Blackmail 第47-50段分析(文字稿)

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高级英语blackmail课文解析

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。

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Blackmail
现代 交际
2015年 1月 刊 总 第 400期
Blackmail----课的衔接手段及语篇功能分析
毛 慧 青 (江 西医学高等专科学校 江西 上饶 334000)
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高英3版第3课blackmail课文全文

高英3版第3课blackmail课文全文

高英3版第3课blackmail课文全文BlackmailArthur Hailey○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.○2 The 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."○4 The house detective's piggy eyes survey ed 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.○6 The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to d iscuss décor ".○7 The 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”10 As 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"11 It 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.13 The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie ○remained standing.14 "Now then," he said. "You two was in the hit-'n-run ."○15 She 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."17 Two 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, just say so."19 The 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 unsp eakable blackguard! How dare you!”20 Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. ○But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, "It's no go,。

高级英语Blackmail文段分析

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.。

高级英语第一册Blackmail的赏析

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。

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The turning point of the story
Part 1 : paragraph 1-21 ( “now we’re getting somewhere”) Both parties are equally strong in power.
Part 2 : paragraph 22-47 ( wearily, a hand to her face,the Duchess turned away)
The fifth step
Ogilvie the reaction of the Duchess
Wearily,in a gesture of surrender,the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair.
"That's more like it,"Ogilvie said .He lit the fresh cigar."Now we are getting somewhere.(para 21)
Part 4 : Paragraph 75- 109 ( the end of the text) By making full use of Ogilvie’s greed, Duchess seizes the opportunity to take control of the situation and Ogilvie become submissive after making a successful deal.
The end
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blackmail的人物性格分析(英文)

blackmail的人物性格分析(英文)

"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.“(para.59) When she calms down, she is still a decisive and smart woman. She tried to get more information from Ogilvie.
BEFORE
Blackmail
The Duke is an international statesman and newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. At that night , the Duke hits a woman and her daughter and both the woman and her daughter died. However, they just drove away. The hit-and-run soon became top sensational news. The chief detective noticed the battered car. Instead of reporting to the police station, he had a visit to the Duke and Duchess.
rude, vulgar and coarse
cagey(有戒心的) and experienphisticated (久经世故的)and cunning

BlackmailBackground讲述

BlackmailBackground讲述
In 1947 Hailey moved to Canada and became a Canadian citizen.
In 1956 Hailey became a full-time writer.
阿瑟.黑利是一个传统的现实主义手法 继承者,出生于英国卢顿,长期侨居 美国。他以善于描写当代美国社会现 实著称,而且对现实的反映比较真实 。年轻时,曾在卢顿当过办公室勤杂 员和办事员;第二次世界大战爆发时 ,他才十九岁,参加了英国皇家空军 ,任飞行员和空军上尉。1947年,他 移居加拿大,先后做过房地产、商业 杂志编辑、推销和广告经理人员等。 另一方面,阿瑟.黑利比较深入实际生 活,在写每一部作品前,他都要进行 大量的社会调查研究,广泛收集材料 。1979年,正式宣布退休,定居于巴 哈马群岛。
• 1959 The Final Diagnosis
• 1962 In High Places
• 1965 Hotel • 1968 Airport • 1971 Wheels • 1975 The Moneychangers • 1984 Strong Medicine • 1990 The Evening News
Blackmail Background
By group three
教兰君 郭雅欣 王伯凯 郭燕
CONTENTS
Arthur Hailey
(1920.04.05 – 2004.11.24)
Born in Luton(卢顿),England,in 1920
A British/Canadian novelist, whose works have sold more than 170 million copies in 40 languages.源自THANKS感谢各位

多文体阅读Lesson 6 Blackmail

多文体阅读Lesson 6  Blackmail
e.g. Beckham had a poor match, although in fairness he was playing with a knee injury.
24. If you want it the other way….
--If you refuse to tell me the truth and prefer to have the law to interfere
e.g. They hightailed it from the danger zones.
* (also) He hightailed out of there.
22. throw the book
* throw the book at sb ( throw sb. the book): (informal) to punish someone who has committed an offence as severely as possible 严惩
--take one’s time: (1) to do sth slowly or carefully without hurrying
e.g. There is no need to rush back—just take you time.
23. …in fairness
* in (all) fairness (to): used to introduce a statement that defends sb who has just been criticized, or that explains another statement that may seem unreasonable
19. The words spat forth with…

高英-Blackmail原文+翻译+修辞

高英-Blackmail原文+翻译+修辞
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!”
The house detective'spiggy eyessurveyed hersardonicallyfrom hisgrossjowledface. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room,encompassing围绕,包围the Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window.
探长那双夹在面部隆起的肉堆中的猪眼睛轻蔑地将她上下打量了一番。接着,他便移动目光,对这个宽敞豪华、设备齐全的房间扫视了一周,看到了那位正背朝窗户、神色茫然地望着他们的公爵。
"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.
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.

