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BlackmailArthur Hailey○1The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.○2The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary –who was terrified of dogs –to exercise the Bedlington terriers. Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.○3 A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her to the living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out."○4The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassing the Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window.○5"Pretty neat set-up you folks got.” Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it. ○6The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discuss décor ".○7The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle . "No, ma'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though." He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice." Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?"○8"Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon. His wife shot him a swift, warning glance.○9"In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”○10As if the question from the Duchess had been a signal, the house detective's manner changed. He inquired abruptly, "Who else is in this place?"○11It was the Duke who answered, "No one. We sent them out."○12"There's things it pays to check." Moving with surprising speed, the fat man walked around the suite, opening doors and inspecting the space behind them. Obviously he knew the room arrangement well. After reopening and closing the outer door, he returned, apparently satisfied, to the living room.○13The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie remained standing. ○14"Now then," he said. "You two was in the hit-'n-run ."○15She met his eyes directly." What are you talking about?"○16"Don't play games, lady. This is for real." He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end, "You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio, too."○17Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydon's cheeks. "What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous..."○18"I told you –Cut it out!” The words spat forth with sudden savagery , all pretense of blandness gone. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary 's adversary 's nose. "You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad – cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so's you could tell your side of it to me." The piggy eyes blinked, then hardened. " 'f you want it the other way, justsay so."○19The Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her –did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely. Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!”○20Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, "It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try." Facing Ogilvie, he said, "What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl."○21"That's more like it," Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar. "Now we're getting somewhere."○22Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. Clasping her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked. "What is it you know?"○23"Well now, I'll spell it out." The house detective took his time, leisurely putting a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment.○24Ogilvie pointed to the Duke. "Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in Irish Bayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy."○25As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said sharply, "Get on with it!"○26"Well" – the smug fat face swung back – "the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred –with a real swinging party – when your wife here got there in a taxi. "○27"How do you know all this?"○28"I'll tell you, Duke –I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an’ where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don't get to hear about. Most of ’em never know I know, or know me. T hey think they got their little secret tucked away , and so they have – except like now."○29The Duke said coldly, "I see."○30"One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’ am. How'd you figure where he was?"○31The Duchess said, "You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. My husband has a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. ”○32The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly . "A little careless habit like that, Duke – look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. You an' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the way things turned out it might have been better if she'd have drove."○33"My wife doesn't drive."○34Ogilvie nodded understandingly. "Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered ( = liquored ) up, but good..."○35The Duchess interrupted. "Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure! You can't possibly prove..."○36"Lady, I can prove all I need to."○37The Duke cautioned, "Better let him finish, old girl."○38"That's right," Ogilvie said. "Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in –through the basement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you. Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature."○39The Duchess breathed, "Go on."○40"Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don't know – it's away in a corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it when they're comin' by."○41The Duke licked his lips. "I suppose that doesn't matter now."○42"You might have something there," Ogilvie conceded. "Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting -- across at police headquarters where they know me too." He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it, then continued. "Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’ the woma n was hit. They got some headlight glass, and lookin’ at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brush trace. "○43"A what?"○44"You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it's shiny like a car fender, say, an' it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kin pick it up like they do prints –dust it, an’ it shows."○45"That's interesting," the Duke said, as if speaking of something unconnected with himself. "I didn't know that."○46"Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'd match up, even without the brush trace an’ the blood. 0h yea h, I should a told you. There's plenty of blood, though it don't show too much on the black paint."○47"Oh, my God!" A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away.○48Her husband asked, "What do you propose to do?"○49The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers. "Like I said, I come to hear your side of it."○50The Duke said despairingly, “What can I possibly say? You know what happened.” He made an attempt to square his shoulders which did not succeed. “You'd better call the police and get it over.”○51“Well now, there's no call for being hasty .” The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. “What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all.”○52The other two slowly raised their eyes.○53“I was hoping,” Ogilvie said, “that you folks could suggest something.”○54The Duke said uncertainly, “I don't understand.”○55“I understand,” the Duchess of Croydon said. “You want money, don't you? You came here to blackmail us.”○56If she expected her words to shock, they did not succeed. The house detective shrugged. “Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too.”○57”You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?”○58”I reckon I might.”○59”But from what you say,” the Duchess pointed out, her poise for the moment recovered, “it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.”○60”I guess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some reasons it might not be. Something I ain't told you yet.”○61“Tell us now, please.”○62Ogilvie said, “I ain't figured this out myself comp letely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.”