WriteaspeechWhatdoesaspeechusuallyinclude?Pre-writingBodyaspeechOpeningSummaryWhothepersonis.Whatboundaryhe/shehasbroken.Howhe/she

achievedthis.Commentsonhim/her.Organiseandwriteyourownspeechaboutapersonwhohashelpedtoincreaseunderstandingbetweentwocountries.ReadthespeechonEdgarSnowandanswerthequestions.Pre-writingHello,everyone.Today,I’mgoingtointroduceEdgarSnow.EdgarSnowwasanAmericanjournalistwhowroteinfluential

booksandarticlesaboutChinainthe1930s.Atatimewhen

relativelylittlewasknownaboutourcountryintheWesternworld,his1937bookRedStaroverChinabrokeideologicalboundaries

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有影響力的2.relatively相對地3.ideologicalboundaries意識形態的界限

4.communistmovement共產主義運動ReadthespeechonEdgarSnowandanswerthequestions.Pre-writingAlthoughSnowwasnottheonlyinternationaljournalisttosetfootinChinaduringtheearlydecadesofthe20thcentury,whatsethimapartfromtheotherswasthatheactuallyspenttimewiththeChineseRedArmy.Helistenedtotheirstoriesandobservedtheirday-to-daylives,aswellasconductinginterviewswithMaoZedongandotherleaders.ReadthespeechonEdgarSnowandanswerthequestions.Pre-writingHisbiographicalaccountsanddepictionsofhistoricalevents,suchastheLongMarch,thereforecapturedthespiritoftheperiodandthepeoplelivingthroughitwithunprecedented

authenticity.Snowisconsidered“ourAmericanfriend”.depictionn

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真實性；確實性傳記敘述ReadthespeechonEdgarSnowandanswerthequestions.Pre-writingIadmireSnow’sspecialinsightandbravery,riskinghislifeduringthewartogettotheheartofthestoryandcorrectprejudice.Forme,Snow’swriting,andinparticularRedStaroverChina,isamust-readforanyonewithaninterestinthatperiod.insight

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洞察力冒…的風險（或危險）Pre-writing1.WhowasEdgarSnow?HewasanAmericanjournalistwhowroteinfluentialbooksandarticlesaboutChinainthe1930s.ReadthespeechonEdgarSnowandanswerthequestions.Pre-writingReadthespeechonEdgarSnowandanswerthequestions.2.Whatdidhedoandwhatboundariesdidhebreak?HeactuallyspenttimewiththeChineseRedArmyandlistenedtotheirstoriesandobservedtheirday-to-daylives.HealsoconductedinterviewswithMaoZedongandotherleaders.HisbookRedStaroverChinabrokeideologicalboundariesbytellingthestoriesoftheChinesecommunistmovementfromtheinside.Usefulexpressions:While-writing:ThinkandwriteOpeningToday,I’mgoingtointroduce...He/Sheis/wasadoctor/socialworker...,whois/waswitty/hard-working/intelligent/...He/Shewasbornin...,in...

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His/Hercontributionto...isnotonly...butalso...LinYutang(1895-1976)wasaninfluentialChinesewriter,translator,linguist,philosopherandinventorofthetwentiethcentury.Hebecamewell-knownforhisuniquebrandofhumour.LinwasdedicatedtospreadingclassicalChineseliteratureandandpromotingtheChinesewayoflife.Step1WhothepersonisStep2WhatboundarieshehasbrokenHebridgedtheculturalgapbetweentheeastandwestthroughhiswittywritingstyle.Opening1.林語堂（1895-1976）是二十世紀有影響力的中國作家、翻譯家、語言學家、哲學家和發明家。2.他因其獨特的幽默風格而聞名。3.林致力于傳播中國古典文學并推廣中國生活方式。他以詼諧的文筆架起了東西方文化的橋梁。HowdidheachievethisHecreativelyborrowed”youmo”fromAncientChineseasthetranslationfortheEnglishword“humour”.LintranslatedmanyclassicChineseworksintoEnglish,whichbecamebestsellersintheWest.“MyCountry,MyPeople“waspublishedin1935,and“MomentinPeking”waspublishedin1938.Body他創造性地從古漢語中借用了“幽默”一詞作為英語“幽默”一詞的翻譯。林將許多中國經典作品翻譯成英文，這些作品在西方成為暢銷書。《我的國家，我的人民》出版于1935年，《京華煙云》出版于1938年。SummaryTocreateamoreharmoniousandunderstanding,hegaineddeeperinsightsintohowtobreakboundaries.Hehadastrongsenseofsocialresponisbility.Whathehasdoneistomakegreatcontributio