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NOTES1. Orwell: George Orwell was the pseudonym [sju?d?n?m笔名]of Eric [εrik] Arthur[ɑ:θ?] Blair[blε?] (1903-50), an English writer who at one time served with the Indian Imperial Police[?mp??r??l] 印度帝国警察 in Burma. [b?:m?] 缅甸（东南亚国家 He fought in the Spanish Civil War, an experience he recorded in Homage to Catalonia. [,k?t?l?uni?] . 加泰罗尼亚His novels include Down and Out in Paris and London ; Burmese Days缅甸岁月; Coming up for Air上来透口气; A Clergyman s [kl??d??m?n] 牧师；教士Daughter ; Keep the Aspidistra [,?sp?d?str?] ；叶兰Flying; Animal Farm; and 1984. The last two novels vilify [v?l?fa?] 诽谤；中伤；轻视；贬低socialist society and communism. [k?mj?n?z(?)m] 共产主义Among his well known essays are: Shooting an Elephant ; A Hanging ; Marrakech [m?r?ke?]; and Politics and the English Language.2. Moorish: Moors, mixed Arabs [?r?b] 阿拉伯人and Berbers [b?:b?] 柏柏尔人, and inhabitants [?nh?b?t(?)nt] 居民；居住者of Morocco. [m?r?k?u] 摩洛哥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. [m?uh?mid?n] 回教的西班牙4. Distressed [distrest] 痛苦的；忧虑的；贫困的Area: area where there is widespread unemployment, poverty, etc., a slum area.5. Foreign Legionnaires [,li?d??ne?] 军团士兵: France organized a foreign legion [li:d??n] 军团；shortly after the conquest of Algiers [?ld?i?rz] 阿尔及尔in 1830, enlisting征募；支持recruits [r?kru?t] 招聘；新兵；新成员who were not French subjects. 国民Spain had a foreign legion, up till the revolution [rev?lu??(?)n] 革命；in Morocco, and Holland荷兰in the Dutch East Indies. 荷属东印度群岛6. fifteen-hands: unit of measurement, 计量单位especially for the height of horses; a hand, the breadth [bredθ宽度，幅度；宽宏of the human palm [pɑ?m], 手掌is now usually taken to be 4 inches. NOTES1. Fairlie: Henry Fairlie (1924--) is a contributing editor [ed?t?编者，编辑to The New Republic as well as a contributor [k?ntribjut?投稿者to other journals. [d???n(?)l] 日报He is author of: The Kennedy Promise ; The Life of Politics ; and The Sp