高级英语教案第二册第二课Marrakech–GeorgeOrwell

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Lesson 2 高英第二册PPT教学课件

Lesson 2 高英第二册PPT教学课件

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Background
Morocco: Located in North Africa, on
the Mediterranean Sea and the
Atlantic Ocean, the farthest west of
all the Arab countries.
Capital:Rabat
Advanced English
Book Two Lesson 2 Marrakech
Instructor: Wei Haiyan
2020/12/10
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Teaching plan
• About the author • Introduction to the passage • Background • Stylistic Analysis
Political System: Constitutional
monarchy, multiparty democracy.
Brief history: Morocco was inhabited
in the stone age by cave dwellers, who
left many traces of their presence.
reasons or details.
5. The burial of the poor inhabitants
6. A municipal城市的(urban) employee begging for a piece of
bread
7. The miserable lives of the Jews in the ghettoes
About 2000 B.C., it was settled by

高级英语_Lesson2_Marrakech_课件

高级英语_Lesson2_Marrakech_课件

Marrakech

Marrakech is not only a fantastic city, it is also a symbol of the Morocco that once was, and which still survives here. The streets of the old and pink city have been too narrow to allow the introduction of cars, and tourists searching for the "real" Morocco have turned the medieval structures of Marrakech into good business.
The market 1
The market 2


Definition of Colony
1. a. emigrants or their descendants in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country. In politics and in history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a geographicallydistant state (or city, in ancient times). b. A territory thus settled. 2. A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency. 3. A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote area

高英第二课Marrakech分析

高英第二课Marrakech分析

But in 1912, a Franco-Spanish agreement divided Morocco into 4 administrative zones. Morocco gained independence in 1956 and became a constitutional monarchy in 1957. Morocco is a member of the United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of African Unity. most of the people of Morocco are Muslims,Islamis the state religion and Arabic is the official language, but French and Spanish are also spoken.
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Detailed Studn of the text ▲main idea of each part ▲ questions to discuss ▲ Key words, phrases and difficult sentences

Unit 2 Marrakech
By George Orwell
Objectives of Lesson Two


To familiarize students with the background knowledge of George Orwell, Morocco, French colonies, Marrakech; Jews To learn expository writing; To analyze the theme and the writer’s opinion of colonialism.

高英第二课Marrakech分析

高英第二课Marrakech分析
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His well-known essays: Shooting an elephant A Hanging Marrakech Politics and the English Language
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Orwell’s Rules for writers
Never use metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
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But in 1912, a Franco-Spanish agreement divided Morocco into 4 administrative zones. Morocco gained independence in 1956 and became a constitutional monarchy in 1957. Morocco is a member of the United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of African Unity. most of the people of Morocco are Muslims,Islamis the state religion and Arabic is the official language, but French and Spanish are also spoken.
Unit 2 Marrakech
By George Orwell
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Objectives of Lesson Two
To familiarize students with the background knowledge of George Orwell, Morocco, French colonies, Marrakech; Jews

第二课 Marrakech

第二课   Marrakech

…the flies left the restaurant table in a cloud and rushed after it, but they came back in a few minutes later. …the taxis and the camels… When the friends get to the burying-ground they hack an oblong hole a foot and two deep, dump the body in it and fling over it a little of the dried-up, lumpy earth, which is like the broken brick.
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Lesson 2 Marrakech
By George Orwell
Teaching Aims
• To familiarize with the background knowledge of George Orwell, Morocco, French colonies, Marrakech; Jews • To learn expository writing; • To analyze the theme and the writer’s opinion of colonialism.
2. A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency.

3. A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote area

高级英语 第二课_Marrakech_完备课件

高级英语  第二课_Marrakech_完备课件

His Life
– He is mush praised in the west partly because of his anti-communist point of view.
– He was born in India, father, a so called empirebuilder --serving the British government abroad.
e. People: most Muslims; Most (70%) Moroccans are farmers, using camels, donkeys and mules to pull plows, trying to try to grow their own food. In the South a few tribesmen still wander from place to place in the desert.
---Renowned for leather goods --- the old city is like a labyrinth (迷宫 ) full of
crooked, deadened streets.
Marrakech
Marrakech is not only a fantastic city, it is also a symbol of the Morocco that once was, and which still survives here. The streets of the old and pink city have been too narrow to allow the introduction of cars, and tourists searching for the "real" Morocco have turned the medieval structures of Marrakech into good business.

Unit 2 Marrakech

Unit 2   Marrakech

After the Second World War, independent movement spread globally. The colonized countries were independent, which ended the French Empire.
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IN 1960, 17 African countries are independent ,13 of which were the French colonies ,
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During World War Two:


During the second World War rejected for military service on account of tuberculosis and a wound, Orwell served as a sergeant(军士) in the Home Guard and also worked as a journalist for the BBC, Observer and Tribune(论坛), where he was literary editor from 1943 to 1945. It was toward the end of the war that he wrote “Animal Farm”, and when it was over he moved to Scotland.
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Many former French colonies adopted the simple vertical stripes of the French tricolor when they designed their own flags. In 1959 Chad chose blue for the sky, yellow for the sun, and red for progress and unity.

高级英语第二册Lesson2Marrakech

高级英语第二册Lesson2Marrakech
Influence
Orwell's works have had a prospective impact on contemporary literature and political thought, making him one of the most influential writers of the 20th century
Techniques for using tension and voice
Mastering different tensions
Understand the use of present, past, and future tensions to express actions or states of being at different times
Advanced English Volume 2 Lesson 2 Marrakech
目 录
• Background of the text and introduction of the author
• Detailed explanation of vocabulary and phrases
Haggle
To negotiate the price of goods in a marketplace, a common practice in Marrakech
Mosque
A place of war for Muslims, an important part of Marrakech's territory
Tourism
Marrakech is a popular tourist destination, attracting visitors from all over the world with its unique chart and hospitality

高级英语第二册第二课“马拉克什”

高级英语第二册第二课“马拉克什”

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Background Information
George Orwell
Colonialism
Morocco
Marrakech
George Orwell
George Orwell (1903—1950)
pseudonym of Eric Blair a man of the uncommitted and independent left Masterpiece including Animal Farm 1984
Back
Morocco
Morocco
Morocco
Location: North Africa Capital : Rabat (435,000 people) 拉巴特 Area : 171,583 square miles State religion: Islam; Most of the people of Morocco are Muslims Languages: Arabic (official language), French and Spanish also spoken Money: Dirham 迪拉姆, DH
Colonism
Non-settlement colonies: a new kind of colony. The Europeans sent just enough soldiers, officials and businessmen to rule the people who already lived there. These non-settlement colonies were important as markets and as sources of raw materials for factories in the ruling countries.

高级英语--第二课-Marrakech-完备课件

高级英语--第二课-Marrakech-完备课件

His Life
– He is mush praised in the west partly because of his anti-communist point of view.
– He was born in India, father, a so called empirebuilder --serving the British government abroad.
A short novel that criticizes the Soviet Union, one of England's allies in World War II . It is an entertaining story about animals or, on a deeper level, a savage attack on the misuse of political power.
1. His works show sharp powers of observation and deep sympathy for suffering people.
2. His works give a deep sense of conviction and urgency.
3. The use of English is clear, simple and direct, with no formality of embellishment(润色). (addition/decoration) He said his ideal was to write prose like a window pane---as clear as glass
His Life
– He received good education in Britain and studied in the most famous school “Eden”.

高级英语第二册 Lesson2 Marrakech

高级英语第二册 Lesson2 Marrakech

Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament. The King of Morocco holds vast executive powers, including dissolving parliament at will. Executive power is exercised by the government but more importantly by the king himself. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Assembly of Representatives and the Assembly of Councillors. Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, and were considered by some neutral observers to be mostly free and fair. The political capital is Rabat, and the largest city is Casablanca; other large cities include Marrakech, Tetouan, Tangier, Salé, Fes, Agadir, Meknes and Oujda.
Lucerne [lju‘sə:n] [作物] 苜蓿;紫花苜蓿 Gazelle [ɡə‘zel]小羚羊;瞪羚 Stork [stɔ:k] 鹳 prickly pear 仙人掌,仙人球 Pomegranate [‘pɔmɡrænit ] 石榴

经典课件 Marrakech.ppt

经典课件 Marrakech.ppt
press and in books such as Homage to Catalonia,
describing his activities during the Spanish Civil
War, and Down and Out in Paris and London,
describing a period of poverty in these cities. Orwell is best remembered today for two of his
He travelled widely. Marrakech is one of the places he travelled to. His travel made him take a hostile attitude toward imperialism. He showed deep sympathy for the poor and became a firm supporter of socialism.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) -- an
elaborate satire on modern politics, a prophetic novel describing the dehumanization of man in a mechanistic, totalitarian (极权主义的) world.
课件
George Orwell
He joined Spanish War. He was seriously wounded. The Spanish socialist forces divided into faction. The faction he belonged to was persecuted. So he became so pessimistic and depressed, which led him toward anti-communist attitude.

