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Unit3

AHanging1/60

Objectives:-RelatedInformation:Ssfive-minutepresentation-Textcomprehension(p.38)-DiscussioninTextorganizationandideas-Languagepoints2/60

GeorgeOrwell3/60

EricArthurBlair(25June1903?–21January1950),betterknownbyhispennameGeorgeOrwell,wasanEnglishauthor.Hisworkismarkedbyaprofoundconsciousnessofsocialinjustice,anintense,revolutionaryoppositiontototalitarianism(极权主义),apassionforclarityinlanguageandabeliefindemocraticsocialism.4/60

Consideredperhapsthe20thcenturysbestchroniclerofEnglishculture,hewroteworksinmanydifferentgenresincludingnovels,essays,polemicjournalism,semi-sociologicalliterarycriticism,andpoetry.HismostfamousworksareHomagetoCatalonia(1938);hispersonalaccountofhisexperiencesandobservationsintheSpanishCivilWar,thesatiricalnovellaAnimalFarm(1945),thedystopiannovelNineteenEighty-Four(1949),andhisnumerousessays.Orwellsinfluenceonpopularandpoliticalcultureremainsapparent,withnumerousofhisliteraryconcepts,andthetermOrwellianenteringthepopularvernacular.5/60

DeathPenalty6/60

DeathPenalty7/60

EightMainMethodsofExecutionWorldwide1.Beheading:Onlytwocountriesexecutepeoplebychoppingtheirheadoff:SaudiArabiaandIraq.2.?Electricchair:(USonly)Nobodyknowshowquicklyapersondiesfromtheelectricshock,orwhattheyexperience.3.?Firingsquad:Theprisonerisboundandshotthroughtheheartbymultiplemarksmen.ThismethodisusedinBelarus,China,Somolia,Taiwan,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,andothercountries.8/60

4.Guillotine(断头台):AfamousFrenchinvention,notusedinNorthAmerica.Amachinewithaheavyknifeseverstheneck.Deathcomesveryquickly.

5.?Hanging:ifproperlyconducted,thisisahumanemethod.Theneckisbrokenanddeathcomesquickly.ThismethodisusedinEgypt,Iran,Japan,Jordan,Pakistan,Singaporeandothers.

6.Le