Argentia Bay

1. Argentia Bay

2. Argentia Bay • Argentia is a community on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated on a flat headland located along the southwest coast of the Avalon Peninsula on Placentia Bay. Originally a small fishing village called Little Placentia, the community adopted its present name in 1904 after a silver deposit was located nearby.

3. Argentia Bay • better known as Placentia Bay, wide inlet of Atlantic Ocean, SE Newfoundland, Canada. Here on the British battleship Prince of Wales the Atlantic Charter was signed on Aug. 14, 1941 by President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

4. The winds of War • The story is a fiction with the main character, Pug Victor Henry being a mid-rank officer who witnesses all the major events during World War II. • Plot: Europe, 1939: the rumblings of war grow to a terrible roar. In America the Henry clan-Navy to the bone-finds itself drawn into the very center of the maelstrom: the father at the right hand of Roosevelt, his oldest son flying over the Pacific, his youngest falling in love in Europe. From conference table to battlefield, from the rise of the Reich to the horror of Pearl Harbor, this is America's great World War II novel, Pulitzer Prize-winner Herman Wouk's classic epic of monumental events-and human courage and passions.

5. Herman Wouk • American novelist. After graduation from Columbia University, he became a radio scriptwriter. During World War II he served in the United States Navy and began his first novel during off-duty hours at sea. His novels include The Caine Mutiny (1951), a Pulitzer Prize novel of events aboard a naval vessel, The Winds of War (1971) and War and Remembrance (1977).

6. Bismarck • German battleship of 45 000 tons, completed early in 1940, for operations against British convoys in the North Atlantic. In an en-counter with the British fleet on 24 May, 1940, it sank the British cruiser Hood and damaged the Prince of Wales; the Bismarck was also hit by the guns of the Prince of Wales. The Bismarck was finally sunk on 27 May, 1940

7. Prince of Wales • British battleship Prince of Wales is the place that the Atlantic Charter was signed on Aug. 14, 1941 by President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill • sunk by the Japanese in the South China Sea in December 1941

8. Additional Background Knowledge • 1. Herman Wouk • 2. Argentia Bay • 3. Bismarck • 4 Prince of Wales

9. Rhetorical Devices • 1. sarcasm • 2. synecdoche • 3. alliteration • 4. metonymy • 5 Transferred epithet

10. Special Difficulties • 1. paraphrasing some sentences • 2. translating some sentences • 3. understanding some specific terms • 4. the skill of comment writing

11. Type of literature • A piece of objective desription • Purpose: to record and reproduce a true picture with opinions and emotions with the author excluded • Ways of developing: to begin with a brief general picture, divide the object into parts and organize the detailed description in order of space or time

12. Questions • 1. What was Hopkins' estimate of the situation on the Eastern front? What did the Soviet Union need most? What was Hopkins' stand on the problem of assistance to the Soviet Union? • 2. Why did Burne-Wilke invite Henry into his cabin? What was the request from the British? How was the request put to Henry? • 3. What was Britain's immediate need? Why did the author consider this need pathetic?

13. Argentia Bay • Gray peace pervaded the wilderness-ringed Argentia Bay • Pervaded:spread to and be perceived in every part of The smell of the kebab pervaded the house. Her song is pervaded by nostalgia for a past age • charge, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse: These verbs mean to cause to be filled with a particular mood or tone: • an atmosphere charged with excitement; • poetry imbued with lyricism; • a spirit impregnated with lofty ideals; • optimism that permeates a group; • letters pervaded with gloom; • a play saturated with imagination; • a heart suffused with love

14. Argentia Bay • Wilderness:desolate expanse, waste, uninhabitated land • Ring:meaning to make a ring round or surround Ring the spelling mistakes with red ink Police ringed the building An old house ringed with trees • Gray peace: figure of speech • Argentia Bay was surrounded by a vast expanse of wild uninhabited where there was no human activity. The whole place looked gray and it was very quiet there

15. Argentia Bay • Haze and mist blended all into gray…a tint of green • haze: thin mist • Fog, mist and haze are all clouds of water vapour at ground level and above. They indicate different degrees of thickness.Fog is the thickest and haze the least thick.Haze also occurs when it is very hot. a heat-haze （热天的薄雾）Smog is an unhealthy mixture of smoke and fog in the air of some industrial cities

16. synonym • Blend:go well together; cause to mix together • mix, blend, mingle, merge, amalgamate, coalesce, fuse. These verbs mean to put into or come together in one mass so that constituent parts or elements are diffused or commingled

