高级英语第二册第二课Marrakech.ppt

Paragraph 3 Could you find the thesis of this essay? detail study “own literally nothing except the rags they stand up in” the rags they stand up in：the rags which they were wearing as they stood there The shabby, much worn rags they are wearing at the moment are the only clothes they own. 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. found upon:give sth a reason or starting point in sth,base on ,ground on 以……为基础；以……为出发点 We must found arguments on facts. 我们的论点必须以事实为依据。 what does thefact mean? It means the fact that the people in colonies are not treated as human beings. All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals（by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings）. Are they really the same flesh...? Do they …? Or are they … undifferentiated brown stuff,about as individual as bees or coral insects? rhetorical questions (反问句） Three rhetorical questions are employed here to show the tone of blaming. flesh: mankind,human beings undifferentiated brown stuff: sth brown in color with no individual characteristics. coral:珊瑚的； 珊瑚色的 coral insects:珊瑚虫 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. alliteration (押头韵） showing the monotonous life. sink into:渗入； 陷入； 沉入； 把…投入 The facts dont seem to sink into his head. 他似乎没有牢记这些事实。 mound (n.) : a pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill 土堆；土丘；坟堆 They rise out of the earth，… are gone. They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they die and are buried in graves without a name,and nobody notices that they are dead. And even the graves themselves soon fade back into the soil. fade into : 淡入；在消逝；逐渐消失而变成 The