Arthur Hailey
高级英语 Blackmail
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Lesson 3
Blackmail
Book 1 Arthur Hailey
本单元作者：颜静兰 陈彦会
外语教学与研究出版社 FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS
plot lines which take place over five days. The text about the Duke and Duchess of Croydon is one of such plot lines taking place in the hotel.
Ⅰ. Text Analysis
2. Which aspects are revealed of the American social life in this excerpt?
3. In what way would you like to continue the story?
Ⅳ. Learning Objectives
1. To know the 3rd-person narrative technique. 2. To be acquainted with some literary terms. 3. To learn to use words to describe crimes. 4. To appreciate the language features. 5. To learn to write a story about dirty deals.
Contents
?Part One: Warm-up ?Part Two: Background Information ?Part Three: Text Appreciation ?Part Four: Language Study ?Part Five: Extension
高级英语第三单元blackmail
About the Author (4-4)
Last Days
Arthur Hailey died in his sleep at Lyford Cay where he and his wife had made their home in Nassau. He died on Wednesday 24th November. Mr. Hailey was 84 and had been suffering from dementia for about three years. He had had a stroke about two months ago, and it appears that he suffered another stroke in his sleep. His wife Sheila pronounced herself satisfied with the way he lived his life. He was married to his wife Shelia for over 50 years. When they moved to The Bahamas in the 1970s, the couple was the toast of the town. Mrs. Hailey told that her husband was not a religious man and that there would be no funeral.
Arthur Hailey holds The Moneychangers
About the Author (3-4)
Arthur and Sheila
"It’s not been easy," Sheila confides, "but our life together has never been dull." Says Arthur: "We have very disparate talents; we fill in each other’s blanks." For the first 14 years of their marriage, the Haileys lived in Toronto and they both, to this day, retain Canadian and British citizenship. Then, on a research trip to California for his novel Airport he found himself in the beautiful Napa Valley and, impulsively, decided this is where the Hailey family should live. He bought a hillside lot within 24 hours of his arrival, then wired Sheila the good news.
高级英语第一册Unit6_Blackmail2PPT课件
Rich people are poor people with money.
Money is the best lawyer. 金钱是最出色的律师。
Money has no smell. 金钱无所谓香臭。
Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience and truth may be drowned.
In 1956 Arthur Hailey scored 赢得[书面] his first writing success with a TV drama, Flight into Danger, 《险中行》which became a motion picture and a novel, Runway Zero-Eight (1958). 《08跑道》
误。
Seven deadly sins in Christianity基督教的七宗罪
那么多宗教，整齐划一地将耐心视为高风亮 节，比如基督教，抗拒七宗罪的诱惑，需要 七大美德的守护，而耐心就在其列。
Pride is a braggart. 骄傲 Lechery is a villain. 好色 Envy is a fellow. 嫉妒 Wrath is a cook. 狂怒 Avarice is a heartless usurer. 贪婪 Sloth is a lazy person. 懒惰 Glutton is a drunkard. 饕餮， 贪食
金钱有如无底的大海，可以淹 没人格、良心和真理。
Money answers all things. Money begets (breeds, gets, draws)
Unit_6_Blackmail
• Some Features of Hailey‟s Writings
• Each of his novels is set in a different industry or commercial environment and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, all of the information about the way that particular environment functions, and how it affects both the society and the people in it. • Stories of U.S.A. (1965-1969) • Be serious about popular literature, three years per book. • Arthur Hailey, who has died at his home in the Bahamas aged 84, was one of the most commercially successful authors of all time, producing 12 books which sold more than 170 million copies, were translated into some 40 languages, and brought him tens of millions of dollars. Most of his books have been made into films and Hotel was made into a long-running television series. Hailey's fiction was not of the sort that inspired doctoral theses. • Multi-character/event/climax, yet fixed time/location.
