高級英語第一冊Lesson6

1、Lesson 6,Blackmail Arthur Hailey,Background Information,Title of the novel Hotel Arthur Hailey born and educated in Britain. 1939, RAF, emigrated to Canada 1949. Famous novels: Hotel, Airport, The moneychanger.,Setting:,The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans, Louisiana which

2、is in the south of US.,Main character of the novel:,McDermott: assistant general manager of the hotel,Characters of the novel:,Ogilvie: chief house detective the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke a prostitute called lady

3、 friend by Ogilvie,Plot:,Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott, the assistant general manager, is trying every means he could to save it. Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it.,Plot:,The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous sta

4、tesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel- the Presidential Suite.,Plot:,Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him. On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child.

5、Both killed.,Plot:,Then we have the present text. . .,Type of writing,This kind of novels are called thrillers.Generally defining, a thriller is a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure or suspense.,Type of writing,Others can be call

6、ed cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement.,Type of writing,Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action, usu. suspension, not very much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.,Type of writing,The basic technique is to

7、make the whole story of crime into sth. like a jigsaw puzzle. You can not see the outcome until the final part is put in.,Detailed study,1. blackmail: the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group,Detailed study,Croydon: The name of a man

8、or supposed to belong the Duke Duke / Duchess marquis(marquess)/ marchioness count / countess viscount / viscountess baron / baroness,Detailed study,2. suite: a set or rooms. A suite in a hotel is usually expensive. The suite the Croydons are staying in is St. Gregory Hotels largest and most elabora

9、te, called the Presidential Suite.,Detailed study,3. cryptic: hidden, secret, mysterious 4. excessively frayed excessive: derog. too much, too great, too large Excessive rainfall washes out valuable minerals from the soil.,Detailed study,If you sell the article at that price, the profit will be exce

10、ssive. excessive profit,Detailed study,fray: a. to cause rope, cloth etc. to become thin or worn by rubbing, so that loose threads develop frayed button holes His shirt is frayed at the neck / elbows.,Detailed study,b. to cause a persons temper, nerves, etc. to become worn out His nerves were frayed

11、 by the noises in the street.,Detailed study,5. eventually: in the end, especially after a lot of delays, problems, or argument. All men will eventually die.,Detailed study,6. dispatch: (fml.) to send away / off with promptness for a particular reason or in order to carry out a particular task The c

12、ruiser despatched boats to rescue the survivors.,Detailed study,7. errand: a short journey made to get sth. or to carry a message I have no time to run errands for you! Ive got a few errands to do in town.,Detailed study,8. terrier: any of several types of small active dogs, originally used for hunt

13、ing (for pictures, see Longman) *image 1* 狗圖,Detailed study,wolfdog 狼狗, hound 獵狗, Pekinese 京吧, pug-dog 獅子狗, bull dog 牛頭犬 etc.,Detailed study,9. tension: (Here) anxiety, nervousness, worry The doctor said that tension made her ill. an untrusting or possibly dangerous relationship International tensio

14、n should be reduced when this agreement is signed.,Detailed study,10. accompany: to go or come together with Lightning usually accompanies thunder. Ill be very glad to accompany you to the church.,Detailed study,11. pointedly: directly, in a noticeable and often unfriendly way, 12. offensive: causin

15、g unpleasant or hurting feelings to have an offensive manner / language,Detailed study,offensive: (n) attack spring offensive, counter offensive offend: to hurt the feelings of His words offended me.,Detailed study,13. piggy eyes: small eyes lost in the mess of flesh. piggy: dirty, greedy You are a

16、pig (dirty, greedy, ill-mannered) Ive made a pig of myself.,Detailed study,14. sardonically: disdainfully, showing a feeling of being too good or important to consider a matter or person seriously, scornfully, cynically,Detailed study,15. gross: unpleasantly fat, vulgar, not refined gross weight / n

