高级英语上册 Blackmail 背景介绍

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Blackmail 高级英语第六课背景知识介绍

• The Duchess understood the hot situation she and her husband were in and agreed to give Ogilvie twice the money he had charged if he drove their car to Chicago in the north.
• Instead of reporting to the police, the Duke and Duchess drove away.
• The hotel’s chief house detective Ogilvie noticed the battered car when it came back.
Lesson Six
Blackmail
宋海梅
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Arthur Hailey
Brief introduction The book Hotel Ending of Hotel
Blackmail Ending of the Duke Other information
Arthur Hailey(1920.04.05–2004.11.24)
"Fast-moving storytelling rich with interesting and bizarre characters.“
----The Denver Post
Adaptation
Hotel was adapted into a movie in 1967, and in 1983 Aaron Spelling turned it into a television series, airing for five years on ABC. In the TV series the St. Gregory Hotel was moved from New Orleans to San Francisco.

高级英语上册-Blackmail-背景介绍

The largest city , in southeastern Louisiana, also the largest in the South of U.S. Situated between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain(庞恰特雷恩湖 ), it is a major deepwater U.S. port of entry.
About the Story
• Setting: • Place: at a suite (Croydons suite) at a hotel (St. Gregory Hotel) in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana (a southern state of USA) • Time: Tuesday • Main Characters: • Major/Leading characters: – Ogilvie (the chief detective of the hotel) – The Duchess (a lady of high social class) • Minor character: – the Duke of Croydons
Detective (1997)

Background information
• About the novel Hotel
• • • • • a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans,Louisiana Monday evening to Friday a succession of dramatic events the owner,Trent decides to sell his hotel the manager,Peter McDermott, must deal with several other knotty problems

