英語專業(yè)高級英語第一冊第四單元

AdvancedEnglish

Unit4

Blackmail

byArthurHailey

Warm-upExercisesMorningReportRecitingAssignmentCheckLearningPointsI.BackgroundinformationII.IntroductiontothepassageIII.PreviewQuestionsIV.TextanalysisV.EffectiveWritingSkills

VI.ExercisesI.BackgroundInformationA.ArthurHailey1.LifetheauthorofanumberofbestsellingnovelsBorninLuton,England,in1920educatedinEnglishschoolsuntilagefourteenAfterabriefcareerasanofficeboy,hejoinedtheBritishRoyalAirForcein1939andservedthroughWorldWarII,risingthroughtherankstobecomeapilotandflightlieutenant.In1949HaileyemigratedtoCanada,wherehewassuccessivelyarealestatesalesman,businesspapereditorandasalesandadvertisingexecutiveandthenbecameaCanadiancitizen.

In1956ArthurHaileyscoredhisfirstwritingsuccesswithaTVdrama.FlightintoDanger,whichlaterbecameamotionpictureandanovel,RunwayZero-Eight(1958).BestsellersTheFinalDiagnosis(1959)InHighPlaces(1962)Hotel(1966)Airport(1968)Wheels(1971)TheMoneychangers(1975)translatedinto27languagesandwidelyreadallovertheworldWritingFeaturesThoughaCanadianhimself,hesetthesceneofmostofhisworksintheUnitedStates.

Eachofhisbooksdealswithoneparticularfieldofsociety.Thisismadeclearbythetitlesofhisbooks.TheyarevaluabletothosewhoareeagertolearnaboutcontemporaryAmericansociety.2.

Hotel

II.IntroductiontothePassage

1.Typeofliterature:apieceofnarration-character-actions-conflicts-climax-denouement

IntroductiontothePassage

2.Structure:--introduction--development--climax--conclusion

III.PreviewQuestions

1.DidOgilviedeliberatelydelayhiscallattheCroydon’ssuite?Why?2.WhydidtheDuchesssendhermaidandsecretaryout?3.WhydidtheDuchessdecidetomakethedetectivedrivetheircarnorth?

4.

DidOgilvieaccepttheDuchess’offer?

IV.TextAnalysis

PartI:IntroductoryparagraphTime:

2hoursafterOgilviamadeaphonecall,Tuesday

Place:

Croydonssuite

Characters:

protagonist:

duckduchessantagonist:thedetectiveOgilvia

Event:

OgilviapaidavisittotheCroydonssuiteThe