17、et weight 16. jowl: the lower part of the side of the face, esp. loose skin and flesh near the lower jaw.,Detailed study,17. gaze: steady fixed look 18. appoint: to provide with complete and elegant furnishings or equipment well / badly / luxuriously appointed room,Detailed study,19. encompass: to s

18、urround on all sides, to form a circle about, enclose The enemy encompassed the city. cf: compass: an instrument for showing direction a pair of compasses,Detailed study,20. set-up: the arrangement of furniture 21. flip: to send sth. spinning, often into the air by striking with a light quick blow.,

19、Detailed study,22. butt: large thick or bottom end of sth. (slang) the part of the body on which a person sits. 23. dcor: the decorative furnishing and arranging of a room, house or stage,Detailed study,24. appreciative: showing admiration, pleasant, understanding an appreciative audience appreciate

20、: v. Id appreciate it if you would turn the radio down.,Detailed study,25. chuckle: laugh inwardly or quietly, quiet laugh with close mouth 26. incongruous falsetto voice: incongruous: not harmonious, absurd, inappropriate,Detailed study,Red and green are generally considered in incongruous colours.

21、 a modern building that looks incongruous in that old fashioned village falsetto: unnaturally high voice by a man, esp. in singing,Detailed study,27. emission: the act of sending out heat, light, smell, sound, etc. the emission of light from the sun, of heat from a fire 28. apparently: easily seen o

22、r understo（）od, obviously,Detailed study,29. disgusting: strong feeling of dislike caused by an unpleasant sight, sound or smell, or by bad behaviour, highly distasteful What a disgusting smell / behaviour.,Detailed study,30. ridiculous: silly, absurd 31. blandness: gentle or polite in manner or tal

23、k,Detailed study,32. adversary: a person or group to whom one is opposed, opponent or enemy.This word implies active hostility Do as adversaries do, strike mightily, but eat and drink as friends. cf: rival: a person with whom one competes a rival in love,Detailed study,33. your high-an-mightiness: (

24、here) used for ridicule, mockery Your Grace（大人）: to duke, duchess, archbishop Your Mightiness (大人): to marquis, count,viscount, baron, baroness:,Detailed study,Your Highness （殿下）: to prince, princess Your honour （閣下）: to judge Your Majesty （陛下）: to emperor, empress, king, queen:,Detailed study,Your

25、Excellency（閣下）: to governor, ambassador, archbishop, premier When directly addressing sb., use His or Her,Detailed study,34. high-tail: (colloq.) run away in a hurry 35. throw the book If you throw the book at sb., you accuse them of every offence that is possible in a particular situation, or give

26、them the greatest punishment that you are allowed to.,Detailed study,36. fancy: higher than the usu. reasonable price, not ordinary, fine fancy cake / fruit / skating / birds,Detailed study,37. inbred: natural, possessed by a person from birth inbred good manners breed: to breed cows China artificia

27、lly breeds 10 pandas in 2002.,Detailed study,38. arrogance: pride and self-importance shown in a way that is rude and disrespectful to others. I dislike him for his arrogance. The bosss son is arrogant to all the employees.,Detailed study,39. spring: to jump, bound, bounce 40. wrath: (lit.) great an

28、ger, indignation, outrageous,Detailed study,41. wither: to cause sth. to become dry, faded, or dead The hot sun withered all the plants. Her scornful look withered her opponent. Flowers withered in the cold. Time can not wither her beauty.,Detailed study,42. unspeakable: that can not be described in

29、 words, inexpressibly bad, evil blackguard: villain, a wicked un-honourable person 43. flicker: to move backwards and forwards unsteadily, Here: hesitate,Detailed study,44. interject: to make a sudden remark between others Interject carries extremely strong implication of abrupt or forced introducti

30、on. Interrupt means to cut or break the flow of sth. continuous such as the speech of others,Detailed study,45. Its no go. What you are trying to do wouldnt work. A GO is an attempt at doing sth. I always wanted to have a go at football. It took us two goes to make the colour right.,Detailed study,a

