A_hanging更新版概要1.ppt

A hanging ---By George orwell Structural Analysis Part 1 (para 1-5) Paragraph 1 Analysis The first paragraph can be served as the first part of the whole narrative story, introduces the setting and the characters of the story and briefly describes the bad living conditions of the condemned men, who lived in small cells, each of which measured about ten feet by ten and were quite bare within. Para1 : In some of them (cells) brown, silent men were squatting at the inner bars, their blankets draped around them. 作者通过平淡、简单的言语叙述了囚犯们的状态，表明死刑只是常事，并不算什么特殊的事。 pictures Paragraph2-3 As the story continues, we are introduced to the first character ：the superintendent of the jail. The description of the superintendent is primarily noteworthy, because of his position from the rest of the group. He is standing a short distance from the rest of audience of the hanging, and seems to symbolize that he has crossed over a bridge of some sort; the hangings are of no consequence to him, just another duty to be performed in the course of his day. summing up of Paragraph 4 Para. 4 briefly describes Francis, the head jailer, and presents his response to the question uttered by the superintendent . Key words and phrases Burma: [‘b?:m?] n. 缅甸（东南亚国家） sodden: [‘s?d?n] adj. 浸透的；浑身湿透的；浸过酒的 vt. 使浸透；使迷糊 squatting: [skw?ti?] n. [水运] 航行尾倾 v. 蹲；坐落于（squat的ing形式） handcuff : [h?n(d)k?f] n. 手铐；思想上的桎梏 prod [pr?d] n. 刺针；刺棒；签子, vt. 刺，戳；刺 vi. 刺；捅 Thin air 空气稀薄 Rhetorical? devices It was in Burma, a sodden morning of the rains. --Transferred Epithet We were waiting outside the condemned cells, a row of sheds fronted with double bars, like small animal cages. --- Simile They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip ---- Oxymoron矛盾修此法 . It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water. --- An