17. synonym • Mix is the least specific: The cook mixed eggs, flour, and sugar. Greed and charity don't mix. • To blend is to mix intimately and harmoniously so that the components lose their original definition: The clerk blended mocha and java coffee beans. Snow-covered mountains blended into the clouds. • Mingle implies combination without loss of individual characteristics: “Respect was mingled with surprise” “His companions mingled freely and joyously with the natives”

18. synonym • Mergeand amalgamateimply resultant homogeneity: Tradition and innovation are merged in this new composition. Twilight merged into night. “The four sentences of the original are amalgamated into two” • Coalesce implies a slow merging: Indigenous peoples and conquerors coalesced into the present-day population. • Fuse emphasizes an enduring union, as that formed by heating metals: “He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity, that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each”

19. Argentia Bay • Tint of green: shade or slight degree of green color tint: shade or variety of a colour 色度，颜色的浓淡 • Thin smoke and mist mixed making everything look gray

20. Argentia Bay • Sailors and officers…loudspeaker squawks Go about: move from one place to another, or be in the habit of doing sth Chores: any daily or routine tasks; a daily necessary job Piping: the sound of a boatswain’s whistle squawk: (esp. of birds) utter a loud harsh cry (e.g. when hurt or frightened) Sailors and officers were carrying on their routine duties with whistling and louderspeaker noises in the background

21. Argentia Bay • But a primeval hush…normal ships noises • primeval: of the earliest period of the history of the world, very ancient primeval forests, i.e. natural forests, where trees have never been cut downbased on instinct rather than reason, as if from the earliest period of the human race It aroused strange primeval yearnings in him.

22. Argentia Bay • hush: become silent, quietenHush!He hushed the baby to sleep. The government hushed the affair up to avoid a public outcry. hush: n. stillness; silencein the hush of the night There was a sudden deathly hush.hush-hush: adj. (infml.) very secret or confidentialHis job is very hush-hush. hush-money: n. money paid to prevent sth scandalous from becoming known publicly

23. Argentia Bay • With the routine chores going on, some noise could be heard on the ships in the bay, but beyond that it was all silent • Peace pervaded—ringed by wilderness—a primeval hush

24. 2 • At nine o’clock…like snakeskin Steam into view: move rapidly into view (driven by the power of steam) camouflage: way of hiding or disguising soldiers, military equipment, etc., e.g. with paint, netting or leaves, so that they look like part of their surroundings; such a disguise The polar bear's white fur is a natural camouflage. swirl of sth: swirling movement; twists and curls Dancers spun in a swirl of skirts

25. 2 • Bigger than…that had hit the Bismarck In sight: able to be seen Bigger than any other ship present, carrying the guns that had helped sink the Bismarck As it steamed past… “God Save the King” The Augusta: the American cruiser shatter: cause sth to break suddenly and violently into small piecesThe pot shattered as it hit the floor.The explosion shattered all the windows.This event shattered all my previous ideas.We were totally shattered after the long journey

26. synonym • break, crack, fracture, burst, split, splinter, shatter, smash. These verbs mean to separate or cause to separate into parts or pieces, either by the sudden application of force or by the pressure of internal stress. • Breakis the most general: The window was broken by vandals. I broke my arm when I fell. That delicate ornament will break easily. • To crack is to break, often with a sharp snapping sound, without dividing into parts: I cracked the coffeepot, but it didn't leak. The building's foundation cracked during the earthquake. Fracture applies to a break or crack in a rigid body: She fractured her skull in the accident.

27. synonym Burst implies a sudden coming apart, especially from internal pressure, and the dispersion of contents: The child burst the balloon with a pin. • Split refers to a division longitudinally or with the grain: She split the log with an ax. • Splinter implies splitting into long, thin, sharp pieces: Repeated blows splintered the door. • To shatter is to break into many scattered pieces: The bullet shattered the mirror upon impact. • Smash stresses force of blow or impact and suggests complete destruction: He angrily smashed the vase against the wall.

28. 2 Strike up: to begin to play The band struck up (a waltz). Spangle: ~ sth (with sth) cover or decorate sth with spangles or small bright objects like spanglesa dress spangled with tiny silver sequins (small circular shiny disc sewn onto clothing as an ornament) quarterdeck: 军舰上舷门附近留给舰长使用的）后甲板仪式区 GOD SAVE THE KING THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

29. Paragraph 3 • Pug Henry…Sumner Welles • 1) Pug Henry:Victor Pug Henry, a navy captain and presedential aide. He is in a way the narrator of this story, and the hero of the book The Winds of War • 2) awning: canvas or plastic sheet fixed to a wall above a door or window and stretched out as a protection against rain or sun 雨阳蓬 • 3) rig: set up (a structure, etc) quickly and / or with makeshift materialsrig up a shelter for the night • 4)turret: (on a ship, an aircraft, a fort or a tank) low flat (often revolving) steel structure where the guns are fixed and which protects the gunners a warship armed with twin turrets • 5)august: inspiring feelings of respect and awe; majestic and imposing