○63”We'd made a mistake in the route,” the Duchess said. “Somehow we'd becometurned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Aft erward, using side streets, we went back. “○64“I thought it might be that,” Ogilvie nodded understandingly. “But the police ain't figured it that way. They’re looking for somebody who was headed out. That's why, right now, they're workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won't be yet. “○65“How long before they do?”○66“Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.”○67“ How could that help us --- the delay‘?”○68“It might,” Ogilvie said. “Providin' nobody twigs the car – an' seein' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get it away.”○69“You mean out of the state?”○70“I mean out o’ the South.”○71“That wouldn't be easy?”○72“No, ma'am. Every state around – Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, all the rest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is.”○73The D uchess considered. “Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the work were done discreetly we could pay well. “○74The house detective shook his head emphatically. “You try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana's been told to holler 'cops' the minute a car needing fixin' like yours comes in. They'd do it, too. You people are hot.”○75The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more,she was aware, the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil tat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her.○76“The piece from our car which you say the police have. What is it called?”○77“A trim ring.”○78“Is it traceable?”○79Ogilvie nodded affirmativel y. “They can figure what kind o' car it's from --- make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a few days.”○80“But after that,” she persisted, “the police wi ll know they're looking for a Jaguar?”○81“I reckon that 's so. “○82Today was Tuesday. From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned: the situation came down to one essential. Assuming the hotel man was bought off, their only chance -- a slim one -- lay in removing the car quickly, If it could be got north, to one of the big cities where the New Orleans tragedy and search would be unknown, repairs could be made quietly, the incriminating evidence removed. Then, even if suspicion settled on the Croydons later, nothing could be proved. But how to get the car away?○83Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.○84But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It would behazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection. There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.○85But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous . And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.○86Or had they?○87The Duchess faced Ogilvie. “How much do you want?”○88The abruptness took him by surprise. “Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed.”○89She said coldly, “I asked how much.”○90The piggy eyes blinked. Ten thousand dollars.”○91Though it was twice what she had expected, her expression did not change. “Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?”○92The fat man seemed puzzled. “Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.”○93“And the alternative ?”○94He shrugged. “I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone. “○95“No,” The statement was unequivocal . “We will not pay, you.”○96As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbous countenance reddened, “Now listen, lady…”○97Peremptorily she cut him oft. “I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.”Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold. “We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear.”○98“That's a chance you gotta...”○99“Silence!” Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied .100 What came next, the Duchess of Croydon knew, could be the most significant thing she had ever done. There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind. When you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid. She intended to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt.101 She declared decisively, “We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.”102 The house detective's eyes bulged.103 “In return for that,” she continued evenly, “You will drive our car north.”104 Ogilvie continued to stare.105 “Twenty-five thousand dollars,” she repeated. “Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chicago.”106 Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beady eyes, as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. The silence hung.107 Then, as she watched intently, he gave the slightest of nods.108 The silence remained. At length Ogilvie spoke. “This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?”109 As she nodded, he put it out.(from Hotel, 1965)。
高级英语Dictation--Lesson 3 Blackmail
Dictation--Lesson3Blackmail1.神经紧绷，紧张到了极点。
The nerves were excessively frayed.2.早已借故将女佣支开。
Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an inventederrand.3.慢条斯理地从口中拿下呛人的雪茄，敲掉烟灰，…失了准头。
Taking his time,Ogilvie removed the offending cigar,knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward….He missed.4.乐得咯咯直笑in an appreciative chuckle5.压低了他那极端刺耳的尖嗓音He lowered the level of his incongruous falsettovoice.6.马上瞪了他一眼，以示警告。
His wife shot him a swift,warning glance.7.“我们的事与你有何相干?”"In what conceivable way does our businessconcern you?”8.“还是检查一下的好。
”"There's things it pays to check."9.肇事逃逸。
committed a hit-and-run10.“你在胡扯些什么呀?”"What are you talking about?"11.“别演了，夫人。
这可不是闹着玩儿的。
”"Don't play games,lady.This is forreal."12.面泛桃红Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the cheeks.13.凶相毕露，先前装出的那副温和劲儿荡然无存。
2021考研英语备考：blackmail的翻译技巧
2021考研英语备考：blackmail的翻译技巧考研英语有许多题目组成，方便大家及时了解，下面为你精心准备了“2021考研英语备考：blackmail的翻译技巧”，持续关注本站将可以持续获取的考试资讯!2021考研英语备考：blackmail的翻译技巧blackmail 的中文意思名词1.敲诈，勒索及物动词：1.胁迫，尤指以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财词形变化名称blackmailer英语解释obtain through threatsextortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting informationexert pressure on someone through threats例句Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion.对方指控他敲诈勒索。
"Camorra. a Neapolitan secret society organized about1820, notorious for practicing violence and blackmail."卡莫拉秘密组织:1820年左右组建的一个那不勒斯人秘密组织,以实行暴力和敲诈而臭名昭著。
Practice blackmail进行勒索Later, Mademoiselle Blanche tried to blackmail you, and you killed her. It comes natural to you, does it not, to kill?后来，布朗歇小姐企图敲诈你，你就把她干掉，你嗜杀成性，对吧Vulnerable to abuse,blackmail,criticism易受凌辱、敲诈、批评Whoever extorts public or private property by blackmail, and the amount involved is quite large敲诈勒索公私财物，数额较大的"What's your blackmail for this?" vociferated Harran “这一下你要勒索多少?”哈伦大声叫道。
Blackmail
Character :strong, imperious(专横
的)，decisive, arrogant(傲慢的), vigilant(警惕的), very quick in response.
Duchesee
Part One
The Duchess went to the door herself . Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment. (para.2)
Ogilive
Part one
Appearance • A wave of cigar Accompanied.. • Piggy eyes surveyed sardonically (look :gross jowled face) personality unscrupulous (肆无忌惮的)and greedy
Blackmail
——three characters
Members：黄侃
王明辉 朱泽华 陈龙
Appearance
Ogilive:
piggy eyes,gross jowled face obses body (贪婪的眼睛，总有赘肉的脸，肥胖的身体） Duchess： Pale cheek with two high points,gray green eyes (苍白的脸颊有点高，灰绿色的眼睛）
• “all I come for was to help you…but I got to live too.”
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Blackmail课后题详解 (课堂PPT)
4)Our chance to succeed is very slim．Nevertheless we shall do our utmost.
虽然成功的机会很少，我们仍然要竭尽全力去 干。
5)We will have our meeting at 10 tomorrow morning unless notified otherwise．
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shoot at 力争；向…射击 shoot down 击落；驳倒，否决 shoot for 争取，为…而努力 shoot the breeze 吹牛；闲扯
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11 We were fixed up for the night in a hostel. 11)我们被安排在招待所里过夜。
12 He found himself in a fix. 12)他发现自己陷入了困境。
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shoot up （to grow up very quickly) 射出；发芽；暴涨；迅速成长
dead shot 神枪手 a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
big shots funeral 大腕
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6、 This small shop sells fancy goods. 6)这个小店出售花哨的小商品。
7、 Do you fancy anything to drink? 7)你想喝点什么?
