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Hello, everyone.Today, I'm going to introduce Edgar Snow.Edgar Snow was an American journalist who wrote influential books and articles about China in the 1930s.At a time when relatively little was known about our country in the Western world, his 1937 book Red Star over China broke ideological boundaries by telling the stories of the Chinese communist movement from the inside.
Although Snow was not the only international journalist to set foot in China during the early decades of the 20th century, what set him apart from the others was that he actually spent time with the Chinese Red Army.He listened to their stories and observed their daytoday lives, as well as conducting interviews with Mao Zedong and other leaders.His biographical accounts and depictions of historical events, such as the Long March, therefore captured the spirit of the period and the people living through it with unprecedented authenticity.Snow is considered “our American friend”．
I admire Snow's special insight and bravery, risking his life during the war to get to the heart of the story and correct prejudice.For me, Snow's writing, and in particular Red Star over China, is a mustread for anyone with an interest in that period.
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[学语言]
1.时态：一般现在时和一般过去时
2.人称：第一、三人称
3.亮点词汇
①introduce
②influential
③break ideological boundaries
④set foot in
⑤set sb.apart from the others
4.高级句式
①who引导定语从句
②when引导定语从句
[学结构]
本文是一份演讲稿，介绍了美国记者埃德加·斯诺，以及他打破意识形态的作品《红星照耀中国》。文章共由三部分组成：
开头部分：who the person is and what boundary he has broken；
主体部分：how he achieved this；
结尾部分：comments on him。
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