高级英语 张汉熙 第二课 课件

高级英语 张汉熙 第二课 课件

Orwell’s Political point
Orwell was a keen critic of imperialism , fascism ,Stalinism, and capitalism.
His works are concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of his time, notably with the problem of human freedom.
Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. Never use the passive voice where you can use the
b. A territory thus settled.
2. A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency.
3. A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote area
Colonize vt. e.g. Britain colonized Australia.
Colonist (殖民地居民, 移民), colonialism,
colonialist, Colonization, colonizationist (主张开拓殖民
地者)
Colonial country Colony (殖民地, 居住区)
Scene 1: The burial of the poor inhabitants (para 1-3) The idea: Life is cheap. People are so poor that they can not

高级英语第二册第二课Marrakech

高级英语第二册第二课Marrakech

• still more
• more,much more,in addition,而且,况 且,更加 • I said nothing, which made him still more angry. • 我什么也没说,这使他更加生气。
• All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact.
• Sometimes, out for a walk as you break your way through the prickly pear, you notice that it is rather bumpy underfoot, and only a certain regularity in the bumps tells you that you are walking over skeletons.”
• break your way: force your way or pick your way
• prickly pear : 仙
人掌果;仙人掌;仙 人球
• bumpy (adj.) : full of bumps;rough; jolting
• 崎岖不平的;颠簸的;震摇的 Nhomakorabea•
When out for a walk picking your way through the prickly pear, you find that the ground is bumpy. You realize that you are walking over skeletons. You know they are graves only because the bumps appear in an even pattern.