31、ccuse: to charge sb. with doing wrong or breaking the law accuse sb. of sth. The police accused him of murder. I dont think anyone can accuse me of not being frank. Several of the accused were found guilty / not guilty / innocent.,Detailed study,Cf: blame: consider sb. responsible for sth. bad I don

32、t blame you for being too cautious. He blamed his failure on his teacher. Dont blame our defeat on the weather.,Detailed study,be to blame: be guilty of I must say that I am very much to blame for the failure. I regard myself as very much to blame. I dont blame you. I blame myself.,Detailed study,bl

33、ame, n.: responsibility for sth. bad. Your are clear of all blame. The accountant accepted the blame for the miscalculation.,Detailed study,46. wearily: very tired, unable to suffer any more, unwilling to continue，exhausted,47. conceal: hide,conceal:If you conceal sth., you hide it or cover it caref

34、ully. Conceal and hide are exchangeable. While hide is a general term, conceal suggests intuition to hide, to refuse to let others know.,Detailed study,The snow hides all the ground. The robber concealed the weapon under his coat. You cant conceal the truth. to conceal ones displeasure,Detailed stud

35、y,50. wrinkle: to cause to from into lines, folds 51. Lindys Place: a casino, a gambling house.,Detailed study,52. fussy: nervous about small matters, too much concerned about details She is very fussy about her personal appearance. “Would you like black tea or green?” “I am not fussy.”,Detailed stu

36、dy,fuss: (Its uncountable, but often goes together with a) unnecessary nervousness or excitement There is no need for fuss. Whoever the star goes out with, there is sure to be a fuss about their relationship.,Detailed study,Dont make so much (a) fuss. Dont fuss. Stop fussing! He is impatient of bure

37、aucratic fuss.,Detailed study,53. smug: showing too much satisfaction with ones qualities, position, etc. He looks smug about knowing the answer. I dont like that smug little man.,Detailed study,54.swinging: lively risk Smoking is a serious health hazard. Wet roads are a hazard to drivers.,Detailed

38、study,cf: risk n., possibility of meeting danger or suffering harm, loss, etc Is there any risk of the bomb exploding? You shouldnt underestimate the risks of the enterprise. Persons swimming beyond this point do so at their own risk.,Detailed study,The whole future of the company is at risk. risk o

39、nes health, fortune, neck (i.e. life) risk failure risky adj (-ier, -iest),Detailed study,jeopardy: n (idm) in jeopardy: in danger of harm, loss or destruction A fall in demand for oil tankers has put/placed thousands of jobs in the shipbuilding industry in jeopardy.,Detailed study,Danger, jeopardy,

40、 hazard, risk mean either the state or fact of being threatened with loss of life or property or with serious injury to ones health or moral integrity or the cause or source of such a threat.,Detailed study,Danger is the general term and implies contingent evil in prospect but not necessarily inesca

41、pable.,Detailed study,Jeopardy implies exposure to extreme or dangerous chances. The term is much used in law in reference to persons accused or serious offenses, being tried in court, and therefore exposed to the danger of conviction and punishment.,Detailed study,Hazard implies danger from somethi

42、ng fortuitous or beyond ones control, it is not so strong a term as Jeopardy. Risk, more frequently than hazard implies a voluntary taking of doubtful or adverse chances.,Detailed study,88. complication: complicated situation Sth. complicated is so complex that it is exceedingly difficult to underst

43、and, explain, solve or to deal with,Detailed study,Sth. complex is made up of so many different interrelated parts or elements that it requires deep study of expert knowledge to deal with it. Not like complicated, it does not imply a fault or failure.,Detailed study,89. terrain: a region or a stretc

44、h of land, esp. with regard to its natural features or suitability for some special purpose, as used in warfare.,Detailed study,90. adept: highly skilled, understanding the mysteries of some art or craft be adept in music / playing games,Detailed study,91. betray: to reveal unknowingly or against on

