华东理工大学 高级英语 授课教案 Book 2 Unit 2.ppt

Unit 2 Marrakech George Orwell(1903--1950): The British Great author Real name: Eric A Blair novels, documentaries, essays, and criticism. wrote during the 1930s and established him as one of the most important and influential voices of the century. Notes 1,p.25 Marrakech:a symbol of Morocco It is located in the west central Morocco, renowned for leather goods. It used to be Morocco’s capital twice. In the old Arabic chronicles Marrakech is named Mraksch (the town). The name has been changed over the decades to Morocco which was later taken as name for the whole country. It is also called “the red town”, because of the red wall surround the old town, the medina. Location of Morocco : Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Mauritania and 14 km from southern Spain. Population:28.481.000 Language:Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects. Natural Resources large mining resources;Important off-shore petrol fields Climate:varies according to the regions the coast has a very mild climate in the summer and humid in the winter, average temperature from 16°C to 26 °C. Inland is much more warmer during the summer up to 33°C. corpse corpse ticket a political corpse 政治僵尸 a walking corpse 骨瘦如柴的人 cf. corp (Business) corporation Corps (military unit, group ) a diplomatic corps 外交使团 a flying corps 航空队 salvage corps 水/火灾救护队 a dare-to-die corpse 敢死队 corps-de-ballet 芭蕾舞团 flesh 1). He always folds his hands together and eats his own flesh. 整天偷懒 2). The landlady demanded her pound of flesh every day. 无情地逼债 3). The very thought of the snake makes my flesh creep. 一想到就不寒而栗 4). All flesh must die. 人总有一死。 pick up/gain flesh reduce/lose flesh His flesh fell rapidly away 很快消瘦 5). She is much nicer in the flesh than in her photographs 本人看上去要比照片上的好看。 6). He tried his best to help them because they were his own flesh and blood. 亲骨肉 7). I want to help you, but the spir