高英unit6教案
高英unit6教案Unit 6 BlackmailI. Teaching objectives:This unit aims to help students1. Familiarize with the British/Canadian novelist Arthur Hailey and his writing;2. recognize fiction narrative and its major elements3. enjoy fiction by acting outII. About the authorA. Arthur Hailey (1920-2004)British/Canadian novelistBorn in Luton, Bedfordshire, EnglandServed in the Royal Air Force (1939-1947)1947, moved to Canada1956, became a full-time writer1965-1969, lived in California1969, moved to the Bahamas to avoid American and Canadian income taxes, which t were claiming 90% if his income.B. His novels:Runaway Zero-Eight (1958)- in-flight medical emergency;The Final Diagnosis(1959) - hospital politics as seen from the pathology department;In High Places (1960) - Cold War Era politics in North America ? Hotel (1965) - hotelsAirport (1968) - airport politicsWheels (1971) - automobile industryThe Moneychangers (1975) - banksOverload (1979) - power crisis in CaliforniaStrong Medicine (1984) - pharmaceutical industryThe Evening News (1990) - newscastersDetective (1997) - investigation politicsC. Characteristics of his writingHe would spend about one year researching a subject, followed by six months reviewing his notes and, finally, about 18 months writing the book.Each of his novels has a d ifferent industrial or commercial setting and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, carefully researched information about the way that particular environments and systems function and how these affect society and its inhabitants. ? Man y of his books have reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and more than 170 million copies have been sold worldwide in 40 languages.Many have been made into movies and Hotel was made into a long-running television series. Airport became a blockbuster movie with stunning visual effects.III. A detailed study of the text:1. the chief house officer., Ogilvie, who had declared he would…took twice that time:The chief house officer. Ogilvie, gave the Croydons a mysterious telephone call telling them he would pay them a visit an hour later, but actually he appeared at their suite two hours later.1) chief house officer: Hotels in the U.S.employ detectives to take care of hotel security, called …house dicks?, dignified appellation—house officer.2) Suite: a set of rooms. A suite in a hotel is usually expensive. The suite the Croydons are staying in is St. Gregory Hotel?s largest and most elaborate, called the Presidential Suite, whichhas housed, according to the book, a succession of distinguished guests, including visiting presidents and royalty.3) Cryptic telephone call: The message over the phone was brief and with mysterious implications.4) Actually took twice that time: He was slow in coming because he wanted to create the impression that he was a busy and important man and to keep the Croydons on tenterhooks.2. the Duke: (in Britain) a nobleman , whose rank is just below that of a prince. Below the duke are the marquis, earl, viscount and baron.3. the Duchess: wife or widow of a duke, or a woman with a rank equal to that of a duke4. the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed: The nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were worn out by the long wait, were over-strained. Both the Duke and Duchess were extremely nervous. More examples with the word fray: Clothes frayed at the neck, knees, etc.Frayed cuffs, button-holes, etc.Tempers become frayed.5. the muted buzzer: muted to render the noise of the bell less harsh and strident6. she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand: They sent her out to get her out of the way; the …errand? being just an excuse, a trip which was not necessary. Obviously the talk between Ogilvie and the Croydons had to be kept a secret.7. the moon-faced made secretary: the use of male before secretary is to avoid possibility of the reader?s assuming otherwise, for commonly in the U.S. secretaryship is the female profession.Note: male nurse, man servant, but woman doctors, womanpilot. …Moon-faced? means having a round face. The young man?s appearance is in keeping with his timid character(fear of pet animals).8. cruelly instructed: …cruel? because they knew the secretary was terrified of dogs. They could easily have found some other errand for him.9. to exercise the Bedlington terriers: to walk the dogs, to take thedogs out and give them some exercise. The Bedlington terrier is a breed of blue or liver-coloured, woolly-coated, active, typically small dogs, the terriers are a status symbol showing that the Duchess is no ordinary dog owner. And the fact that they can keep dogs in a hotel suite proves they are very important people.10. Her own tension was not lessened … : Ogil vie had telephoned to say that he would be at the suite in an hour. The Duchess made arrangement for the maid and the secretary to be away when he called. But he was an hour late, and the maid and the secretary might return at any moment. The Duchess knew this and it made her nervous.11.A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in: to smokea cigar in the presence of a lady without asking for permission is impolite and being familiar. He comes into the room smoking his cigar. Ogilvie is a coarse, vulgar, and uneducated fellow and because he thinks he has the Croydons under his thumb he doesn?t give a damn to what they may think or feel. The Duchess …looked pointedly?, that is, directly and sharply at the cigar, trying to intimidate him with her superior social position.12.Would you kindly put that out: a period instead of a question mark, indicating it is said in a falling tone, meant to be a command, not a politerequest13.piggy eyes: small, narrow eyes lost in the mass of flesh. Ogilvie is one of the …ba d guys? in this novel. He has piggy eyes, a gross jowled face, an obese body, speaks in falsetto, is vulgar, unscrupulous, ill-mannered, to the point of throwing his cigar on the carpet. Some examples with the word pig:Don?t be a pig (Don?t be greedy.)He is a pig. (He is a dirty, greedy or ill-mannered person.)I?ve made a pig of myself. (I?ve eaten too much.)14. surveyed her sardonically: He looked her up and down scornfully because he had evidence of their crime up his sleeve and felt sure that in a moment he would be able to humble her and bring her to her knees. Note the different meanings of the following words:sardonic: being scornful, cynicalsarcastic: intending to hurt the feelings, to inflict pain by deriding, tauntingsatirical: intending to make a person or thing appear foolish or absurdironical: a humorous or sarcastic form of expression in which the intended meaning of what is said is directly opposite to the usual sense.15.to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room: His glance passes swiftly over the big, excellently furnished and arranged room.16.who faced them uncertainly: Besides having a weak character, the Duke is over fond of liquor and other men?s wives ,and so is submissive to the Duchess, herself a woman of strong character, a known public figure and cousin of the queen . After the road accident , it was the Duchess who mastermindedthe cover-up and the Duke wasn?t quite sure of what to say to Ogilvie or what to do ,he was afraid of messing things up.17.