高级英语blackmail课文解析

高级英语blackmail课文解析示例文章篇一：《<高级英语“Blackmail”课文解析>》哎呀，今天咱们就来说说高级英语里的那篇“Blackmail”吧。

这篇课文可真是像一场超级刺激的电影一样呢！一、故事中的人物课文里有好几个特别鲜明的人物呢。

首先就是那个公爵夫人，哇，她可真是个厉害的角色。

她就像是一只高傲的孔雀，穿着华丽的衣服，带着那种贵族特有的傲慢。

你看她，在面对事情的时候，总是想着怎么维护自己家族的名声，就像守着宝藏一样，这宝藏就是他们家族几百年来的声誉呀。

她说话的时候那种高高在上的感觉，真的让人觉得有点讨厌，可是又不得不佩服她的那种冷静。

然后就是那个叫奥格尔维的侦探。

他呀，就像一只狡猾的狐狸。

他知道公爵夫人和公爵的秘密，就想着从这个秘密里捞一笔。

他那胖胖的身体，看起来有点滑稽，可是他的眼睛里却透着那种精明的光。

他和公爵夫人的对话就像是一场激烈的战斗，两个人都在互相试探，互相揣摩对方的心思。

他说的每一句话都像是在给公爵夫人下套，想让她乖乖地把钱交出来。

还有公爵呢，虽然课文里对他描写得没有公爵夫人那么多，可是他就像一个影子一样，一直在背后影响着整个事情的发展。

他的错误就像一颗定时炸弹，随时都可能把他们家族的名声炸得粉碎。

二、情节的起伏这篇课文的情节就像坐过山车一样。

一开始，奥格尔维发现了公爵夫妇的秘密，然后他就大摇大摆地去见公爵夫人。

这时候，公爵夫人还不知道他的来意呢，还以为他只是来汇报一些普通的事情。

可是当奥格尔维慢慢地把秘密透露出来的时候，气氛一下子就紧张起来了。

就像突然有一片乌云遮住了阳光，房间里变得阴森森的。

公爵夫人一开始还试图用自己的身份来压奥格尔维，她觉得自己是贵族，这个小侦探肯定不敢对她怎么样。

她就像一只母狮子在保护自己的领地一样，充满了攻击性。

可是奥格尔维根本不吃这一套，他继续说着那些威胁的话。

这时候，公爵夫人开始慌了，她知道这个秘密要是被传出去，那可就不得了了。

高级英语第三课 Blackmail 课件

Background information
– Peter McDermott, the assistant general manager, has to tackle several other knotty problems: handling an attempted rape which has occurred in one of the hotel’s rooms; catching a professional thief operating in the hotel; pacifying a whole convention of several hundred dentists to putting up a member of the convention--a black doctor. Then there is the Duke of Croydon.
Background information
About the novel Hotel
– The St. Gregory Hotel is the largest in New Orleans, Louisiana. For 4 days from Monday evening to Friday, the hotel goes through a succession of dramatic events. With the hotel’s mortgage due by the weekend and with no chance of getting further renewal, the owner, Warren Trent, reluctantly makes up his mind to sell his hotel to a chain hotel owner, Curtis O’Keefe.

高级英语第一册unit6 blackmail

The crowed hurled at the police . 人群大骂警察。
辨析：throw，cast，fling , heave, hurl ，pitch ,toss
throw 普通词，使用广泛，仅指用力抛掷，不涉及动作方式或感情色彩。 cast 常可与throw互换，指迅速扔出一个重量较轻的物体。 fling 用力抛摔，或因感情激动而粗暴地或漫无目的地扔东西。 heave 指把重物举起后扔出 hurl 通常指用力投掷，动作迅猛，所投掷的距离也较远。 pitch 指随意地轻轻地掷或扔，侧重方向性和有明确目标。 toss 指无目的轻轻地随意地扔，所投掷的东西一般较轻。
Let us learn the lessons already taught by such cruel experience . Let us redouble our exertions , and strike with united strength while life and power remain . (parallelism)(repetition ,Biblical style ) Repetition : It is a major rhetorical strategy in which sth. is doubly mentioned for producing emphasis clarity ,or emotion ,effect ,especially in oral speech.
这些是战争和镇压的工具-王权采取的最后的辩论手段。
metaphor
A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse.

高级英语第一册unit6 blackmail

Blackmail
• Arthur Hailey
• Blackmail ( n.) :the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈；勒索 ;（盗匪征收的）保护费;免抢税 ( vt. )胁迫;勒索;敲诈;讹诈 • 随着故事的发展,作者对“讹诈”的对象进行巧妙置换,从而使故事结局发生戏剧性逆转--由“侦探长对公爵夫妇的讹诈”转为“公爵夫妇对侦探长的讹诈”,旅馆警长由掌握罪证主动出击的强势交际角色到被动服从的弱势社会角色的转换，公爵夫人由被讹诈的弱势交际角色到强势社会角色的回归,揭露社会权力拥有者对弱势阶层的统治和控制。
• 6. the moon-faced male secretary: (line.9) • the moon – faced male用了暗喻的修辞。在此暗指男秘书比较怯懦阴柔，公爵夫妇可以随时把他解雇。 • The use of male before secretary is to avoid possibility of the reader‟s assuming otherwise, for commonly in the U.S. secretaryship is the female profession.
• ① The 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.

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Structural Analysis -- part 3 • Part 3. The Dirty Deal
• Section 1. Eliminating the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans. ( Her husband asked...You people are hot). • Section 2. The interior monologue of the Duchess. (The Duchess ...Or had they? ) Her judgement, analysis and calculation of the situation, weighing the advantages and disadvantages, the pros and cons.
Setting
• The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.
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.
Section 1
6). fray: to cause a person's temper, nerves, etc. to become worn out His nerves were frayed by the noises in the street. 7). Bedlington terrier：贝德林顿小长毛狗 • wolfdog 狼狗, hound 猎狗, • Pekinese 京吧, pug-dog 狮子狗, • bull dog 牛头犬

