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1、ArgentiaBay(excerpts)HermanWoukChapterOne:ArgentiaBayⅠ.BackgroundⅡAuthorandwritingStyleⅢ.DetailedStudyⅠ.Background1.WhereisArgentiaBay?2.Whychoosethisplacetobethetitle?Isthereanythingweshouldpayattentiontothisplace?Where?ArgentiaBayisacommunityontheislandofNewfoundlandintheCa
2、nadianprovinceofNewfoundlandandLabrador.ItissituatedonaflatheadlandlocatedalongthesouthwestcoastofPlacentiaBay.PlacentiaBayPlacentiaBayisabodyofwateronthesoutheastcoastofNewfoundland,Canada.MapOfNewfoundland不列顛哥倫比亞省阿爾伯塔省薩斯克徹溫省安大略省曼尼托巴省魁北克省紐芬蘭省新不倫瑞克省育空地區(qū)西北地區(qū)努納武特地區(qū)愛德華王子島省新斯科舍省M
3、apofCanadaWhy?On14August1941NSArgentialocatedinLittlePlacentiaSoundwasthesiteoftheAtlanticConferencefortheAtlanticCharter(大西洋憲章),whereWinstonChurchillandFranklinD.RooseveltmetfacetofaceforthefirsttimesincebothtookofficeandthestartofWorldWarII.BackgroundInformationWarbetweenBr
4、itainandNaziGermanywasdeclaredonSeptember3,1939intheaftermathofHitler’sinvasionofPoland.Argentiawasselectedin1940tobethelocationofaUnitedStatesNavybasebeingbuiltundertheU.S.-Britishlend-leaseprogramwhichsawUSwarshipsloanedtoBritaininexchangeforselectedBritishmilitarybases(orl
5、andfornewbases)intheWesternHemisphere.對于英國來說:是為了協(xié)調(diào)反法西斯的戰(zhàn)略,抵抗法西斯德國的入侵。對于美國來說:大西洋憲章中“機會均等”、“海上自由”等內(nèi)容有利于美國戰(zhàn)后與英國爭奪勢力范圍,取得世界“領導地位”。幫助蘇聯(lián)可以最大限度的防止戰(zhàn)后德國、法國(英國的宿敵)過于強大而主導歐洲大陸對自己的影響(英國并不希望歐洲(大陸)過于強大)。而一個強大的蘇聯(lián)卻能讓歐洲國家感到危險,而增加歐洲對美國軍事機上的依賴,而這正是美國所希望的,后來也證明在很長一段時間內(nèi)確實離不開美國,可以說是各取所需。Introducti
6、onofHermanWoukHermanWoukisbestknownforhisfictionalaccountsofWorldWarII,includingTheCaineMutiny,TheWindsofWar,andWarandRemembrance.Woukwasaradio-comedywriteruntilhejoinedtheU.S.Navyin1942.Hewentontoserveaboardtwodestroyer-minesweepersinthePacifictheater,experiencethathedrewoni
7、nwritingTheCaineMutiny(1951).Thebest-sellingnovelattractedwidespreadpraisefromcriticsandultimatelythePulitzerPrize.TheWindsofWar(1971)anditssequel,WarandRemembrance(1978),wouldreachanevenwideraudiencewhentheywereadaptedastelevisionminiseriesinthe1980s.IntroductionofthePulitze
8、rPrizeFor:achievementsinnewspaperandonlinejournalism,literature,andm