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1、精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 学习必备 欢迎下载Lesson 6 Blackmail Objectives of Teaching get familiar with the background of the author and this piece of writing；understand the main idea and theme of this text；master the key words and phrases and their use learn and appreciate the writing style of this passage.
2、Important and difficult points understand the main idea of this passage learn to use the key words and phrases learn and appreciate the writing style I. Background information about the author: Arthur Hailey（1920-2004）was born and educated in Britain. He served in RAF（皇 家空军） in 1939, and emigrated t
3、o Canada 1949. His famous novels: Hotel 大饭店 , Airport航空港 The moneychanger钱商II. Type of writing: Fiction/novel, to be specific, a thriller, designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intriguey, adventure or suspense. III. Detailed study of the text 1. The chief house officer, Ogilvi
4、e, 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. 2. the Duke: in Britain a nobleman, whose rank is just be
5、low that of a prince. Below the duke are the marquis, earl, viscount and baron. 3. the Duchess: wife or widown of a duke, or a woman with a rank equal to that of a duke 4. the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed: The nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were worn out by the lo
6、ng wait, were over-strained. Both the Duke and Duchess were extremely nervous. 5. the muted buzzer: muted to render the noise of the bell less harsh and strident 6. 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
7、 which was not necessary. Obviously the talk between Ogilvie and the Croydons had to be kept a secret. 7. the moon-faced male secretary: The use of male before secretary is to avoid 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 1 页,共 6 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 学习必备 欢迎下载possibility of the readers assuming otherwise, for co
8、mmonly in the U.S. secretaryship is the female profession. Note: male nurse, man servant, but woman doctors, woman pilot. Moon-facedmeans having a round face. The young mans appearance is in keeping with his timid character fear of pet animals. 8. cruelly instructed: cruel because they knew the secr
9、etary 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, wooly-coated, active, typically small dogs. The
10、 terriers are a status symbol showing that the Duchess id 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 mad
11、e 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 the presence of a lady with
12、out ask 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,
13、directly and sharply at the cigar, trying to intimidate hem 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 polite request. 13. piggy eyes: small, narrow eyes lost in the
14、 mass of flesh. Ogilvie is one of the bad 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. Dont be greedy. He is a p
15、ig. 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
16、 knees. 15. to sweep the spacious, will-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, hersel
17、f 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. an appreciative chuckle: mainly self
18、 appreciative. When a hotel employee goes to 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 2 页,共 6 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 学习必备 欢迎下载a guests 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 posit
19、ion of temporary supremacy. Also he appreciated the fact that the Duchess was no fool. She knew why he had come. 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 co
20、ming from a thickset man like Ogilvie. 18. a warning glance: The Duke had made a blunder the night before by mentioning the car in front of the hotels 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. 19. it
21、 pays to check: to be profitable or worthwhile to check. Other examples: 1 It pays to think before you speak. 2 It ll pay to keep a diary in English. 20. surprising speed: surprising because you wouldnt expect a fat man like him to move quickly 21. “You two was in that hit- n-run”: You two are guilt
22、y 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. 22. your high-an -mightiness: high-and-mighty: very proud, the correct way to address a Duke or a Duchess is “Your Grace” .Ogilvie addressed her this way
23、in imitation of “Your highness”, to mock her haughty attitude. 23. high-tailed it: colloquial leave in a hurry, scurry off 24. they ll throw the book, and never mind who it hits: They ll deal out the maximum in punishment, to apply the full force of the law and they will not care who will be punishe
24、d in this case. To throw the book is an idiom, in which the word book means the law book. It refers to the book. Here Ogilvie follows the metaphor through. 25. The Duchess of croydonthree centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind herdid not yield easily: The Duchess was supported by her arroga
25、nce coming from parents of noble families who belonged to the nobility for more than three hundred years. So she did not give in easily. 26. she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely: She stood up boldly and rebuked the coarse vulgarity of the house detective. 27. Lindy s Place: a gamb
26、ling joint, a gambling nightclub, a casino 28. Irish Bayou: bayou 1beiu: a French, word, a marsh. New Orleans was colonized by the French, so a lot of places there have French names. 29. fancy Jaguar: Fancy here means expensive and superior model car. 30. You were into a second hundredwith a real sw
27、inging 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. 31. There ain t much, 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 ho