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fancy goods花俏商品；花哨商品；超出正 规性之纺织物；杂货
have a fancy for 喜欢， 想要；热衷于…； 爱好
fancy oneself as 认为自己（可以成为..）； 自以为是（某种人材）
Lesson6 Blackmail words
Unit 6 BLACKMAILblackmail['blæk,mel]( n.) :the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈；勒索suite[swit] ( n.) :a group of connected rooms used as a unit，such as an apartment一套房间cryptic['krɪptɪk] ( adj.) :having a hidden or ambiguous meaning；mysterious隐蔽的，秘密的；神秘的fray[frei] ( v．) :make or become weakened or strained(使)变弱；(使)紧张dispatch[dɪ'spætʃ]( v．) :send off or out promptly，usually on a specific errand or official business(迅速地)派遣，派出(常指特别差事或公事)errand['erənd]( n.) :a trip to carry a message or do a definite thing，esp. for someone else差事(尤指为别人送信或办事)piggy['pigi]( adj. ) : like a pig；gluttonous猪一般的；贪婪的(=piggish) sardonic[sɑ:'dɔnik]( adj.) :bitter，scornful(used of smile or laughter)disdainfully or bitterly sneering，ironic or sarcastic讥讽的；嘲笑的／sardonically adv．gross[grəus]( adj.) : big or fat and coarse—looking；corpulent；burtly肥胖的，臃肿的；粗壮的jowl [dʒaul]( n.) :the fleshy，hanging part under the lower jaw下颚的下垂部分encompass[in'kʌmpəs]( v．) :shut in all around；surround；encircle 围绕，环绕flip[flip]( v．) :toss or move with a quick jerk；flick(用指等)轻弹；轻拂decor[dei'kɔɚ]( n.) :[Fre.]decoration[法语]装饰，装璜obese[əu'bi:s]( adj. ) :very fat；stout；corpulent过度肥胖的；肥大的appreciative[ə'pri:ʃiətiv]( adj.) :feeling or showing appreciation欣赏的；有欣赏力的；有眼力的；有鉴赏力的incongruous[in'kɔŋgruəs]( adj.) :lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible不和谐的；不调和不相容的；自相矛盾的falsetto[fɔ:l'setəu]: ①n．假声(说、唱)②adj.假声的；用假声唱的emission[i'miʃən] ( n.) :the act of sending out or giving forth(heat，light，smell)；the action of uttering(sound)(热、光、气味等的)散发，放出；(声音等的)发出spit[spit]( v．) :eject，throw(out)，emit，or utter explosively喷出，吐出；激烈地说出savagery['sævidʒəri]( n.) :savage act，behavior，or disposition；barbarity暴行；残忍；凶猛blandness['blændnis]( n.) :being mild and soothing温和，和蔼；文雅adversary['ædvə,səri]( n.) : person who opposes or fights against another；opponent敌手；敌方；对手high—tail ( v.) :[colloq．]leave or go in a hurry；scurry off (chiefly in high—tail it )[口]匆忙离开，匆忙走开；迅速撤退；迅速逃走(主要用于high—tail it)blink[bliŋk]( v．) :wink(the eyes)rapidly；cause(eyes)to wink眨(眼)；使眨(眼) inbred['in'bred] ( adj.) : innate or deeply instilled天生的，生来的，先天的wrathful['ræθfəl]( adj.)(fml.)extremely angry 大怒的，恼怒的wither['wiðə]( v．) to render speechless or incapable of action 使...哑口无言，使不能行为blackguard['blækgɑ:d]( n.) 无赖，流氓flicker['flikə] ( v．) move with a quick，light，wavering motion摇曳，摇动，晃动interject[,intə'dʒekt] ( v．) :throw in between；interrupt with打断；插入，插(话) clasp[klæsp]( v．) :hold tightly(with the arms or hands)；grasp firmly握住；紧握accuse[ə'kjuz] ( v．) (of) that sb. has done wrong or broken the law指责，控告conceal[kən'sil] ( v．) :put out of sight；hide把……藏起来，隐藏，隐匿puff[pʌf]( v．) :blow，drive，give forth，etc．in or with a puff or puffs(一阵阵地)吹；喷出distaste[dɪs'test]( n.) dislike or aversion 讨厌，嫌恶leastways['li:stweiz] ( adv．) :(chiefly dial．)leastwise；anyway(多用于口语)至少；无论如何smug[smʌg] (adj.) 沾沾自喜的；自鸣得意的；自满的oblige[ə'blaidʒ]( v．) to make it necessary for sb. to do sth. 迫使（某人）做某事；do sb. a favour; help sb.帮助某人，是他人感激tuck[tʌk] ( v．) :put into a secluded or isolated spot把……放入隐蔽或隔离的地方；使隐蔽；(收)藏起cluck[klʌk] ( v．) (母鸡唤小鸡时的)咯咯叫，作咯咯叫声；(人)咯咯地叫；咯咯地说reproving[ri'pru:viŋ]( adj. ) :expressing disapproval of指摘的；非难的／reprovingly adv．hunch[hʌntʃ] ( n.) :[colloq．]a feeling about something not based on known facts；premonition or suspicion[口]预感，预兆；疑心jockey['dʒɔki] ( n.) :[Am．slang]one who operates a specified vehicle，machine，etc．[美俚](某种车辆的)驾驶员；(机器等的)操作者lick[lik]( v．) pass the tongue over 舔concede[kən'si:d]( v．) to acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just or proper 承认fender['fendə]( n.)挡泥板bust[bʌst] ( v．) :[slang]burst or break[俚](使)爆裂，(使)击破despairing[di'spɛəriŋ] ( adj.) :feeling or showing despair；hopeless绝望的，没有希望的／despairingly adv．shrug[ʃrʌg] ( v．) :draw up(the shoulders)，as in expressing indifference，doubt，disdain，contempt，etc．(为表达冷漠、无奈等)耸肩poise[pɔiz]( n.)