高级英语教案第二册第二课Marrakech–GeorgeOrwell

高级英语教案第二册第二课Marrakech–GeorgeOrwell

课程教案Background Knowledge *Morocco*Marrakech*French Colonies*Jews*George Orwell Unit 2 Marrakech By George OrwellThe Histor y of M a r r a kech*Ma rra kech, called also the red town, because of the red wall surround the old town, the medina.A Br ief Introduction to C olonia lismDefinition1. a. emigrants or their descendants in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associatedwith the parent country.b. A territory thus settled.2. A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency.3. A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote areaA Br ief Introduction to the AuthorGeorge Orwell*Orwell’s works are concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of his times, through m erciless exposition of the poverty, misery and degradation 落魄of the native people in the colonies, he denounces the evils of colonialism or imperialism and manage to show his outrage at it.*Orwell is famous for his terse lucid 简洁易懂的prose style and good at the appropriate use of simple but forceful words to describe objectively the scenes before his eyes.*George Orwell is the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair(1903-50), British novelist and essayist, born at Motihari 摩坦赫利, Bengal(孟买), India. His father, Richard Walmesley Blair, was a minor customs official in the opium department of the Indian Civil Service.*W hen Orwell was 4 years old, his family returned to England where he remained until 1922. When Orwell was 8 years old, he was sent to a private preparatory school in Sussex. After attending Wellington and Eton, he failed to win a university scholarship then he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma.In the 1930s*His experience in Burma is described in his first novel ‚B u rmese Days‛(1934)缅甸风云.*On his return to Europe in 1927 he lived in a poor financial condition , first in Paris and then in London, a period which is the basis of his book ‚D o w n and Out in Paris and London‛(1933)巴黎和伦敦的落魄生活. And in this book he assumed the name ‚George Orwell‛by which he would become world famous*During the1930s Orwell had adopted the views of a socialist and traveled to Spain to report on their civil war.*He took the side of the Republican (United Workers Marxist Party militia 统一公党市民军) and fought alongside them, which earned him a wound in the neck. It was this war that made him hate communism in favor of the English brand of socialism.*Orwell wrote a book on Spain, ‚Homag e to Catalonia‛(向加泰罗尼亚致敬), which was published in 1938.During World Wa r Two:*During the second World War rejected for military service on account of tuberculosis and a wound, Orwell served as a sergeant(军士)in the Home Guard and also worked as a journalist for the BBC, Observer and Tribune(论坛), where he was literary editor from 1943 to 1945.*It was toward the end of the war that he wrote ‚A n imal Farm‛, and when it was over he moved to Scotland.*It was ‚A nimal Farm‛(动物庄园) a satirical fantasy attacking communism as practiced in Soviet Union that finally made Orwell prosperous.*His other world -wide success ‚Nineteen Eighty-Four‛(1984)is an elaborate satire on modern politics, a prophetic novel describing the dehumanization of man in a mechanistic, totalitarian 极权主义的world.Orwell wrote many literary essays as well, his volumes of essays include :Dickens(1946)狄更斯*Dali and Others(1946)达里*Shooting an Elephant(1950)射象*Collected Essays(1968)随笔*Journalism(1968) 新闻文章*Letters of George Orwell(1968)书信集Marriage and Death*Eileen O'Shaugnessy, Orwell's wife died in 1945 and in 1949 he remarried to a woman named Sonia Browell. Orwell's second marriage was short-lived, as he died from tuberculosis in London on January 21st, 1950. And he was just 46 years old.Detailed Analysis of the Text1)W hat kind of writing is the text?*Expository writing2)W hich sentence expresses the theme of the text? (or : W hich is the thesis statement? )*All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact (para.3)3)What is the theme of the text?*The author denounces the evils of colonialism. He mercilessly exposes poverty, misery and degradation of the native people in the colonies. These people are not considered nor are they treated as human beings.4)How many scenes has the writer described to expose the evils of colonialism? What are they?Six Scenes to expose the evils of colonialismScene 1: The burial of the poor inhabitants (para 1-3)The idea: Life is cheap. People are so poor that they can not afford proper burials.Scene 2: The begging of bread of an employee (para 4-7)The idea: Life is poor. People can’t afford proper food.Scene 3: Living condition of the Jews (para 8-15)The idea: Jews live in great proverty and under prejudice.Scene 4: Cultivation of soil (para 16-18)The idea: Hard way of making a living.Scene 5: Life of women (para 19-21)The idea: Miserable of old women, no better than a donkeyScene 6: the soldiers (para 22-26)The idea: The negro’s attitude towards the whites*W hy did the writer choose these scenes?*W hat do you think they represent?*Do you think these scenes are effective to achieve the writer’s purpose?*W hat else would you add?*W hat is the tone of the writer throughout the text?Scene 1: The burial of the poor inhabitants (para 1-3)Life is cheap. People are so poor that they can not afford proper burials.Wor ds and Expr essionswail: to cry out in mourning or lamentation 悲伤地哭号The wind wa iled through the treeschant: a simple liturgical song in which a string of syllables or words is sung to each tonebier: a platform or portable framework on which a coffin or corpse is placedhack: to break up (land) with a hoe, mattock, etc.oblong: adj. longer than broad; elongatedhummocky: adj. full of or looking like low, rounded hills 布满小丘的derelict: adj. deserted by the owner; abandoned; forsakenprickly pear: any of a genus of cactus plans having cylindrical or large, flat, oval stem joints and edible fruits 仙人掌(属)Pa r a gr a phing & Inter pr e ting…the flies left the restaurant table in a cloud and rushed after it, but they came back in a few minutes later.The cloud of flies flying to the corpse and then coming back to the restaura nt shows the unsa nita ry conditions of the city…the taxis and the camels…modern mea ns of tra nsporta tion a longside the old a nd ba ckwa rd mea ns of tra nsporta tion When the friends get to the burying-ground they hack an oblong hole a foot and two deep, dump the body in it and fling over it a little of the dried-up, lumpy earth, which is like the broken brick.The list of action verbs a re a ll single-sylla b ic, showing the quick speed a nd simple buryingprocedureAre they really…? Do they …? Or are they … individual as bees or coral insects?A list of rhetorica l questions a d ded force to author ’s denuncia t ionThey rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few yea rs, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard and nobody notices that they are gone.a llitera tion, showing the monotonous life. They a re born. Then for a few yea rs they work, toil a ndsta rve. Fina lly they die a nd a re buried in gra ves without a name.Scene 2: The begging of bread of an employee (para 4-7)Life is poor. People can’t afford proper food.Wor ds and Expr essionsgazelle: n. any of various small, swift, graceful antelopes of Africa, the New East , and Asia, with spirally twisted, backward pointing horns and large, lustrous eyes. 瞪羚hindquarter: n. either of two hind edges legs and loins of a carcass of veal, beef, lamb, etc. (pl.) the hind legs of a four-legged animalnibble: to eat (food) with quick bites, taking only a small amount at at time, as a mouse does.The fish were nibbling a t the ba itbutt: to strike or push with the head or horns; ran with the headnavvy: (BrE) an unskilled laborer, an on canals, roadssidle: to move sideways, esp. in a shy, fearful or stealthily mannerstow: to pack or store away, esp. to pack in an orderly, compact mannermunicipality: a city, town, etc. having its own incorporated government 自治市Pa r a gr a phing & Inter pr e tingAn Arab navvy working on the path nearby lowered his heavy hoe and sidled slowly towards us.Although the la borer wa s hungry, he wa s not used to begging. Therefore he moved slowly a nd shyly.I could eat some of that bread.This is a n indirect request a nd expresses a desire to ea t some the . The word ‚could‛suggestspoliteness a nd uncerta inty.I took off a piece and he stowed it gratefully in some secret place under his rags.The word ‚stow‛a nd ‚secret‛show tha t the na vvy looks a t the piece of brea d a s something precious. He is a fra id of loosing it.This man is an employee of the municipality.This simple sta tement is very important. It serves to convey a deeper mea ning. ‚Even a n employed la borer goes sta rving, so you ca n ima gine the plight of the poorer people.Scene 3: Living condition of the Jews ( para 8-15)Jews live in great property and under prejudice.Wor ds and Expr essionsghetto: n. (in certain European cities) a section to which Jews were formerly restricted;cluster: to gather or grow in a cluster or clustersskull-cap: n. a light, closefitting, brimless cap, usually worn indoors.infest: to overrun or inhabit in large numbers, usu. so as to be harmful or bothersome; swarm in or over. Fly-infestedwarp: to become bent or twisted out of shape frenzied:adj. full of uncontrolled excitementclamour: v. n. (to) make a loud confused noise or shout; cry outself-contained: adj. having within oneself or itself all that is necessary; self-sufficient, as a community *Impossible--hard to deal with, sth. That cannot happene.g. It wa s not a n impossible scheme.His ba d temper ma kes life impossible for a ll the fa mily.He is a n impossible person to work with.Infla tion is a n impossible problem.*Grope –to feel or search about blindlye.g. In the da rkness, I groped for the door ha ndle.Throughout the ages men ha ve groped a fter the meaning of the Universe a nd their own role in it.The lecturer pa used, groping for the most effective word to express his mea ning.They had to grope their wa y through a mist tha t wa s rapidly turning into a thick fog.Pa r a gr a phing & Inter pr e ting(para9) …the houses are completely windowless.Windowless beca use the houses sit so close to ea ch other tha t it is inconvenient to ha ve windows. Sore-eyed children cluster …, like clouds of flies.A simile, compa ring clusters of children to clouds of flies. The repea ted use of flies shows the unsa nita ry conditions a nd the preva lence of diseases in colonia l countries(para 11) Fruitsellers, potters, silversmiths, blacksmiths, butchers, leather-workers, tailors, w ater-carriers, beggars, porters –There is a list of jobs here including tha t of begger.whichever way you look… a good job Hitler wasn’t here.It wa s lucky for the J ews tha t Hilter ha d not come to this pla ce. If he ha d, the J ews would ha ve been extermina ted a s they were in Pola nd a nd other Europea ns countries.(para 15) In just the same way, a couple of hundred years ago, poor old women used to be burned for witchcraft when they could not even work enough magic to get themselves a square meal.a squa re mea l: a decent substa ntia l mea lAna logy is used here. It means tha t these people’s a ccusation of the J ews wa s a s a bsurd a nd irra tiona l a s the a ccusa tion of the witchcra ft.Scene 4: Cultivation of soil (para 16-18)Hard way of making a living.W or ds and Expr essionsconspicuous: adj. attracting attention by being unexpected, unusual, outstandingChances are that : (oral) it is possibleCha nces a re tha t he ha s hea rd the news.ones’ey es take in: see, look atI wa s too busy ta king in the bea utiful furniture to notice who wa s in the room.Her eyes were ta king in nothing but the expensive ha ts.It wa s amusing to see his surprise a s he took in the new ca r.Foreign Legionnaires: France organized a foreign legion shortly after the conquest of Algiers in 1830, enlisting recruits who were not French subjects. Its international character and the tradition of not revealing enlistees’backgrounds have helped to surround the Foreign Legion with an aura of mystery and romancewring: v. to get or extract by force, threats, persistence, etc; extortwring money from sb. 