavalry charges: charges on horseback. charge: a rush to the enemy to attack. 6. just aspirations: fair; in accordance with what is right and true 7. once: “Once the Ministen of Warfare was gone,.”: (conj.) “from the moment that; when”; “Once, if a nation.”: (adv.) “at one time or there used to be a time or in the past” 8. What if: See Note 4 9. have sth. within one’s grasp: be able to achieve or attain sth. They were quite sure that they had the victory within their grasp. Humanity already has the technology within their grasp to send the first man to the Mars. 10. if only: See Note 5 11. keep sb. at sth.: to force sb. to continue to do sth. 12. spur on: urge to faster action or greater effort. She spurred on her team to try harder. 13. content: adj. satisfied; happy (not used before a noun) be ~ to do /with