高级英语第二册第二课Marrakechppt课件

LessonTwo,MarrakechbyGeorgeOrwell,GeorgeOrwell,Biography,Orwellspresscardportrait,takenin1933,GeorgeOrwellwasthepseudonym(笔名）ofEricArthurBlair(1903-50),anEnglishwriterwhoatonetimeservedwiththeIndianImperialPoliceinBurma（缅甸）.HefoughtintheSpanishCivilWar,anexperienceherecordedinHomagetoCatalonia.GeorgeOrwellslifeisshort,buthiswithkeeninsightandsharpstyleofwritingsurveyandrecordhislifebytheera,mademanybeyondtheprophecies（预言）oftheera,iscalled“generationthecoldnessofconscience”.,Works,1931行刑（AHanging）1933巴黎伦敦落魄记（DownAndOutIInParisAndLondon）1934在缅甸的日子（BurmeseDays）1935牧师的女儿（AClergymansDaughter）1936让叶兰在风中飞舞（KeepTheAspidistraFlying）1938向加泰罗尼亚致敬（HomagetoCatalonia）1939上来透口气（ComingUpForAir）1940鲸鱼之中（InsidetheWhale）1941狮子与独角兽（TheLionandTheUnicorn:SocialismandtheEnglishGenius）1945民族主义的基本特征（NotesonNationalism）、动物庄园（AnimalFarm）1946穷人之死（HowthePoorDie）1949甘地的思考（ReflectionsonGandhi）1950猎象（ShootingAnElephant）一九八四（NineteenEighty-Four）,AnimalFarm(1945),ApoliticalfableEachanimalrepresentsacertainhumancharacter,meanttocriticizeStalinssocialism.AshortnovelthatcriticizestheSovietUnion,oneofEnglandsalliesinWorldWarII.Itisanentertainingstoryaboutanimalsor,onadeeperlevel,asavage（野蛮的，残酷的）attackonthemisuseofpoliticalpower.,NineteenEighty-Four(1949),AnEnglishnovelaboutlifeinadictatorship（专政）aslivedbyWinstonSmith.AnintellectualworkerattheMinistryofTruth,andhisdegradation（退化，堕落）whenherunsafoulof（与冲突）thetotalitarian(极权主义的)governmentofOceania(大洋洲),thestateinwhichhelivesintheyearthathepresumes（假定，推测）is1984.,GeorgeOrwell,themasterofasuperb（华丽的,宏伟的）lucid(清晰的)prosestyle.anuncompromising（不妥协的，坚定的）individualistandpoliticalidealistfamousforhispoliticalsatires（讽刺诗）Orwellarguedthatwritershaveanobligationoffightingsocialinjustice,oppression（镇压,压迫）andthepoweroftotalitarian(极权主义的)regimes（政权）.,UniversityCollegeHo