“Pretty neat set-up you folks got: Ogilvie?s language is ungrammatical, vulgar and slangy, Neat is slangy, meaning nice, fine; a general term of approval. Set-up, a noun, meaning arrangement of furniture, etc. A better educated person might say: “ This is a pretty nice room that you have got.”For Ogilvie?s ungrammatical lan guage, see Note 4 to the text.Here are some more examples from the text:Whether they got fancy titles neither—whether they had fancy title or notI seen you come in —I saw you come inThe kid and the woman was hit —were hit…f she?d have drove—if she had driven, etc.18.an ornamental fireplace: a fake one, not for use. It is there to add to the décor of the suite.cf. an ornamented fireplace: a highly decorated one19.He missed: His cigar butt did not fall inside the fireplace as he had intended it to .20.I imagine you did not come here to discuss décor:I suppose you did not come here merely to discuss the arrangement ofthe furniture and other decorations of this suite. What she meant was “Speak your mind. Don?t waste time.” She purposel y used the word décor, imagining Ogilvie would be awed. Unlike Ogilvie, the Duchess always speaks the Queen?s English, using strictly grammatical structures and choosing her words carefully, sometimes to the extent of being pompous.21.an appreciative chuckle: mainly self appreciative. When ahotel employee goes to a guest?s room, usually he goes there on business and no familiarity is allowed. But here Ogilvie was enjoying the fact that he could afford to do whatever he liked. He loved being in a position of temporary supremacy. Also he appreciated the fact that the Duchess was no fool. She knew why he had come.22.He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice:He had an unnaturally high-pitched voice. When he spoke now, he lowered the pitch.incongruous: this falsetto voice sounded funny coming froma thickset man like Ogilvie.23.Jaguar: a brand of very expensive British made sports car.24.“Aah”: Now the Duke knew what the man was there for. The sound escaping his lips showed that the Duke was startled and perhaps a bit relieved that things had now come out into the open.25.a warning glance: The Duke had made a blunder the night before by mentioning the car in front of the hotel?s assistant general manager when his wife was trying hard to establish something of an alibi. Now the wife was warning him not to blunder again.26.“ In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”:I can hardly imagine how our car could in any way concern you. Why are you so interested in our car?27.“Who else is in this place?”: first indication that he did not come with an honest purpose, for why should he desire secrecy28.It was the Duke who answered: the Duke realized that Ogilvie had found them out as soon as he heard that the latter was coming to talk to them. He didn?t think what the Duchesshad done or would do could improve the situation. So he was eager to cooperate with Ogilvie.29.We sent them out: another blunder, as good as admitting that they knew what Ogilvie had come for and that they had things to hide.30.it pays to check: to be profitable or worthwhile to check. Otherexamples: 1)It pays to think before you speak.2) It?ll pay to keep a diary in English.31.surprising speed: surprising because you wouldn?t expecta fat man lik e him to move quickly32.“Now then”: used to call attention or to express a warning or protest33.“You two was in that hit-…n-run”: you two are guilty of that hit-and-run accident. Hit-and-run is usually used to describe a driver who flees from the scene of an accident in which he is involved.34.She met his eyes directly: to pretend that she was innocent of what he accused her of and therefore dared to take up the challenge35.“ This is for real.”: I?m not joking. This is something serious.For real:(slang) meaning real, really36.bit off the end : In order to light up a fresh cigar one end of it has to be clipped. Coarse people like Ogilvie just bit it off.37.“There?s been plenty on radio, too.”: there have been a lot of reports about the accident on the radio, too.38.Two high points of colour: the Duchess? cheeks flushed, not evenly, but around the cheek bones. She was upset and a bit scared. But at the moment she was pretending indignation.39.cut it out: (colloquial) to stop what she was doing, i.e. pretending they were innocent40.The words spat forth: According to grammar, it should be:” the words were spat forth”, or “Ogilved spat out the words”. Perhaps the author here wants to make it more dramatic by having “the words” following right a fter what he had just said, instead of saying” he spat our the words”. Also, “the words spat forth” is more forceful and vivid than” the words were spat forth41.all pretense of blandness gone: nominative absolute construction with a noun phrase plus a past participle. Ogilvie threw away his pretended politeness.Some other examples of the same construction from the text: his eyes sardonically on the Duchess( n.+prepositional phrase)you driving (pron.+ present participle)her poise for the moment recovered(n.+pastparticiple)42.Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary?s nose: he knew that the Duchess was the stronger character of the two and it was she that he had to deal with, do she was his enemy.43.your high-an?