高级英语第一册Blackmail的赏析

BlackmailAbout the author.This novel is written by Arthur Hailey.He is a bestsellers novelist. Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Hailey served in the Royal Air Force from the start of World War II during 1939 until 1947, when he went to live in Canada. Hailey's last novel, Detective(1997), is a mystery told from the perspective of a Miami homicide detective. This detective also happens to be a former Catholic priest who has lost his religion; the work deals with themes of religion and questions the Catholic Church. Hailey told the Walden Book Report that his aim in writing this book was to share his own thoughts about religion without "mak[ing] it a lecture." He says that he lost his own faith while serving in Cyprus during World War II, and that since ex-priests have many occupations he might as well give his protagonist an exciting one.After working at a number of jobs and writing part-time, he became a writer full-time during 1956.Following the success of Hotel during 1965, he moved to California; in 1969, he moved to the Bahamas to avoid Canadian and U.S. income taxes, which were claiming 90% of his income.His best sellers include:Hotel,Airport,Wheels,The Final Diagnosis and The Moneychangers.About the best sellers of authorEach of his novels has a different industrial or commercial setting and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, carefully researched information about the way that particular environment and system functions and how these affect society and its inhabitants.Critics often dismissed Hailey's success as the result of a formulaic "potboilera" style, in which he caused an ordinary character to become involved in a crisis, then increased the suspense by switching among multiple related plot lines. However, he was so popular with readers that his books were almost guaranteed to become best-sellers.He would spend about one year researching a subject, followed by six months reviewing his notes and, finally, about 18 months writing the book. That aggressive research—tracking rebel guerrillas in the Peruvian jungle at age 67 for The Evening News(1990), or reading 27 books on the hotel industry for Hotel—gave his novels a realism that appealed to readers, even as some critics complained that he used it to disguise a lack of literary talent.Many of his books reached 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and more than 170 million copies have been sold worldwide in 40 languages. Many have been made into movies and Hotel was made into a long-running television series.Airport becamea successful film with dramatic visual effects.About the background.The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.The text is only a part of the nove,Hotel.We can see three main characters in this text.O gilvie: chief house officer.the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States.the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke.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. Others can be called cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement. Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action, usu. suspension, not very much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.The basic technique is to 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.About the plot.Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott is trying every means he could to save it.Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it.The Duke ofCroydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel. 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. Both killed.Ogilvie found the crime and blackmailed the Duke and the Duchess.He managed to make the Duke and the Duchess believe that he would bring the crime to light if his demand was not satisfied.The Duchess came up with a good idea in order to avoid punishment.She would like Ogilvie drive the car away from the city.In the end,the couple paid Ogilvie money and the dirty deal was done.And then,At one o'clock 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 the accident. He suddenly realized the relation between these two events and contacted police.Ogilvie was caught in Tennessee and sent back to New Orleans. The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give himself up). But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground and died instantly.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 McDermott and his girl friend. To show his gratitude and to repay the hotel staffs' kindness, he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.About the structure.The novel is writed by the order of time.We can see the prelude,the process of unveiling the crime and the dirty deal. I think this novel can be devided into four parts. Parts 1,from the chief house officer to “In what way conceivable way”.Three main characters stepped into the stage and we can feel the tension of the atmosphere.Ogilvie acted in a vugal and uncouth way and showed contempt to the Duke and the Duchess. And the Duchess, although nervours,are still brash and thrusting.The part one provided characters and suspense for us.Why did Ogilvie act so rudely to the the Duke and the Duchess?Part 2, from As if the question from to p96 The Duke licked his lips.In this part, Ogilvie exposed the truth of car accident and the Duke admitted the crumbled was him .And the brash expression of Duke and the Duchess was faded away.They were feared and weak .Ogilvie became more proud and ruder.Part 3,from You might have something there to I reckon that’s so.In this part ,Ogilvie disclosed more hidenthing in the accident and revealed the evidence he knew and tried to confirm all the detailed. The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand.And then,The Croydons realized that they were convicted of the crime. The conviction was undeniable.Part 4,from Today was Tuesday to the end.The Duchess eliminated the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans and found no possibility.So she agreed to pay Ogilvie and let him drive the car away. The dirty deal reached.About the details.I found some interesting details in the text. The novel is colourful and impressive beacause these details.Details 1, the cigar of Ogilvie.The cigar is mentioned five times in this text and the number of the descriptions of the conflict about putting out the cigar between the Duchess and Ogilvie are three.The cigar is a imorpant prop of Ogilvie.Sometimes it was waved violently, indicting the anger and excitment of the master.At the beginning of the text,A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. ThisAbout the conflict about putting out the cigar，we can see the converstion below.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.”Proper polite,but firm and proud.Although the Duchess was nervours,she still kept the nobleclass.She didn’t know what happened.However, when Ogilvie unveiled the crime , we can dramaly see: 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.But beyond wrinkling her nose in distance, she made no comment.This is a contrast, which show the change of the attitude of the Duchess. She had the handle in hand of Ogilvie.So she chose silence and beared the impolite behaviour.And Ogilvie was smoking leisurely all the time after that.When the Duchess agreed to pay Ogilvie money ,the situation bagan to change.At length Ogivie spoke,This cigar botherin’you ,Duchess?”As she nodded,he put it out.Ogilvie got the promise that he can get dollars,so his attitude towards the Duchess changed.He became the slave of money.Detail 2,the change of Ogilvie’s eye in the end of the text.Eyes bored into him. The house detetive’s eyes bulged. His beady eyes,as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own.The description go forward one by one,implying the greedy and surprising of the detetive.About the writing techniqueIn order to depict Ogilvie, the author added many informal,ugrammatical and slangy language into the conversitions of Ogilvie.For example,Th is cigar botherin’you ,Duchess?,gotta,shulda,etc.so we can infer that Ogilvie is uneducated .Besides ,the author use a lot of physical descriptions to Ogilvie and he emphasize his eyes.The house detective’s eyes .the piggy eyes blinked.Compared to the Duch, the Duchess is more acttrctive and impressive.In the text ,the autor use two long paragraphs psychological description to depict the careful calculation and strict budgeting of the Duchess. It seems that she faced Ogilvie by her own.About the rhetoricMetaphor:...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed...his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.The words spat forth with sudden savagery.Her tone ...withered......self-assurance...flickered...The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind.Her voice was a whiplash.eyes bored into himI’ll spell it out.Euphemism:...and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:won 100 at the tableslost it at the barthey'll throw the book,...Onomatopoeia: appreciative chuckle clucked his tongue。

