Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
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deadly enemy without lifting a finger.
Setting: a French hotel room
Protagonists: Ausable, Fowler, Max and a waiter
Text Anylasis
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5. 秘密特工
6. secret service
6. 特工处
7. special agent
7. 特工
8. intelligence
ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidu
8. 情报
9. intelligence agency9. 间谍机构
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III. FBI, CIA and MSS
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation 联邦调查局 take on investigative assignments CIA Central Intelligence Administration
Structures
For reference.
Part 1 (paras.1—5 ) about:
Who Ausable is. & why Fowler wants to see him.
Part 2 (paras.6—16 ) about: The unexpected visit of
Ausable’s adversary Max.
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warming-up
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• 2. What do you think a secret agent usually equiped with and what does he usually experience?
中央情报局 is an independent agency, responsible to the President, providing national security intelligence to senior U.S. policymakers
MSS Ministry of State Security 国家安全部
Trick-or-Treat
Trick-or-Treat, is for children on or around Halloween in which they proceed from hourse to house in costumes, asking for treats such as confectionery with the question, "Trick or treat" The "trick" part of "trick or treat" is an idle threat to play a trick on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.
Daily Accumulation Warming-up
Background Information
Text Appreciation
Origins Celebration Games Symbols
Origins
• For the ancient Celtic peoples, the New Year was celebrated on November 1st of every year. This date marked the end of Summer and the beginning of Winter.This time of year was often associated with human death.
I. The Author and the Text
• The text first appeared in Cillier's on June 17, 1939 and was later included in Mystery and More Mystery, which was edited by Robert Arthur and published by Rondom House in 1963.
• Halloween is one of the world's oldest holidays, celebrated in several countries around the globe including the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Mexico, Latin America, and Spain.
How Ausable outwits Max and
Part 3 (paras.17—26) about: makes him jump on the
“balcony”.
Text Anylasis
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Further Discussion about the Story
Plot of the story Setting of the story Protagonists of the story
Text Anylasis
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For reference.
Plot: Ausable appears helpless, but he gets rid of his
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
Text Appreciation
I. Text Analysis
1. General Analysis 2. Structure 3. Further Discussion
II. Sentence Paraphrase
Text Anylasis
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impressions of Ausable.
♣ Try to turn the passage into a little play and act it
out. (Assignment After Class
)
Sentence Paraphrase
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
Text Anylasis
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Further Discussion about the Story
I. Group Work
♣ Retell the text in your own words.
♣ Find words and phrases that can sum up your
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
II. Espionage and Related Terms
1. spy
1. 间谍
2. espionage
2. 侦察、谍报
3. international spy 3. 国际间谍
4. double agent
4. 双重间谍
5. secret agent
Celebration Games
• Carving Jack-O's-Lanterns • Trick-or-Treat • Ghost Tours • Costume Parties • Visiting Haunted Attractions
•• •
Jack-O's-Lantern
• One story about Jack, an Irishman, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was singy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Santan), so he was kicked out of Hell and make to walk the earth forever carring a lantern.
Black cat
Symbols Bats
Witches
Vampires
Zombies
Owls
Pumkins & Ghosts
warming-up
• Questions for Group
Discussion
• 1. What is the usual image of a secret agent or a spy in your mind?
• The antient Celts believed on the night before the new year, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred as the dead search for the afterlife. And the dead would be dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops.
I. Text Glimpse ♣ What was Fowler’s first impression of Ausable? ♣ How did Fowler get his first thrilling experience of the day? ♣ How did Ausable deal with the situation? ♣ How did Ausable finally outwit Max?
strong, muscular, vigorous, lusty, sagacious, calm, toughminded, handsome, observant, attractive (irresistible to women), intelligent, good at fighting, several languages,versatile, perfect
HalloweenOct. 31
• The festivals would frequently involve bonfires , into which bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.
Ausable was, for one thing, fat… Though he spoke French
and German passably, he had never altogether lost the
Ausable didn’t fit the description of any secret agent…(para.1)
Ausable was not at all what a secret agent should look like.
Sentence Paraphrase
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Background Information
• I. About the Author and the Text • II. Espionage and Related Terms • III. FBI, CIA and MSS
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
deadly enemy without lifting a finger.