30. Paragraph 3_Churchill • Churchill was plain to see…gestureing with a big cigar • apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain. These adjectives mean readily seen, perceived, or understood: angry for no apparent reason; a clear danger; clear-cut evidence of tampering; distinct fingerprints; evident hostility; manifest pleasure; obvious errors; patent advantages; making my meaning plain. Churchill could be seen clearlly since he was only five hundreds yard away

31. Paragraph 3 • odd: strange; unusual; peculiarWhat an odd man! She wears rather odd clothes. • strange, peculiar, odd, queer, quaint, outlandish, singular, eccentric, curious. These adjectives describe what deviates from the usual or customary. • Strangerefers especially to what is unfamiliar, unknown, or inexplicable: All summer I traveled through strange lands. • Peculiar particularly describes what is distinct from all others: Cloves have a peculiar aromatic odor.

32. synonym • Something that is odd or queer fails to accord with what is ordinary, usual, or expected; both terms can suggest strangeness or peculiarity: I find it odd that his name is never mentioned. “Now, my suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose” • Quaint refers to pleasing or old-fashioned peculiarity: “the quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities” (Winston Churchill).

33. synonym • Outlandish suggests alien or bizarre strangeness: The partygoers wore outlandish costumes. • Singular describes what is unique or unparalleled; the term often suggests a quality that arouses curiosity or wonder: Such poise is singular in one so young. • Eccentricrefers particularly to what is strange and departs strikingly from the conventional: His musical compositions were innovative but eccentric. • Curioussuggests strangeness that excites interest: Americans living abroad often acquire a curious hybrid accent

34. Paragraph 3_President • The president towered over everybody, …resembled him • Tower over: much taller than • brace: (device that clamps things together or holds and supports them in position)Roosevelt had to wear steel braces on his legs, because an attack of polio in 1921 had paralyzed him from the waist.v. support (sth) with a bracen. wire device worn inside the mouth (esp. by children) for straightening the teethMy daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.braces: (US suspenders) straps for holding trousers up, fastened to the waistband at the front and the back and passing over the shoulders a pair of braces

35. Paragraph 3_President • Clutching: taking hold of with the hand, usually with some force • corps: (a) military force made up of two or more divisions 军，军团one of the technical branches of an army 特种部队 • Strongly resembled him: looked very much like him Look like Take after • Roosevelt’s large pink face was self-consciously grave Roosevelt put on a grave expression because the band was playing the national anthem and he knew he was wearing a grave expression

36. Paragraph 4 • The president’s face relaxed: The president’s expression became less stiff • Well! I’ve never heard…and Roosevelt laughted too My country,' tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside let freedom ring! Why a joke?

37. Paragraph 4 • The squeal of boatswains’ pipes broke up the dress parade on the cruiser’s deck • squeal: high-pitched cry or sound, longer and louder than a squeak (often indicating terror or pain)There were squeals of excitement from the children • boatswain: senior seaman on a ship who supervises the crew and is responsible for the ship's equipment • The dress parade: requiring or permitting formal dress, a dress affair, a dress dinner • warships:air-craft carrier: 25,000 - 35000 tons, some with nuclear locomotivehelicopter carrierbattle-ship: 30,000 - 70,000 tons, out-of-date in the second world war, esp. after Japan’s surprise on Pearl Harbourcruiser: 10,000 – 15,000 tons, out-of-date now with destroyers bigger and equipped with misslesdestroyer

38. Harry Hopkins • During the war years, Hopkins acted as FDR's unofficial emissary to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. He had a major voice in making policy for the vast $50 billion Lend-Lease program, especially regarding supplies for Britain and Russia. Hopkins promoted an aggressive war against Germany and successfully urged Roosevelt to use the Navy to protect convoys before the US entered the war in December 1941. Roosevelt brought him along as advisor at the Big Three conferences at Cairo, Tehran and Casablanca in 1942-43. • Hopkins died in New York City in January 1946, succumbing to a long and debilitating battle with stomach cancer.

39. Paragraph 1 • beckon: to call, order or signal with a movement of the head, hand, etcI could see her beckon (to) me from the other side of the room.He beckoned me with his finger and the child cam running. • Put yourself at Mr. Harry Hopkins’s service Put: to cause ( a person or animal) to be busy; set to some kind of regular arrangement or work At one’s service: ready to serve or cooperate with one; ready to obey orders or be used Do whatever Mr. Harry Hopkins might ask you to do

40. Paragraph 3 • expedite: to make (a plan or arrangement) go fasterWe appealed to the government to expedite the procedure for the release of the prisoners. • Beckoned-- Put yourself at Mr. Harry Hopkins’s service– expedite • Aye, aye, Sir: a nautical term, yes • Passing from the Augusta to the Prince of Wales…Victor Henry went from America to England and from peace to war(???) • It was a shocking jump(???)

