1、,Marrakech by George Orwell,I. Background Knowledge,1.About the author: George Orwell,George Orwell was the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-50), an English writer who at one time served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, an experience he recorded in Ho

2、mage to Catalonia. His novels include Down and Out in Paris and London (describing a period of poverty in these cities); Burmese Days; Coming up for Air; A Clergyman s Daughter; Keep the Aspidistra Flying; Animal Farm; and 1984. The last two novels vilify (誹謗,中傷 ) socialist society and communism. Am

3、ong his well known essays are: Shooting an Elephant; A Hanging; Marrakech; and Politics and the English Language.,Orwell is best remembered today for two of his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four,2. Morocco,a. Located in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean b. About

4、 2000 B.C. settled by Berber tribes, then invaded by Arabs in the 7th century, bringing with them Islam. c. In 1912, a Franco-Spanish agreement divided Morocco into 4 administrative zones-French Morocco, Spanish protectorate (保護(hù)國(guó)) , a southern protectorate and an international zone .,National flag o

5、f Morocco,Marrakech (馬拉喀什 ),Marrakech/Marrakesh (馬拉喀什 ) Location: At the center of west Morocco, at the Northern foot of the high Atlas. 130 miles south of Casablanca, the chief seaport. -It is the principal commercial center of Morocco. -It has extremely hot summers but mild winters. -Renowned for

6、leather goods - the old city is like a labyrinth (迷宮 ) full of crooked, deadened streets.,Marrakech,Marrakech is not only a fantastic city, it is also a symbol of the Morocco that once was, and which still survives here. The streets of the old and pink city have been too narrow to allow the introduction of cars, and tourists searching for the real Morocc