高级英语第二册第二课Marrakech课件

LessonTwoMarrakechbyGeorgeOrwellGeorgeOrwellBiographyOrwell'spresscardportrait,takenin1933BornEricArthurBlair25June1903Motihari,Bihar,BritishIndiaDied21January1950(aged46)Camden,London,EnglandRestingplaceSuttonCourtenay,OxfordshirePennameGeorgeOrwell,JohnFreemanOccupationNovelist,politicalwriterandjournalistNationalityBritishNotablework(s)HomagetoCatalonia(1938)AnimalFarm(1945)NineteenEighty-Four(1949)essaysSpouse(s)EileenO'Shaughnessy(1935–1945,herdeath)SoniaBrownell(1949–1950,hisdeath)GeorgeOrwellwasthepseudonym(笔名）ofEricArthurBlair(1903-50),anEnglishwriterwhoatonetimeservedwiththeIndianImperialPoliceinBurma（缅甸）.HefoughtintheSpanishCivilWar,anexperienceherecordedinHomagetoCatalonia.GeorgeOrwell‘slifeisshort,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》（AClergyman’sDaughter）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,meanttocriticizeStalin'ssocialism.AshortnovelthatcriticizestheSovietUnion,oneofEngland‘salliesinWorldWarII.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）individualistandpoliticalidealistfamousforhispoliticalsatires（讽刺诗）Orwellarguedthatwritershaveanobligationoffightingsocialinjustice,oppression（镇压,压迫）andthepoweroftotalitarian(极权主义的)regimes（政权）.UniversityCollegeHospitalwhereOrwelldiedThankyou!