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byGeorgeOrwellLessonTwo1GeorgeOrwellGeorgeOrwell2BiographyOrwell'spresscardportrait,takenin1933BornEricArthurBlair

25June1903

Motihari,Bihar,

BritishIndiaDied21January1950

(aged

46)

Camden,

London,EnglandRestingplaceSuttonCourtenay,OxfordshirePennameGeorgeOrwell,JohnFreemanOccupationNovelist,politicalwriterandjournalistNationalityBritishNotablework(s)HomagetoCatalonia

(1938)

AnimalFarm

(1945)

NineteenEighty-Four

(1949)

essaysSpouse(s)EileenO'Shaughnessy(1935–1945,herdeath)

SoniaBrownell

(1949–1950,hisdeath)BiographyOrwell'spresscardp3

GeorgeOrwellwasthepseudonym(笔名）ofEricArthurBlair(1903-50),anEnglishwriterwhoatonetimeservedwiththeIndianImperialPoliceinBurma（缅甸）.HefoughtintheSpanishCivilWar,anexperienceherecordedinHomagetoCatalonia.GeorgeOrwell‘slifeisshort,buthiswithkeeninsightandsharpstyleofwritingsurveyandrecordhislifebytheera,mademanybeyondtheprophecies（预言）oftheera,iscalled“generationthecoldnessofconscience”.

4Works1931《行刑》（AHanging）

1933《巴黎伦敦落魄记（DownAndOutIInParisAndLondon）

1934《在缅甸的日子》（BurmeseDays）

1935《牧师的女儿》（AClergyman’sDaughter）

1936《让叶兰在风中飞舞》（KeepTheAspidistraFlying）

1938《向加泰罗尼亚致敬》（HomagetoCatalonia）

1939《上来透口气》（ComingUpForAir）

1940《鲸鱼之中》（InsidetheWhale）

1941《狮子与独角兽》（TheLionandTheUnicorn:SocialismandtheEnglishGenius）

1945《民族主义的基本特征》（NotesonNationalism）、《动物庄园》（AnimalFarm）

1946《穷人之死》（HowthePoorDie）

1949《甘地的思考》（ReflectionsonGandhi）

1950《猎象》（ShootingAnElephant）《一九八四》（NineteenEighty-Four）Works1931《行刑》（AHangi5高级英语第二册第二课Marrakechppt课件6AnimalFarm(1945)

ApoliticalfableEachanimalrepresentsacertainhumancharacter,meanttocriticizeStalin'ssocialism.AshortnovelthatcriticizestheSovietUnion,oneofEngland‘salliesinWorldWarII.Itisanentertainingstoryaboutanimalsor,onadeeperlevel,asavage（野蛮的，残酷的）attackonthemisuseofpoliticalpower.AnimalFarm(1945)Apoliti7高级英语第二册第二课Marrakechppt课件8

NineteenEighty-Four(1949)

AnEnglishnovelaboutlifeinadictatorship（专政）aslivedbyWinstonSmith.AnintellectualworkerattheMinistryofTruth,andhisdegradation（退化，堕落）

whenherunsafoulof（与····冲突）thetotalitarian(极权主义的

)governmentofOceania(大洋洲),thestateinwhichhelivesintheyearthathepresumes（假定，推测）is1984.NineteenEighty-Fo9GeorgeOrwellthemasterofasuperb（华丽的,宏伟的）lucid(清晰的)prosestyle.anuncompromising（不妥协的，坚定的）individualistandpoliticalidealistfamousforhispoliticalsatires（讽刺诗）Orwellarguedthatwritershaveanobligationoffightingsocialinjustice,oppression（镇压,压迫）andthepoweroftotalitarian(极权主义的

)regimes（政权）.GeorgeOrwellthemasterofas10UniversityColl