高级英语(第三版)第一册第三课 Blackmail

• The story of Hotel:
• The setting: the St. Gregory Hotel, the largest in New Orleans, Louisiana. From Monday to Friday. The Hotel is experiencing a crisis of being forced to be sold to a chain hotel owner.
• The events: in the crisis, there are four knotty problems that face the Hotel managers: dealing with an attempted rape in a room; catching a thief operating in the hotel; several hundreds of dentists threatening to leave the hotel in protest against the hotel’ objection to serving a black dentist, and finally the case of the Duke of Croydon.
The symbolic sign of Ogilvie’s cigar
• Para 41: ---he paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it.
The development of the story Section One (1-21): The Duchess’ denying the crime SectionTwo(22-55): Ogilvie’s presenting evidences Section Three(56-101): Negotiating Section Four(102-109): Making a deal Climax: But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.

Blackmail高级英语背景知识介绍

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• 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或者表示这种做法的黑暗，或者表示这种保护费是以实物如牛等进行支付的，区别于银币，也就是白色的钱。
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Ending of Hotel
However, the novel ends with a pleasant surprise. A sick, old eccentric man staying in the hotel turns out to be an extremely wealthy man from Montreal, Canada. Earlier, he fell seriously ill and was saved by Peter and his girl friend. To show his gratitude and repay their kindness, he buys the hotel from its former owner and makes Peter the new executive vice-president, with complete authority to run the hotel.
• The Duchess understood the hot situation she and her husband were in and agreed to give Ogilvie twice the money he had charged if he drove their car to Chicago in the north.