勒索某人back-breaking: requiring great physical exertion; very tiring; nerve-rackingdesolate: adj. uninhabited; deserted, forlornPa r a gr a phing & Inter pr e ting*The author is extremely bitter and ironical. Instead of openly blaming the white colonialists who do n’t pay the least attention to the people who suffer from poverty and hunger, he pretends that they have a sound reason to ignore such people just because they have the color of the earth.(para 16) a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.synecdoche: a white-skinned European is a lways fa irly conspicuous.It is only because of this…tourist resorts.‚This‛here sta nds for the fa ct tha t people a lwa ys miss the pea sa nts la boring in the fields beca use they ha ve the color of the earth a nd a re a lot less interesting to look a t.(para 17) What does Morocco mean to a Frenchman? ... Or to an Englishman?Question a nd answer both elliptica l. This pa ra gra p h mea ns tha t this colonia l country a rousespeople’s interest for va r ious rea s ons except true concern for the people living in poverty(para 18) This is as much as the strength of the animals is equal to.The anima ls yoked to the plough had just enough strength to plough the soil to a depth of a bout four inches.A pa ssage from Invisible Ma n--R a lph EllisonI AM An invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted EdgarAllan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man ofsubstance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids—and I might even be said topossess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to seeme. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as thoughI have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approachme they see only my surroundings, themselves, or fragments of their imagination---indeed, everything and anything except me. (Prologue )Sentences to show the ha r d w or k*(para 17) …the reality of life is an endless back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.*(para 18) Most Morocco is so desolate that no wild animal bigger than a hare can live on it. Hugeareas which were once covered with forest have turned into a treeless waste where the soil is exactly like broken-up brick. Nevertheless a good deal of it is cultivated, with frightful labor.(para 18)…Long lines of women, bent double like inverted capital Ls, work their way slowly across the fields, tearing up the prickly weeds with their hands.Scene 5: Life of women (para 19-21)Miserable of old women, no better than a donkeyWor ds and Expr essionsfile: a line of persons or things situated one behind another 纵队mummify: v. to dry up (become a mummy)register: v. record 记录, 登记to register the birth of a ba by’/to register the na mes of a bsent studentsThe court stenogra pher registered the tria l proceedings.damnably: adv. In a damnably mannerto be damna bly trea ted 遭到虐待packsaddle: a saddle designed to support the load carried by a pack animal 驮鞍bridle: n. a head harness for guiding a horse; it consists of stall, bit and reinshalter: n. a rope, cord, strap, etc. usually with a a headstall, for try ing or leading an animal, with or without a lead rope (缰绳)(马)笼头gut: (usu. Pl.) the bowels; entrails 内脏have the guts to do sth. 有胆量做某事plight:n. condition or state of affairs; esp. now, an awkward, sad, or dangerous situationtip: v.t to pour sth. from one place or container into anotherShe wiped out the flour a nd tipped it into a bowlThe comparison of fate between the donkey and the women*Donkey Women*no bigger than a St. Bernard dog tiny, mummified*Overloaded, working for weeks vast of load of wood* A willing creature accepted status as a beast ofburden*W hen dead, tipped into a buried simply, dumped into aditch, thrown to dogs hole, no name, no graveyard*People feel enraged at nobody feels sympathetic forthem, unnoticedBy describing the fate of donkey the author’s purpose is to arouse the sympathy and anger of the readers for ‚peo ple‛, People are also cruelly treated but they are not noticed, simply invisible P aragraphing & Interpreting(para 19)All of them are mummified with age and the sun, and all of them are tiny.Yea rs of ha rd work a nd heat of the sun ha ve dried up the old women. They look like mummiesShe accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden.She took it fro gra nted tha t a s a n old woma n she wa s the lowest in the community, sha t she wa s only fit for doing hea vy work like a n a nima l.(para 20) though they had registered themselves on my eyeballs I cannot truly say that I had seen them.His eyes must ha ve recorded the scene but he did not consciously observe wha t wa s ha ppening (for he did not see the old woma n ca rrying the hea vy load of firewood)It carries a load which…too much for a fifteen-hands mule.fifteen-ha nds mule: a mule a bout 60 inches or f feet high.(para 21) This kind of things makes o n e’s blood boil.metonymy. The cruel trea tment of the donkey makes one very angry.People with brown skin are next door to invisible.People with brown skins a re a lmost invisible.It is generally owing to some kind of accident…If people ever notices the old women, it is a sheer chance.Scene 6: the soldiers (para 22-26)The negro’s attitude to wards the whitesWor ds and Expr essionsstork: n. any of a group of large, long-legged wading birds, having a long neck and bill, and related to herons 鹳infantry: soldiers who fight on battle 步兵clump: v. to cause to form the sounds of heavy footstepsGra ndpa clumped a long in his boots.clatter: n. A rapid succession of loud, sharp noises 急促的敲击声reach-me-down: adj. colloq. Second-hand or ready madesullen: showing resentment, sulky; glum 揾怒的,闷闷不乐的syphilis: n. an infectious venereal disease, caused by a spirochete and usu. transmitted by sexual intercourse or acquired congenitally 梅毒charger: n. a horse ridden in battle or on parade 战马,军马garrison: n. troops stationed in a fort or fortified place 驻军reverence: n. feeling or attitude of deep respect, love and awe, as for sth. sacred;glitter: v. to shine with a sparkling light; glisten; sparkle; be bright*Squash –vt. 压坏,捏坏,e.g. She sa t on his ha t and squa shed it.He squa shed the insect with his finger.This pa cka ge wa s squa shed in the ma il.*Squash –vi.e.g. Soft fruits squa sh ea sily. (a gla ss of ora nge squa sh)This ha t squa shes ea sily.*Squash –vi. vt (使劲)挤e.g. She squa shed into the crowded tra in.D o n’t a ll try to squa sh into the lift together.He squa shed his clothes into a box.* Squash –vt. (使不说话/谈)e.g. W hen I tried to speak, he squashed me.He is try ing to squash the story of the defeat.* S l ump –vi. 沉重地倒下[践踏]e.g. He slumped in his cha ir a sleep.Tired from his wa lk, he slumped into a cha ir.The boy’s feet slumped repea t edly through the corridor.* S l ump –vi. (质量,价格等)下降, (买卖)清淡起来e.g. Her work slumped because of personal problems.The company ’s shares slumped last month.Business has slumped.*S lump—n.e.g. The economy went into a severe slump.When there is a slump in a country it is difficult to do tra de, a nd ma ny people a re out ofwork.There was a serious slump in the 1930s.Pa r a gr a phing & Inter pr e tingIn this part, the author shows the mentality o f the colonized by describing the boy ’s look.(para 23) Their splendid bodies … curiously sensitive black faces were glistening with swea t.The Senega lese soldiers were wea ring rea dy-ma de kha ki uniforms which hid their bea utifully well-built bodies. Their feet were squeezed into boots wha t were too sma ll a nd were fla t a nd squa re like blocks of wood and their hea ds were a lso squeezed into tiny tin ha ts which seemed to be a little too sma ll for them.The words ‘splendid’a nd ‘sensitive’show the author ’s positive a ttitude towa rds them. This pa ra gra ph revea ls the poor conditions of the soldiers.(para 24) It was the shy, wide-eyed Negro look, which actually is a look of profound respect.wide-eyes: with the eyes opened widely, a s beca use of surprise, fea r, la ck of sophistica tion.The Negro genera lly looks a t the white ma sters with his eyes opened widely showing ba shfulness, fea r, unea siness, etc. it is a docile, subservient look.(para 24) This wretched boy, who is a French citizen and has therefore been dragged from the forest to scrub floors and ca tch syphilis in garrison townsThis misera ble bla ck boy is, a s a result of the coloniza tion of his country, a French citizen.Therefore he ha s been conscribed a nd forced to lea ve his home in the forest to come to a ga rrison town where he will ca tch syphilis.(para 25) In this connection it doesn’t matter twopence if he calls himself a socialist.it doesn’t ma t ter twopence: i t does not ma t ter a t a l l.Every white ma n, even those who ca ll themselves socia lists ca n’t help but think this thought when he sees a black a rmy ma rching pa st.(para 26) And really it was like watching a flock of cattle to see the longcolumn , … like scraps of paper.Wa tching the one-or-two miles long column of soldiers marching peacefully. Up the roa d wa s just like wa tching a flock of ca ttle. Ca ttle do n’t think, d o n’t a sk questions, but follow their ma sters blindly.These bla ck soldiers were just like ca ttle.Com m ent:Soldiers a re to serve the government. The Senega lese soldiers a resupporting the colonia l ma sters who a re cruelly exploiting the country.It sounds ironica l. Yet the young ma n, instead of ha ting the white men,a ctua lly holds a deep respect for them. The whole situa tion gives a depressing future of the country.SummaryThe text is a piece of objective exposition of the poverty, misery anddegradation of the inhabitants in Marrakech. The ordinary local funeral,which treats the dead as animals, is merely one episode of the miserablelives of native people. However, this fact is the basis upon which all theimperialists build up their empires. The author illustrates the followingfacts to show the plight of the inhabitants. An Arab navvy , an employeeof the municipality, begs for a piece of brea d which is formerly the foodof the gazelles. In the unsanitary ghettoes which are crowded with Jews,people overwork in a wretched situation, but they cannot possibly afforda piece of cigarette. The brown laborers working in the barren fields in abackward way are partly invisible to the white colonists who are insensi-tive to the suffering all around them. The old women carrying fireworkare more invisible for their skinny a nd distorted figures. Ironically,oblivious to the miseries of the human beings, the white express moresympathy to the da mna ble fa t e of the donkeys. However, the colonized ,such as one of the Senagalese soldiers, bear blind deep respect for thewhite masters. This provokes the white to reexamine themselves as wellas their ways of treating the colonized people.Stylistic features* Generally speaking, Orwell describes objectively the suffering and misery of the colonial people inMarrakech, yet he manages to show that he is outraged at the spectacle of misery. He succeeds in imparting this feeling to his readers:a)through the clever choice of the scenes he describesb)through the appropriate use of words: concretec)through the tone in which he describes these scenes: objective, matter-of-factly, yet readers can see his anger beneath.d)by contrasting the indignation at the cruel handling of the donkey with the unconcern towards the fate of the human beings.e)figures of speech used: simile, metaphor, parallelism, repetition, rhetorical question, synecdoche, analogy, transferred epithetDictation1.wail a chant2. hack an oblong hole3. inhabitants4. undifferentiated5. derelict6. medieval ghettoes7. fly -infested 8. warp out of shape 9. conspicuous10. frenzied rush 11. grope in the air 12. eroded soil13. desolate place 14. conserve water 15. mummified with age 16. invisibility 17. be infuriated18. plight of human beings 19. slump under weight 20. glisten with sweat 21. contemptuous 22. reverence 23. sullen 24. inquisitive 25. scraps of paper26. hummocky 27. prickly pear 28. bumpy 29. hindquarter30. nibble 31. sidle 32. stow 33. municipality34. skull-cap 35. booth 36. prehistoric 37. clamour38. self-contained39. grove 40. witchcraft 41. hobble42. damnably 43. bridle 44. packsaddle 45. halter46. reach-me-down 47. squash 48. syphilis 49. garrison 50 George Orwell。

