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1、UnitSix BlackmailLead-inBackgroundInformationTextualStructureDetailedStudyoftheTextSummaryExercisesBackgroundinformationArthurHailey:BorninLuton,England,in1920,ArthurHaileywaseducatedinEnglishschoolsuntilagefourteen.Afterabriefcareerasanofficeboy,hejoinedtheBritishRoyalAirForcein1939andservedthro
2、ughWorldWarII,risingthroughtherankstobecomeapilotandflightlieutenant.In1947,Mr.HaileyemigratedtoCanada,wherehewassuccessivelyarealestatesalesman,businesspapereditorandasalesandadvertisingexecutive.Hebecame,andstillis,aCanadiancitizen.In1956,ArthurHaileyscoredhisfirstwritingsuccesswithaTVdrama,"Fl
3、ightIntoDanger,"whichlaterbecameamotionpictureandanovel,RunwayZero-Eight.Sincethen,asanovelistandoneofthegreatstorytellersofourtime,hehasacquiredaworldwidefollowingofdevotedreadersandhisbooksarepublishedintwenty-sevenlanguages.ArthurHaileyandhiswife,Sheila,maketheirhomeatLyfordCayintheBahamas,whe
4、retheirchildren,Jane,StevenandDiane,jointhemduringcollegevacations.BackgroundinformationInthe1960sand1970sArthurHailey,aBritish/Canadianwriter,hadastreamofenormouslysuccessfulnovelssetinverydifferentworkplaces,asindicatedbysomeoftheirtitles:Hotel,Airport,Wheels,theEveningNews.ThoughaCanadianhimse
5、lf,hesetthesceneofmostofhisworksintheUnitedStates.Eachofhisbooksdealswithoneparticularfieldofsociety.Thisismadeclearbythetitlesofhisbooks.ItisthispeculiarityofhisthatisvaluetothosewhoareeagertolearnaboutcontemporaryAmericansociety.BackgroundinformationAListofArthurHailey’sNovelsRUNWAYZERO-EIGHT..
6、.....................................1958 THEFINALDIAGNOSIS.....................................1959 INHIGHPLACES..........................................1960 HOTEL...................................................1965 AIRPORT.................................................1968 WHEELS.........
7、.........................................1971 THEMONEYCHANGERS.......................................1975 OVERLOAD................................................1979 STRONGMEDICINE.....................................