Blackmail

Blackmail

• Para 24 “Last night, early on, you went to Lindy‘s Place in Irish Bayou [ˈ baɪu, ˈ baɪo] 海湾. 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 fussy. "
Blackmail
Arthur Hailey
❶ The approximate process of the accident.
The process of the accident
S u r b u r b s D o w n t o w n
Site of accident
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• Alliteration [əˈl ɪtəˈreən]头韵 ʃ
• Repetition of an initial sound that is usually a consonant. The major function of alliteration is to link the phonetic and semantic parts of words, so it is something of stubborn. • 在文句中有两个以上连结在一起的词或词组,其开 头的音节有同样的字母或声音,以增强语言的节奏 感
Euphemism [ˈ jufəˈm ɪzəm] (委婉语)
A euphemism is a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things that people may find upsetting or embarrassing to talk about. 作为一种修辞手法,委婉语指用委婉、悦耳或温婉的 方法来代替粗野、直露的说法。在语言表达上减少刺 激性和敏感性,达到一种缓冲美化的效果。

高英3版第3课blackmail课文全文

高英3版第3课blackmail课文全文

高英3版第3课blackmail课文全文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 i n. 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 theDuke, 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 theother way, just say 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 surr ender, 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 hernose 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. They 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 figu re where he was"○31The Duchess said, "You kn ow 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 understandi ngly. "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 woman 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 yeah, I sh ould 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 d own 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 c ompletely. 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 become turned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, 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. “Pro vidin' 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 Duchess 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 theconversation 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 thoughtoccurred 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 affirmatively. “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 will know they'r e 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 ca r could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off thehighway and be unobserved. It would be hazardous, 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 intheir 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 do llars,”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)。

Blackmail中的情节

Blackmail中的情节

Blackmail中的情节张汉熙主编的高级英语第一册Unit Six Blackmail中Plot(情节描述)In New Orleans,the Duke and the Duchess occupied a quite luxurious suite in a large hotel. One Monday evening, when they drove back from a gambling house, they knocked down a woman and her child. Although they knew that they had killed both of them, they did not stop the car and just drove away. This hit-n-run accident became sensational news to the whole city. Late that evening, the hotel’s chief house detective,Ogilvie, notice that the Duke and the Duchess were suspicious, so he went to check their car and found that their car was busted. However, he came to talk with the Duke and the Duchess instead of reporting what he had found to the police. He promised to keep quiet about what he knew with a large sum of money in return from the Duke and the Duchess. the Duke didn’t know how to solve this problem, so he made his wife, a clever women, copy with the situation. The Duchess first try tried to deny the fact that they killed the woman and her child, but she had to admit it after the evidence was shown. She realized that in order to get out of this mess, the car must be driven out of the South where people were alerted about the hit-and-run accident. So she offered to pay Ogilvie twice more than he had asked on condition that he drove the car to Chicago up in the North. With the desire for the money , the detective accepted the offer.。

blackmail电子剧本

blackmail电子剧本

ScriptDuchess:“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 ca r 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'-mightines s.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 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'syou could tell your side of it to me.'f you want it the other way,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 thecar 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 st 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 if you're not too fussy."Duke:“Get on with it!"Detective:“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 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 the samefor me,like letting me know what gives,an’where.There ain'tmuch,out of the way,which people who stay in this hotel do,Idon't get to hear about.Most of’em never know 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 itgets 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(=liquored)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'st night I seen you come in–thr ough the 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-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 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 a mark the same way as finger prints.The police lab kinpick it up like they do prints–dust it,an’it shows."Duke:“That's interesting,I didn't know that."Detective:“Not many do.In this case,though,I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference.On your car you got a bustedheadlight,and the trim ring's gone.Ain't any doubt they'd match 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 do ne.Rushing any place ain't gonna bring 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 bla ckmail us."Detective:“Whatever names you call things,ma'am,don't matter tome.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 reasons 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 k id you was going away from town,not to it."Duchess:“We'd made a mistake in the route.Somehow we'd become turne d around.It's easily done in New Orleans,with thestreet winding as they do.Afterward,using side streets,we wentback.〞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 tolook 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 c ar damaged the way yours is."Duchess:“Is there any possibility of having repairs made first?If the workwere done discreetly we could pay well."Detective:“You try that,you might as well walk over to headquartersright 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 few days."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 alternative?"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 youtwenty-five thousand dollars.(平静地说)In return for that,you will drive our car north.Twenty-five thousand dollars.Ten thousand now.Fifteenthousand more when you meet us in Chicago."Detective:“This cigar bother in'you,Duchess?"。