高英 unit3 Blackmail

• Hotel (1968)
• The luxurious - but debt-plagued - St. Gregory Hotel in New Orleans faces a battle for survival, while its staff, guests and prospective buyers generate behind-the-scenes romance, power plays, blackmail and betrayal.
Blackmail
Arthur Hailey
Arthur Hailey
About the Author (1920 - 2004)
• Arthur Hailey is the author of a number of best-selling novels. Born April 5, 1920 in Luton, England, he was educated in English schools until age 14. After a brief career as an office boy, he joined the British air force (RAF) in 1939 and served through World War II.
Works
• • • • • • • Hailey is a well-known bestseller writer. "FLIGHT INTO DANGER" 《险中行》 (1956), "Runway Zero-Eight" 《零八跑道》(1958) "The Final Diagnosis” 《最后诊断》(1959) "In High Places" 《身居要职》(1961). "Hotel" 《大饭店》(1965) "Airport" 《航空港》(1968)

高级英语第6课blackmail

Arthur Hailey(1920-2004)
• ●Born in England • ●Began his writing career while an RAF (British Royal Air Force) pilot during the Second World War • ●Became a Canadian citizen as well as British • ●Hailey’s novels have been published in thirtynine languages • ●Most of his books have been made into films or TV series
Arthur's writing features • He is good at transferring the daily story into a detective novel. Under the background of competition in finance and hotel business, the author always depict the hero as manager or doctor.
• The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give himself up). But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground and died instantly.
Hotel
• The novel was adapted Into a movie in 1967 and later into television series.

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How did he write the Hotel
• He would spend about one year researching a subject, followed by six months reviewing his notes and, finally, about 18 months writing the book. That aggressive research — tracking rebel guerrillas in the Peruvian(秘鲁人) jungle at age 67 for The Evening News (1990), or reading 27 books on the hotel industry for Hotel – gave his novels a realism that appealed to readers, even as some critics complained that he used it to disguise a lack of literary talent.
into the O'Keefe chain of hotels. The St. Gregory is
supposedly based on the Roosevelt Hotel.
Character analysis:
Ogilvie
• 1. Appearance: fat, piggy eyes, gross jowled face, obese body, incongruous falsetto voice, moving with surprising speed • 2. Character: at first rude, sardonic, self-assured, shameless greedy, but finally subservient

高级英语第一册lesson6-Blackmail-课文详解2-detail-study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习