41. Paragraph 3 • King’s spick-and-span flagship belonged to a different world than the storm-whipped vessel • spick-and-span: (of a room, house, etc) completely clean and tidy again • Different and various both mean "not the same", but various is used about several things which are not the same. The minister gave various reasons (= a number of different reasons) for the government's decision.This time the minister gave different reasons (= not the same as last time) for the government's decision.

42. Paragraph 3-appearance • The accommodation ladder was salt-crusted: • accommodation ladder: a ladder or stairway hung over a ship’s side 舷梯 There was a hard layer of salt on the surface of the accommodation ladder, showing that it had been through a long sea voyage • The camouflage was peeling: the paint which was used in painting the camouflage was coming off • Even the main battery guns looked pitted and rusty battery: set of guns fixed in a warship or fort (排炮) Pit: mark with small scars Rusty: coated with rust, as a result of exposure to air moisture

43. Paragraph 3-appearance • Pug was aghast to see …in the scuppers aghast: suddenly filled with great surprise, fear, and shock scuppers: (usu. plu.) an opening in the side of a ship at the level of the deck (upper floor) to allow water to run off it into the sea • Droves of bluejackets were doing an animated scrub-down drove: a crowd of people moving togetherdroves of sightseersThe tourist came in droves. bluejacket: an enlisted man in the navy: sailor animate: (rather fml) to give life or excitement to, enliven (the Loons) Laughter animated his face for a moment.animated: full of spirit and excitement, lively scrub: to rub hard at (something) in order to clean, eg. with a stiff brushYou'll have to scrub hard to get that stain out A group of British navymen were cleaning the deck in a spirited way

44. Paragraph 3 -appearance • On the superstructure…sticking plaster for wounds from the Bismark’s salvos superstructure: the structural part of a ship above the main deck raw: imperfectly prepared, disagreeable, ugly weld: to unite metallic parts by heating and allowing the metals to flow together or by hammering or compressing with or without previous heating sticking plaster: an adhesive plaster esp. for closing superficial wounds salvo: a simultaneous discharge of two or more guns in military action or as a salute • At places on the part above the main deck there were new welds. These were damages caused by the gunfire of the German battleship Bismarck. The welds looked like sticking plaster put to new wounds

45. Paragraph 4 • Smartly returning the salute in a different British palm-out style • smart: bright, shrewd, witty, clever, neat • quartermaster: 军需官 a petty officer who attends to a ship's helm, binnacle (a housing for a ship's compass and a lamp罗经柜), and signals, any army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for a body of troops, a military officer in charge of provisions quarterbackquarterdeck,quarterfinalquarterly

46. Paragraph 4 • escort:n. a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy, the man who goes on a date with a woman, one or more people, ships, cars, or aircraft, who go or travel with someone or something as a guard or as an honour The prisoner travelled under police escort.to go with someone as an escortThe queen was escorted by the directors as she toured the factory.The drunken man was escorted firmly to the door.A group of motorcyclists escorted the presidential limousine

47. Paragraph 6 • Meantime Hopkins had travelled to London and Moscow in a blaze of worldwide newspaper attention • Blaze:(the sudden sharp shooting up of) a bright flameThe fire burned slowly at first, but soon burst into a blaze.In a blaze of anger she shouted: "You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!" • in a blaze of worldwide newspaper attention: His visit to London and Moscow were widely covered by newspapers all over the world • Hopkins flew to London in late July and arranged with Churchill the date and rendezvous of the conference between Roosevelt and Churchill. Then he took a British flying boat to Moscow to hold talks with Stalin

48. Paragraph 7 • Am I riding over with you? Am I to take the barge and go over to the Augsta with you?

49. Paragraph 8 • Hopkins had two bags open on his bunk in a small cabin off the wardroom bunk: a narrow bed that is usu. fixed to the wall (as on a ship or train) wardroom: the space in a warship where the officers live and eat, except for the captain 军官起居室 • In one he carefully placed..; in the other he threw…as they came to hand He was very careful, very meticulous about official papers but very careless about his own things. This throws light on the character of Hopkins Come to hand: to be found without one’s having to make a special search

50. Paragraph 8 • A bent figure with a gray double-breasted suit flapping loosely on him • flap: to wave (sth. large and soft) or move slowly up and down or backwards and forwards, usu., making a noise The bird flapped its wings.The sails flapped in the wind • What does this sentence indicate?