高级英语Lesson_2_(BooK_2)_Marrakech_课文内容

高级英语Lesson_2_(BooK_2)_Marrakech_课文内容

MarrakechGeorge Orwell1 As the corpse went past the flies left the restaurant table ina cloud and rushed after it, but they came back a few minutes later.2 The little crowd of mourners -- all men and boys, nowomen--threaded their way across the market place between the piles of pomegranates and the taxis and the camels, walling a short chant over and over again. What really appeals to the flies is that the corpses here are never put into coffins, they are merely wrapped in a piece of rag and carried on a rough wooden bier on the shoulders of four friends. When the friends get to the burying-ground they hack an oblong hole a foot or two deep, dump the body in it and fling over it a little of the dried-up, lumpy earth, which is like broken brick. No gravestone, no name, no identifying mark of any kind. Theburying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot. After a month or two no one can even be certain where his own relatives are buried.3 When you walk through a town like this -- two hundred thousand inhabitants of whom at least twenty thousand own literally nothing except the rags they stand up in-- when you see how the people live, and still more how easily they die, it is always difficult to believe that you are walking among human beings. All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact. The people have brown faces--besides, there are so many of them! Are they really the same flesh as your self? Do they even have names? Or are they merely a kind of undifferentiated brown stuff, about as individual as bees or coral insects? They rise out of the earth,they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard and nobody notices that they are gone. And even the graves themselves soon fade back into the soil. Sometimes, out for a walk as you break your way through the prickly pear, you notice that it is rather bumpy underfoot, and only a certain regularity in the bumps tells you that you are walking over skeletons.4 I was feeding one of the gazelles in the public gardens.5 Gazelles are almost the only animals that look good to eat when they are still alive, in fact, one can hardly look at their hindquarters without thinking of a mint sauce. The gazelle I was feeding seemed to know that this thought was in my mind, for though it took the piece of bread I was holding out it obviously did not likeme. It nibbled nibbled rapidly at the bread, then lowered its head and tried to butt me, then took another nibble and then butted again. Probably its idea was that if it could drive me away the bread would somehow remain hanging in mid-air.6 An Arab navvy working on the path nearby lowered his heavy hoe and sidled slowly towards us. He looked from the gazelle to the bread and from the bread to the gazelle, with a sort of quiet amazement, as though he had never seen anything quite like this before. Finally he said shyly in French: "1 could eat some of that bread."7 I tore off a piece and he stowed it gratefully in some secret place under his rags. This man is an employee of the municipality.8 When you go through the Jewish Quarters you gather some idea of what the medieval ghettoes were probably like. Under their Moorish Moorish rulers the Jews were only allowed to own land in certain restricted areas, and after centuries of this kind of treatment they have ceased to bother about overcrowding. Many of the streets are a good deal less than six feet wide, the houses are completely windowless, and sore-eyed children cluster everywhere in unbelievable numbers, like clouds of flies. Down the centre of the street there is generally running a little river of urine.9 In the bazaar huge families of Jews, all dressed in the long black robe and little black skull-cap, are working in dark fly-infested booths that look like caves. A carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chairlegs at lightning speed. He works the lathe with a bow in his right hand and guides the chisel with his left foot, and thanks to a lifetime of sitting in this position his left leg is warped out of shape. At his side his grandson, aged six, is already starting on the simpler parts of the job.10 I was just passing the coppersmiths' booths when somebody noticed that I was lighting a cigarette. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews, many of them old grandfathers with flowing grey beards, all clamouring for a cigarette. Even a blind man somewhere at the back of one of the booths heard a rumour of cigarettes and came crawling out, groping in the air with his hand. In about a minute I had used up the whole packet. None of these people, I suppose, works less than twelve hours a day, and every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury.11 As the Jews live in self-contained communities they follow the same trades as the Arabs, except for agriculture. Fruitsellers, potters, silversmiths, blacksmiths, butchers, leather-workers, tailors,water-carriers, beggars, porters -- whichever way you look you see nothing but Jews. As a matter of fact there are thirteen thousand ofthem, all living in the space of a few acres. A good job Hitlet wasn't here. Perhaps he was on his way, however. You hear the usual dark rumours about Jews, not only from the Arabs but from the poorer Europeans.12 "Yes vieux mon vieux, they took my job away from me and gave it to a Jew. The Jews! They' re the real rulers of this country, you know. They’ve got all the money. They control the banks, finance -- everything."13 "But", I said, "isn't it a fact that the average Jew is a labourer working for about a penny an hour?"14 "Ah, that's only for show! They' re all money lenders really. They' re cunning, the Jews."15 In just the same way, a couple of hundred years ago, poor old women used to be burned for witchcraft when they could not even work enough magic to get themselves a square meal. square meal16 All people who work with their hands are partly invisible, and the more important the work they do, the less visible they are. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous. In northern Europe, when you see a labourer ploughing a field, you probably give him a second glance. In a hot country, anywhere south of Gibraltar or east of Suez, the chances are that you don't even see him. I have noticed this again and again. In a tropical landscape one's eye takes in everything except the human beings. It takes in the dried-up soil, the prickly pear, the palm tree and the distant mountain, but it always misses the peasant hoeing at his patch. He is the same colour as the earth, and a great deal less interesting to look at.17 It is only because of this that the starved countries of Asia and Africa are accepted as tourist resorts. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas. But where the human beings have brown skins their poverty is simply not noticed. What does Morocco mean to a Frenchman? An orange grove or a job in Government service. Or to an Englishman? Camels, castles, palm trees, Foreign Legionnaires, brass trays, and bandits. One could probably live there for years without noticing that for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.18 Most of Morocco is so desolate that no wild animal bigger than a hare can live on it. Huge areas which were once covered with forest have turned into a treeless waste where the soil is exactly like broken-up brick. Nevertheless a good deal of it is cultivated, with frightful labour. Everything is done by hand. Long lines of women, bent double like inverted capital Ls, work their way slowly across the fields, tearing up the prickly weeds with their hands, and the peasant gathering lucerne for fodder pulls it up stalk by stalk instead ofreaping it, thus saving an inch or two on each stalk. The plough is a wretched wooden thing, so frail that one can easily carry it on one's shoulder, and fitted underneath with a rough iron spike which stirs the soil to a depth of about four inches. This is as much as the strength of the animals is equal to. It is usual to plough with a cow and a donkey yoked together. Two donkeys would not be quite strong enough, but on the other hand two cows would cost a little more to feed. The peasants possess no narrows, they merely plough the soil several times over in different directions, finally leaving it in rough furrows, after which the whole field has to be shaped with hoes into small oblong patches to conserve water. Except for a day or two after the rare rainstorms there is never enough water. A long the edges of the fields channels are hacked out to a depth of thirty or forty feet to get at the tiny trickles which run through the subsoil.19 Every afternoon a file of very old women passes down the road outside my house, each carrying a load of firewood. All of them are mummified with age and the sun, and all of them are tiny. It seems to be generally the case in primitive communities that the women, when they get beyond a certain age, shrink to the size of children. One day poor creature who could not have been more than four feet tall crept past me under a vast load of wood. I stopped her and put a five-sou sou piece ( a little more than a farthing into her hand. She answered with a shrill wail, almost a scream, which was partly gratitude but mainly surprise. I suppose that from her point of view, by taking any notice of her, I seemed almost to be violating a law of nature. She accept- ed her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden. When a family is travelling it is quite usual to see a father and a grown-up son riding ahead on donkeys, and an old woman following on foot, carrying the baggage.20 But what is strange about these people is their invisibility. For several weeks, always at about the same time of day, the file of old women had hobbled past the house with their firewood, and though they had registered themselves on my eyeballs I cannot truly say that I had seen them. Firewood was passing -- that was how I saw it. It was only that one day I happened to be walking behind them, and the curious up-and-down motion of a load of wood drew my attention to the human being beneath it. Then for the first time I noticed the poor old earth-coloured bodies, bodies reduced to bones and leathery skin, bent double under the crushing weight. Yet I suppose I had not been five minutes on Moroccan soil before I noticed the overloading of the donkeys and was infuriated by it. There is no question that the donkeys are damnably treated. The Moroccan donkey is hardly bigger than a St. Bernard dog, it carries a load which in the British Army would be considered too much for a fifteen-hands mule, andvery often its packsaddle is not taken off its back for weeks together. But what is peculiarly pitiful is that it is the most willing creature on earth, it follows its master like a dog and does not need either bridle or halter . After a dozen years of devoted work it suddenly drops dead, whereupon its master tips it into the ditch and the village dogs have torn its guts out before it is cold.21 This kind of thing makes one's blood boil, whereas-- on the whole -- the plight of the human beings does not. I am not commenting, merely pointing to a fact. People with brown skins are next door to invisible. Anyone can be sorry for the donkey with its galled back, but it is generally owing to some kind of accident if one even notices the old woman under her load of sticks.22 As the storks flew northward the Negroes were marching southward -- a long, dusty column, infantry , screw-gun batteries, and then more infantry, four or five thousand men in all, winding up the road with a clumping of boots and a clatter of iron wheels.23 They were Senegalese, the blackest Negroes in Africa, so black that sometimes it is difficult to see whereabouts on their necks the hair begins. Their splendid bodies were hidden inreach-me-down khaki uniforms, their feet squashed into boots that looked like blocks of wood, and every tin hat seemed to be a couple of sizes too small. It was very hot and the men had marched a long way. They slumped under the weight of their packs and the curiously sensitive black faces were glistening with sweat.24 As they went past, a tall, very young Negro turned and caught my eye. But the look he gave me was not in the least the kind of look you might expect. Not hostile, not contemptuous, not sullen, not even inquisitive. It was the shy, wide-eyed Negro look, which actually is a look of profound respect. I saw how it was. This wretched boy, who is a French citizen and has therefore been dragged from the forest to scrub floors and catch syphilis in garrison towns, actually has feelings of reverence before a white skin. He has been taught that the white race are his masters, and he still believes it.25 But there is one thought which every white man (and in this connection it doesn't matter twopence if he calls himself a socialist) thinks when he sees a black army marching past. "How much longer can we go on kidding these people? How long before they turn their guns in the other direction?"26 It was curious really. Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind. I had it, so had the other onlookers, so had the officers on their sweating chargers and the white N. C. Os marching in the ranks. It was a kind of secret which we all knew and were too clever to tell; only the Negroes didn't know it. And really it was like watching a flock of cattle to see the longcolumn, a mile or two miles of armed men, flowing peacefully up the road, while the great white birds drifted over them in the opposite direction, glittering like scraps of Paper.(from Reading for Rhetoric, by Caroline Shrodes,Clifford A. Josephson, and James R. Wilson)NOTES1. Orwell: George Orwell was the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-50), an English writer who at one time served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, an experience he recorded in Homage to Catalonia. His novels include Down and Out in Paris and London ; Burmese Days ; Coming up for Air ; A Clergyman' s Daughter ; Keep the Aspidistra Flying; Animal Farm; and 1984. The last two novels vilify socialist society and communism. Among his well known essays are: Shooting an Elephant ; A Hanging ; Marrakech ; and Politics and the English Language.2. Moorish: Moors, mixed Arabs and Berbers, and inhabitants of Morocco. They set up a Moorish empire from the end of the 8th century to the 12th century: by 12th century the empire included North Africa to the borders of Egypt, as well as Mohammedan Spain.3. Mon vieux: a French phrase meaning, "my old fellow (friend)"4. Distressed Area: area where there is widespread unemployment, poverty, etc., a slum area.5. Foreign Legionnaires: France organized a foreign legion shortly after the conquest of Algiers in 1830, enlisting recruits who were not French subjects. Spain had a foreign legion, up till the revolution in Morocco, and Holland in the Dutch East Indies.6. fifteen-hands: unit of measurement, especially for the height of horses; a hand, the breadth of the human palm, is now usually taken to be 4 inches.。