-mightiness: high had mighty: very proud,(the correct way to address a Duke or a Duchess is “ your Grace”). Ogilvie addressed her this way in imitation of “your Highness”, to mock her haughty attitude.44.burnin?mad: burning mad; very angry45.high-tailed it: (colloquial) leave in a hurry, scurry off46.they?ll throw the book, and never mind who it hits: they?ll deal out the maximum in punishment , to apply the full force ofthe law and they will not care who will be punished in the case. To throw the book is an idiom, in which the word book means the law book. It refers to the book. Here Ogilved follows the metaphor through.47.if I do what by rights I should, … you?ll hardly see ?em: ifI do what I should do in justice(that is , to report what I know to police headquarters), a group of policemen will come over here very fast, so fast that you wouldn?t be able to see them moving.48.so?s: so as , so that49.?f you want it the other way: if you refuse to tell me the truth and prefer to have the law to interfere50.The Duchess of Croydon—three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her—did not yield easily: The Duchess was supported byher arrogance coming from parents of noble families who belonged to the nobility for more than three hundred years. So she did not give in easily.51.she faced the grossness of house detective squarely: She stood up boldly and rebuked the coarse vulgarity of the house detective.52.blackguard: scoundrel, villain53.flickered: wavered54.It?s no go, old girl. It was a good try.”: It?s no use. What you did just now was a good attempt at trying to save the situation. Here the phrase no go is a colloquialism, meaning not possible; without use or value. Old girl is an informal way of addressing one?s wife.55.“ That?s more like it. “: said when a second thing said by the other person sounds more acceptable, plausible, or less objectionable than the first one56.“ Now we?re getting somewhere.”: Now we?re making some progress, accomplishing something57.“ I?ll spell it out.”: I?ll tell yo u frankly and in detail.58.The house detective took his time: It is the second time that Ogilvie has done so , both times to make the impact of what he is going to say on the Croydons even stronger.59.as if challenging her objection: as if openly daring her to object to his smoking a cigar, as she had done earlier; as if he wanted to see if the Duchess dared to object to his smoking.60.But beyond wrinkling her nose I distaste, she made no comment: She only wrinkled her nose to show her dislike for the offending cigar smell, but did not rebuke him.61.Lindy?s Place: a gambling joint, a gambling nightclub, a casino62.Irish Bayou: bayou[′beiu:] a French word ,a marsh. New Orleans was colonized by the French, so a lot of places there have French names.63.fancy Jaguar: Fancy here means expensive and superior model(car).64.leastways, I guess you?ll call her that if you?re not too fussy: I guess if you are not too particular about what words to use, at least you?d call heryour lady friend. Here Ogilvie is trying to get at him. It?s more than obvious that he was not really with a friend, but a high class whore.65.As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess: Ogilvie is rubbing it in ,enjoying himself over the wounded pride of an arrogant wife.66.The way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables then lost it at the bar: From what I hear, you won a hundred dollars ingambling and then spent the money drinking.67.You were into a second hundred-with a real swinging party: You were beginning to spend another hundred dollars of your own( the hundred won in gambling had already been spent) to treat a merry and lively party.68.There ain?t m uch out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do,I don?t get to hear about: If anybody who stays in this hotel does anything wrong, improper or unusual, I always get to know about it. There isn?t much that can escape me.Out of the way: improper, wrong, unusual69.I suppose it doesn?t matter: You already know so much, I might as welltell you this, it won?t make much difference now.70.clucked his tongue reprovingly: He made noises with his tongue to show his disapproval. How can you be so careless! The expoliceman was playacting, gloating over their misfortune.71.took off home: left for home72.the way things turned out : judging from what happened later73.Explains that one: This fact explains why you were driving in your sodden state: driving when you were drunk.74.lickered up : liquored up, drunkCompare:liquor: an alcoholic drink, esp. one made by distillation, as whiskey or rum(neat whiskey)wine: mainly grape wine(sweet or dry wine)。
高级英语第一册Blackmail的赏析
BlackmailAbout the author.This novel is written by Arthur Hailey.He is a bestsellers novelist. Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Hailey served in the Royal Air Force from the start of World War II during 1939 until 1947, when hewent to live in Canada. Hailey's last novel, Detective(1997), is a mystery told from the perspective of a Miami homicide detective. This detective also happens to be a former Catholic priest who has lost his religion; the work deals with themes of religion and questions the Catholic Church. Hailey told the Walden Book Report that his aim in writing this book was to share his own thoughts about religion without "mak[ing] it a lecture." He says that he lost his own faith whileserving in Cyprus during World War II, and that since ex-priests have many occupations he might as well give his protagonist an excitingone.After working at a number of jobs and writing part-time, he became a writer full-time during 1956.Following the success of Hotel during 1965, he moved to California; in 1969, he moved to the Bahamas to avoid Canadian and U.S. income taxes, which were claiming 90% of hisincome.His best sellers include:Hotel,Airport,Wheels,The Final Diagnosis and The Moneychangers.About the best sellers of authorEach of his novels has a different industrial or commercial setting and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, carefully researched information about the way that particular environment and system functions and how these affect society and its inhabitants.Critics often dismissed Hailey's success as the result of a formulaic "potboilera" style, in which he caused an ordinary character to become involved in a crisis, then increased the suspense by switching among multiple related plot lines. However, he was so popular with readers that his books were almost guaranteed to become best-sellers.He would spend about one year researching a subject, followed bysix months reviewing his notes and, finally, about 18 months writing the book. That aggressive research—tracking rebel guerrillas in the Peruvian jungle at age 67 for The Evening News(1990), or reading 27 books on the hotel industry for Hotel—gave his novels a realism that appealed to readers, even as some critics complained that he used it to disguise a lack of literary talent.Many of his books reached 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and