高级英语iiunit 2

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1、UnitTwoMarrakechI.BackgroundInformationGeorgeOrwell:isthepseudonymorpennameofEricArthurBlair.Hewasbornin1903anddiedin1950.HeisaBritishnovelistandessayistbetweenthetwoworldwars.GeorgeOrwellHeismushpraisedinthewestpartlybecauseofhisanti-communistpointofview.HewasborninIndia,andhisfather,asocalledempir

2、e-builder,servedtheBritishgovernmentabroad.GeorgeOrwellHereceivedgoodeducationinBritainandstudiedinthemostfamousschool“Eden”.Hetraveledwidely.Marrakechisoneoftheplaceshetraveledto.Histravelmadehimtakeahostileattitudetowardimperialism.Heshoweddeepsympathyforthepoorandbecameafirmsupporterofsocialism.G

3、eorgeOrwellHejoinedSpanishWar.Hewasseriouslywounded.TheSpanishsocialistforcesdividedintofaction.Thefactionhebelongedtowaspersecuted.Sohebecamesopessimisticanddepressed,whichledhimtowardanti-communistattitude.WorkDuringmostofhiscareer,Orwellwasbestknownforhisjournalism,inessays,reviews,columnsinnewsp

4、apersandmagazinesandinhisbooksofreportage:DownandOutinParisandLondon(describingaperiodofpovertyinthesecities),TheRoadtoWiganPier(describingthelivingconditionsofthepoorinnorthernEngland,andtheclassdividegenerally)andHomage效忠toCatalonia加泰罗尼亚（西班牙东北部一地区）.ModernreadersaremoreoftenintroducedtoOrwellasanov

5、elist,particularlythroughhisenormouslysuccessfultitlesAnimalFarmandNineteenEighty-Four.TheformerisoftenthoughttoreflectdevelopmentsintheSovietUnionaftertheRussianRevolution;thelatter,lifeundertotalitarianrule.AnimalFarm:TheshortnovelisanallegoryinwhichanimalsplaytherolesoftheBolshevikrevolutionaries

6、andoverthrowandoustthehumanownerofafarm(ManorFarm),renamingitAnimalFarmandsettingitupasacommuneinwhich,atfirst,allanimalsareequal;however,classandstatusdisparitiessoonemergebetweenthedifferentanimalspecies(thepigsbeingthe"greaterspecies").Thenoveldescribeshowasociety'sideologiescanbemanipulatedandtw

7、istedbythoseinpositionsofsocialandpoliticalpower,includinghowautopiansocietyismadeimpossiblebythecorruptingnatureoftheverypowernecessarytocreateit.Thenoveladdressesnotonlythecorruptionofrevolutionbyit