蒙大综合英语课件Unit13-2-background information

1、Part TwoBackground InformationENTERBTLEWAuthorJules Verne The Wright Brothers H. G. WellsConan Doyle Pierre Hetzel Napoleon BonaparteBackground InformationContentsGeorge KentAmerican writer and reporter who worked for the United Press and then became an editor for Readers Digest.AuthorThe end of Aut

2、hor. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the genre of science-fiction. He is best known for his novels Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater t

3、ravel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated author of all time, behind Disney Productions and Agatha Christie. His prominent novels have been made into films. Verne, along with H. G. We

4、lls, is often referred to as the Father of Science Fiction. II. Jules VerneThe End of Verne. TheWright brothers,Orville(August 19, 1871January 30, 1948) andWilbur(April 16, 1867 May 30, 1912), were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who were creditedwith inventing and building t

5、he worlds first successfulairplaneand making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-airhuman flight, on December 17, 1903. From 1905 to 1907, the brothers developed theirflying machineinto thefirst practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental

6、aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.III. The Wright BrothersThe end of The Wright BrothersHerbert George H. G. Wells(21 September 186613 August 1946)was an English writer, now best known for his work in thescience fict

7、iongenre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is sometimes called The Father of Science Fiction, as areJules VerneandHugo Gernsback.His most notable science f

8、iction works includeThe War of the Worlds,The Time Machine,The Invisible ManandThe Island of Doctor Moreau.IV. H.G. WellsWells earliest specialized training was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place in a specifically and fundamentallyDarwiniancontext.He was also from an early da

9、te an outspokensocialist, often sympathizing withpacifistviews. His later works became increasingly political anddidactic, and he sometimes indicated on official documents that his profession was that of Journalist.Most of his later novels were not science fiction. Some described lower-middle class

10、life, leading him to be touted as a worthy successor toCharles Dickens,but Wells described a range of social strata and even attempted, inTono-Bungay(1909), a diagnosis ofEnglish societyas a whole.V. H.G. WellsThe end of H.G.Wells. The end of Conan Doyle. VI. Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Do

11、yleDL(May 22, 1859July 7, 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detectiveSherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field ofcrime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he i

12、nvented,Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. 22 Pierre-Jules Hetzel(January 15, 1814 March 17, 1886) was aFrencheditor and publisher. He is best known for his extraor

13、dinarily lavishly illustrated editions ofJules Vernes novels highly prized by collectors today. Hetzel helped improve Vernes writings, which until then had been repeatedly rejected by other publishers. The two of them formed an excellent writer-publisher team until Hetzels death.VII. Pierre-Jules He

14、tzelThe end of Pierre-Jules Hetzel. Napoleon Bonaparte(15 Aug.1769 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of theFrench Revolutionand its associatedwarsin Europe. He wasEmperor of the Frenchfrom 1804 to 1814, implementing a wide array of

15、liberalreforms across Europe, including the abolition offeudalismand the spread ofreligious toleration.His legal code in France, theNapoleonic Code, influenced numerouscivil lawjurisdictions worldwide. VIII. Napoleon BonaparteTo be continued to the next page. Napoleon is remembered for his role in l

16、eading France against a series of coalitions in theNapoleonic Wars. He won the majority of his battles and seized control of most of continental Europe in a quest for personal power and to spread the ideals of the French Revolution. Widely regarded as one of the greatest commanders in history, his campaigns are studied at mili