姿势，动作；（fig.）泰然自若，自信twig[twig] ( v．) :[Brit．colloq．]observe；notice[英口]观察；注意discreet[di'skri:t]( adj.) :careful about what．one says or does；prudent：keeping silent or preserving confidences when necessary (言行)谨慎的；慎重的；考虑周到的／discreetly adv．holler['hɔlə] ( v．) :[colloq．]shout or yell[口]叫喊，呼喊eventuality[i,ventju'æliti]( n.)不测的事，可能发生的事incriminate[in'krimineit] ( v．)控告…有罪，使负罪oafish['əufiʃ]( adj.) :stupid愚蠢的，笨拙的adept[ə'dept]( adj.)（常与at, in连用）very skilled 熟练的，精通的grotesque[grəu'tesk] (adj.) :ludicrously eccentric or strange；ridiculous；absurd；fantastic怪僻的；荒谬的；滑稽可笑的unequivocal[,ʌni'kwivəkəl]( adj.) :not equivocal；not ambiguous；plain；clear不含糊的；不模棱两可的；明确的；明白的bulbous['bʌlbəs] (adj.) :shaped like a bulb；fat and round(often derog．)球茎形的；又肥又圆的(常用作贬义)countenance['kauntinəns] ( n.) :the face；facial features；visage脸,面孔;面貌，面容，容貌，脸色peremptory[pə'remptəri](adj. ) :intolerantly positive；dictatorial；dogmatic；imperious高傲的；武断的；专横的；强制的／peremptorily adv．rivet ['rivit]( v．) :fix or hold(the eyes，attention，etc．)firmly(把目光、注意力等)集中于……imperious[im'piəriəs] (adj.) : overbearing；arrogant；masterful，domineering傲慢的；专横的；盛气凌人的respite['respit] ( n.) :an interval of temporary relief or rest暂时的休息；暂时的喘息comply[kəm'plai]( v．) to act in accordance with another’s command, request or rule 顺从whiplash['hwiplæʃ](adj. ) : showing resentment and ill humor by morose，unsociable withdrawal愠怒的，闷闷不乐的／sullenly adv．vacillation[,væsi'leiʃən] ( n.) :he state of wavering in mind；hesitation；indecision 犹豫；踌躇dally['dæli]( v．) :be slow or waste time闲荡；延误bulge[bʌldʒ]( v．) :swell or bend outward；protrude or project膨胀，肿胀；鼓起，隆起，突出beady['bi:di] ( adj.) :(esp．of an eye)small，round，and glittering like a bead(尤指眼睛)似珠子般小而亮的EXPRESSIONS:put out:stop sth．burning熄灭take one’s time(doing sth．或to do sth．或about sth．): do sth．slowly不着急，慢慢(做事)on a hunch: based on feeling and for which there is no proof凭预感。
高级英语 lesson6 blackmail(1-5段)
同根词：
词根：declare adj. declared公然的；公开宣布的 declarative宣言的；陈述的，说明的 n. declaration（纳税品等的）申报；宣布；公告；申诉书 declarer申报者；宣言者
词语辨析：
advertise, broadcast, announce, proclaim, publish, pronounce, declare 这组词都有“宣布，公开”的意思，其区别是：
fray[freɪ]
n. 1 争论；争斗 enter/join the fray 加入争辩 At 71,he has now retired from the political fray. 他现年71岁，已经退出了政治角逐。 They were ready for the fray. 他们准备好了争斗。 2 (Fray)人名；(法)弗雷；(德)弗赖；(匈)弗劳伊 3 (织物、绳索等的)破损处，绽裂处 vt. 1 使磨损；使紧张；使急躁 frayed cuffs 磨破的袖口 Relations between us have become frayed through a series of misunderstandings.
加封为阿基坦公爵。为突出公爵特殊地位，以后多年里除 女王配偶和王子外，其他王亲均不许称王，最高可获公爵 爵位。随后，爱德华三世及其继承人又先后建立了兰开斯 特公国（1351年）、克拉伦斯公国（1362年）、约克公国 和格洛斯特公国（1385）、赫里福德公国（1397）、贝特 福德公国（1413）和萨默塞特公国（1443）等。这些公国 的领有人都是王室宗亲，他们得到高级爵位后，在贵族中 鹤立鸡群，威势不凡，为以后争夺王权、扰乱朝纲、制造 战乱埋下了隐患。自从1483年建立诺福克公国以后，公爵 爵位开始授予王亲以外者，但很少建立公国。而且能获此 最高爵位者多是军功显赫的统帅。行政界政务家即使任职 多年，政绩昭著，也难获此殊荣。 在正规场合公爵也穿深红色的丝绒外套，帽子上镶四 条貂皮。其冠冕上有一个金环，上饰8枚红色金叶片。国 王则称公爵为“我们真正可信和最为敬爱的伙伴。”
高英-Blackmail原文+翻译+修辞
Arthur Hailey--阿瑟•黑利
The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydonssuitean hour after hiscryptictelephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessivelyfrayedwhen the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.
“你们这套房间布置得倒挺讲究的呢。”欧吉维慢条斯理地从口中拿下雪茄，敲掉烟灰，然后将烟蒂扔向靠右边的一个装饰性壁炉，但他失了准头，烟蒂掉到地毯上，他也不去管它。
The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discussdécor".
他乐得咯咯直笑，肥胖的身子也跟着抖动起来。“不是的，夫人，怎么会呢!不过，我确实喜爱高雅的东西。”他压低了他那极端刺耳的尖嗓音接着说，“比如像你们那辆小轿车，就是停在饭店的那辆，美洲虎牌，是的吧?”
"Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon. His wifeshothim a swift, warning glance.
随着欧吉维进屋的是一团雪茄烟雾。当他随着她走进起居室时，公爵夫人目光直射着这个大肥佬嘴里叼着的那烧了半截的雪茄。“我丈夫和我都讨厌浓烈的烟味，您行行好把它灭了吧!”
高英：Blackmail
smug fat face.
Ogilvie’s Character
He is a low-educated, rude, vulgar(庸俗、 不得体的), greedy, man.
But, on the other hand, he is also sophisticated(老练的）, because he prepared all the evidences in order to get a lot of money.
She dispatched well-educated, her maid. careful,
timid, coward a passive spectator
The Duke
submissive to his wife weak in mind
Like drinking and gambling
Sharp Languages:
1.“My husband and I find strong smoke offensive,
would you kindly put that out.”
