高级英语课件Lesson3BlackMail.ppt

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1、LessonThreeBlackmailTeachingContentPartOneCulturelinkPartTwoBackgroundinformationPartThreeDetailedstudyofthetextPartFourRhetoricaldevicesPartFiveExercisesPartOneCulturelinkBlackmail:n.v.theobtainingofmoneyoradvancementbythreateningtomakeknownunpleasantfactsaboutaperso

2、noragroup.blackmailsb敲诈某人blackmailsbintodoingsthInblackmailthethreatmightconsistofphysicalinjurytothethreatenedpersonortosomeonelovedbythatperson,orinjurytoaperson'sreputation.Insomecasesthevictimistoldthatanillegalactheorshehadpreviouslycommittedwillbeexposedifthevic

3、timfailstocomplywiththedemand.WritingStyleThisnarrativearticleisexcerptedfromnovelHotel(1965).Theauthorisskillfulinusingsarcasmandcreatingcharacterstomakeastrongimpressiononhisreaders.Inthisexcerpt,conversationsandconflictsareusedtodescribethemaincharacters.PartTwoBac

4、kgroundinformationArthurHaileyTheFinalDiagnosis(1959)最后的诊断InHighPlaces(1962)高地Hotel(1966)大饭店Airport(1968)机场Wheels(1971)转轮TheMoneychangers(1975)货币兑换机StrongMedicine(1984)烈药Detective(1997)侦探PublicationsAboutthenovelHotelSetting:ThestoryhappenedinahotelnamedSt.GregoryinNe

5、wOrleans,LouisianawhichisinthesouthofUS.Maincharacterofthenovel:WarrenTrent:OwnerPeterMcDermott,assistantgeneralmanagerChristineFrancis:secretaryMaincharactersinthispartofthenovel:Ogilvie:chiefhouseofficertheDukeofCroydon:newlyappointedBritishambassadortotheUnitedStat

6、estheDuchessofCroydon:wifeoftheDukePlot:theowneroftheHotelwasnowatthebrinkofbankruptcy,butPeterMcDermottistryingeverymeanshecouldtosaveit.Severaleventshappenedduringtheweekwiththepresenttextaspartofit.Asurprisingending:Anoldman,whowassavedwhenhewasinseriousillnessbyP

7、eterandhisgirlfriend:ChristineFrancis,boughtthathotelandmakesPeterthenewexecutivevice-president,withcompleteauthoritytorunthehotelashethinksfit.AboutthisarticleBackground:TheDukeandDuchesshitandkilledamotherandherdaughterwhencominghomefromagamblingplaceandtheyranaway.

8、Thehousedetective,Ogilvie,noticedthebatteredcar,buthedidnotgotoreportthepolice,instead,hecomestothecouple’ssuiteandhadtalked