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1、LessonSix背景知识徐琳课文1-59张俊洋课文60-109高妍修辞孔令霞BlackmailobjectivesTounderstandthewholetextTolearntheCharacteranalysisTocomprehendtheimpliedmeaningThetextTheEndoftheStory(Blackmail)Atoneo'clockThursdaymorning,Ogilviedrovethecarnorth.ButhewasseenleavingthehotelbyMcDermott.Laterintheafternoon,McDermot
2、twitnessedthefuneralofthetwovictimsoftheaccident.Hesuddenlyrealizedtherelationbetweenthesetwoeventsandcontactedpolice.OgilviewascaughtinTennesseeandsentbacktoNewOrleans.TheDukedecidedtogotothepolicetoconfesshiscrime(tosurrenderhimself/togivehimselfup).Buthewashurledouttheelevatorduetothebre
3、akdownofit.Hehitthecementgroundanddiedinstantly.ArthurHailey(1920-2004)●BorninEngland●BeganhiswritingcareerwhileanRAF(BritishRoyalAirForce)pilotduringtheSecondWorldWar●BecameaCanadiancitizenaswellasBritish●Hailey’snovelshavebeenpublishedinthirty-ninelanguages●Mostofhisbookshavebeenmadeintof
4、ilmsorTVseriesBackgroundinformationBorninLupton,Bedfordshire,England,HaileyservedintheRoyalAirForcefromthestartofWorldWarIIduring1939until1947,whenhewenttoliveinCanada.Afterworkingatanumberofjobsandwritingpart-time,hebecameawriterfull-timeduring1956,encouragedbythesuccessoftheCBCtelevisiond
5、rama,FlightintoDanger(inprintasRunwayZeroEight).FollowingthesuccessofHotelduring1965,hemovedtoCalifornia;in1969,hemovedtotheBahamastoavoidCanadianandU.S.incometaxes,whichwereclaiming90%ofhisincome.Eachofhisnovelshasadifferentindustrialorcommercialsettingandincludes,inadditiontodramatichuman
6、conflict,carefullyresearchedinformationaboutthewaythatparticularenvironmentandsystemfunctionsandhowtheseaffectsocietyanditsinhabitants.CriticsoftendismissedHailey'ssuccessastheresultofaformulaic"potboiler"styleinwhichhecausedanordinarycharactertobecomeinvolvedinacrisis,thenincreasedthesuspe
7、nsebyswitchingamongmultiplerelatedplotlines.However,hewassopopularwithreadersthathisbookswerealmostguaranteedtobecomebest-sellers.Hewouldspendaboutoneyearresearchingasubject,followedbysixmonthsreviewinghisnotesand,finally,about18monthswritingthebook.That