2.“You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you”. ……
Actions:
1.full of nerves
2. her lips tightened
3.Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of her cheeks
4.Her face wrathful, grey-green eyes blazing 5.poise(沉着） 6.Remain calm and reasoned 7.Her high-cheekboned featured set in their most imperious(专 横的，跋扈的） mold
高级英语 Blackmail words
Para 1~4Suite [swiːt]①( n.) : a group of connected rooms used as a unit，such as an apartment套房Phrases:●presidential suite 总统套房；总统套间●deluxe suite 高级套房；豪华套间●honeymoon suite 蜜月套房● a suite of 一系列cryptic ['krɪptɪk]①(adj.) : having a hidden or ambiguous meaning；mysterious隐蔽的；晦涩难懂的Phrase：a cryptic massageDerivation: cryptically (adv.)e.g. ‘Yes and no, ’ she replied cryptically“又是又不是。
”他回答得很隐晦。
Fray①(v.)If your nerves or your temper fray, or if something fraysthem, you become nervous or easily annoyed because of mental strain and anxiety. (使)紧张烦躁e.g.. Tempers be.g.an to fray as the two teams failed to score.两队都没有得分，人们开始烦躁起来。
②(v.)if cloth frays or sth frays it, the threads in it start tocome apart(使)磨损e.g. This material frays easily.(不耐磨)③(n.)the fray : a fight or brawl 打斗，竞争，争辩e.g. At 71, he has now retired from the political fray.他如今71岁，已经退出了政治角逐dispatch①(v.) : send sb. off or out promptly，usually on a specific errandor official business (迅速地)派遣，派出(常指特别差事或公事) e.g. He had been continually dispatching scouts ahead.他一直不断地派遣侦察员到前面去。
blackmail
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1. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned. [ 冷静的盘算着] 2. Assuming the hotel man was bought off [收买，买通] 3. the incriminating evidence removed [罪证]
15. Peremptorily adv.专横地；霸道地 例：“No！ ” she replied peremptorily. “不！”她断然回答。
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16. Riveted on 眼睛盯着… 例：His eyes were riveted on the scene. 他的眼睛一直盯着看那情景。
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6. It would be hazardous 冒险的 7. waiting here for certain detection 坐等被擒
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8.Nor was either of them adept at using maps. 擅长，精通，在行 9. Their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous betray 泄露 conspicuous 惹人注意的
17.Imperious [expecting people to obey you and treating them as if they are not as important as you] adj. 专横的；蛮横的；盛气凌人的
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18. Respite [a short break or escape from sth difficult or unpleasant]n. 暂停；暂缓 例：There was no respite from the suffocating heat. 闷热的天气根本没有缓解。 19. Whiplash [a hit with a whip] v.鞭打 20. Bore into 钻进，穿透 例：The intense gray eyes seemed to bore into whatever they were looking at . 一双炯炯有神的灰色的眼睛似乎能穿透他看到的任何东西。
高级英语话剧Blackmail台词
Blackmail(paragraphy14—109)Ogilvie: now then, you two was in the hit-’n-run.Duchess: what are you talking about?Ogilvie: don’t play games, lady. This is for real.(拿烟，咬烟头) you saw the papers. There’s been plenty on radio, too.Duchess: (脸红)what you are suggesting is the most dis’gusting,ri’diculous…Ogilvie: I told you –cut it out! (拿烟在公爵鼻子下晃了晃)you listen to me, your high-an’-mightiness. This city’s burnin’mad--cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done last night, who killed that kid an’its m other, then high-tailed it, they’ll throw the books, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there’ll be a squad of cops in here so fast you’ll hardly see’em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so’s you could tell your side of it to me.（眨眼变凶）if you want it the other way, just say so.Duchess: (跳起来怒容满面)you unspeakable blackguard! How dare you! Duke: (对Duchess)it’s no go, old girl. I’m afraid. It was a good try.(对Ogilvie) what you accuse us of is ture. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killing the little girl.Ogilvie: that’s more like it.(点烟) now we’re getting somewhere. Duchess: (疲乏的做认输手势，颓然坐回椅子上，双手对握已掩饰颤抖) what is it you know?Ogilvie: well now, I’ll spell it out.(吐眼圈带嘲讽意看Duchess（皱鼻）指向Duke)last night, early on, you went to Lindy’s Place in Irish Bayou, You drove there in your fancy jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you’d call he that if you’re not too fussy’(看Duchess咧嘴笑) Duke: (厉声吼) get on with it.Ogilvie: well, the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred-with a real swingingparty-when your wife here got there in a taxi.Duke: how would you know all this?Ogilvie: I told you, Ogilvie-I’ve been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, and where. There ain’t much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don’t get to hear about. Most of’em never know I know, or know me. They think they go t their little secret tucked away, and so they have-except like now.Duke: (冷冷地)I see.Ogilvie: one thing I’d like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’am. How’d you figure where he was?Duchess: you know so much… I supposed it doesn’t matter. My husbandhas a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them.Ogilvie: (咋舌表责备)a little careless habit like that, Ogilvie-look at the mess it gets you in. well, here’s what I figure about the rest. You an’your wife took off home, you drivin’, though the way things turned out it might have been better if she’d have drove.Duke: my wife doesn’t drive.Ogilvie: (点头表理解) explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered up, but good…Duchess: then you don’t know! You don’t kno w anything for sure! You can’t possibly prove…Ogilvie: lady, I can prove all I need to.Duke:(规劝Duchess) better let him finish, old girl.Ogilvie: that’s right, just sit an’ listen. Last night I seen you comein-though the basement, so’s not to use the lo bby. Look the right shaken, too, the pair of you, just come in myself, an’I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature.Duchess: go on.Ogilvie: late last night the word was out about the hit-’n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don’t know-it’s away in the corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don’t see it when they’re comin’by.Duke:(舔嘴唇)ｉsuppose that doesn’t matter now.Ogilvie: you might have something there. Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting-across at police headquarters where they know me too.(吸香烟看一眼红烟头) over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and look’in at the kid’s clothin’, they reckon there’ll be a brush trace.Duchess: a what?Ogilvie: you rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it’s shiny like a car fender, say, an’it leaves a mark the same way as fingerprints.Duke: (像讨论与自己无关紧要的事) that’s interesting, I didn’t know that. Ogilvie: not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don’t make a lot difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring’s gone. Ain’t any doubt they’d match up, even without the brush trace an’the blood. Oh year,I shoulda told, there’s plenty of blood, though it don’t show too much on the black paint.Duchess:(一手捂脸转过面去)oh, my god!Duke: what do you propose to do?Ogilvie:(搓手低头看手指) like I said, I come to hear your side of it.Duke: (绝望地)what can I possibly say? You know what happened.