高级英语第一册lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解2 detail study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习2008-02-11 12:11:18| 分类：默认分类| 标签：|字号大中小订阅高级英语第一册lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解2 detail study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习2007年01月01日星期一下午11:4896. bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and roundbulbous dome / nose97. peremptorily: (fml) showing an expectation of being obeyed at once and without question, imp olitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience98. rivet: metal pin for fasten plates.to hold or fasten with or as if with rivetscf: glare, stare, fix99. feature: any of the noticeable parts of the facea man with Oriental featuresHer mouth is her worst feature / best feature, like a cherry.100. set in a mould:When you take a picture, you set your body, your countenance ...in a certain way. That is to set in a mould.(A lame one-eyed king taking a picture)mould (Am.E) = mould (Br.E): character, distinctive nature, a person's character, nature, etc., cons idered as having been shaped by family type, education, training, experience, etc.Be cast in a mould of a particular kind means to have the characteristics, attitudes, behaviour or lif estyle that are typical of that kind of personbe made / cast in mould ofHe is made in his father's mould. (He has the same personality and character as his father's)101. imperious: in tensely compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This word is rel ated to imperial.The whole sentence can be paraphrased as follows:Her handsome high-cheekboned features were set in a way which shows her imperial character.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, suffering or war) or delay (as before sentencing or executing).The patient said he never had any respite from the pain.Sentence sb. to death with 2-years' respite.103. bore: make a hole inThis machine can bore through solid rock.104. swallow: to take back, to keep from expressing or showing, to accept without questioning, pro test or resentmentto swallow one's words: take back what was said105. sullen: silently bad-tempered, unforgiving, dark, gloomylook sullen, to wear a sullen look106. comply: act according to a demand, order, ruleto comply with the law / regulations107. vacillation: hesitation, uncertainty, waver, continuous changing of one's opinionsThis word implies prolonged hesitation resulting from one's inability to reach a decisionHe vacillates between accepting & not accepting.The earthquake caused the entire house vacillate.108. dally: to waste time or be slowDon't dally or we'll be late.dally over one's work109. bulge: to swell out as a result of the pressure from within110. bead: small ball of glass or other material with a hole through it for a string worn with other ot hers on a thread, esp. round the neck for ornament.She is wearing a string of green beads.背景知识Background informationTitle of the novel: HotelSetting:The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory /'greg ri/ in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in t he south of US.Main character of the novel:Peter McDermott, assistant general managerMain characters in this part of the novel:Ogilvie: chief house officerthe Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United Statesthe Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Dukea prostitute called lady friend by OgilviePlot:Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott is trying every means he could t o save it.Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it.The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed British a mbassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel.Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him. O n their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both killed.Then we have the present text....At one o'clock Thursday morning, Ogilvie drove the car north. But he was seen leaving the hotel b y McDermott. Later in the afternoon, McDermott witnessed the funeral of the two victims of the accident. He suddenly realized the relation between these two events and contacted police.Ogilvie was caught in Tennessee and sent back to New Orleans.The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give himself up ). But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground and died insta ntly.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 McDermott and his girl friend. To show his gratitude and to repay the hotel staffs' k indness, he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.This kind of novels are called thrillers. Generally defining, a thriller is a work of fiction or drama de signed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure or suspense. (thrill: to caus e sudden strong feeling of joy, fear, excitement, pleasure etc. that seems to flow round the body like a w ave)Others can be called cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement. Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action, usu. suspension, not very much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.The basic technique is to 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.文章结构Structural and stylistic analysisPart 1. PreludeThe chief house officer...Ogilvie remained standing {p.84 (old book, ditto)}.Section 1. The chief house officer...that both might return at any moment.The setting, main characters, and the suspension.Section 2. A wave of cigar smoke...Ogilvie remained standing.The preliminary encounter between the house detective and the Croydons.Part 2: Process of unveiling the crimeNow then...the Duchess turned away (p. 89).Section 1. Now then...Now we're getting somewhere (p. 86).First round of clash. the Duke confessed his crime.Section 2. Wearily, in a gesture...I can prove all I need to (p.87).Second round of clash. Ogilvie spelt out what he found out about the activity of the Croydons and t ried to confirm all the detailed. The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand.Section 3. The Duke cautioned...the Duchess turned away (p. 89).The Croydons realized that they were convicted of the crime. The conviction was undeniable.Part 3. The Dirty DealSection 1. Her husband asked...You people are hot (p.91).Eliminating the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans.The possibility of not being found.Section 2. The Duchess ...Or had they? (p. 93)The interior monologue of the Duchess. Her judgement, analysis and calculation of the situation, weighing the advantages and disadvantages, the pros and cons.Section 3. (The Duchess faced Ogilvie... the silence hung (p. 94)The Duchess' decision to gamble on the greed of the house detective.Section 4. The ending.The dirty deal reached.修辞学习RHETORICMetaphor:...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed... his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.The words spat forth with sudden savagery.Her tone ...withered......self-assurance...flickered...The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind. Her voice was a whiplash.eyes bored into himI’ll spell it out.Euphemism:...and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:won 100 at the tableslost it at the barthey'll throw the book,...Onomatopoeia:appreciative chuckleclucked his tongue。

高级英语Lesson 6 Blackmail

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 friend by Ogilvie
The End
Detective: A Novel
• by Arthur Hailey (Mass Market Paperback - August 1997) Malcolm Ainslie, a former Catholic priest turned homicide detective, is on a family holiday when he is called by a prison chaplain to hear the confession of a criminal with 24 hours left on death row. The condemned man, a serial killer convicted of 18 murders is, in fact, guilty of only 16 of them.
Lesson 6 Blackmail
About the Author
•Arthur Hailey(1920-2004): Born in Luton,lish schools until fourteen. In 1947 Mr. Hailey emigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen. Hailey’s best sellers include Hotel, Airport, Wheels, The Final Diagnosis and The Moneychangers.