Blackmail47-50段分析

Blackmail47-50段分析

Paragraph 47
• Her husband asked, “What do you propose to do?”
V-T If you propose to do something, you intend to do it. 打算 What do you intend/plan to do? Eg. We propose an early start tomorrow. What is your scheme? 我们打算明天早早出发。
• 如果你真想看到长期的结果,“写完这篇就完事儿了”这种态 度绝不推荐。 • Even if what one has to say is negative or unpleasant, he should make the call and get it over with.
• 即使他得说些不好的或不愉快的事情,他也该回电话,尽快把 此事解决。
The Duke said with desperation, “You already figured out what happened. What else do you expect me to tell you?” feeling guilty, weak, ready to give in
I don't propose attending the dancing party this evening.
我不打算参加今晚的舞会。
Paragraph 48
• The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers. “Like I said, I come to hear your side of it.” “I want to know from your perspective that how you would tell the story.”

Unit_6_BLACKMAIL

Unit_6_BLACKMAIL

BLACKMAIL 修辞手法/ RHETORICRHETORIC Metaphor:...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词汇(Vocabulary):the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈;勒索----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:a group of connected rooms used as a unit,such as an apartment一套房间----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:having a hidden or ambiguous meaning;mysterious隐蔽的,秘密的;神秘的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:make or become weakened or strained(使)变弱;(使)紧张----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: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)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: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)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: like a pig;gluttonous猪一般的;贪婪的(=piggish)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:bitter,scornful(used of smile or laughter)disdainfully or bitterly sneering,ironic or sarcastic讥讽的;嘲笑的/sardonically adv.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: big or fat and coarse—looking;corpulent;burtly肥胖的,臃肿的;粗壮的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the fleshy,hanging part under the lower jaw下颚的下垂部分----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:shut in all around;surround;encircle 围绕,环绕-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:toss or move with a quick jerk;flick(用指等)轻弹;轻拂----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Fre.]decoration[法语]装饰,装璜----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:very fat;stout;corpulent过度肥胖的;肥大的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:feeling or showing appreciation欣赏的;有欣赏力的;有眼力的;有鉴赏力的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible不和谐的;不调和不相容的;自相矛盾的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: ①n.an artificial way of singing or speaking,in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice假声(说、唱)②adj.假声的;用假声唱的-------------------------------------------------------------------------------: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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:eject,throw(out),emit,or utter explosively喷出,吐出;激烈地说出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:savage act,behavior,or disposition;barbarity暴行;残忍;凶猛----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:being mild and soothing温和,和蔼;文雅----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: person who opposes or fights against another;opponent 敌手;敌方;对手----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq.]leave or go in a hurry;scurry off (chiefly inhigh—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)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:wink(the eyes)rapidly;cause(eyes)to wink眨(眼);使眨(眼) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: innate or deeply instilled天生的,生来的,先天的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:move with a quick,light,wavering motion摇曳,摇动,晃动----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:throw in between;interrupt with打断;插入,插(话)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:hold tightly(with the arms or hands);grasp firmly握住;紧握----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:put out of sight;hide把……藏起来,隐藏,隐匿-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:blow,drive,give forth,etc.in or with a puff or puffs(一阵阵地)吹;喷出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:(chiefly dial.)leastwise;anyway(多用于口语)至少;无论如何----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:narrowly contented with one’s own accomplishments,beliefs,morality,etc.;self—satisfied to an annoying degree沾沾自喜的;自鸣得意的;自满的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:put into a secluded or isolated spot把……放入隐蔽或隔离的地方;使隐蔽;(收)藏起----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:make a low,sharp,clicking sound,as of a hen calling her chickens or brooding;utter with such a sound(母鸡唤小鸡时的)咯咯叫,作咯咯叫声;(人)咯咯地叫;咯咯地说-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:expressing disapproval of指摘的;非难的/reprovingly adv.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq.]a feeling about something not based on known facts;premonition or suspicion[口]预感,预兆;疑心----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[slang]burst or break[俚](使)爆裂,(使)击破----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:feeling or showing despair;hopeless绝望的,没有希望的/despairingly adv.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:draw up(the shoulders),as in expressing indifference,doubt,disdain,contempt,etc.(为表达冷漠、无奈等)耸肩---:[Brit.colloq.]observe;notice[英口]观察;注意----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: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.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq.]shout or yell[口]叫喊,呼喊----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:stupid愚蠢的,笨拙的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:ludicrously eccentric or strange;ridiculous;absurd;fantastic怪僻的;荒谬的;滑稽可笑的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:not equivocal;not ambiguous;plain;clear不含糊的;不模棱两可的;明确的;明白的---:shaped like a bulb;fat and round(often derog.)球茎形的;又肥又圆的(常用作贬义)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the face;facial features;visage脸,面孔;面貌,面容,容貌,脸色----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:intolerantly positive;dictatorial;dogmatic;imperious 高傲的;武断的;专横的;强制的/peremptorily adv.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:fix or hold(the eyes,attention,etc.)firmly(把目光、注意力等)集中于……----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: overbearing;arrogant;masterful,domineering傲慢的;专横的;盛气凌人的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:an interval of temporary relief or rest暂时的休息;暂时的喘息----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: showing resentment and ill humor by morose,unsociable withdrawal愠怒的,闷闷不乐的/sullenly adv.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:he state of wavering in mind;hesitation;indecision犹豫;踌躇----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:be slow or waste time闲荡;延误----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:swell or bend outward;protrude or project膨胀,肿胀;鼓起,隆起,突出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:(esp.of an eye)small,round,and glittering like a bead(尤指眼睛)似珠子般小而亮的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<短语(Expressions): stop sth.burning熄灭例:I threw water over him.desperately trying t0 put out the flames.我往他身上泼水,拼命地想扑灭他身上的火焰。

