资源描述：
《高级英语（第三版）第一册第三课Blackmail》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、Lesson3ByArthurHaileyTeachingAimsToenablestudentstoappreciatethestory.Tohelpstudentsanalyzetheplot,themeandcharacterizationTohelpstudentsenlargevocabulary,esp.,colloquialEnglish,slangandungrammaticalEnglish.ArthurHailey(1920-2004)-----borninEngland;----beganhiswritingcareerwhileanRAF（Britis
2、hRoyalAirForce）pilotduringtheSecondWorldWar;-----becameaCanadiancitizenaswellasBritish;-----Hailey'snovelshavebeenpublishedinthirty-ninelanguages.-----Anestimated160millioncopiesareinprintworldwide.----MostofhisbookshavebeenmadeintofilmsorTVseries.Majorworks:FlightintoDanger(withJohnCastle(
3、1958))TheFinalDiagnosis(1959)InHighPlaces(1960)Hotel(1965)Airport(1968)Wheels(1971)TheMoneychangers(1975)StrongMedicine(1975)TheEveningNews(1990)Detective(1997)Pre-readingquestions1)Whathappensinthestory?2)Whenistheclimaxofthestory?3)Whatisthethemeofthestory?4)Whoarethemaincharacters?Thesto
4、ryofHotel:Thesetting:theSt.GregoryHotel,thelargestinNewOrleans,Louisiana.FromMondaytoFriday.TheHotelisexperiencingacrisisofbeingforcedtobesoldtoachainhotelowner.Theevents:inthecrisis,therearefourknottyproblemsthatfacetheHotelmanagers:dealingwithanattemptedrapeinaroom;catchingathiefoperating
5、inthehotel;severalhundredsofdentiststhreateningtoleavethehotelinprotestagainstthehotel’objectiontoservingablackdentist,andfinallythecaseoftheDukeofCroydon.Theend:Thenovelendswithapleasantsurprise.Asick,old,eccentricmanstayinginthehotelturnsouttobeanextremelywealthymanfromMontreal,Canada.Ear
6、lier,hefellseriouslyillandwassavedbyPeterandhisgirlfriend.Toshowhisgratitudeandtorepaytheirkindness,hebuysthehotelfromitsformerownerandmakesPeterthenewexecutivevice-president,withcompleteauthoritytorunthehotelashethinksfit.Synopsis(概要)/PlotTheDukeandtheDuchessofCroydonoccupyaluxurysuiteinSt
7、.GregoryHotelinNewOrleans.OnMondayevening,whiledrivingbackwithhiswife,theDuchess,fromagamblinghouse,theDukeknocksdownawomanandherchild.Bothofthemarekilled.Theydriveaway.Thehit-and-runbecomessensationalnewsinthecity.Ogilvie,thechiefhousedetectiveofthehote
