高級英語（第三版）第一冊第三課Blackmail.ppt

1、Lesson 3,By Arthur Hailey,Teaching Aims,To enable students to appreciate the story. To help students analyze the plot, theme and characterization To help students enlarge vocabulary, esp., colloquial English, slang and ungrammatical English.,Arthur Hailey (1920-2004),- born in England; - began his w

2、riting career while an RAF（British Royal Air Force ） pilot during the Second World War; - became a Canadian citizen as well as British; -Haileys novels have been published in thirty-nine languages. -An estimated 160 million copies are in print worldwide. - Most of his books have been made into films

3、 or TV series.,Major works :,Flight into Danger (with John Castle (1958) ) The Final Diagnosis (1959) In High Places (1960) Hotel (1965) Airport (1968) Wheels (1971) The Moneychangers (1975) Strong Medicine (1975) The Evening News (1990) Detective (1997),Pre-reading questions 1) What happens in the

4、story? 2) When is the climax of the story? 3) What is the theme of the story? 4) Who are the main characters?,The story of Hotel: The setting: the St. Gregory Hotel, the largest in New Orleans, Louisiana. From Monday to Friday. The Hotel is experiencing a crisis of being forced to be sold to a chain

5、 hotel owner. The events: in the crisis, there are four knotty problems that face the Hotel managers: dealing with an attempted rape in a room; catching a thief operating in the hotel; several hundreds of dentists threatening to leave the hotel in protest against the hotel objection to serving a bla

6、ck dentist, and finally the case of the Duke of Croydon. The end: The novel ends with a pleasant surprise. A sick, old, eccentric man staying in the hotel turns out to be an extremely wealthy man from Montreal, Canada. Earlier, he fell seriously ill and was saved by Peter and his girlfriend. To show

7、 his gratitude and to repay their kindness, he buys the hotel from its former owner and makes Peter the new executive vice-president, with complete authority to run the hotel as he thinks fit.,Synopsis (概要)/ Plot,The Duke and the Duchess of Croydon occupy a luxury suite in St. Gregory Hotel in New O

8、rleans. On Monday evening, while driving back with his wife, the Duchess, from a gambling house, the Duke knocks down a woman and her child. Both of them are killed. They drive away. The hit-and-run becomes sensational news in the city. Ogilvie, the chief house detective of the hotel, the blackmaile

9、r in the story, notices the battered car when it drives back into the garage of the hotel. Instead of reporting this to the police, he goes to see the Duke and the Duchess. He blackmails them for a large sum of money as the price of his keeping silent. The Duchess does not admit the crime until the

10、detective produces a lot of evidences. Considering that only by removing the battered car can they be completely out of trouble, the Duchess offers to pay Ogilvie twice more than he has asked for and in return, he should drive the battered car to Chicago in the north. Ogilvie, under the lure of the

11、large sum of money, takes the offer.,The development of the story Section One (1-21): The Duchess denying the crime SectionTwo(22-55): Ogilvies presenting evidences Section Three(56-101): Negotiating Section Four(102-109): Making a deal Climax: But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.,Clue

12、of appreciation of the story,Striving for the dominance of the situation between the Duchess and Ogilvie The symbolic sign of Ogilvies cigar Characterization,Dramatic change of dominance of the situation,1. Before the evidence is shown: Duchess Ogilvie sharp, firm, arrogant offensive, challenging do

13、minant, controlling -balance- 2. After the evidence is shown: surrendered, collapsed (gradually weak) -off-balance- strong, dominant,The Duchess Ogilvie,3. Negotiating calm, friendly calm, friendly -balance- 4. Making a deal powerful, demanding submissive, obedient -off-balance-,The symbolic sign of

14、 Ogilvies cigar,Para 3, 5: -A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie inWould you kindly put that out -Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an he ignored it. Para 16: -He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end Para 21-23 -he lit th

15、e fresh cigar -took his time, leisurely puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically onas if challenging her objection -But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment.,The symbolic sign of Ogilvies cigar,Para 41: -he paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners wa

16、ited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it. Para108-109: - “This cigar botherin you, Duchess?” As she nodded, he put it out.,Characterization,An analysis of Ogilvie,1) His appearance: piggy eyes gross jowled face obese body speaks in falsetto thick, fleshy fingers bulbous countena

17、nce A disgusting image,2) His personality,A: cunning, sophisticated, professional, alert, observant 1) His visit actually took twice that time. 2) He inquired the room thoroughly with surprising speed. 3) He did a thorough investigation of the case. B: rude, coarse and vulgar, greedy 1) The ways he

18、handled the cigar (Para 3, 5, 22, 41, 108) 2) He took the advantage of others misfortune and blackmailed them. C: poorly-educated ungrammatical, slangy sentences,An analysis of the Duchess,1) Her appearance: high-cheekboned features 2) Her financial and social status a: wealthy: Jaguar, Bedlington t

19、erriers b. the Duchess three centuries and a half inbred arrogance behind her 3) Her personality a. well-educated, sharp-tongued b. arrogant, dominant, elegant, c. firm, strong-willed, d. tactful, intelligent, e. composed, decisive f. hypocritical, sophisticated,美洲虎汽車公司于1935年創(chuàng)建。其前身叫SS公司，曾一度劃歸國營利蘭公 司

