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1、20111501134LessonSixBlackmailArthurHaileyBriefintroductionThebookHotelEndingofHotelBlackmailEndingoftheDukeOtherinformationArthurHailey(1920.04.05–2004.11.24)BorninLuton,England,in1920Afterabriefcareerasanofficeboy,hejoinedtheBritishRoyalAirForcein1939andser
2、vedduringWorldWarII,thenhebecameapilotandflightlieutenant.In1947Mr.HaileyemigratedtoCanada,wherehewasarealestatesalesman,businesspapereditorandasalesandadvertisingexecutive.In1956ArthurHaileyscoredhisfirstwritingsuccesswithaTVdrama,"FlightintoDanger"andanove
3、l,RunwayZero-Eight.In1969,hemovedtotheBahamastoavoidtaxes.1958FlightintoDanger(withJohnCastle)1959TheFinalDiagnosis--hospitalpolitics1962InHighPlaces--ColdWarErapoliticsinNorthAmerica1965Hotel--hotels1968Airport--airportpolitics1971Wheels--automobileindustry
4、1975TheMoneychangers--banks1979Overload--powercrisisinCalifornia1984StrongMedicine--pharmaceuticalindustry1990TheEveningNews--newscasters1997Detective--investigationpoliticsworksHiswell-knownworksfirstTVdrama(1958)firstnovel(1959)Hiswell-knownworksnewscaster
5、s(1990)lastnovel(1997)Hewouldspendaboutoneyearresearchingasubject,followedbysixmonthsreviewinghisnotesand,finally,about18monthswritingthebook.Hotelisoneofhisbestsellers.AboutBlackmailAboutHotelAboutHotelTheSt.GregoryHotelisthelargestinNewOrleans,Louisiana.Fo
6、r4daysfromMondayeveningtoFriday,thehotelgoesthroughasuccessionofdramaticevents.Withthehotel’smortgageduebytheweekendandwithnochanceofgettingfurtherrenewal,theowner,WarrenTrent,reluctantlymakesuphismindtosellhishoteltoachainhotelowner,CurtisO’Keefe.EndingofHo
7、telHowever,thenovelendswithapleasantsurprise.Asick,oldeccentricmanstayinginthehotelturnsouttobeanextremelywealthymanfromMontreal,Canada.Earlier,hefellseriouslyillandwassavedbyPeterandhisgirlfriend.Toshowhisgratitudeandrepaytheirkindness,hebuysthehotelfromits
8、formerownerandmakesPeterthenewexecutivevice-president,withcompleteauthoritytorunthehotel.Blackmail起源于一个海盗部落的旧例，海盗们欺凌百姓横行乡里，他们向苏格兰的农夫们收取保护金，如果农夫们不给，他们就偷取他们的庄稼和牲畜。mail在古英语中有定金，保证金的意思，black或者表示这种做法