第二册 lesson2 Marrakech高英

第二册 lesson2 Marrakech高英

第二册lesson2 Marrakech词汇(Vocabulary)thread (v.) : pass through by twisting,turning,or weaving in and out穿过,通过pomegranate (n.) : a round fruit with a red,leathery rind and many seeds covered with red,juicy,edible flesh;the bush or small tree that bears it石榴;石榴树chant (n.) : a simple liturgical song in which a string of syllables or words is sung to each tune(礼拜仪式唱的)单调的歌bier (n.) : a platform or portable framework on which a coffin or corpse is placed棺材架;尸体架hack (v.) : break up(1and)with a hoe,mattock,etc.(用锄等)翻地,挖(土)oblong (adj.) : longer than broad;elongated长方形的lumpy (adj.) : full of lumps;covered with lumps多块状物的;凹凸不平的hummocky (a.) : full of or looking like low,rounded hills布满小丘的;似小圆丘的derelict (adj.) : deserted by the owner;abandoned;forsaken无主的;被遗弃的lot (n.) : a plot of ground一块地undifferentiated (adj.) : without clear qualities or distinctive characteristics无区别的;无显著特点的mound (n.) : a heap or bank of earth,sand,etc.built over a grave,in a fortification,etc.土堆;堤;坟堆prickly (adj.) : full of prickles多刺的prickly pear : any of a genus of cactus plants having cylindrical or large,flat,oval stem joints and edible fruits仙人掌(属)bumpy (adj.) : full of bumps;rough;jolting崎岖不平的;颠簸的;震摇的gazelle (n.) : any of various small,swift,graceful antelopes瞪羚hindquarter (n.) : either of the two hind legs and the adjoining loin of a carcass of veal,beef,lamb,etc.;[p1.]the hind part of a four—legged animal(牛、羊、猪等的)后腿肉;[复](四肢动物的)后躯nibble (v.) : take small,cautious,or gentle bites小口地咬;谨慎地咬(啃)butt (v.) : strike or push with the head or horns:ram with the head(用头或角)撞击;顶撞mid—air (n.) : any point in space,not in contact with the ground or other surface空中;上空navvy (n.) : n unskilled laborer,as on canals,roads,etc.劳工;无特殊技术的工人sidle (v.) : move sideways,esp.in a shy or stealthy manner(羞怯或偷偷地)侧身行走stow (v.) : pack or store away;fill by packing in an orderly way装载;装进;收藏municipality n.a city,town. etc.having its own incorporated government for local affairs自治市(或镇)ghetto (n.) : (in certain European cities)a section to which Jews were formerly restricted(某些欧洲城市中从前的)犹太人居住区sore (adj.) : giving or feeling physical pain;painful疼痛的;感到疼痛的skull—cap (n.) : a light,closefitting,brimless cap,usually worn indoors(室内戴的)无沿便帽infest (v.) : overrun or inhabit in large numbers,usually so as to be harmful or bothersome;swarm in or over(虫害等)侵扰;骚扰;蔓延booth (n.) : a stall for the sale of goods,as at markets or fairs(市场或集市上的)货摊;摊店,摊棚prehistoric (adj.) : pertaining to ancient times,very old-fashioned老式的;古旧的warp (v.) : become bent or twisted out of shape变弯曲;变歪frenzied (adj.) : full of uncontrolled excitement疯狂的,狂乱的clamour (v.) : make a loud confused noise or shout;cry out喧嚷,喧嚣,吵闹grope (v.) : feel or search about blindly,hesitantly,or uncertainly摸索;探索self-contained (adj.) : having within oneself or itself all that is necessary;self-sufficient,as a community自给自足的witchcraft (n.) : the power or practices of witches: black magic;sorcery巫术;魔法square (adj.[colloq.]) : satisfying;solid;substantial[口]令人满意的;充实的conspicuous (adj.) : attracting attention by being unexpected,unusual,outstanding惹人注目的,显眼的grove (n.) : orchard果园legionnaire (n.) : a member of a legion军团的成员back—breaking (adj.) : requiring great physical exertion;very tiring费劲的;辛苦的,累人的desolate (adj.) : uninhabited;deserted荒无人烟的,荒凉的lucerne (n.) : a type of plant whose leaves grow in groups of three and which is used for feeding farm animals紫花苜蓿fodder (n.) : gorse food for cattle,horses,sheep,etc. as cornstalks,hay and straw(牛、马、羊的)粗饲料;饲草yoke (v.) : put a yoke on;join together;link用轭连起;连合;连结harrow (n.) : a heavy frame with spikes or sharp—edged disks,drawn by a horse 0r tractor and used for breaking up and leveling plowed ground,covering seeds,rooting up weeds,etc.耙furrow (n.) : a narrow groove made in the ground by a plow沟,畦;犁沟trickle (n.) : the act of trickling;a slow,small flow滴,淌;细流;subsoil (n.) : the layer of soil beneath the surface soil底土,下层土,mummify (v.) : shrivel or dry up干瘪;枯干;成木乃伊状hobble (v.) : go unsteadily,haltingly,etc.蹒跚leathery (adj.) : 1ike leather in appearance or texture. tough and flexible(外观或质地)似皮革的;坚韧的,粗硬的infuriate (v.) : cause to become very angry;enrage(使)发怒,激怒damnably (adv.) : execrably该诅咒地;极坏地packsaddle (n.) : a saddle with fastenings to secure and balance the load carried by a pack animal驮鞍bridle (n.) : a head harness for guiding a horse马勒halter (n.) : a rope,cord,strap,etc.,usually with a headstall,for tying or leading an animal;a bitless headstall,with or without a lead rope缰绳;(马)笼头gut (n.[usu.in p1.]) : the bowels;entrails[常用复]内脏plight (n.) : condition or state of affairs;esp,now, an awkward.sad,or dangerous situation情况;状态;(现尤指)苦境;困境或险境gall (v.) : injure or make sore by rubbing;chafe擦伤,擦痛;磨stork (n.) : any of a family of large,long—legged,mostly old—world wading birds.having a long neck and bill,and related to the herons鹳reach-me—down (adj.[colloq.]) : second—hand or ready—made(衣服)用旧的;别人用过的;现成的khaki (adj.) : made of khaki(cloth)卡其(布)制的squash (v.) : force one’s way;squeeze挤进,挤入slump (v.) : have a drooping posture or gait低头弯腰(而行);消沉inquisitive (adj.) : inclined to ask many questions or seek information;eager to learn好询问的;好奇的syphilis (n.) : an infectious venereal disease,caused by a spirochete and usually transmitted by sexual intercourse or acquired congenitally梅毒garrison (n.) : troops stationed in a fort or fortified place驻军;卫戍部队charger (n.) : a horse ridden in battle or on parade战马, 军马短语(Expressions)square meal: a complete and satisfying meal美餐丰盛的、令人满足in a cloud: a large number of small things moving through the air as amass一团例:a cloud of locusts一群蝗虫get at: to approach or reach到达,得到例:You have to use a little ladder to get at the jars on the top shelves.你得使用一把小梯才可以拿到架子上面的坛子。