20、，1984年又重新歸私有，現(xiàn)名為美洲虎股份有限公司。美洲虎跑車是英 國美洲虎（原譯為“杰戈娃”）轎車公司生產(chǎn)的名牌產(chǎn)品，美洲虎商標(biāo)為一 只正在跳躍前撲的“美洲虎”雕塑，矯健勇猛，形神兼?zhèn)?，具有時(shí)代感與視 覺沖擊力，它既點(diǎn)破了公司的名稱，表現(xiàn)出向前奔馳的力量與速度，象征 該車如美洲虎一樣馳騁于世界各地富有動(dòng)感和勇猛無比的新美洲虎跑車. “美洲虎”已成為全世界男子漢們向往和引以為榮 的最理想車型之一。該公司于1989年被美國福特 汽車公司兼并，成為福特汽車公司生產(chǎn)豪華轎車 的重要基地。英國生產(chǎn)的美洲虎轎車也是全世界 名人政要及富人的首選。 DRAMATICALLY BEAUTIFUL, POWER

21、FUL AND LUXURIOUS. EXHILARATING LINES AND MUSCULAR INTENT IN NEXT-GENERATION LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINIUM,Expressions of the way she spoke,(ph2)My husband and I find strong smoke defensive. Would you kindly put that out. (ph6).lips tightened. She said sharply. (ph19) Her tone would have withered anyone who

22、 knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!” (ph96) Peremptorily she cut him off. (ph98) “Silence!” her voice was a whiplash. (ph 101) She declared decisively.,Expressions of the way she looked at others,(ph2) the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar. (ph7) His wife shot

23、him a swift, warning glance. (ph15) She met his eyes directly. “What are you talking about?” “What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous” (ph19) Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing. She faced the grossness of the squarely. (ph96)Her eyes were riveted on

24、his face. (ph98) Eyes bored into him.,Words and expressions,Nerve Nerves were excessively frayed get on ones nerves 使人煩躁 live on ones nerves 過著緊張不安的日子 My nerves will crack. regain ones nerves 恢復(fù)勇氣 lose ones nerves. 失去勇氣，變得膽怯 have a nerve/ the nerve to do sth. 有魄力，有膽量做某事 Nerves were excessively fraye

25、d keep sb. on pins and needles Sb. has ants in his pants,fray vi.vt: to wear out,The fabric frays easily. 磨損，磨散織物的邊緣 Temper began to fray as the two teams failed to score. This kind of living began to fray her nerves. 這個(gè)孩子總是哭個(gè)不停，真是煩死人了。 他再這么哭下去，我的腦袋就要炸了。 這種布料做窗簾不合適，很容易磨損。 The baby is always crying.

26、It is getting on my nerves. My nerves will crack if he cries much longer. This cloth is not suitable for window curtains. It frays easily.,Duke; It pays to check:,Duke Duchess (公爵女公爵， 公爵夫人） Marquis- Marquise （侯爵侯爵夫人） Earl/count- Countess （伯爵侯爵夫人） Viscount Viscountess （子爵子爵夫人） Baron Baroness （男爵男爵夫人）

27、 Knight/Sir/ Lord Byron （爵士） It pays to check: be profitable, worthwhile It pays to be honest. He says farming doesnt pay. In the future, youll learn that it pays to recite as many texts as possible. Cheating in the exam does not pay eventually. Itll pay if you practice speaking whenever possible.,p

28、ig,Dont be a pig. (greedy) Ive made a pig of myself. (eaten too much) When they bought that house, they bought a pig in a poke. Pigs might fly. (nonsense) Mother carried the little boy piggyback. Mummy, give me a piggyback ride. When I was a child, I had a piggy bank. What can you expect from a pig

29、but a grunt? What can you expect from a dog but a bark? No ivory issues from the mouth of a dog. A filthy mouth cannot utter decent language.,errandn. 差事go on errands, run errands,我有點(diǎn)事到城里去辦。 John現(xiàn)在不在這里，他幫老板辦事去了。 媽，我沒有時(shí)間幫你跑腿，我自己都忙死了。 他被派到歐洲去處理一件生意上的事情。 Ive got a few errands to do in the town John is

30、not here at the moment. He has gone on an errand for the boss. Ive no time to run errands for you, Mom! I am busy myself. He was sent on a business errand to Europe.,lick blink shrug blaze bore tighten shake wrinkle cluck rub shoot redden rivet bulge square,The fat body was _ with anger. She _ her n

31、ose at the bad smell. The house detective _ his tongue reprovingly. Her eyes _ with happiness. His piggy eyes _ at the offer of such a large amount of money. When I was about to tell him the new, my mother _ me a swift warning glance. When the teacher asked him to explain his cheating, he kept _ his lips. It was so cold, so the man _ his hands together. The Duke made an attempt to _ his shoulders which did not succeed. He merely _ his shoulders in answer to our request for help. Listen to me carefully, she said.