45、es will Her red face betrayed her nervousness. His accent betrayed that fact that The footprints betrayed the presence of a stranger.,Detailed study,92. conspicuous: noticeable, attracting attention A traffic sign should be conspicuous. She is conspicuous because of her trendy clothes. Lincoln is a

46、conspicuous example of a poor boy who succeeded.,Detailed study,93. abruptness: sudden, unexpected, rough 94. grotesque: absurd, strange & unnatural so as to cause fear or be laughable, exaggerated in an unpleasant way so that it is frightening or ridiculous,Detailed study,95. unequivocal: having a

47、meaning that cannot be misunderstood or doubted, unambiguous, leaving no doubt 96. bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and round bulbous dome / nose,Detailed study,97. peremptorily: (fml) impolitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience, showing an expectation of bei

48、ng obeyed at once and without question,Detailed study,98. rivet: metal pin for fasten plates. to hold or fasten with or as if with rivets 99. feature: any of the noticeable parts of the face a man with Oriental features Her mouth is her worst feature / best feature, like a cherry.,Detailed study,100

49、. set in a mould: mould: particular type of a persons character When you take a picture, you set your body, your countenance .in a certain way. That is to set in a mould.,Detailed study,101. imperious: intensely compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This word is related to imperial.,

50、Detailed study,The whole sentence can be paraphrased as follows: Her handsome high-cheek-boned features were set in a way which shows her imperial character.,Detailed study,102. respite: a short period of pause or rest, during a time of great effort pain, or trouble, a time of relief (as from labour

51、, suffering or war) or delay (as before sentencing or executing).,Detailed study,The patient said he never had any respite from the pain. Sentence sb. to death with 2-years respite.,Detailed study,103. bore: make a hole in This machine can bore through solid rock. 104. swallow: to take back, to keep

52、 from expressing or showing, to accept without protest or resentment to swallow ones words: take back what was said,Detailed study,105. sullen: silently bad-tempered, unforgiving, dark, gloomy look sullen, to wear a sullen look 106. comply: act according to a demand, order, rule to comply with the l

53、aw / regulations,Detailed study,107. vacillation: hesitation, uncertainty, waver, continuous changing of ones opinions This word implies prolonged hesitation resulting from ones inability to reach a decision,Detailed study,He vacillates between accepting & not accepting.The earthquake caused the ent

54、ire house vacillate.,Detailed study,108. dally: to waste time or be slow Dont dally or well be late. dally over ones work 110. bulge: to swell out as a result of the pressure from within,Detailed study,111. bead: small ball of glass or other material with a hole through it for a string worn with oth

55、ers on a thread, esp. round the neck for ornament. She is wearing a string of green beads.,The end of the story,At one oclock Thursday morning, Ogilvie drove the car north. But he was seen leaving the hotel by McDermott. Later in the afternoon, McDermott witnessed the funeral of the two victims of t

56、he accident.,The end of the story,He suddenly realized the relation between these two events and contacted police. Ogilvie was caught in Tennessee and sent back to New Orleans.,The end of the story,The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give himself up).

57、 But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground and died instantly.,The end of the story,Anyway, the novel had a pleasant ending. One of the guests, who looked old and sick, turned out to be a millionaire. Earlier he was seriously ill and was saved by McDermo

58、tt and his girl friend.,The end of the story,To show his gratitude and to repay the hotel staffs kindness, he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.,Structural Analysis,Part 1. Prelude (The chief house officer .Ogilvie remained standing) Section 1. The settin

59、g, main characters, and the suspension. (The chief house .that both might return at any moment.),Structural Analysis,Section 2. The preliminary encounter between the house detective and the Croydons. (A wave of cigar smoke.Ogilvie remained standing),Structural Analysis,Part2: Process of unveiling the crime (Now then.the Duchess turned away） Section 1. First round of clash. the Duke confessed his crime（Now then.Now were getting somewhere).,Structural Analysis,Section 2. Second round of clash.(Wearily, in a gesture.I can prove all I need to ) Ogilvie spelt out wha