more than 170 million copies have been sold worldwide in 40 languages. Many have been made into movies and Hotel was made into a long-running television series.Airport becamea successful film with dramatic visual effects.About the background.The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.The text is only a part of the nove,Hotel.We can see three main characters in this text.O gilvie: chief house officer.the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States.the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke.This kind of novels are called thrillers. Generally defining, a thriller is a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure or suspense. Others can be called cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement. Very often this kind of novels contain a lotof action, usu. suspension, not very much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.The basic technique is to make the whole story of crime into sth. like a jigsaw puzzle. You can not see the outcome until the final partis put in.About the plot.Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott is trying every means he could to save it.Several events happened duringthe week with the present text as part of it.The Duke ofCroydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel. Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him. On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both killed.Ogilvie found the crime and blackmailed the Duke and the Duchess.He managed to make the Duke and the Duchess believe that he would bring the crime to light if his demand was not satisfied.The Duchess came up with a good idea in order to avoid punishment.She would like Ogilvie drive the car away from the city.Inthe end,the couple paid Ogilvie money and the dirty deal was done.And then,At one o'clock Thursday morning, Ogilvie drove the car north. Buthe was seen leaving the hotel by McDermott. Later in the afternoon,McDermott witnessed the funeral of the two victims of the accident. He suddenly realized the relation between these two events and contacted police.Ogilvie was caught in Tennessee and sent back to New Orleans. The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give himself up). But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground and died instantly.Anyway, the novel had a pleasant ending.One of the guests, who looked old and sick, turned out to be a millionaire. Earlier he was seriously ill and was saved by McDermott and his girl friend. To show his gratitude and to repay the hotel staffs' kindness, he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.About the structure.The novel is writed by the order of time.We can see the prelude,the process of unveiling the crime and the dirty deal. I think this novel can be devided into four parts. Parts 1,from the chief house officer to “In what way conceivable way”.Three main characters stepped into the stage and we can feel the tension of the atmosphere.Ogilvie acted in a vugal and uncouth way and showed contempt to the Duke and the Duchess. And the Duchess, although nervours,are still brash and thrusting.The part one provided characters and suspense for us.Why did Ogilvie act so rudely to the the Duke and the Duchess?Part 2, from As if the question from to p96 The Duke licked his lips.In this part, Ogilvie exposed the truth of car accident and the Duke admitted the crumbled was him .Andthe brash expression of Duke and the Duchess was faded away.They were feared and weak .Ogilvie became more proud and ruder.Part 3,from You might have something there to I reckon that’s so.In this part ,Ogilvie disclosed more hidenthing in the accident and revealed the evidence he knew and tried to confirm all the detailed. The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand.And then,The Croydons realized that they were convicted of the crime. The conviction was undeniable.Part 4,from Today was Tuesday to the end.The Duchess eliminated the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans and found no possibility.So she agreed to pay Ogilvie and let him drive the car away. The dirty deal reached.About the details.I found some interesting details in the text. The novel is colourful and impressive beacause these details.Details 1, the cigar of Ogilvie.The cigar is mentioned five times in this text and the number of the descriptions of the conflict about putting out the cigar between the Duchess and Ogilvie are three.The cigar is a imorpant prop of Ogilvie.Sometimes it was waved violently, indicting the anger and excitment of the master.At the beginning of the text,A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. ThisAbout the conflict about putting out the cigar,we can see the converstionbelow.the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth.“My husband and I find strong smoke offensive.Would you kindl y put that out.”Proper polite,but firm and proud.Although the Duchess was nervours,she still kept the nobleclass.She didn’t know what happened.However, when Ogilvie unveiled the crime , we can dramaly see: The house detective took histime,leisurely puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke,his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection.But beyond wrinkling her nose in distance, she made no comment.This is a contrast, which show the change of the attitude of the Duchess. She had the handle in hand of Ogilvie.So she chose silence and beared the impolite behaviour.And Ogilvie was smoking leisurely all the time after that.When the Duchess agreed to pay Ogilvie money ,the situation bagan to change.At length Ogivie spoke,This cigar botherin’you,Duchess?”As she nodded,he put it out.Ogilvie got the promise that he can get dollars,so his attitude towards the Duchess changed.He became the slave of money.Detail 2,the change of Ogilvie’s eye in the end of the text.Eyes bored into him. The house detetive’s eyes bulged. His beady eyes,as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own.The description go forward one by one,implying the greedy and surprising of the detetive.About the writing techniqueIn order to depict Ogilvie, the author added manyinformal,ugrammatical and slangy language into the conversitions of Ogilvie.For example,Th is cigar botherin’you ,Duchess?,gotta,shulda,etc.so we can infer that Ogilvie is uneducated .Besides ,the author use a lot of physical descriptions to Ogilvie an d he emphasize his eyes.The house detective’s eyes .the piggy eyes blinked.Compared to the Duch, the Duchess is more acttrctive and impressive.In the text ,the autor use two long paragraphs psychological description to depict the careful calculation and strict budgeting of the Duchess. It seems that she faced Ogilvie by her own.About the rhetoricMetaphor:...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed...his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.The words spat forth with sudden savagery.Her tone ...withered......self-assurance...flickered...The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind.Her voice was a whiplash.eyes bored into himI’ll spell it out.Euphemism:...and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:won 100 at the tableslost it at the barthey'll throw the book,...Onomatopoeia: appreciative chuckle clucked his tongue。
