the battle of the ants.pptVIP

dystopian fable novella by George Orwell. the events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II Time magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005); also included in the Great Books of the Western World Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal. The Battle of the Ants Henry David Thoreau Global Reading How would you describe the battle? (Please list several adj. you can think of) What do you think is the purpose of the writer of this description? Find some examples from the text that illustrate the bloody battle scenes. Para.1 What do you think of the last setence in this paragraph? Para.2 What is the outcome of the battle between the two red ants and the black one? How did the writer feel after watching the bloody struggle between the two red ants and the huge black one? go by board Those days went by the board when I could go and travel around the world. 那种可以去环球旅游的日子已经离我一去不复返了。 He has let good manners go by the board long ago. 他早把好习惯抛到九霄云外去了。 It was myself excited somewhat even as if they had been men. The more you think of it, the less the difference. I myself felt stimulated to some degree as though the ants had been human beings. The more you think about it, the stronger the resemblance. For numbers and for carnage it was an Austerlitz or Dresden. Whether judged in terms of the numbers engaged in the battle or from the angle of the bloody slaughter on the battlefield, this combat was every bit like that in Austerlitz or that in Dresden. I had my feelings excited and harrowed by witnessing the struggle, the ferocity and carnage, of a human battle before my door. I had my feelings stimulated, wounded and tormented by witnessing the struggle, the fierce and bloody slaughter of a hu