Marrakech

Marrakech

• 4.Wrap v. 1.to cover sth completely when you are giving it as other material, for example wh en you are giving it as a present 包,裹(礼物 等) • Eg. He spent the evening wrapping up the Ch ristmas presents. • 2. wrap A(up) in B/wrap B round/around A to cover sth/sb in material, for example in order to protect it/them 用…..包裹(覆盖等) • Eg. I wrapped the baby (up) in a blanket.
• Par1.tear off撕纸;急速脱掉;扯掉 • 2.stow (v.) : pack or store away;fill by packing in an orderly wa y装载;装进;收藏 • 3.rag n. a piece of old,often torn,cloth used especially for cleani ng things.抹布;破布 • 4.municipality n.a city,town. etc.having its own incorporated government for local affairs自治市(或镇) • Analysis • .......and he stowed it gratefully in some secret place under his r ags. • the words"stow" and "secret" show that the navvy looks at the pi ece of bread as something precious.He is afraid of losing it.
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课程教案Background Knowledge *Morocco*Marrakech*French Colonies*Jews*George Orwell Unit 2 Marrakech By George OrwellThe Histor y of M a r r a kech*Ma rra kech, called also the red town, because of the red wall surround the old town, the medina.A Br ief Introduction to C olonia lismDefinition1. a. emigrants or their descendants in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associatedwith the parent country.b. A territory thus settled.2. A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency.3. A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote areaA Br ief Introduction to the AuthorGeorge Orwell*Orwell’s works are concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of his times, through merciless exposition of the poverty, misery and degradation 落魄of the native people in the colonies, he denounces the evils of colonialism or imperialism and manage to show his outrage at it.*Orwell is famous for his terse lucid 简洁易懂的prose style and good at the appropriate use of simple but forceful words to describe objectively the scenes before his eyes.*George Orwell is the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair(1903-50), British novelist and essayist, born at Motihari 摩坦赫利, Bengal(孟买), India. His father, Richard Walmesley Blair, was a minor customs official in the opium department of the Indian Civil Service.*W hen Orwell was 4 years old, his family returned to England where he remained until 1922. When Orwell was 8 years old, he was sent to a private preparatory school in Sussex. After attending Wellington and Eton, he failed to win a university scholarship then he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma.In the 1930s*His experience in Burma is described in his first novel “B urmese Days”(1934)缅甸风云.*On his return to Europe in 1927 he lived in a poor financial condition , first in Paris and then in London, a period which is the basis of his book “Do w n and Out in Paris and London”(1933)巴黎和伦敦的落魄生活. And in this book he assumed the name “George Orwell”by which he would become world famous*During the1930s Orwell had adopted the views of a socialist and traveled to Spain to report on their civil war.*He took the side of the Republican (United Workers Marxist Party militia 统一公党市民军) and fought alongside them, which earned him a wound in the neck. It was this war that made him hate communism in favor of the English brand of socialism.*Orwell wrote a book on Spain, “Homag e to Catalonia”(向加泰罗尼亚致敬), which was published in 1938.During World Wa r Two:*During the second World War rejected for military service on account of tuberculosis and a wound, Orwell served as a sergeant(军士) in the Home Guard and also worked as a journalist for the BBC, Observer and Tribune(论坛), where he was literary editor from 1943 to 1945.*It was toward the end of the war that he wrote “A nimal Farm”, and when it was over he moved to Scotland.*It was “A nimal Farm”(动物庄园) a satirical fantasy attacking communism as practiced in Soviet Union that finally made Orwell prosperous.*His other world -wide success “Nineteen Eighty-Four”(1984)is an elaborate satire on modern politics, a prophetic novel describing the dehumanization of man in a mechanistic, totalitarian 极权主义的world.Orwell wrote many literary essays as well, his volumes of essays include :Dickens(1946)狄更斯*Dali and Others(1946)达里*Shooting an Elephant(1950)射象*Collected Essays(1968)随笔*Journalism(1968) 新闻文章*Letters of George Orwell(1968)书信集Marriage and Death*Eileen O'Shaugnessy, Orwell's wife died in 1945 and in 1949 he remarried to a woman named Sonia Browell. Orwell's second marriage was short-lived, as he died from tuberculosis in London on January 21st, 1950. And he was just 46 years old.Detailed Analysis of the Text1)W hat kind of writing is the text?*Expository writing2)W hich sentence expresses the theme of the text? (or : W hich is the thesis statement? )*All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact (para.3)3)What is the theme of the text?*The author denounces the evils of colonialism. He mercilessly exposes poverty, misery and degradation of the native people in the colonies. These people are not considered nor are they treated as human beings.4)How many scenes has the writer described to expose the evils of colonialism? What are they?Six Scenes to expose the evils of colonialismScene 1: The burial of the poor inhabitants (para 1-3)The idea: Life is cheap. People are so poor that they can not afford proper burials.Scene 2: The begging of bread of an employee (para 4-7)The idea: Life is poor. People can’t afford proper food.Scene 3: Living condition of the Jews (para 8-15)The idea: Jews live in great proverty and under prejudice.Scene 4: Cultivation of soil (para 16-18)The idea: Hard way of making a living.Scene 5: Life of women (para 19-21)The idea: Miserable of old women, no better than a donkeyScene 6: the soldiers (para 22-26)The idea: The negro’s attitude towards the whites*W hy did the writer choose these scenes?*W hat do you think they represent?*Do you think these scenes are effective to achieve the writer’s purpose?*W hat else would you add?*W hat is the tone of the writer throughout the text?Scene 1: The burial of the poor inhabitants (para 1-3)Life is cheap. People are so poor that they can not afford proper burials.Wor ds and Expr essionswail: to cry out in mourning or lamentation 悲伤地哭号The wind wa iled through the treeschant: a simple liturgical song in which a string of syllables or words is sung to each tonebier: a platform or portable framework on which a coffin or corpse is placedhack: to break up (land) with a hoe, mattock, etc.oblong: adj. longer than broad; elongatedhummocky: adj. full of or looking like low, rounded hills 布满小丘的derelict: adj. deserted by the owner; abandoned; forsakenprickly pear: any of a genus of cactus plans having cylindrical or large, flat, oval stem joints and edible fruits 仙人掌(属)Pa r a gr a phing & Inter pr eting…the flies left the restaurant table in a cloud and rushed after it, but they came back in a few minutes later.The cloud of flies flying to the corpse and then coming back to the restaura nt shows the unsa nita ry conditions of the city…the taxis and the camels…modern mea ns of tra nsporta tion a longside the old a nd ba ckwa rd mea ns of tra nsporta tionWhen the friends get to the burying-ground they hack an oblong hole a foot and two deep, dump the body in it and fling over it a little of the dried-up, lumpy earth, which is like the broken brick.The list of action verbs a re a ll single-sylla bic, showing the quick speed a nd simple buryingprocedureAre they really…? Do they …? Or are they … individual as bees or coral insects?A list of rhetorica l questions a dded force to author ’s denuncia tionThey rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few yea rs, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard and nobody notices that they are gone.a llitera tion, showing the monotonous life. They a re born. Then for a few yea rs they work, toil a ndsta rve. Fina lly they die a nd a re buried in gra ves without a name.Scene 2: The begging of bread of an employee (para 4-7)Life is poor. People can’t afford proper food.Wor ds and Expr essionsgazelle: n. any of various small, swift, graceful antelopes of Africa, the New East , and Asia, with spirally twisted, backward pointing horns and large, lustrous eyes. 瞪羚hindquarter: n. either of two hind edges legs and loins of a carcass of veal, beef, lamb, etc. (pl.) the hind legs of a four-legged animalnibble: to eat (food) with quick bites, taking only a small amount at at time, as a mouse does.The fish were nibbling a t the ba itbutt: to strike or push with the head or horns; ran with the headnavvy: (BrE) an unskilled laborer, an on canals, roadssidle: to move sideways, esp. in a shy, fearful or stealthily mannerstow: to pack or store away, esp. to pack in an orderly, compact mannermunicipality: a city, town, etc. having its own incorporated government 自治市Pa r a gr a phing & Inter pr etingAn Arab navvy working on the path nearby lowered his heavy hoe and sidled slowly towards us.Although the la borer wa s hungry, he wa s not used to begging. Therefore he moved slowly a nd shyly.I could eat some of that bread.This is a n indirect request a nd expresses a desire to ea t some the . The word “could”suggestspoliteness a nd uncerta inty.I took off a piece and he stowed it gratefully in some secret place under his rags.The word “stow”a nd “secret”show tha t the na vvy looks a t the piece of brea d a s something precious. He is a fra id of loosing it.This man is an employee of the municipality.This simple sta tement is very important. It serves to convey a deeper mea ning. “Even a n employed la borer goes sta rving, so you ca n ima gine the plight of the poorer people.Scene 3: Living condition of the Jews ( para 8-15)Jews live in great property and under prejudice.Wor ds and Expr essionsghetto: n. (in certain European cities) a section to which Jews were formerly restricted;cluster: to gather or grow in a cluster or clustersskull-cap: n. a light, closefitting, brimless cap, usually worn indoors.infest: to overrun or inhabit in large numbers, usu. so as to be harmful or bothersome; swarm in or over. Fly-infestedwarp: to become bent or twisted out of shape frenzied:adj. full of uncontrolled excitementclamour: v. n. (to) make a loud confused noise or shout; cry outself-contained: adj. having within oneself or itself all that is necessary; self-sufficient, as a community *Impossible--hard to deal with, sth. That cannot happene.g. It wa s not a n impossible scheme.His ba d temper ma kes life impossible for a ll the fa mily.He is a n impossible person to work with.Infla tion is a n impossible problem.*Grope –to feel or search about blindlye.g. In the da rkness, I groped for the door ha ndle.Throughout the ages men ha ve groped a fter the meaning of the Universe a nd their own role in it.The lecturer pa used, groping for the most effective word to express his mea ning.They had to grope their wa y through a mist tha t wa s rapidly turning into a thick fog.Pa r a gr a phing & Inter pr eting(para9) …the houses are completely windowless.Windowless beca use the houses sit so close to ea ch other tha t it is inconvenient to ha ve windows. Sore-eyed children cluster …, like clouds of flies.A simile, compa ring clusters of children to clouds of flies. The repea ted use of flies shows the unsa nita ry conditions a nd the preva lence of diseases in colonia l countries(para 11) Fruitsellers, potters, silversmiths, blacksmiths, butchers, leather-workers, tailors, w ater-carriers, beggars, porters –There is a list of jobs here including tha t of begger.whichever way you look… a good job Hitler wasn’t here.It wa s lucky for the J ews tha t Hilter ha d not come to this pla ce. If he ha d, the J ews would ha ve been extermina ted a s they were in Pola nd a nd other Europea ns countries.(para 15) In just the same way, a couple of hundred years ago, poor old women used to be burned for witchcraft when they could not even work enough magic to get themselves a square meal.a squa re mea l: a decent substa ntia l mea lAna logy is used here. It means tha t these people’s a ccusation of the J ews wa s a s a bsurd a nd irra tiona l a s the a ccusa tion of the witchcra ft.Scene 4: Cultivation of soil (para 16-18)Hard way of making a living.W or ds and Expr essionsconspicuous: adj. attracting attention by being unexpected, unusual, outstandingChances are that : (oral) it is possibleCha nces a re tha t he ha s hea rd the news.ones’ey es take in: see, look atI wa s too busy ta king in the bea utiful furniture to notice who wa s in the room.Her eyes were ta king in nothing but the expensive ha ts.It wa s amusing to see his surprise a s he took in the new ca r.Foreign Legionnaires: France organized a foreign legion shortly after the conquest of Algiers in 1830, enlisting recruits who were not French subjects. Its international character and the tradition of not revealing enlistees’backgrounds have helped to surround the Foreign Legion with an aura of mystery and romancewring: v. to get or extract by force, threats, persistence, etc; extortwring money from sb. 