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1、Unit2MarrakechCasablancaOneofthemostpopularfilmsinthehistoryofthecinema,madein1942withHumphreyBogartandIngridBergman.CasablancaisaromanticstoryaboutamancalledRickwhohasacaféinCasablanca,andwhohelpsahusbandandwifeescapefromtheNazisContents1.Backgroundinformation2.Typeofwriting3
2、.Organizationstructure4.Detailedstudy5.Exercises1.BackgroundinformationMarrakechAuthorandhisworksMoroccoEthnicgroups:Arab-Berber99.1%,other0.7%,Jewish0.2%Religions:Muslim98.7%,Christian1.1%,Jewish0.2%LanguageArabic(official)FrenchSpanishIndependence:March1956(fromFrance)Marrak
3、echItwasfounded(1062)bytheAlmoravidleaderYusufibnTashfinandwasthecapitalofMoroccofromthenuntil1147andagainfrom1550to1660.ItwascapturedbytheFrenchin1912.Ithasextremelyhotsummerbutmildwinters.Thecityrenownedforleathergoods,isoneoftheprincipalcommercialcentersofMorocco.Theoldcity
4、,withitslabyrinthofcrooked,deadenedstreets,presentsanovercrowded,run-downappearance.Themoderncity(begunin1913)hasgrownuptothewest,alongtheroadtoMogador.AuthorandhisworksGeorgeOrwell(1903-1950):thepseudonymofEricArthurBlairaBritishnovelistandessayistbetweenthesecondworldwarmush
5、praisedinthewestpartlybecauseofhisanti-communistpointofview.borninIndia,father,asocalledempire-builder--servingtheBritishgovernmentabroad.receivedgoodeducationinBritainandstudiedinthemostfamousschool“Eden”.traveledwidely(includingMarrakech).Histravelmadehimtakeahostileattitude
6、towardimperialism.Heshoweddeepsympathyforthepoorandbecameafirmsupporterofsocialism.joinedSpanishwarandwasseriouslywounded.TheSpanishsocialistforcesdividedintofaction.Thefactionhebelongedtowaspersecuted.Sohebecamesopessimisticanddepressed,whichledhimtowardanti-communistattitude
7、.HisworksDownandOutinParisandLondon1933AClergyman’sDaughter1935KeeptheAspidistraFlying1936ComingupforAir1940动物农庄AnimalFarm1945NineteenEighty-Four1949动物农庄AnimalFarm1945asatiricalfantasyattackingcommunismhisreputationasananticommunistwriterAllofhisworks:thesociopoliticalconditio
8、nsofhistime,notablywiththeproblemofhumanfreedomHisworksshowsh
