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现代大学英语精读四课件PPT.thinking as a hobby Author William Golding Author Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911—June 19, 1993) was an English novelist, poet and winner of 1983 Nobel prize in Literature: The Author’s Background Author Born on September 19, 1911 at St. Columb Minor, a village near Newquay, Cornwall（英国英格兰的一个郡：康沃尔郡）, he started writing at the age of seven. He went to Oxford University in 1930, where he studied natural sciences and English language. His first book, a collection of poems, appeared a year before Golding received his BA. Author To be continued on the next page. The Author’s Background He married Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist, in 1939. He became a teacher of English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury（英格兰南部城市）. During World War II he served in the Royal Navy and was involved in the sinking of Germany’s mightiest battleship（战列舰，火炮威力巨大的主力战斗舰，目前已被淘汰）, the Bismarck. He participated in the invasion of Normandy on D- Day （二战中盟军在法国北部的开始进攻日，1944年6月6日）and at war’s end went back to teaching and writing. Author The Author’s Background In 1961 his successful books allowed Golding to leave his teaching post and he spent a year as writer-in-residence at Hollins College in Virginia. He then became a full-time writer. He received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 1988. William Golding died in his home at Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall on June 19, 1993. To be continued on the next page. Auguste Rodin: a French sculptor. His most famous works: The Kiss The thinker Rodin’s Thinker To be continued on the next page. Resting on the horizontal panel above the doors, The Thinker became the focal point of The Gates of Hell and subsequently perhaps the most well-known sculpture of all time. The athletic-looking figure, inspired （激发灵感）by the sculpture of Michelangelo（米开朗琪罗意大利文艺复兴盛期雕塑家、画家）, depicts a man in sober medi