blackmail 解析
I. Teaching objectives:This unit aims to help students1.Familiarize with the British/Canadian novelist Arthur Hailey and hiswriting;2.recognize fiction narrative and its major elements3.enjoy fiction by acting outII. About the authorA. Arthur Hailey (1920-2004)•British/Canadian novelist•Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England•Served in the Royal Air Force (1939-1947)•1947, moved to Canada•1956, became a full-time writer•1965-1969, lived in California•1969, moved to the Bahamas to avoid American and Canadian income taxes, which t were claiming 90% if his income.B. His novels:•Runaway Zero-Eight (1958)- in-flight medical emergency;•The Final Diagnosis(1959) - hospital politics as seen from the pathology department;•In High Places (1960) - Cold War Era politics in North America•Hotel (1965) - hotels•Airport (1968) - airport politics•Wheels (1971) - automobile industry•The Moneychangers (1975) - banks•Overload (1979) - power crisis in California•Strong Medicine (1984) - pharmaceutical industry•The Evening News (1990) - newscasters•Detective (1997) - investigation politics•C. Characteristics of his writing•He would spend about one year researching a subject, followed by six months reviewing his notes and, finally, about 18 months writing the book.•Each of his novels has a different industrial or commercial setting and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, carefully researched information about the way that particular environments and systems function and how these affect society and itsinhabitants.•Many of his books have reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and more than 170 million copies have been sold worldwide in40 languages.•Many have been made into movies and Hotel was made into a long-running television series. Airport became a blockbuster movie with stunning visual effects.III. A detailed study of the text:1. the chief house officer., Ogilvie, who had declared he would…took twice that time:The chief house officer. Ogilvie, gave the Croydons a mysterious telephone call telling them he would pay them a visit an hour later, but actually he appeared at their suite two hours later.1) chief house officer: Hotels in the U.S.employ detectives to takecare of hotel security, called ‘house dicks’, dignifiedappellation—house officer.2) Suite: a set of rooms. A suite in a hotel is usually expensive.The suite the Croydons are staying in is St. Gregory Hotel’s largest and most elaborate, called the Presidential Suite, which has housed, according to the book, a succession of distinguished guests, including visiting presidents and royalty.3) Cryptic telephone call: The message over the phone was briefand with mysterious implications.4) Actually took twice that time: He was slow in coming because hewanted to create the impression that he was a busy and important man and to keep the Croydons on tenterhooks.2. the Duke: (in Britain) a nobleman , whose rank is just below that of a prince. Below the duke are the marquis, earl, viscount and baron.3. the Duchess: wife or widow of a duke, or a woman with a rank equal to that of a duke4. the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed: The nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were worn out by the long wait, were over-strained. Both the Duke and Duchess were extremely nervous. More examples with the word fray:Clothes frayed at the neck, knees, etc.Frayed cuffs, button-holes, etc.Tempers become frayed.5. the muted buzzer:muted to render the noise of the bell less harsh and strident6. she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand: They sent her out to get her out of the way; the ‘errand’ being just an excuse, a trip which was not necessary. Obviously the talk between Ogilvie and the Croydons had to be kept a secret.7. the moon-faced made secretary: the use of male before secretary is to avoid possibility of the reader’s assuming otherwise, for commonly in the U.S. secretaryship is the female profession.Note: male nurse, man servant, but wom an doctors, woman pilot. ‘Moon-faced’ means having a round face. The young man’s appearance is in keeping with his timid character(fear of pet animals).8. cruelly instructed: ‘cruel’ because they knew the secretary was terrified of dogs. They could easily have found some other errand for him.9. to exercise the Bedlington terriers: to walk the dogs, to take the dogs out and give them some exercise. The Bedlington terrier is a breed of blue or liver-coloured, woolly-coated, active, typically small dogs, the terriers are a status symbol showing that the Duchess is no ordinary dog owner. And the fact that they can keep dogs in a hotel suite proves they are very important people.10. Her own tension was not lessened … : Ogilvie had telephoned to say that he would be at the suite in an hour. The Duchess made arrangement for the maid and the secretary to be away when he called. But he was an hour late, and the maid and the secretary might return at any moment. The Duchess knew this and it made her nervous.11.A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in: to smoke a cigar in thepresence of a lady without asking for permission is impolite and being familiar. He comes into the room smoking his cigar. Ogilvie is a coarse, vulgar, and uneducated fellow and because he thinks he has the Croydons under his thumb he doesn’t give a damn to what they may think or feel.The Duchess ‘looked pointedly’, that is, directly and sharply at the cigar, trying to intimidate him with her superior social position.12.Would you kindly put that out: a period instead of a question mark,indicating it is said in a falling tone, meant to be a command, nota polite request13.piggy eyes: small, narrow eyes lost in the mass of flesh. Ogilvie isone of the ‘bad guys’ in this novel. He has pig gy eyes, a gross