Setting: a French hotel room
Protagonists: Ausable, Fowler, Max and a waiter
Text Anylasis
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
5. 秘密特工
6. secret service
6. 特工处
7. special agent
7. 特工
8. intelligence
ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidu
8. 情报
9. intelligence agency9. 间谍机构
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
III. FBI, CIA and MSS
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation 联邦调查局 take on investigative assignments CIA Central Intelligence Administration
Structures
For reference.
Part 1 (paras.1—5 ) about:
Who Ausable is. & why Fowler wants to see him.
Part 2 (paras.6—16 ) about: The unexpected visit of
Ausable’s adversary Max.
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
warming-up
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
• 2. What do you think a secret agent usually equiped with and what does he usually experience?
中央情报局 is an independent agency, responsible to the President, providing national security intelligence to senior U.S. policymakers
MSS Ministry of State Security 国家安全部
Trick-or-Treat
Trick-or-Treat, is for children on or around Halloween in which they proceed from hourse to house in costumes, asking for treats such as confectionery with the question, "Trick or treat" The "trick" part of "trick or treat" is an idle threat to play a trick on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.
Daily Accumulation Warming-up
Background Information
Text Appreciation
Origins Celebration Games Symbols
Origins
• For the ancient Celtic peoples, the New Year was celebrated on November 1st of every year. This date marked the end of Summer and the beginning of Winter.This time of year was often associated with human death.
I. The Author and the Text
• The text first appeared in Cillier's on June 17, 1939 and was later included in Mystery and More Mystery, which was edited by Robert Arthur and published by Rondom House in 1963.
• Halloween is one of the world's oldest holidays, celebrated in several countries around the globe including the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Mexico, Latin America, and Spain.
How Ausable outwits Max and
Part 3 (paras.17—26) about: makes him jump on the
“balcony”.
Text Anylasis
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
Further Discussion about the Story
Plot of the story Setting of the story Protagonists of the story
Text Anylasis
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
For reference.
Plot: Ausable appears helpless, but he gets rid of his
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
Text Appreciation
I. Text Analysis
1. General Analysis 2. Structure 3. Further Discussion
II. Sentence Paraphrase
Text Anylasis
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
impressions of Ausable.
♣ Try to turn the passage into a little play and act it
out. (Assignment After Class
)
Sentence Paraphrase
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
Text Anylasis
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
Further Discussion about the Story
I. Group Work
♣ Retell the text in your own words.
♣ Find words and phrases that can sum up your
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
II. Espionage and Related Terms
1. spy
1. 间谍
2. espionage
2. 侦察、谍报
3. international spy 3. 国际间谍
4. double agent
4. 双重间谍
5. secret agent
Celebration Games
• Carving Jack-O's-Lanterns • Trick-or-Treat • Ghost Tours • Costume Parties • Visiting Haunted Attractions
•• •
Jack-O's-Lantern
• One story about Jack, an Irishman, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was singy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Santan), so he was kicked out of Hell and make to walk the earth forever carring a lantern.
Black cat
Symbols Bats
Witches
Vampires
Zombies
Owls
Pumkins & Ghosts
warming-up
• Questions for Group
Discussion
• 1. What is the usual image of a secret agent or a spy in your mind?
• The antient Celts believed on the night before the new year, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred as the dead search for the afterlife. And the dead would be dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops.
I. Text Glimpse ♣ What was Fowler’s first impression of Ausable? ♣ How did Fowler get his first thrilling experience of the day? ♣ How did Ausable deal with the situation? ♣ How did Ausable finally outwit Max?
strong, muscular, vigorous, lusty, sagacious, calm, toughminded, handsome, observant, attractive (irresistible to women), intelligent, good at fighting, several languages,versatile, perfect
HalloweenOct. 31
• The festivals would frequently involve bonfires , into which bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.
Ausable was, for one thing, fat… Though he spoke French
and German passably, he had never altogether lost the
Ausable didn’t fit the description of any secret agent…(para.1)
Ausable was not at all what a secret agent should look like.
Sentence Paraphrase
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor
Background Information
• I. About the Author and the Text • II. Espionage and Related Terms • III. FBI, CIA and MSS
Unit 4 Midnight Visitor