(作势想挺胸但没成功)you’d better call the police and get it over.Ogilvie: well now, there’s no call for being hasty. What’s done’s been done. Rushing any place ain’t gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they’d do to you across at the headquarters, Ogilvie, you wouldn’t like. No sir, you wouldn’t like it at all.(接着说)I was hoping, that you folks could suggest somethingDuke:(狐疑地说) I don’t understand.Duchess: I understand, you want money, don’t you? You came here to blackmail us.Ogilvie: (耸肩)whatever names you call things, ma’am, don’t matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too. Duchess: you’d accept money to keep silent about what you know? Ogilvie: I reckon I might.Duchess: but from what you say, it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.Ogilvie: I guess you’d have to take that xhance. But there’s some reasons it might not be. Something I ain’t told you yet.Duchess: tell us now, please.Ogilvie: I ain’t fig ured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.Duchess: we’d made a mistake in the route, somehow we’d become turned around. It’s easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, using side streets, we went back.Ogilvie: I thought it might be that.(点头表理解) but the po lice ain’t figured it that way. They’re looking for somebody who was headed out. That’s why, right now, they’re workin’on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin’down town, but it won’t be yet. Duchess: How long before they do?Ogilvie: maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.Duchess: how could that help us-the delay?Ogilvie: it might, providin’ nobody twigs the car-an’seein’where it is, you might be lucky there. An’if you can get it away.Duchess: you mean out of state?Ogilvie: I mean out o’the south.Duchess: that wouldn’t be easy?Ogilvie: no, ma’am. Every state around will be watching for a car damaged the way yours is.Duchess:(考虑) Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the wo rk were done dis’creetly we could pay well.Ogilvie:(摇头) you try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an’give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana’s been told to holler ‘cops’the minute a car needing fixin’like yours comes in. they’d d o it, too. You people are hot.Duchess:(想到一个主意) the piece from our car which you say the policehave. What is it called?Ogilvie: a trim ring.Duchess: is it traceable?Ogilvie:(肯定点头) they can figure what king o’car it’s from-make, model,an maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it’ll likely take a few days.Duchess: but after that, the police will know they’re looking for a Jaguar? Ogilvie: I reckon that’s so.(Duchess认真考虑很长一段时间)Duchess: (面向Ogilvie)how much do you want?Ogilvie: well…I figure you people are pretty well fixed.Duchess:(冷冷地) I asked how much.Ogilvie:(眨眼) ten thousand dollars.Duchess:(不动声色地) assuming we paid this gro’tesque amount, what would we receive in return?Ogilvie: like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.Duchess: and the alternative?Ogilvie:(耸肩) I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone.Duchess:(斩钉截铁地) no, we will not pay you.Ogilvie:(不安的移动身子，脸涨得通红) now listen, lady…Duchess:(蛮横地打断Ogilvie的话) I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.(紧盯Ogilvie且脸上显出霸道的神态) we would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days’ respite. You have made that abundantly clear.Ogilvie: that’s a chance you gotta…Duchess:(厉声呵斥) silence!(Ogilvie满脸不高兴的住口了，Duchess接着果断宣布)we will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.(Ogilvie鼓眼睛) in return for that, you will drive our car north.(Ogilvie依旧目瞪口呆状) twenty-five thousand dollars, ten thousand now. fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chi’cago. (Ogilvie舔嘴唇，不发一言，眼睛似乎不相信似的直盯Duchess双眼，一阵沉默然后在Duchess目不转睛的逼视下，微微点了点头)Ogilvie: this cigar botherin’you, Duchess?(Duchess点了点头，Ogilvie随即将烟掐灭了)。
高级英语Blackmail文段分析
Blackmail, the lesson we’ve learned, is an excerpt [ek'sə:pt, 'eksə:pt]from the novel Hotel, written by Arthur Hailey. And today, I will show u guys my understanding of the image which runs through the passage, the cigar smoke from the detective, Ogilvie. So, what’s the purpose of the author to describe this? What kind of meaning this image implies? What’s its function? Now, here we go.In general, there’re several points. First, the cigar smoke is a reflection of the detective’s character, a person who is impolite and vulgar ['vʌlɡə]. Second, the behavior of the detective with the cigar implies the change of the situation between the duchess and the detective. Last, if you are careful enough, u will notice that the whole conversation last within 2 cigars, showing this is an emergency.As we move on, I will do some detail explanations base on related paragraphs.Para 3: A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in.The image of smoke is always considered to be neutral ['nju:trəl] or even negative. This sentence describes the ve ry first time Ogilvie’s appearance, the author use the cigar smoke to let us feel that Ogilvie is an uninvited guest with unfriendly purpose.Para 5: Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it.This is a series of moves that done by Ogilvie after hearing the disapproval towards his cigar from the Duchess. Even Ogilvie agreed to put off the cigar, but he was actually unwilling to do so. His cigar is offensive, so do his behavior. All he had done is nothing but disrespect.Para 16: He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end.Para 21: He lit the fresh cigar.Para 23: The house detective took his time, leisurely puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection.As the conversation becoming closer and closer to the point, Ogilvie was sure about what kind of serious crime the noble Croydons ['krɔidən] had committed. Thinking of being the upper hands in the negotiation named as blackmail, Ogilvie began to smoke again; he knew that the Du ke and Duchess had to put up with it even they didn’t like his smoking. The reason is he was the advantage side, and he knew exactly the secret the couple wanted to hide.Para 42: He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently.P ara 108: At length Ogilvie spoke. “This cigar botherin’ you, Duchess?”As the story goes, the powerful Duchess tried to turn things around, she offered a big sum of money far more than the Ogilvie wanted and attempted to use Ogilvie’s greedy to help them fix the car in a proper way. Situation changed, now the initiative was back to the Duchess. Finally, Ogilvie agreed the deal, and he returned to be modest and humble.。
blackmail电子剧本
