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Unit 6 The Diary of the Unknown Soldier
Text comprehension
I.
B.
II.
1. T;
2. F;
3. F;
4. T;
5. F.
III.
1.
because
he
felt
that
all
of
them
had
been
somewhat
fooled.
They
were
totally
unprepared for the cruelty of the war and the immensity of its
killing power. 鈥淭hey
all
came
here
with
an
air
of
confidence
and
eagerness,
ready
to
win,鈥?nbsp;
but
what
awaited them was 鈥渁 one
-
way ticket to death.鈥?/p>
2. He wrote his first entry when his regiment was in London to protect the city from
Nazi鈥檚 air raids; his sec
ond one when his group of soldiers had journeyed to a small
European town untouched by warfare; and the last one when their secret location
was discovered by Nazi troops and he faced approaching death.
3. It was his wish to come home alive to see his family. This is mentioned in all the
three
entries:
鈥淚
must
go
on
living
this
nightmare,
if
not
for
myself
or
my
country,
then for my family back home. I want my children to have a father.鈥?nbsp;鈥溾�?nbsp;wondering
yet again if I would ever see my family.9 I would give anything to see them, even if it
was
for
five
minutes!鈥?nbsp;
鈥淚
wish,
with
all
my
soul,
that
I
could
be
home
now鈥?nbsp;
I
am
thinking of my daughters鈥?nbsp;faces鈥?nbsp;I will always remember their faces鈥︹�?/p>
4.
He
would
tell
them
that
those
soldiers
died
bravely
in
an
effort
to
save
their
countries
from
turmoil
and
make
the
children
feel
that
their
fathers
made
a
difference.
5.
He
felt
disgusted
at
the
cruelty
of
the
war,
questioned
the
judgment
of
human
beings who started the war and felt enraged at killing innocent lives and destroying
whole countries.
IV.
1.
Although
my
stories
about
their
fathers鈥?nbsp;
death
might
not
relieve
their
sadness,
they
will
enable
the
children
to
see
the
extraordinary
significance
of
their
fathers鈥?nbsp;
contribution.
2.
I
suddenly
recalled
a
saying
I
once
heard
th
at
made
me
very
painful,
鈥淲e
can鈥檛
afford to fight even one war.鈥?/p>
Structural analysis of the text
Diary
writing
follows
the
flow
of
the
writer鈥檚
thoughts.
It
is
usually 鈥渟tructured鈥?nbsp;by the author鈥檚 free associations.