jowled face, an obese body, speaks in falsetto, is vulgar, unscrupulous, ill-mannered, to the point of throwing his cigar on the carpet. Some examples with the word pig:Don’t be a pig (Don’t be greedy.)He is a pig. (He is a dirty, greedy or ill-mannered person.)I’ve made a pig of myself. (I’ve eaten too much.)14. surveyed her sardonically: He looked her up and down scornfullybecause he had evidence of their crime up his sleeve and felt sure that in a moment he would be able to humble her and bring her to her knees.Note the different meanings of the following words:sardonic: being scornful, cynicalsarcastic: intending to hurt the feelings, to inflict pain by deriding, tauntingsatirical: intending to make a person or thing appear foolish or absurdironical: a humorous or sarcastic form of expression in which the intended meaning of what is said is directly opposite to the usual sense.15.to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room:His glance passes swiftlyover the big, excellently furnished and arranged room.16.who faced them uncertainly:Besides having a weak character, the Dukeis over fond of liquor and other men’s wives ,and so is submissive to the Duchess, herself a woman of strong character, a known public figure and cousin of the queen . After the road accident , it was the Duchess who masterminded the cover-up and the Duke wasn’t quite sure of what to say to Ogilvie or what to do ,he was afraid of messing things up.17.“Pretty neat set-up you folks got: Ogilvie’s la nguage isungrammatical, vulgar and slangy, Neat is slangy, meaning nice, fine;a general term of approval. Set-up, a noun, meaning arrangement offurniture, etc. A better educated person might say: “ This is a pretty nice room that you have got.”For O gilvie’s ungrammatical language, see Note 4 to the text.Here are some more examples from the text:Whether they got fancy titles neither—whether they had fancy title or notI seen you come in —I saw you come inThe kid and the woman was hit —were hit‘f she’d have drove—if she had driven, etc.18.an ornamental fireplace: a fake one, not for use. It is there to add to the décor of the suite.cf. an ornamented fireplace: a highly decorated one19.He missed: His cigar butt did not fall inside the fireplace as he hadintended it to .20.I imagine you did not come here to discuss décor:I suppose you did not come here merely to discuss the arrangement ofthe furniture and other decorations of this suite. What she meant was “Speak your mind. Don’t waste time.” She purposely used the word décor, imagining Ogilvie would be awed. Unlike Ogilvie, the Duchess always speaks the Queen’s English, using strictly grammaticalstructures and choosing her words carefully, sometimes to the extent of being pompous.21.an appreciative chuckle: mainly self appreciative. When a hotelemployee goes to a guest’s room, usually he goes there on business and no familiarity is allowed. But here Ogilvie was enjoying the factthat he could afford to do whatever he liked. He loved being in a position of temporary supremacy. Also he appreciated the fact that the Duchess was no fool. She knew why he had come.22.He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice:He had an unnaturally high-pitched voice. When he spoke now, he lowered the pitch.incongruous: this falsetto voice sounded funny coming from a thickset man like Ogilvie.23.Jaguar: a brand of very expensive British made sports car.24.“Aah”: Now the Duke knew what the man was there for. The soundescaping his lips showed that the Duke was startled and perhaps a bit relieved that things had now come out into the open.25.a warning glance: The Duke had made a blunder the night before bymentioning the car in front of the hotel’s assistant general manager when his wife was trying hard to establish something of an alibi. Now the wife was warning him not to blunder again.26.“ In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”: I can hardlyimagine how our car could in any way concern you. Why are you so interested in our car?27.“Who else is in this place?”: first indication that he did not comewith an honest purpose, for why should he desire secrecy28.It was the Duke who answered:the Duke realized that Ogilvie had foundthem out as soon as he heard that the latter was coming to talk to them.He didn’t think what the Duchess had done or would do could improve the situation. So he was eager to cooperate with Ogilvie.29.We sent them out:another blunder, as good as admitting that they knewwhat Ogilvie had come for and that they had things to hide.30.it pays to check: to be profitable or worthwhile to check. Otherexamples: 1)It pays to think before you speak.2) It’ll pay to keep a diary in English.31.surprising speed:surprising because you wouldn’t expect a fat manlike him to move quickly32.“Now then”:used to call attention or to express a warning or protest33.“You two was in that hit-‘n-run”: you two are guilty of thathit-and-run accident. Hit-and-run is usually used to describe a driver who flees from the scene of an accident in which he is involved.34.She met his eyes directly: to pretend that she was innocent of whathe accused her of and therefore dared to take up the challenge35.“ This is for real.”:I’m not joking. This is something serious.For real:(slang) meaning real, really36.bit off the end : In order to light up a fresh cigar one end of it hasto be clipped. Coarse people like Ogilvie just bit it off.37.“There’s been plenty on radio, too.”: there have been a lot ofreports about the accident on the radio, too.38.Two high points of colour:the Duchess’ cheeks flushed, not evenly,but around the cheek bones. She was upset and a bit scared. But at the moment she was pretending indignation.39.cut it out: (colloquial) to stop what she was doing, i.e. pretendingthey were innocent40.The words spat forth: According to grammar, it should be:” the wordswere spat forth”, or “Ogilved spat out the words”. Perhaps the author here wants to make it more dramatic by having “the words”following right after wh at he had just said, instead of saying” he spat our the words”. Also, “the words spat forth” is more forceful and vivid than” the words were spat forth.”41.all pretense of blandness gone: nominative absolute construction with a noun phrase plus a past participle. Ogilvie threw away his pretended politeness.Some other examples of the same construction from the text:his eyes sardonically on the Duchess( n.+prepositional phrase)you driving (pron.+ present participle)her poise for the moment recovered(n.+pastparticiple)42.Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under hisadversary’s nose: he knew that the Duchess was the stronger character of the two and it was she that he had to deal with, do she was his enemy.43.your high-an’-mightiness: high had mighty: very proud,(the correctway to address a Duke or a Duchess is “ your Grace”). Ogilvie addressed her this way in imitation of “your Highness”, to mock her haughty attitude.44.burnin’mad: burning mad; very angry45.high-tailed it: (colloquial) leave in a hurry, scurry off46.they’ll throw the book, and never mind who it hits:they’ll dealout the maximum in punishment , to apply the full force of the law and they will not care who will be punished in the case. To throw the book is an idiom, in which the word book means the law book. It refers to the book. Here Ogilved follows the metaphor through.47.if I do what by rights I should, … you’ll hardly see ’em: if I dowhat I should do in justice(that is , to report what I know to police headquarters), a group of policemen will come over here very fast, so fast that you wouldn’t be able to see them moving.48.so’s: so as , so that49.’f you want it the other way: if you refuse to tell me the truth andprefer to have the law to interfere50.The Duchess of Croydon—three centuries and a half of inbred arrogancebehind her—did not yield easily: The Duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble families who belonged to the nobility for more than three hundred years. So she did not give in easily.51.she faced the grossness of house detective squarely: She stood upboldly and rebuked the coarse vulgarity of the house detective.52.blackguard: scoundrel, villain53.flickered: wavered54.It’s no go, old girl. It was a good try.”:It’s no use. What youdid just now was a good attempt at trying to save the situation. Here the phrase no go is a colloquialism, meaning not possible; without use or value. Old girl is an informal way of addressing one’s wife.55.“ That’s more like it. “:said when a second thing said by the otherperson sounds more acceptable, plausible, or less objectionable than the first one56.“ Now we’re getting somewhere.”:Now we’re making some progress,accomplishing something57.“ I’ll spell it out.”:I’ll tell you fr ankly and in detail.58.The house detective took his time:It is the second time that Ogilviehas done so , both times to make the impact of what he is going to say on the Croydons even stronger.59.as if challenging her objection: as if openly daring her to objectto his smoking a cigar, as she had done earlier; as if he wanted to see if the Duchess dared to object to his smoking.60.But beyond wrinkling her nose I distaste, she made no comment: Sheonly wrinkled her nose to show her dislike for the offending cigar smell, but did not rebuke him.61.Lindy’s Place: a gambling joint, a gambling nightclub, a casino62.Irish Bayou:bayou[′beiu:] a French word ,a marsh. New Orleans was colonized by the French, so a lot of places there have French names.63.fancy Jaguar: Fancy here means expensive and superior model(car).64.leastways, I guess you’ll call her that if you’re not too f ussy:I guess if you are not too particular about what words to use, at leastyou’d call her your lady friend. Here Ogilvie is trying to get at him.It’s more than obvious that he was not really with a friend, but a high class whore.65.As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess: Ogilvie is rubbing itin ,enjoying himself over the wounded pride of an arrogant wife.66.The way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables then lost it atthe bar: From what I hear, you won a hundred dollars in gambling and then spent the money drinking.67.You were into a second hundred-with a real swinging party: You werebeginning to spend another hundred dollars of your own( the hundred won in gambling had already been spent) to treat a merry and lively party.68.There ain’t much out of the way, which people who stay in this hoteldo, I don’t get to hear about: If anybody who stays in this hotel does anything wrong, improper or unusual, I always get to know about it. There isn’t much that can escape me.Out of the way: improper, wrong, unusual69.I suppose it doesn’t matter: You already know so much, I might aswell tell you this, it won’t make much difference now.70.clucked his tongue reprovingly:He made noises with his tongue to showhis disapproval. How can you be so careless! The expoliceman was playacting, gloating over their misfortune.71.took off home: left for home72.the way things turned out : judging from what happened later73.Explains that one: This fact explains why you were driving in yoursodden state: driving when you were drunk.74.lickered up : liquored up, drunkCompare:liquor: an alcoholic drink, esp. one made by distillation, as whiskey or rum(neat whiskey)wine: mainly grape wine(sweet or dry wine)soft drinks: non-alcoholic, like soda popchaser: a mild drink, taken with or after liquor75.Then you don’t know: The Duchess thought it was all Ogilvie’sconjecture and that he didn’t really have any evidence against them.She thought he didn’t have any case against them.76.Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you: You two looked extremelyupset (shocked).77.Just come in myself an’ I got to wondering why: I had just come inmyself and began to wonder why (you two looked shaken).78.the word was out: The news about the accident was spreading around.Some expressions with word:a word of advice(warning)say a good word for sb.have a word with sb. (talk with sb.)have words with(quarrel)give sb. one’s word(promise)Be as good as one’s word/break one’s word/a man ofhis word in so many wordsword for word79.On a hunch I went over to the garage: As I suspected and felt therewas something wrong, I went over to the garage to inspect.hunch: a feeling about something not based on known facts: premonition or suspicion. The meaning derives from the superstition that it brings good luck to touch a hunch-back.I have a hunch that …: I rather think that…80.look-see: (slang) a quick look or inspection。
英语专业高级英语第一册第四单元
2. Hotel
II. Introduction to the Passage
1. Type of literature: a piece of narration - character - actions - conflicts - climax - denouement
2. Ogilvia asked for $ 10,000 but was rejected 3. The duchess offered $25,000 to Ogilvia for driving their car away from the hotel
Part III: conclusion
2. Why did the Duchess send her maid and secretary out?
3.Why did the Duchess decide to make the detective drive their car north? 4. Did Ogilvie accept the Duchess’ offer?
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