Script旁白: Morning everyone! Today we two groups are going to perform the play from our text book---blackmail. Hope you guyswould love it.First, I would like to introduce the main characters they are portrayed in this play. Detective’s character is portrayed by CHM.Duke’s character is portrayed by JPJ and Duchess’scharacter is portrayed by ZFF. The rest girls have severalminor roles in this play but I am sure you can easilyrecognize them.Scene 1（In the gambling house）The duke is in a luxurious casino with a voluptuous beauty. It seems that he had won a lot at gambling tables.Duke: “What a night! I am going to throw a party right away! All of you were invited!”People: oh yeah! (各种欢呼、吹口哨，这时公爵夫人出场) Duchess: “Darling, we’ve got another plan, remember?”Duke: “oh, right…”旁白：then the duchess leaving the casino followed by the upset duke. They went to their car together and quarreled with each other while driving home.Scene 2（In the car）Duchess: “Why are you always going to that dirty place? Is that interesting? How many times have I told you to keep a lowprofile?”Duke: “There is nothing! It was just for entertainment, you know......”……………………………………Girl: “mom, those muffins were really delicious. Shall we go to Aunt Mary’s home tomorrow again?”Mother: “well, if you like.”（hit- ’n-run）Duke: “Oh my god!”Duchess: “Let’s get out of here, now!”旁白: the drunk duke hit the little girl and her mother and escaped from the scene of the crime with fear.Scene 3（In the suite）(Get home and receive a telephone call)Duke: “Hello!”Detective: “If you want to get out of trouble, wait at home and I will come around an hour later.”Duchess: “Eva, can you help me send these letters and Sherry, would you help me exercise the Bedlington terriers.”Maid and Secretary: “Yes, ma’am.”旁白: Two hours later, the mystery man showed up. It turned that he was a house detective.Duchess: “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out?"Detective: “Pretty neat set-up you folks got.”Duchess: “I imagine you did not come here to discuss décor ". Detective: “No, ma’am can't say I did. I like nice things, though.Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel.Jaguar, ain't it?"Duke: "Aah!"Duchess: “In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”Detective: “Who else is in this place?"Duke: “No one. We sent them out."Detective: “There's things it pays to check. (检查房间) Now then, you two was in the hit-'n-run ."Duchess: “What are you talking about?"Detective: “Don't play games, lady. This is for real.(拿雪茄) You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio,too."Duchess: “What you are suggesting is the most disgusting,ridiculous..."Detective: “I told you – Cut it out!You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city'sburnin' mad – cops, mayor, everybody else. When theyfind who done that last night, who killed that kid an' itsmother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, andnever mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titlesneither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rightsI should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'llhardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so'syou could tell your side of it to me. 'f you want it the otherway, just say so."Duchess: “You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!”Duke: “It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try. (转向探长) What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl."Detective: “That's more like it. Now we're getting somewhere."Duchess: “What is it you know?"Detective: “Well now, I'll spell it out.Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in IrishBayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and youtook a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that ifyou're not too fussy."Duke: “Get on with it!"Detective: “Well,the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, thenlost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred – with areal swinging party – when your wife here got there in ataxi. "Duke: “"How do you know all this?"Detective: “I'll tell you, Duke – I've been in this town and this hotel along time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do thesame for me, like letting me know what gives, an’ where.There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay inthis hotel do, I don't get to hear about. Most of ’em neverknow I know, or know me. They think they got their littlesecret tucked away , and so they have – except like now." Duke: “I see."Detective: “One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’ am.How'd you figure where he was?"Duchess: “You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. Myhusband has a habit of making notes while he istelephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. ”Detective: “A little careless habit like that, Duke – look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. Youan' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the waythings turned out it might have been better if she'd havedrove."Duke: “My wife doesn't drive."Detective: “Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered up, but good..."Duchess: “Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure!You can't possibly prove..."Detective: “Lady, I can prove all I need to."Duke: “Better let him finish old girl."Detective: “That's right.Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in – throughthe basement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked rightshaken, too, the pair of you.Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like Isaid, I got a curious nature."Duchess: “Go on."Detective: “Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-seeat your car. You maybe don't know – it's away in a corner,behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it whenthey're comin' by."Duke: “I suppose that doesn't matter now."Detective: “You might have something there.Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting–across at police headquarters where they know me too.(吸口烟)Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’ thewoman was hit. They got some headlight glass, andlookin’ at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brushtrace. "Duchess: “A what?"Detective: “You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess,Specially if it's shiny like a car fender, say, an' it leaves amark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kinpick it up like they do prints – dust it , a n’ it shows." Duke: “That's interesting, I didn't know that."Detective: “Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't makea lot o' difference. On your car you got a bustedheadlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'dmatch up, even without the brush trace an’ the blood. 