勒索某人back-breaking: requiring great physical exertion; very tiring; nerve-rackingdesolate: adj. uninhabited; deserted, forlornPa r a gr a phing & Inter pr eting*The author is extremely bitter and ironical. Instead of openly blaming the white colonialists who d on’t pay the least attention to the people who suffer from poverty and hunger, he pretends that they have a sound reason to ignore such people just because they have the color of the earth.(para 16) a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.synecdoche: a white-skinned European is a lways fa irly conspicuous.It is only because of this…tourist resorts.“This”here sta nds for the fa ct tha t people a lwa ys miss the pea sa nts la boring in the fields beca use they ha ve the color of the earth a nd a re a lot less interesting to look a t.(para 17) What does Morocco mean to a Frenchman? ... Or to an Englishman?Question a nd answer both elliptica l. This pa ra gra ph mea ns tha t this colonia l country a rousespeople’s interest for va rious rea sons except true concern for the people living in poverty(para 18) This is as much as the strength of the animals is equal to.The anima ls yoked to the plough had just enough strength to plough the soil to a depth of a bout four inches.A pa ssage from Invisible Ma n --R a lph EllisonI AM An invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted EdgarAllan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man ofsubstance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids—and I might even be said topossess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to seeme. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as thoughI have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approachme they see only my surroundings, themselves, or fragments of their imagination---indeed, everything and anything except me. (Prologue )Sentences to show the ha r d w or k*(para 17) …the reality of life is an endless back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.*(para 18) Most Morocco is so desolate that no wild animal bigger than a hare can live on it. Hugeareas which were once covered with forest have turned into a treeless waste where the soil is exactly like broken-up brick. Nevertheless a good deal of it is cultivated, with frightful labor.(para 18)…Long lines of women, bent double like inverted capital Ls, work their way slowly across the fields, tearing up the prickly weeds with their hands.Scene 5: Life of women (para 19-21)Miserable of old women, no better than a donkeyWor ds and Expr essionsfile: a line of persons or things situated one behind another 纵队mummify: v. to dry up (become a mummy)register: v. record 记录, 登记to register the birth of a ba by’/to register the na mes of a bsent studentsThe court stenogra pher registered the tria l proceedings.damnably: adv. In a damnably mannerto be damna bly trea ted 遭到虐待packsaddle: a saddle designed to support the load carried by a pack animal 驮鞍bridle: n. a head harness for guiding a horse; it consists of stall, bit and reinshalter: n. a rope, cord, strap, etc. usually with a a headstall, for try ing or leading an animal, with or without a lead rope (缰绳)(马)笼头gut: (usu. Pl.) the bowels; entrails 内脏have the guts to do sth. 有胆量做某事plight:n. condition or state of affairs; esp. now, an awkward, sad, or dangerous situationtip: v.t to pour sth. from one place or container into anotherShe wiped out the flour a nd tipped it into a bowlThe comparison of fate between the donkey and the women*Donkey Women*no bigger than a St. Bernard dog tiny, mummified*Overloaded, working for weeks vast of load of wood* A willing creature accepted status as a beast ofburden*W hen dead, tipped into a buried simply, dumped into aditch, thrown to dogs hole, no name, no graveyard*People feel enraged at nobody feels sympathetic forthem, unnoticedBy describing the fate of donkey the author’s purpose is to arouse the sympathy and anger of the readers for “people”, People are also cruelly treated but they are not noticed, simply invisible P aragraphing & Interpreting(para 19)All of them are mummified with age and the sun, and all of them are tiny.Yea rs of ha rd work a nd heat of the sun ha ve dried up the old women. They look like mummiesShe accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden.She took it fro gra nted tha t a s a n old woma n she wa s the lowest in the community, sha t she wa s only fit for doing hea vy work like a n a nima l.(para 20) though they had registered themselves on my eyeballs I cannot truly say that I had seen them.His eyes must ha ve recorded the scene but he did not consciously observe wha t wa s ha ppening (for he did not see the old woma n ca rrying the hea vy load of firewood)It carries a load which…too much for a fifteen-hands mule.fifteen-ha nds mule: a mule a bout 60 inches or f feet high.(para 21) This kind of things makes on e’s blood boil.metonymy. The cruel trea tment of the donkey makes one very angry.People with brown skin are next door to invisible.People with brown skins a re a lmost invisible.It is generally owing to some kind of accident…If people ever notices the old women, it is a sheer chance.Scene 6: the soldiers (para 22-26)The negro’s attitude towards the whitesWor ds and Expr essionsstork: n. any of a group of large, long-legged wading birds, having a long neck and bill, and related to herons 鹳infantry: soldiers who fight on battle 步兵clump: v. to cause to form the sounds of heavy footstepsGra ndpa clumped a long in his boots.clatter: n. A rapid succession of loud, sharp noises 急促的敲击声reach-me-down: adj. colloq. Second-hand or ready madesullen: showing resentment, sulky; glum 揾怒的,闷闷不乐的syphilis: n. an infectious venereal disease, caused by a spirochete and usu. transmitted by sexual intercourse or acquired congenitally 梅毒charger: n. a horse ridden in battle or on parade 战马,军马garrison: n. troops stationed in a fort or fortified place 驻军reverence: n. feeling or attitude of deep respect, love and awe, as for sth. sacred;glitter: v. to shine with a sparkling light; glisten; sparkle; be bright*Squash –vt. 压坏,捏坏,e.g. She sa t on his ha t and squa shed it.He squa shed the insect with his finger.This pa cka ge wa s squa shed in the ma il.*Squash –vi.e.g. Soft fruits squa sh ea sily. (a gla ss of ora nge squa sh)This ha t squa shes ea sily.*Squash –vi. vt (使劲)挤e.g. She squa shed into the crowded tra in.D o n’t a ll try to squa sh into the lift together.He squa shed his clothes into a box.* Squash –vt. (使不说话/谈)e.g. W hen I tried to speak, he squashed me.He is try ing to squash the story of the defeat.* S lump –vi. 沉重地倒下[践踏]e.g. He slumped in his cha ir a sleep.Tired from his wa lk, he slumped into a cha ir.The boy’s feet slumped repea tedly through the corridor.* S lump –vi. (质量,价格等)下降, (买卖)清淡起来e.g. Her work slumped because of personal problems.The company ’s shares slumped last month.Business has slumped.*S lump—n.e.g. The economy went into a severe slump.When there is a slump in a country it is difficult to do tra de, a nd ma ny people a re out ofwork.There was a serious slump in the 1930s.Pa r a gr a phing & Inter pr etingIn this part, the author shows the mentality of the colonized by describing the boy ’s look.(para 23) Their splendid bodies … curiously sensitive black faces were glistening with swea t.The Senega lese soldiers were wea ring rea dy-ma de kha ki uniforms which hid their bea utifully well-built bodies. Their feet were squeezed into boots wha t were too sma ll a nd were fla t a nd squa re like blocks of wood and their hea ds were a lso squeezed into tiny tin ha ts which seemed to be a little too sma ll for them.The words ‘splendid’a nd ‘sensitive’show the author ’s positive a ttitude towa rds them. This pa ra gra ph revea ls the poor conditions of the soldiers.(para 24) It was the shy, wide-eyed Negro look, which actually is a look of profound respect.wide-eyes: with the eyes opened widely, a s beca use of surprise, fea r, la ck of sophistica tion.The Negro genera lly looks a t the white ma sters with his eyes opened widely showing ba shfulness, fea r, unea siness, etc. it is a docile, subservient look.(para 24) This wretched boy, who is a French citizen and has therefore been dragged from the forest to scrub floors and ca tch syphilis in garrison townsThis misera ble bla ck boy is, a s a result of the coloniza tion of his country, a French citizen.Therefore he ha s been conscribed a nd forced to lea ve his home in the forest to come to a ga rrison town where he will ca tch syphilis.(para 25) In this connection it doesn’t matter twopence if he calls himself a socialist.it doesn’t ma tter twopence: it does not ma tter a t a ll.Every white ma n, even those who ca ll themselves socia lists ca n’t help but think this thought when he sees a black a rmy ma rching pa st.(para 26) And really it was like watching a flock of cattle to see the longcolumn , … like scraps of paper.Wa tching the one-or-two miles long column of soldiers marching peacefully. Up the roa d wa s just like wa tching a flock of ca ttle. Ca ttle d o n’t think, d o n’t a sk questions, but follow their ma sters blindly.These bla ck soldiers were just like ca ttle.Com m ent:Soldiers a re to serve the government. The Senega lese soldiers a resupporting the colonia l ma sters who a re cruelly exploiting the country.It sounds ironica l. Yet the young ma n, instead of ha ting the white men,a ctua lly holds a deep respect for them. The whole situa tion gives a depressing future of the country.SummaryThe text is a piece of objective exposition of the poverty, misery anddegradation of the inhabitants in Marrakech. The ordinary local funeral,which treats the dead as animals, is merely one episode of the miserablelives of native people. However, this fact is the basis upon which all theimperialists build up their empires. The author illustrates the followingfacts to show the plight of the inhabitants. An Arab navvy , an employeeof the municipality, begs for a piece of brea d which is formerly the foodof the gazelles. In the unsanitary ghettoes which are crowded with Jews,people overwork in a wretched situation, but they cannot possibly afforda piece of cigarette. The brown laborers working in the barren fields in abackward way are partly invisible to the white colonists who are insensi-tive to the suffering all around them. The old women carrying fireworkare more invisible for their skinny a nd distorted figures. Ironically,oblivious to the miseries of the human beings, the white express moresympathy to the da mna ble fa te of the donkeys. However, the colonized ,such as one of the Senagalese soldiers, bear blind deep respect for thewhite masters. This provokes the white to reexamine themselves as wellas their ways of treating the colonized people.Stylistic features* Generally speaking, Orwell describes objectively the suffering and misery of the colonial people inMarrakech, yet he manages to show that he is outraged at the spectacle of misery. He succeeds in imparting this feeling to his readers:a)through the clever choice of the scenes he describesb)through the appropriate use of words: concretec)through the tone in which he describes these scenes: objective, matter-of-factly, yet readers can see his anger beneath.d)by contrasting the indignation at the cruel handling of the donkey with the unconcern towards the fate of the human beings.e)figures of speech used: simile, metaphor, parallelism, repetition, rhetorical question, synecdoche, analogy, transferred epithetDictation1.wail a chant2. hack an oblong hole3. inhabitants4. undifferentiated5. derelict6. medieval ghettoes7. fly -infested 8. warp out of shape 9. conspicuous10. frenzied rush 11. grope in the air 12. eroded soil13. desolate place 14. conserve water 15. mummified with age 16. invisibility 17. be infuriated 18. plight of human beings 19. slump under weight 20. glisten with sweat 21. contemptuous 22. reverence 23. sullen 24. inquisitive 25. scraps of paper26. hummocky 27. prickly pear 28. bumpy 29. hindquarter30. nibble 31. sidle 32. stow 33. municipality34. skull-cap 35. booth 36. prehistoric 37. clamour38. self-contained 39. grove 40. witchcraft 41. hobble42. damnably 43. bridle 44. packsaddle 45. halter46. reach-me-down 47. squash 48. syphilis 49. garrison 50 George Orwell。

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