高级英语Lesson2Marrakech课后练习级答案.docxVIP

EXERCISES2

Ⅰ.Writeshortnoteson:MarrakechandMorocco.

SuggestedReferenceBooks[SRB]

anystandardgazetteer

EncyclopaediaBritannicaⅡ.Questionsoncontent:

Insteadoftellingthereaderthatthenativesarepoor,Orwellshowspovertyinatleastfiveways.Identifythem.

HowarepeopleburiedinMarrakech?

Explainthesentence,Allcolonialempiresareinrealityfoundeduponthatfact.(para3)

Whatdoyouthinkmedievalghettoeswerelike?

Whydoesthewritersay,AgoodjobHitlerwasnthere?

Whatkindofpeople,accordingtoOrwell,arepartlyinvisible?Whydoeshestressthispoint?

HowwaslandcultivatedinMorocco?

Whywastheoldwomansurprisedwhenthewritergaveherafive-soupiece?

Whatdideverywhitemanthinkwhenhesawablackarmymarchingpast?

Ⅲ.Questionsonappreciation:

Thethingsofvalue,OrwellsaysinWhyIWrite,arealwayspolitical.Isthisessaypolitical?Hasthewritersaidanythingofvalue?

Orwelldescribeshumansufferingandmiseryratherobjectively.Howthencanyoutellthatheisoutragedatthespectacleofmisery?

Whydoesthewriterrevealhisfeelingsaboutthedonkeysbutconcealhisfeelingsaboutthepeople?,Whateffectdoesthiscontrasthaveonthereader?

Couldparas4-7justaswellcomeafter8-15asbefore?Couldothergroupsofparagraphsberearranged?Whatdoesthisindicateabouttheorganization?Whatgivestheessaycoherence?

Doesthisessaygivereadersanewinsightintoimperialism?Hasthewritersucceededinshowingthatimperialismisanevilthing?

CommentonOrwellslucidstyleandfineattentiontosignificantdescriptivedetails.

Ⅳ.Paraphrase:

Theburying-groundismerelyahugewasteofhummockyearth,likeaderelictbuilding-lot.(para2)

Allcolonialempiresareinrealityfoundeduponthatfact.(para

3)

TheyriseoutOftheearth,theysweatandstarveforafewyears,

andthentheysinkbackintothenamelessmoundsofthegraveyard(para3)

Acarpentersitscrossleggedata