0hyeah, I should a told you. There's plenty of blood, thoughit don't show too much on the black paint."Duchess: “Oh, my God!"Duke: “What do you propose to do?"Detective: “Like I said, I come to hear you, side of it."Duke: “what can I possibly say? You know what happened.You'd better call the police and get it over."Detective: “Well now, there's no call for being hasty.What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonnabring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, whatthey'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, youwouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all. " Detective: “I was hoping, that you folks could suggest something." Duke: “I don't understand."Duchess: “I understand. You want money, don't you? You came here to blackmail us."Detective: “Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble.But I got to live too.”Duchess: “You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?" Detective: “I reckon I might."Duchess: “But from what you say,it would do no good. The car would be discovered in anycase."Detective: “I guess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some r easons it might not be. Something I ain't told you yet." Duchess: “Tell us now, please."Detective: “I ain't figured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it." Duchess: “We'd made a mistake in the route. Somehow we'd become turned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with thestreet winding as they do. Afterward, using side streets, wewent back. ”Detective: “I thought it might be that.But the police ain't figured it that way. They’re looking forsomebody who was headed out. That's why, right now,They’re workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns.They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won'tbe yet. "Duchess: “How long before they do?"Detective: “Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first."Duchess: “How could that help us --- the delay‘?"Detective: “It might. Providin' nobody twigs the car – an' seein' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get itaway."Detective: “You mean out of the state?"Detective: “I mean out o’ the South."Duchess: “That wouldn't be easy?"Detective: “No, ma'am. Every state around, all the rest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is."Duchess: “Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the work were done discreetly we could pay well. " Detective: “You try that; you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana'sbeen told to holler 'cops' the minute a car needing fixin'like yours comes in. They'd do it, too. You people are hot." Duchess: “The piece from our car which you say the police have.What is it called?"Detective: “A trim ring."Duchess: “Is it traceable?"Detective: “They can figure what kind o' car it's from --- make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with theglass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a fewdays."Duchess: “But after that,the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?"Detective: “I reckon that’s so.”Duchess: “How much do you want?"Detective: “ell ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed."Duchess: “I asked how much."Detective: “Ten thousand dollars."Duchess: “Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?"Detective: “Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know."Duchess: “And the alternat ive?”Detective: “I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone. "Duchess: “No. We will not pay, you."Detective: “Now listen, lady…"Duchess: “I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.We would achieve nothing by paying you, exceptpossibly a few days' respite. You have made thatabundantly clear."Detective: “That's a chance you gotta..."Duchess: “Silence! (瞪着探长) We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars. (平静地说)In return for that,you will drive our car northtwenty-five thousand dollars. Ten thousand now. Fifteenthousand more when you meet us in Chicago. " Detective: “This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?"旁白:As she nodded, he put it out.Scene 4（In the garage）旁白：According to their agreement, the duke and the duchess should pay the detective the rest fifteen thousand. They gathered in one of the garages in Chicago that day to finish their deal.Detective: “here is your car!”Duke: “And here is your money!”Detective: “great! It’s my pleasure to have cooperated with you people.”Duchess: “well, I will consider that as a compliment.”Police officer1: “Freeze! Stay right where you are!”Detective: “Take it easy, man. Don’t shoot.”Police officer2: “Put your hands up! Now get down on the floor!”Police officer3: “You are under arrest!”Duke: “You got the wrong man!”Police officer1:”Tell it to the judge!”旁白：Justice has prevailed; the guilty men has been punished!That’s the end of story, thank you for watching.谢幕！哈哈！。
与黑白相关的词汇
与黑色有关的词语
call white black /call black white 混淆是非
black money 黑钱（指来源不正当而且没有向政府报税的钱）
black tie 黑领结；小礼服
in the black 盈利、赚钱、顺差
black and blue 遍体鳞伤的；被打得青紫的
black sheep 害群之马
black Friday 黑色星期五；耶稣受难日
black lie 用心险恶的谎言
blackmail 勒索
black-letter 倒霉的
black market 黑市
blacklist 黑名单
black comedy 荒诞喜剧
The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。
与白色有关的词语
white war 没有硝烟的战争，常指经济竞争
white sale 大减价
white money 银币
white elephant 无用的东西；累赘物
white crow 罕见的事物
the white way 白光大街（指城里灯光灿烂的商业区）
a white lie 善意的谎言
white coffee 牛奶咖啡
white feather 胆怯（如：show the white feather 示弱；胆怯）
white flag 白旗（投降的标识）
white goods 大型家用电器
white gourd 冬瓜
white paper 白皮书（关于某一问题的官方报告）
white hope 人们寄予厚望者（如：He is our great white hope. 他是我们的希望。
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10. The incongruous falsetto voice 不协调的假声
11. Shoot sb a swift, warning glance 迅速而警告地瞥一眼
12. Now then 行啦，得了吧
4. A gross jowled face 一张丑陋肥胖的脸
5. A well-appointed room 装潢精良的房间
6. Take one’s time 从容不迫
7. Knockபைடு நூலகம்off the ash 掸掉烟灰
8. Flip the butt toward the fireplace 把烟头抛向壁炉
37. Consider all eventualities 考虑所有可能性
38. Calculated coolness 逐渐积累的冷静
39. A slim chance 机会渺茫
40. Buy off 收买
41. Remove the incriminating evidence 销毁定罪证据
Lesson 3 Blackmail Useful Phrases词组总结
1. Dispatch sb on an invented errand 派遣某人办无中生有的差事
2. A moon-faced secretary 圆脸的秘书
3. Find strong smoke offensive 十分讨厌烟味儿
47. Lick one’s lips 舔舔嘴唇
33. Square one’s shoulders 挺起胸膛
34. What’s done’s been done 事已至此；木已成舟
35. Recover one’s poise 恢复镇静
36. Tighten rein on her racing mind 极力控制自己狂乱的思绪
23. Sink back into her chair 一屁股坐回椅子上
24. Clasp one’s hands 紧握双手
25. Spell it out 亲口说出
26. Puff a cloud of blue cigar smoke 吐出一股蓝色的烟
27. Out of the way 不合适的，不正常的
42. On the lookout for 注意；警戒；监督
43. Fall victim to 被…降服；成为…的牺牲品
44. Be adept at using maps 擅长使用地图
45. Take someone by surprise 使…大吃一惊
46. Beyond any doubt 毋庸置疑
19. Spring to one’s feet 匆匆站起
20. Face the grossness of the house detective squarely 平视侦探 臃肿的脸
21. It’s no go 没用的
22. Be getting somewhere 理出头绪
13. Meet one’s eyes directly 直视某人的双眼
14. Cut it out 闭嘴
15. High-tail 逃逸，匆忙离开
16. Throw the book 重罚
17. Fancy title 高贵华丽的头衔
18. An inbred arrogance 天生的傲慢
28. Get one’s secret tucked away 隐藏秘密
29. Cluck one’s tongue reprovingly 发出责备的咂咂声
30. Know sth for sure 明确的了解
31. On a hunch 基于直觉，预感
32. A busted headlight 破碎的前车灯