28、tel does anything wrong, improper 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 3 页,共 6 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 学习必备 欢迎下载or unusual, I always get to know about it. There isn t much that can escape me. out of the way: improper, wrong, unusual 32. lickered up: liquored up, drunk Compare: liquor: an alcoholic drink, esp. on
29、e made by distillation, as whiskey or rum neat whiskey wine: mainly grape wine sweet or dry wine soft drinks: non-alcoholic, like soda pop chaser: a mild drink, taken with or after liquor be as good as one s word /break one s word /a man of his word in so many words 33. On a hunch I went over to the
30、 garage: As I suspected and felt there was something wrong, I went over to the garage to inspect. hunch: a feeling about something not based on the 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
31、 rather think that34. Providin nobody twigs the car: It should be: Provided or providing that nobody notices the car. twig: from thieves slang observe, notice 35. You people are hot: You are now wanted by the police. 36. kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind: She kept firm and tight control of he
32、r mind which is working quickly. Here the Duchess is thinking quickly but at he same time keeping her thoughts under control, not letting them run wild. 37. as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself: as if the discussion were about some unimportant domestic matt
33、er, not concerned with life and death. 38. her husband now a tense but passive spectator: Nominative absolute construction with a noun plus a noun. Her husband watched anxiously and nervously, incapable of taking an active part. 39. calculated coolness: She was not cool, in fact, her mind was racing
34、, but she deliberately appeared to be cool. 40. to fall victim to some sharp-eyed policeman: to be seen and arrested by an observant and alert policeman 41. adept at using maps: skilled in using maps 42. their speech and manner would betray them: Their speech and manner would reveal their identity.
35、betray: reveal unknowingly, or against one s wishes Examples: 1 He said he had stayed indoors all day, but his hoes betrayed him. 2 His face betrayed his fear. 43. pretty well fixed: quite rich, wealthy fixed: colloquial supplied with something needed, esp. money, e.g. well fixed for life 44. She mu
36、st do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt: She 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页,共 6 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 学习必备 欢迎下载would offer him so much money as to make it impossible for him to refuse to do what she would ask him to in return, no matter how dangerous the job might be. 45. eyes
37、 bulged: with greed 46. watched intently: The to Duchess, it was a question of survival itself. Only if Ogilvie agreed to drive their car north would they have a chance to get out of the mess unscathed. 47. “This cigar bother in you, Duchess.”: If this cigar is bothering you, I ll put it out. This s
38、hows that he is willing to comply with the Duchess wishes. IV. Organization of the story: Part 1. Prelude The chief house officer .Ogilvie remained standing Section 1. The setting, main characters, and the suspension. The chief house .that both might return at any moment. Section 2. The preliminary
39、encounter between the house detective and the Croydons. A wave of cigar smoke.Ogilvie remained standingPart2: Process of unveiling the crime Now then.the Duchess turned away）Section 1. First round of clash. the Duke confessed his crime（Now then.Now were getting somewhere. Section 2. Second round of
40、clash.Wearily, in a gesture.I can prove all I need to Ogilvie spelt out what he had found out about the activity of the Croydons and tried to confirm all the details. The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand. Section 3. The conviction was undeniable.The Duke cautioned.the Duchess turned away . T
41、he Croydons realized that they were convicted of the crime Part 3. The Dirty Deal Section 1. Eliminating the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans. Her husband asked.You people are hot. Section 2. The interior monologue of the Duchess. Her judgement, analysis and calculation of the s
42、ituation, weighing the advantages and disadvantages. The duchess .Or had they. Section 3. The Duchess decision to gamble on the greed of the house detective.The Duchess faced Ogilvie. the silence hung Section 4. The ending. The dirty deal reached. V. Character analysis: Ogilvie notice that the name
43、itself sounds awkward, awful: rude, uneducated, 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 5 页,共 6 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 学习必备 欢迎下载sardonic, self-assured, shamelessly greedy, but finally subservient the Duchess: imperious, three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance, decisive, vigilant, very quick in response, hig
44、hly educated the Duke: uncertain, ready to compromise, passive, despairing, VI. Rhetorical devices: Metaphor: .the nerves of both . were excessively frayedhis wife shot him a swift, warning glance. The words spat forth with sudden savagery. I ll spell it out.Euphemism: .and you took a lady friend. M
45、etonymy: won 100 at the tables lost it at the bar theyll throw the book,. VII. Questions for discussion: 1. What made the Duchess jump to the conclusion that Ogilvie had come to blackmail them. 2. Why did the Duchess offer Ogilvie twenty-five thousand dollars instead of the ten thousand the detective asked for. Did Ogilvie accept the Duchess offer. 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 6 页,共 6 页