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Black mail

b. 按(开关) (SYN Flick) Flip through sth 草阅
c. (用手指)轻抛 (SYN Toss) d. [informal] 异常激动,神志不清,十分气愤 Flip your lid 气得发疯
e. Adj. A flip answer/comment 轻率地答复,轻浮的话 Don‟t be flip with me. 不要对我油嘴滑舌。
e. With dispatch: quickly and efficiently. 迅速而有效。
9.Exercise + dog 遛狗 L.9
10.A wave of cigar smoke accompanied with Ogilvie in.
随着Ogilvie进屋的是一团雪茄浓烟。L.10
13.Piggy L.15
a. [only before noun] [informal] (of a person‟s eyes ) like those of a pig. (人 的眼睛)像猪一样的。 b. (儿童用语)小猪 c. Piggyback 背着,肩驮; piggyback on sb/sth: To use sth that already exists as a support for your own work; to use a large organization for your own advantage 利用,借用,攀附利用。 d. Piggy bank 猪形储钱罐 e. Piggy in the middle (儿童游戏)抛接;左右为难的人 (A person who is caught between two people or groups who are fighting or arguing ) f. Pig-headed 顽固的,固执的 (SYN Obstinate, Stubborn ) g. Pig-ignorant: [informal] Very stupid or badly educated. 蠢笨的,粗鄙 的。
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Good morning everyone. I am Candy. Now let’s come to the language analysis from paragraph 47 to paragraph 50. I am going to introduce some words, as well as giving insight to the characters through the sentences. Now let’s take a look at paragraph 47. “Oh,my God!” A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away. Here a hand to her face is an absolute structure, meaning “putting her hand to her face”. From her exclamation “oh my god”, and her actions “a hand to her face” and “turned away”, we can see that the Duchess was surprised and frightened by the fact that her car was covered with plenty of blood, as Ogilvie told her. Both her language and body language show that she felt frighteningly terrible when she heard Ogilvie talking about the cruel accident.
Ok. Next paragraph. Paragraph 48. Her husband asked, “What do you propose to do?”propose here means “intend or plan to do something”. Let’s see the two examples. ^ So the paraphrase of this sentence is “what do you intend to do?” or “now that you know what we did, what do you plan to do with our secret?” In other words, the Duke is asking “what is your scheme?” “what’s the scheme you are trying to play ?”Moving on. Let’s come to paragraph 49. The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers. “Like I said, I come to hear your side of it.”What Ogilvie meant by saying “I come to hear your side of it” is that “I want to know from your perspective that how you would tell the story.”
Now let’s go back to the former sentence for a deeper understanding of the paragraph. Could you imagine this picture: a person rubbing his hands together like putting on lotion, head down, and staring at his fingers. What is the feeling that picture give you? (PAUSE) Probably you think of a cunning man, right? Same here. The text is trying to illustrate that Ogilvie is full of cunning tricks.
So far so good. Following is the last paragraph of my analysis. Paragraph 50. The 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.”Paraphrase of the first sentence: The Duke said with desperation, “You already figured out what happened. What else do you expect me to tell you?”
“Square one’s shoulders” means “Shoulders back, chest out.” The question is why he failed to square his shoulders. What does this action show? (PAUSE) This is easy to understand. When we are confident, we can easily square our shoulders, don’t we? Now the Duke could NOT square his shoulders, indicating that he felt guilty, weak, and ready to give in at any moment.
Last but not least, let’s see “get it over”. More often used as “get it over with”.
Ok. You can GET IT OVER WITH my presentation now. Do you want me to explain more? Or do you have any questions concerning these four paragraphs?。

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